Since he will not be giving testimony, senators said his appearance would not be included as evidence in their deliberations.
He included, as evidence, a photograph of President Obama and Prime Minister Cameron — or at least their backs — leaning over a Churchillian head on a side table.
The prosecutor, Christopher Clayton, said he had not yet determined whether the tape should be included as evidence and asked for more time to consider the matter.
The conversation was not included as evidence during his six-month trial because police were apparently unaware it had ever existed, according to the book.
In August, Martha Stewart "informed the government that she was objecting" to the use of that message, and the government then asked the judge to determine whether it should be included as evidence.
That case was nearly derailed on Wednesday after Cosby's lawyers filed a motion seeking that this deposition not be included as evidence in the criminal case before him, and pushed for the case to be thrown out with it.
In the Oregon case, about 1,000 files, from the years 1965 to 1984, were included as evidence, though the judge, John A. Wittmayer, allowed only the jury and lawyers involved to view them.
Some lawsuits, however, include as evidence extensive material -- much of it from Grace's own files -- that shows state and federal agencies warned the company often, and as early as the 1960's, that conditions at the Libby mine, the transport center and Grace's processing plant posed health hazards.
The lawsuit included as evidence a number of damning text messages sent by Mateen, which led to his suspension.
Tinder may question some of the claims made in the complaint, but it can't really dismiss the inappropriateness of the texts from Mateen that are included as evidence in the lawsuit.
