3 1 Sweeder & Ross for Professor Dershowitz. 2 Thereupon, 3 PAUL G. CASSELL, 4 having been first duly sworn, was examined and testified 5 as follows: 6 THE WITNESS: I do. 7 DIRECT EXAMINATION 8 BY MR. SIMPSON: 9 Q. Good morning or good afternoon, I guess? 10 A. Afternoon, yes. 11 Q. If I ask any questions today that you can't 12 understand, would you please let me know and I'11 13 attempt to rephrase or clarify it? 14 A. Sure. 15 Q. You're a former United States District Judge; 16 is that correct? 17 A. That's correct. 18 Q. When were you a judge? 19 A. From about 2002 'til about November 2007. 20 Q. Okay. So you were appointed by the first 21 President Bush? 22 A. Yes. 23 Q. Uh, second President Bush? 24 A. Second President Bush, yes. 25 Q. And then after resigning as a judge, you ROUGH DRAFT ONLY HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021826