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We don't have the defense witness list yet. In fact, we only get the prosecution's witnesses at the end of the day, the day before. Right. Court ends usually around three, sometimes closer to four. But like, you know, several minutes before ending, they will say, oh, and tomorrow the witnesses are going to be X, Y and Z. That said, I would be extremely surprised if Sean Combs takes the stand.

It is not usual for defendants to testify in big cases. They have a lot to lose. The burden of proof is on the government, right? It's not on them. They don't have to prove that he didn't do something beyond a reasonable doubt. The government has to prove that he did do something beyond a reasonable doubt.

It is not usual for defendants to testify in big cases. They have a lot to lose. The burden of proof is on the government, right? It's not on them. They don't have to prove that he didn't do something beyond a reasonable doubt. The government has to prove that he did do something beyond a reasonable doubt.

It is not usual for defendants to testify in big cases. They have a lot to lose. The burden of proof is on the government, right? It's not on them. They don't have to prove that he didn't do something beyond a reasonable doubt. The government has to prove that he did do something beyond a reasonable doubt.

And with, by his own admission, decades of bad actions, I don't think they want to risk him being under the penalty of perjury, having to talk about, you know, whatever other things in his past they may bring up, stuff we know about or stuff we don't.

And with, by his own admission, decades of bad actions, I don't think they want to risk him being under the penalty of perjury, having to talk about, you know, whatever other things in his past they may bring up, stuff we know about or stuff we don't.

And with, by his own admission, decades of bad actions, I don't think they want to risk him being under the penalty of perjury, having to talk about, you know, whatever other things in his past they may bring up, stuff we know about or stuff we don't.

Yes, he's pled not guilty to all of this stuff. Yep. And again, his team's defense thus far has been, yes, he did a lot of awful things, but those awful things don't correspond with the crimes he's being charged with in this case.

Yes, he's pled not guilty to all of this stuff. Yep. And again, his team's defense thus far has been, yes, he did a lot of awful things, but those awful things don't correspond with the crimes he's being charged with in this case.

Yes, he's pled not guilty to all of this stuff. Yep. And again, his team's defense thus far has been, yes, he did a lot of awful things, but those awful things don't correspond with the crimes he's being charged with in this case.

Not the first hip hop Rico case, actually. Yeah, there you go. So there have been ones that I've seen in part, Hackstone, Jam Master Jay, R. Kelly, things like that. But the one that I saw from sort of tip to tail, as it were, was the Tekashi 69 case. case.

Not the first hip hop Rico case, actually. Yeah, there you go. So there have been ones that I've seen in part, Hackstone, Jam Master Jay, R. Kelly, things like that. But the one that I saw from sort of tip to tail, as it were, was the Tekashi 69 case. case.

Not the first hip hop Rico case, actually. Yeah, there you go. So there have been ones that I've seen in part, Hackstone, Jam Master Jay, R. Kelly, things like that. But the one that I saw from sort of tip to tail, as it were, was the Tekashi 69 case. case.

That was obviously different for a number of reasons. One being that he was not the one on trial, right? He was a cooperating witness in that.

That was obviously different for a number of reasons. One being that he was not the one on trial, right? He was a cooperating witness in that.

That was obviously different for a number of reasons. One being that he was not the one on trial, right? He was a cooperating witness in that.

Yes, yes. Right. So the dynamics were a little different. And as a racketeering case, it was interesting for me to see because, as you mentioned, racketeering was designed

Yes, yes. Right. So the dynamics were a little different. And as a racketeering case, it was interesting for me to see because, as you mentioned, racketeering was designed

Yes, yes. Right. So the dynamics were a little different. And as a racketeering case, it was interesting for me to see because, as you mentioned, racketeering was designed

initially to target the mafia it has for several decades now largely been used against street gangs now that the mafia is sort of less of an all-encompassing presence than it was say in the 1960s and 70s one thing about street gangs or at least the particular street gang at issue in the takashi case is, you know, you can argue about how real this is, but they certainly believed it was real.