Civil Litigation
Feb. 12, 2020
Some of former FBI director’s testimony irrelevant in VW trial, judge rules
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer found Freeh’s testimony, claiming the Detroit federal judge who approved the fine did not consider that Volkswagen executives were involved in a coverup to conceal further fraud, to be unreliable and irrelevant to the civil trial.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Retired federal judge and former FBI director Louis Freeh will not be permitted to testify that criminal fines against Volkswagen in the clean diesel emissions scandal were too low, because his evidence is unreliable and irrelevant in a civil trial, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer declined to admit Freeh's testimony ...
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