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the court that you had been asking the government for consent since, I believe it was the Summer of 2014; is that consistent with your recollection?
A. The exact timing, you know, if I looked at the documents, we could refresh my recollection. We put those documents into the court record in January 21st, 2015, the correspondence that we had had. The U.S. Attorney's Office had delayed, you Know, giving us an answer on that for as I recall, several months and ultimately they said, no, and that's why we filed the pleading.
Q. Okay. My question is: Why, during that several-month period before you filed the motion itself, did you not contact Professor Dershowitz to ask him if this was true, and if he had any evidence to refute it? Why not contact the person you're accusing?
A. I mean, there's a cost -- you know, again, this is going take a little bit of an answer, not as long as the other one.
Q. I won't cut you off.
A. No, you have been very polite. I appreciate that. This is about a five-minute answer, just so you got a heads-up.
Okay. So the issue of why didn't I contact
Mr. Dershowitz, it's a cost benefit situation. So what
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