00:00Attorney May, is this part of trying to qualify Mr. Ortonio as a hostile witness?
00:07Yes, Your Honor. This will establish that this witness has an adverse interest, Your Honor, in this case.
00:17With your indulgence, as well as with the permission of counsels for the parties,
00:23I think it has been established that Mr. Ortonio serves at the pleasure of the Vice President,
00:28has been working for her for quite some time and is serving up to now, correct me if I'm wrong,
00:33Mr. Ortonio?
00:33That's correct, Your Honor.
00:35And that if the Vice President is impeached and therefore removed from office,
00:43that's correct, Your Honor.
00:44And that as far as we know, until today, you are still working with the office of the Vice President
00:50and serving under that capacity, coterminous?
00:53Yes, that's correct, Your Honor.
00:54To abbreviate the proceedings, the court declares Mr. Ortonio as a hostile witness,
01:01based on his adverse interests, vis-a-vis the respondent and the prosecution,
01:07and that therefore, counsel Attorney May can ask leading questions, but again,
01:12pursuant to the rules, may not ask misleading questions.
01:16You may proceed, Ma'am, accordingly.
01:25Let's work.
01:30You
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