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So the jury will know what exactly the man did in the god father which was to unexpectedly lie under oath in order to protect someone else. to say oh, the fbi told me to say all this stuff. im not going to say that stuff. i have no desire to be a lawyer. i have no special desire to be a federal prosecutor, ever. right? but i would absolutely have job swapped for a day with whoever the prosecutor was whose job it was today to write this for the roger stone case. quote, in several communications w...

Okay. this is a little bit nuts. i told you all the stories tonight are weird. but this is really weird. you remember roger stone, long-time friend and advisor south president now under indictment on multiple felony counts. hes charged with obstruction. hes charged with false statement and also witness tampering. this is how his indictment explains that. on multiple occasions including on or about december 1st, 2017, defendant stone told person two that person should do a frank pantanjali in ord...

But it has led since then to this bizarre legal saga about the god father where prosecutors and stones defense team have been fighting in court about whether or not the jury can be shown the relevant scene from god father part 2. the scene that roger stone was referencing when he allegedly told this witness to lie to congress except this time in real life to protect roger stone. >> were you at any time a member of a crime organization headed by michael kolioni. >> i dont know nothing about that....

This evidence for the purpose of considering whether he was intimidating the witness. you cant use it to draw bad conclusions about mr. stones character. >> in terms of the core of this allegation against stone, i mean, again, its so weird to engage with the plot of the god father in order to get there, but if he did direct a witness through this illusion of this movie that the witness should lie under oath, unexpectedly so as to keep his testimony congruent with what roger stone had already sai...

Not to know critical information that he does, in fact, know. so the god father part 2 thing is in the indictment. its been there from the beginning. its not there because the prosecutors think that roger stones behavior is like something out of the family in the godfather. right? theyre only bringing it up, theyre only putting it in the indictment because theyre saying that he in real life cited the plot of the god father directly to the witness he was trying to intimidate in order to show that...

Witnesses against him and stop shaking their hands. same judge, same courtroom, day. joyce is with with me tonight. i often bring you in here. im gobsmacked this is somebodys job. >> this is almost as good as playing in my cousin vinnie. >> theyre fighting about whether or not the jury can see this clip, and stone was referencing it when he was communicating with a witness. its hilarious that this is all about god father part 2 and this is the way roger stone talks and this is the subject of the...

These messages in order to influence the testimony of person 2, and that stone did so with corrupt intent, the government, your honor, should be permitted to show the jury the image that stone intended to create in person 2s mind by playing for the jury the scene in which the character delivers the lines that stone quoted. stone does not deny that the short movie clip is relevant. stone argues that the clip wrongly suggests a connection between roger stone, the mafia and violence. contrary, its ...

But that was a long time ago. thats all. i kept saying michael did this and michael did that. so i said yeah, sure. >> so when roger stone is telling this guy who has just been subpoenaed to testify in court to do this, prosecutors want to play that clip. probably a little more from the film. so the jury will know what exactly the man did in the god father which was to unexpectedly lie under oath in order to protect someone else. to say oh, the fbi told me to say all this stuff. im not going to ...

Talking about intentional lying to a house intelligence committee holding a hearing, they sort of minimize any risk of prejudice. >> the jury will know that stone was referencing the god father. thats in the indictment. the jury will know that. if they dont know specifically what what part he was referencing, they might think its about sawing off a horses head. >> they could think its worse, and of course, the judge can give a limiting instruction saying you can only consider this evidence for t...

To establish that stone sent these messages in order to influence the testimony of person 2, and that stone did so with corrupt intent, the government, your honor, should be permitted to show the jury the image that stone intended to create in person 2s mind by playing for the jury the scene in which the character delivers the lines that stone quoted. stone does not deny that the short movie clip is relevant. stone argues that the clip wrongly suggests a connection between roger stone, the mafia...