366.pdf

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Source set: house-oversight-doj
Pages: 6
Text status: Searchable text available
OCR confidence: 0.9390704612985367

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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 366 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK United States of America, —V— Ghislaine Maxwell, Defendant. ALISON J. NATHAN, District Judge: Filed 10/22/21 Page 1of6 USDC SDNY DOCUMENT | ELECTRONICALLY FILED pOC#:_ DATE FILED: 10/22/21 20-CR-330 (AJN) ORDER As discussed at yesterday’s conference, attached is the Court’s draft preliminary remarks to be recorded and played before each questionnaire session. The parties may suggest any proposed edits by letter on or before October 26, 2021, or they shall indicate by that date that they have no objections or suggestions. SO ORDERED. Dated: October 22, 2021 New York, New York Ms Quali ALISON J. NATHAN United States District Judge DOJ-OGR-00005317

Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 366 Filed 10/22/21 Page2of6 United States v. Maxwell, 20cr330 Preliminary Remarks Prior to Questionnaire To be video recorded and played on 11/4, 11/5, and 11/12 Hello everyone. Thank you so much for being here. And welcome to the Southern District of New York. My name is Judge Alison Nathan and I am the judge who will preside over the trial for which you have been summoned. I have recorded this message to you because you are spread out in different rooms and over different times as part of the District’s COVID safety protocols. I look forward to seeing you in person as this process moves forward. We are about to start the process of selecting a jury to try a criminal case. I’m going to briefly describe the process to you as it may be different than what some of you have previously experienced when summoned for jury duty. The first part of the process is going to occur now. Ina few minutes, after you’ve been sworn to tell the truth, you will fill out a questionnaire. The purpose of the questionnaire is for you to provide information to myself, to the prosecutors, to defense counsel, and to the defendant to assist all of us in determining whether you can be a fair and impartial juror in this…

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