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- Jun 11, 2018
but in this particular case responding with a request for an extension seems unnecessarily risky. Why not file a quick response that payment should be deferred until final judgement, or offset by possible sanctions against Russ, and do the main argument about timing and against the need for opening books? If that gets denied THEN file for an extension. This seems like putting your most annoying foot forward first.
My takeaway is Hardin neither confirmed nor denied payment and wants an extension to avoid having to waste holiday time researching the matter - especially if this is something from before he became Dear Leader's attorney.That’s not what Hardin is saying at all. The response looks like it provides no confirmation or denial of payment because the process for proving either will be extensive and strenuous.
Reading between the lines, I got the impression Hardin also filed the motion to tell the court, "While Russ is filing this motion, he's still refused to provide his witness list and other items he's been directed to disclose. That should be higher priority/more important than this motion right now."