HOUSE OVERSIGHT 012445 -0929104.TXT 9 A. Okay. I work at and people 10 were telling me that people were looking for me. So yes, 11 I was aware that people were searching for me, but I had 12 no idea who they were or what their intentions were, but 13 I thought they were just people I didn't want to talk to. 14 So I just didn't want to talk to them. And every time 15 they'd come to work I wasn't there. And so happens the 16 night that they came in me and my friend switched name 17 tags. No big deal. 18 Q. That's a lie, isn't it? 19 MR. LEOPOLD: Objection. Don't answer that 20 question. That's harassment and I will not allow 21 it. He could ask the questions and we'll allow a 22 jury to make that determination, but not counsel. 23 I will not allow her to answer that 24 question. 25 MR. TEIN: Certify it. 59 1 MR. LEOPOLD: I'll certify it. 2 ..................CERTIFIED QUESTION.................. 3 She's answered that question. She's explained it five 4 times already. The fact that Counsel doesn't like the 5 answer, that's a different query. 6 MR. TEIN: Stop making speaking objections. 7 MR. LEOPOLD: I'm not. I'm not going to 8 put up with it, because it's in appropriate, Jack, 9 and you know it. I will not allow Counsel to 10 berate a witness, whether it's in a criminal case 11 or a civil case, whether my client or 12 MR. TEIN: Calm down. 13 MR. LEOPOLD: Excuse me. Page 50