If you have been following the unfolding events in the money laundering case of ALEX SAAB MORAN, you know that the Government has asserted that the Government of Venezuela altered official records to make it appear that Saab Moran attained diplomatic status some years ago, and that duplicates of such records, which exist in our Library of Congress prove that Saab was definitely not appointed to be a diplomat at the time and date alleged by his attorneys. The US concluded that someone acting on Saab's behalf doctored Venezuelan records to backdate his purported diplomatic appointment, which is a fraud upon the court.
Saab's attorneys have filed a Motion in Limine, seeking to obtain a court order excluding the expert testimony of Government witness Samuel Marple. Mr. Marple will testify as a computer forensic expert regarding his examination of computer data, involving the information reportedly altered in the Venezuelan official government bulletin Gaceta, which Saab is using to prove he has been a diplomat for Venezuela for several years. Marple intends to prove that the evidence shows the records were altered recently, to favor Saab.
They have made a purely procedural objection; namely that the defense didn't have sufficient prior notice of Marple's expected testimony before the hearing on diplomatic immunity, and that the subject of Marple's testimony is not relevant to the subject matter of the motion being argued.
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