The lawyer representing Tornado Cash founder Roman Storm asked for more time to fight submissions by US prosecutors trying to eliminate “expert” witnesses, because they could “wash time” and “confuse the ju judges.”
The US prosecutor filed a witness claim on June 6th. In a filing filed today, Storm’s lawyers said they need more time to oppose the prosecutor’s 60-page motion, hoping to throw away eight of their defensive arguments.
A total of 40 pages are dedicated to banning or restricting five expert witnesses and one non-expert witness from Storm. Defense planned to discuss a variety of crypto topics in court, including privacy, toconomy, transaction tracking, and the importance of knowledgeable protocols.
However, the government said these testimony wasTrojan horseAnd many of the witnesses confuse and waste ju-seekers’ time with broad and vague arguments.
Read more: Tornado cash is safe from US sanctions, courts say
The prosecutor argued that “the proposed testimony has multiple flaws, including the inappropriate subject matter of expert testimony, lacking a reliable methodology or basis for the facts and data, being irrelevant and unfair, unfairly disadvantaged, and being confused with a ju-journal.”
“The court should exercise an agency that sees its gates and eliminate such unacceptable expert testimony,” they added.
Storm’s legal team wants an extra two days
Storm’s legal team has called for the June 16 deadline to be extended for two days, allowing government claims to be addressed.
The government opposes this, but the defense said it could file a complaint on the original deadline and also requested an extension if given to Storm’s legal team.
Roman faces multiple fees to operate Crypto Mixer tornado cash. Last month, the Ministry of Justice Removed many fees related to running unauthorized remittance businesses.
It maintained other charges against the storm, including those related to money laundering.
Read more: DOJ claims tornado cash charges are not related to “free speech.”
Prosecutors also accused the government of withholding evidence, including communications with Fincen employees that contradicted the original classification of financial institutions, as they did not refer to tornado cash as “financial institutions.”
Eth Foundation offers $500,000 for Tornado Cash
Storm’s recently unauthorized crypto mixer is seen as a fortress of privacy by many crypto advocates who believe the US accusations are an overreach of coding rights.
Storm said today, “If I lose, defi will die with me. A dream of financial freedom, the code I believed in – it all disappears into the darkness.”
A few hours later, the Ethereum Foundation announced its donation $500,000 for Storm’s legal defense Match an additional $750,000 with donations from the community.
“Privacy is normal and writing code is not a crime.” Storm had just sued more donations earlier this month as his legal lawsuit continued.
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