Attorneys started off on Thursday, the fourth day of jury selection, with a pool of 20 potential jurors whom they wanted for a second round of questioning.
On Friday, the governor's communications director, Darren Dopp, is scheduled to submit to a second round of questioning from the Albany County district attorney, P. David Soares, who is conducting his own inquiry in the wake of the Cuomo report.
Prosecutors and defence attorneys want to build a pool of 40 potential jurors who have been screened for any influence of pretrial publicity before they move to a second round of questioning.
Acting Attorney General Peter C. Harvey, whose nomination to lead the office has been stalled by a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, underwent a second round of questioning by the full committee today about issues including his office's inquiries into political corruption.
While senators may request an opportunity to ask more questions, the committee generally goes into closed session at the end of the second round of questioning to discuss a background report on the nominee prepared by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
However, he had a rough ride in the hearings, as MEPs recalled him for a second round of questioning.
Cover: President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, listens to a question during the third round of questioning on the third day of his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington, to replace retired Justice Anthony Kennedy.
Cover: President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, answers a question about guns from Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., during a third round of questioning on the third day of his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington, to replace retired Justice Anthony Kennedy.
At the news conference in Moscow, the elder Mr. Todashev said his son had been interrogated for eight hours in his home on the day of the shooting because he had refused to report to an official building for what would have been a third round of questioning.
In a statement after a fourth round of questioning before magistrates, Lagarde said she would return to her work in Washington later in the day and said the decision was "without basis".
Cover image: President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, looks over his notes during a third round of questioning on the third day of his Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington, to replace retired Justice Anthony Kennedy.
