US/CIA v. Joshua Schulte Jury Charge
John Young
jya at pipeline.com
Tue Mar 3 09:36:34 PST 2020
https://cryptome.org/2020/03/schulte-345.pdf (63 pages)
"D. Adverse Inference
You heard testimony from a Government witness
named Michael, who the CIA placed on enforced
administrative leave in August 2019. The
Government only disclosed this information to the
Defendant in the course of the trial. I instruct
you that the Government should have disclosed the
information regarding Michaels enforced
administrative leave to the Defendant sooner.
In evaluating the evidence, you can decide what
weight, if any, to give to the Governments
conduct on this issue. You may also consider
whether Michaels appearance in Court and his
testimony for the Government was influenced by his being on enforced leave."
"E. Law Enforcement Officials
You have heard testimony from a number of law
enforcement officials. The Governments law
enforcement witnesses do not deserve any more or
less consideration, or greater or lesser weight
than that of any other witness."
"F. Central Intelligence Agency Witnesses
You have also heard testimony from a number of
witnesses who are either currently or were
previously employed by the Central Intelligence
Agency, or CIA. Some of these people work
directly as officers of the CIA, and some of them
work as contractors performing work for the CIA.
I have allowed some of these witnesses to testify
either by using a made-up namea pseudonymor
just their first name. The disclosure of the
witnesses true names and what they look like
could potentially compromise their work at the
CIA. Thats why those precautions were taken; but
you should weigh the testimony of those witnesses
just as you would any other witness, and not
weigh it differently because they testified using
a pseudonym or used their first name only."
"G. Bias and Hostility
In connection with your evaluation of the
credibility of the witnesses, you should
specifically consider evidence of resentment or
anger which some Government witnesses may have
toward the Defendant. Evidence that a witness is
biased, prejudiced, or hostile toward the
Defendant requires you to view that witness
testimony with caution, to weigh it with care and
subject it to close and searching scrutiny."
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