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Some Overlapping Proof, By Itself, Does Not Make Joinder Proper 5
II. The Perjury Counts Must Be Severed to Prevent the Introduction of Improper, Highly
Prejudicial, and Inadmissible Evidence ... EFTA00097315
Counts 5 and 6, "the Perjury Counts," are improperly joined with Counts 1-4, the "Mann
Act Counts." For the reasons stated in Ms. Maxwell's original Motion ... this Reply, the Court
should sever the Perjury Counts and grant a separate trial on these charges.
ARGUMENT
I. The Counts Are Improperly Joined.
Rule 8(a) of the Federal
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resolution of those motions and that request until after the trial on the non-
perjury counts (Dkt. No. 231). Although we appreciate the need to streamline the pretrial
process ... motions to
suppress or hold an evidentiary hearing before the trial on the non-perjury counts because it
"does not intend to use these materials"—i.e., any of the materials ... suppression
motions—"in its case-in-chief at the trial of the non-perjury counts in this case." (Dkt. No.
227, p I). At the same time, the government purports
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