On Monday, Fitzgerald and Grant took turns on the witness stand at [Deputy U.S. Marshall] Ambrose's trial, testifying about what happened on that morning 2½ years ago. After being confronted with evidence, Ambrose admitted to telling a family friend about the valuable witness he had protected twice, both officials testified.
"He said, 'I bleeped up, I shot my mouth off ... but it's not what you think,'" Fitzgerald quoted Ambrose as saying that day.
Fitzgerald's nearly four hours of testimony was the centerpiece Monday as Ambrose's trial entered its second week. Ambrose stands accused of an unprecedented leak of information from the highly confidential witness-protection program while he served on the security detail of hit man-turned-witness Nicholas Calabrese in 2002 and 2003.
Attorneys for Ambrose tried to block Fitzgerald's and Grant's testimony in pretrial hearings, arguing that he was not read his Miranda rights before the 2½-hour interview. But U.S. District Judge John Grady ruled that Ambrose's admissions that day were valid evidence, clearing the way for Monday's high-powered testimony.
"He said, 'I bleeped up, I shot my mouth off ... but it's not what you think,'" Fitzgerald quoted Ambrose as saying that day.
Fitzgerald's nearly four hours of testimony was the centerpiece Monday as Ambrose's trial entered its second week. Ambrose stands accused of an unprecedented leak of information from the highly confidential witness-protection program while he served on the security detail of hit man-turned-witness Nicholas Calabrese in 2002 and 2003.
Attorneys for Ambrose tried to block Fitzgerald's and Grant's testimony in pretrial hearings, arguing that he was not read his Miranda rights before the 2½-hour interview. But U.S. District Judge John Grady ruled that Ambrose's admissions that day were valid evidence, clearing the way for Monday's high-powered testimony.
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I told you he would do good and it's easy as all he did was tell the truth. Now I know if Mr. Kitty and I were to ask Fitz some questions we would shake him up. Grant I don't know that well. Now we'd have Randall working for us this time. i wonder how Fitz felt being on the other side of the court this time. I really don't like testifying it's like your on display and all those eyes are looking at you. Some people get so nervious and scared I sometimes felt sorry for them. The Judges I worked with were really nice and understood how people get nevious in court.
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