Ben Gilbert: uncertainty

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…At a certain point, they argue over the definition of definition, is that right? Yes. A couple of examples—I’m not exaggerating here—the deposition really does come across as just showing pure disdain for the prosecutor and the questions he’s asking. Bill Gates rat holes on things like refusing to answer questions about memorandums since they were not memos but emails. I couldn’t possibly answer you on the question about the memorandum. At one point he does look at David Boies and ask him how he would define the word definition, of course, while smirking the whole time. The whole thing is very obviously tailored with this idea that I’m going to give you pages and pages and pages of which you will have nothing that can be used against me. That is the whole strategy. I don’t care how I come across, I don’t care how ticky-tacky the language is. He sits and pauses forever. He’ll say, well you asked me what the person who sent this was referring to. How should I know what they’re referring to? I didn’t write the email. You’d have to ask them. I don’t know. It’s 20 hours of this. Well somehow—I actually don’t really know how this happened—after the deposition is recorded on October 9th, the judge then issued a reversal saying that videotaped depositions are indeed allowed to be used in court. Oof.…

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