00:00The respondent's presentation of evidence-in-chief shall therefore address Article 2.
00:05The respondent may, however, identify, adopt, and rely upon evidence already adduced and forming part of the official record
00:13without needlessly presenting the same evidence and new, provided that each item is relevant and otherwise admissible with respect to
00:22Article 2.
00:24Number five, the subjudicial rule shall no longer cover the withdrawn articles.
00:30Namely, Article 1, 3, and 4.
00:33Rule 18 requires the parties, their counsel, and witnesses, and other persons covered by the rules to refrain from making
00:39public comments or disclosures
00:41concerning the merits of matters pending adjudication before the impeachment court.
00:46Upon the effectivity of this order, the separate merits of Articles 1, 3, and 4 are no longer pending for
00:53adjudication.
00:54Accordingly, the prosecutors, the respondent, their respective counsels, and witnesses may publicly address, explain, and respond to any matter contained
01:04in those withdrawn articles.
01:06In particular, the respondent, given that she will no longer have an opportunity or need to defend against those articles
01:14through the presentation of evidence before the court,
01:16may therefore answer them, present her account, defend her conduct, reputation, in the course of public discourse.
01:24This freedom extends only to Articles 1, 3, and 4, however, and does not authorize the covered parties by Rule
01:3218 to make any public comment or disclosure
01:35concerning the merits of the retained Article 2, which remains pending before this court.
01:41The freedom to discuss the allegations in the withdrawn Articles, however, does not authorize the unrestricted disclosure or dissemination of
01:49evidence presented in connection with them.
01:52Withdrawal does not declassify evidence, remove an existing seal or protective order, waive any privileged or extinguished duties arising from
02:01privacy, statutory secrecy, witness protection, legal ethics, confidentiality undertakings, or the sensitive character of any material.
02:10Evidence subject to any such protection shall not be copied, reproduced, or photographed, circulated, published, or uploaded, or transmitted, except
02:20as may be expressly permitted by law.
02:23Public statements concerning the withdrawn Articles must therefore be made without disclosing protected evidence, if any there be, in accordance
02:32with existing laws and regulations.
02:40Studies are for actual information.
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