Stefan Passantino
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And she testifies. Of course, she testifies numerous times about all the different times she lied to me during the relationship. But I was shocked to learn that while I was representing her,
The degree of the conflict was such that when I would stand up and go to the men's room while we were doing a prep session, she testifies, she went onto my computer to look up all of my emails to see who my clients are. Like she was running an investigation on me, literally behind my back. Now I'm not making that up. That's in her testimony. That's crazy.
The degree of the conflict was such that when I would stand up and go to the men's room while we were doing a prep session, she testifies, she went onto my computer to look up all of my emails to see who my clients are. Like she was running an investigation on me, literally behind my back. Now I'm not making that up. That's in her testimony. That's crazy.
The degree of the conflict was such that when I would stand up and go to the men's room while we were doing a prep session, she testifies, she went onto my computer to look up all of my emails to see who my clients are. Like she was running an investigation on me, literally behind my back. Now I'm not making that up. That's in her testimony. That's crazy.
I had no knowledge that there was this adversary relationship. And for me, She comes in, my job, like I had for numerous other people, a single message. I come in. I tell what I know. I don't speculate. Every lawyer gives the same advice. Anyone who's ever been deposed gets the same advice. Your job is to tell the facts as you know them. You don't speculate. You don't guess.
I had no knowledge that there was this adversary relationship. And for me, She comes in, my job, like I had for numerous other people, a single message. I come in. I tell what I know. I don't speculate. Every lawyer gives the same advice. Anyone who's ever been deposed gets the same advice. Your job is to tell the facts as you know them. You don't speculate. You don't guess.
I had no knowledge that there was this adversary relationship. And for me, She comes in, my job, like I had for numerous other people, a single message. I come in. I tell what I know. I don't speculate. Every lawyer gives the same advice. Anyone who's ever been deposed gets the same advice. Your job is to tell the facts as you know them. You don't speculate. You don't guess.
You wait for the next question to be asked. You're not to go and find new facts. You wait for their question. You answer honestly that question. You wait for the next question. If you don't know the answer to a question, it's perfectly appropriate to say, I don't know the answer to that question. Every lawyer gives some version of that admonition. Of course, of course. Just like I did.
You wait for the next question to be asked. You're not to go and find new facts. You wait for their question. You answer honestly that question. You wait for the next question. If you don't know the answer to a question, it's perfectly appropriate to say, I don't know the answer to that question. Every lawyer gives some version of that admonition. Of course, of course. Just like I did.
You wait for the next question to be asked. You're not to go and find new facts. You wait for their question. You answer honestly that question. You wait for the next question. If you don't know the answer to a question, it's perfectly appropriate to say, I don't know the answer to that question. Every lawyer gives some version of that admonition. Of course, of course. Just like I did.
But if you come into a relationship with this hostile mindset that this person is not my lawyer, this person is somebody else's lawyer, and I'm forced to work with them, when the lawyer gives that same admonition to say... I don't want you to go and seek out facts. I literally said to her, because she wanted to like put together calendars. She wanted to do internet research.
But if you come into a relationship with this hostile mindset that this person is not my lawyer, this person is somebody else's lawyer, and I'm forced to work with them, when the lawyer gives that same admonition to say... I don't want you to go and seek out facts. I literally said to her, because she wanted to like put together calendars. She wanted to do internet research.
But if you come into a relationship with this hostile mindset that this person is not my lawyer, this person is somebody else's lawyer, and I'm forced to work with them, when the lawyer gives that same admonition to say... I don't want you to go and seek out facts. I literally said to her, because she wanted to like put together calendars. She wanted to do internet research.
I literally said, ironically, it's not your job to write the book on January 6th. I literally said that to her. I said, they're going to interview thousands of witnesses. And those thousands of witnesses are all going to tell their version of the facts and create the mosaic. You only tell the facts that you know. You don't guess. But if you...
I literally said, ironically, it's not your job to write the book on January 6th. I literally said that to her. I said, they're going to interview thousands of witnesses. And those thousands of witnesses are all going to tell their version of the facts and create the mosaic. You only tell the facts that you know. You don't guess. But if you...
I literally said, ironically, it's not your job to write the book on January 6th. I literally said that to her. I said, they're going to interview thousands of witnesses. And those thousands of witnesses are all going to tell their version of the facts and create the mosaic. You only tell the facts that you know. You don't guess. But if you...
are coming in to say, expecting to be misled in furtherance of somebody else's objective, and you're a 25-year-old who's never been through this, I guess it's possible that you could feel like, oh, he's wink-wink telling me what to do.
are coming in to say, expecting to be misled in furtherance of somebody else's objective, and you're a 25-year-old who's never been through this, I guess it's possible that you could feel like, oh, he's wink-wink telling me what to do.
are coming in to say, expecting to be misled in furtherance of somebody else's objective, and you're a 25-year-old who's never been through this, I guess it's possible that you could feel like, oh, he's wink-wink telling me what to do.
So it's possible to, now, clearly, and when you look at the text messages between Cassidy and Alyssa, as they're describing the back channel, all of the things that Chairman Loudermilk has now uncovered, you can see they're having that exact conversation. Stefan says, well, if they're going to bring you in for a third interview, we can't make it look like you're eager to do a third.