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A.
That’s correct.
MR. POPE: All right. Thank you.
 
THE COURT: Mr. Howie?
 
MR. HOWIE:
Nothing further, Your Honor.
RECROSS-EXAMINATION
 
BY MR. MERRETT:
 
Q.
Mr. Minton, is that pretty much the same deal the
FBI has with the Mafia?
 
A.
It is.
MR. POPE: Your Honor, that is a totally
inappropriate cheapshot question.
 
MR. MERRETT:
I have nothing further, Your
Honor.
 
THE COURT: I’m curious how Mr. Minton would
know that.
 
MR. MERRETT:
TV, I guess.
THE COURT: You would hope. Okay. Anything
else? You may step down. Mr. Howie, call your next
witness, sir.
 
MR. HOWIE: Nothing further.
 
THE COURT: All right. Let’s do this. We’ve
been going a little while. Let’s take a break here. I’ll
come back and then it’s your case. Okay? We’ll take about
fifteen minutes. We’ll go to about 5:30 today. And then
if we have to keep going, we’ll pick it up on Friday. I’ve

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