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ICE is now separating children from their parents in the nation’s interior and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
![To resolve the relevant question, the court looks to the full transcript of the September 14
deposition. The court concludes that Mr. Passantino’s claims about the message of the transcript
are not only legally conclusory, but also incorrect. The transcript, far from contradicting
Mr. Weissman’s statement, supports it. Ms. Hutchinson’s statements indicate that Mr. Passantino
repeatedly prompted Ms. Hutchinson to lie. For example, Mr. Passantino’s advice included telling
Ms. Hutchinson that “Your go-to, Cass, is ‘I don’t recall,’” even when she asked about answering
“certain questions that [she] would recall.” Sep. 14 Dep. 52:7-8 (emphasis added); see id. 36:7-22
(similar). When Ms. Hutchinson told Mr. Passantino, “I’m f[*****]. I just lied,” id. 55:15-16,
Mr. Passantino purportedly responded, “You didn’t lie. . . . They don’t know what you know,
Cassidy. They don’t know that you can recall some of these things. So you saying ‘I don’t recall’
is an entirely acceptable response to this.” Id. 55:16-20. He concluded, “You’re doing exactly
what you should be doing.” Id. 55:23-24. In other words, the transcript reflects that even as
Mr. Passantino nominally instructed Ms. Hutchinson not to lie, he repeatedly urged her to say “I
don’t recall” based on the unverifiability of that response—not based on its truth. He encouraged
her to say “I don’t recall” whenever the Committee would not know the difference, even when
Ms. Hutchinson indicated to him that she did in fact recall relevant information.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/bafkreig5h2dh4ucetvepczrzdvff3pkeszppa532f6s4n7jr5te65zjksq)
