Word: petrocelly
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...During his two-day cross-examination, Petrocelli pummeled Fastow with demands for yes or no answers to stark did-you-or-didn?t-you questions, such as "Isn?t it true you want to make sure Jeff Skilling is found guilty?" and "Isn?t it true that you don?t want to be blamed for what went wrong at Enron...
...looked worn out. The more tired he got, the more polite he became. His brow was furrowed and he said that he was a little confused. His answers were shorter, and he said "sir" without the edge. For most of his testimony, he meticiously read every document that Petrocelli handed him. By the afternoon of his second day of cross-examination, when Petrocelli offered several more documents to review and confirm, Fastow asked, ?Can I just say I believe you and accept...
...Petrocelli accused Fastow of rehearsing his answers. Fastow said it sounded like Petrocelli rehearsed his questions. When Fastow asked Petrocelli to let him finish an answer, Petrocelli told Fastow the trial would move faster if he stopped making speeches...
...meant to cut you off,? Petrocelli said...
...defense tried to isolate Fastow, saying he didn't have direct, documented evidence of Skilling and Lay doing anything wrong, and stressing the millions Fastow earned in numerous side deals. Petrocelli asked how much money Fastow made in each deal, then asked how much Skilling had put in the bank. The answer to the second question was always, "Zero...