FBI Expert Says Karen Read’s Defense Was INTENTIONAL in Their Actions-WEEK IN REVIEW
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🗓️ 9 March 2025
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| 0:00.0 | This is Hidden Killers Week in review. |
| 0:02.4 | I look back at the most prolific stories of the week. |
| 0:06.2 | This is Hidden Killers with Tony Brewski. |
| 0:09.9 | The latest hearing in the Karen Reed case did not just focus on evidence. |
| 0:15.2 | It turned into a courtroom showdown over credibility, legal ethics, and potential misconduct. |
| 0:23.3 | The judge did not rule immediately, which means she's carefully weighing the prosecution's claims |
| 0:28.7 | that Reed's defense team hid financial ties with expert witnesses and possibly influenced |
| 0:34.1 | testimony. This raises huge questions, not just about the legal battle, |
| 0:38.5 | but about how investigations are conducted, how evidence is handled, and whether bias could be |
| 0:43.8 | a play in the courtroom. Jennifer Coffindaffert, retired FBI special agent, joining us, |
| 0:49.2 | Jen, as you've dealt with high-stakes investigations where credibility is everything. From an investigative standpoint, how do we separate legitimate concerns about legal |
| 0:58.9 | misconduct from potential courtroom theatrics? |
| 1:02.5 | And what signs do you look for to determine whether bias or manipulation may be at play here? |
| 1:09.6 | Well, hi, Tony. And I think the number one thing you look for is corroboration of such allegations. |
| 1:15.1 | In this case, there is a signed agreement, an expert agreement. |
| 1:20.2 | There is fiduciary proof that money changed hands. |
| 1:25.1 | There are trial transcripts that include not only what was said in open court, but also what was said in sidebar. |
| 1:34.2 | And so you may recall Judge Canoni, the first thing she did at the beginning of that hearing was she said, |
| 1:43.0 | I want my sidebar transcript entered into evidence as an exhibit. |
| 1:48.0 | That was critical when I saw that. |
| 1:51.0 | Another thing that really stood out to me was that I couldn't believe when Alessi took the reins in this thing. In other words, Yenetti, Alan Jackson, |
| 2:05.9 | they were not willing to stand up for themselves. You've seen in the past during this trial |
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