Day 1 Deliberations End

The Danchenko case went to the jury around 1pm today, and deliberations have ended for the day with no verdict.

The Durham team had an excellent closing argument pointing out the implausibility of Danchenko’s communications with some clean logic. Here is one series of the closing:

The Real Toria Brooke@realtoriabrooke

3 weeks after initial email to Milian, Danchenko wrote to him again 8/18/2016. He said: "I wrote to you several weeks ago. We are contacts on LinkedIn. If there’s opportunity & interest, let’s meet and chat about another project. Write, call. My contact information is below."

6:18 PM · Oct 17, 2022

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The Real Toria Brooke@realtoriabrooke

What the email does not say: • "I received a call last month and I thought it might have been you."

6:18 PM · Oct 17, 2022

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The Real Toria Brooke@realtoriabrooke

On August 24, 2016, Danchenko emails Zlodorev that, "For some reason, Sergei doesn’t respond. What is your relationship with him like? I could call or write on LinkedIn but until he responds, I don’t want to pester him." (G.E. 115T)

6:18 PM · Oct 17, 2022

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The Real Toria Brooke@realtoriabrooke

What the email didn’t say: • "I received a call last month from someone I thought might be Milian, would you know anything about this?" • "We were supposed to meet in New York but he never showed up."

6:19 PM · Oct 17, 2022

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And so we will have to wait until tomorrow.

It’s a very tough case for Durham, but perhaps there is a glimmer of hope.

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