It's hugely important because it eliminates the evidentiary presumption that the what the government states on the record is true and offered in good faith.

I AM a lawyer. I would have demanded the relevant information since the case arrived in District Court. Willful ignorance is not an ethical legal method. I'm not suggesting that all lawyers are guided by ethical obligations, but the good ones are...

No. Different judge. I think that was Jude Ali. This is McConnell in RI. He's a good judge. He's a former civil plaintiff's attorney, but as (primarily) a defense attorney, I've always found him fair and reasonable. He's also very competent.

Why don’t you ask Peter Baker why he normalized Trump’s threats while constantly attacking Biden during the campaign. If he lived through it in Russia, why did he participate in the gaslighting willingly prior to the election?

Making room for the Trump Bible.