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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 763 Filed 08/10/22 Page57 of 197 2598 LCHVMAX2 Richards - direct 1 A. Yes. 2 Q. Does that training and experience involve how to listen to 3 people talk? 4 A. What we try to do is listen to get the details as accurate 5 as possible. 6 Q. Okay. And when youtre listening and trying to get the 7 details as accurate as possible, are you trying to gather 8 information via open-ended questions to elicit responses from 9 witnesses? 10 A. Yes. 11 Q. As part of your training and experience, do you try to 12 limit anybody from telling you anything? 13 A. No. 14 Q. And as part of your investigation and training, are you 15 looking to get as much relevant information as possible from 16 anyone you're interviewing about a particular topic or subject? 17 A. Yes. 18 Q. Now, I want to direct your attention to 2007, which would 19 be about a year after you began working in Palm Beach; correct? 20 A. CORrece. 21 Q. You were working with an agent Nesbitt Kuyrkendall. Do you 22 recall Agent Kuyrkendall? 23 A. Yes. 24 Q. And you and Agent Nesbitt Kuyrkendall were interviewing 25 witnesses together in tandem; is that right? SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 DOJ-OGR-00014163