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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document535 _ Filed 12/09/21 Page1of8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT USDC SDNY DOCUMENT ELECTRONICALLY FILED SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK DOC #; DATE FILED: United States, _y— 20-cr-330 (AJN) Ghislaine Maxwell, MEMORANDUM Defendant. OPINION & ORDER ALISON J. NATHAN, District Judge: The Government seeks to admit what has been identified as Government Exhibit 52 (“GX 52”), and submit to the jury a redacted version of GX 52. The Defense objects to the admission of GX 52 on authentication and hearsay grounds.' The admissibility of the exhibit has been the subject of pretrial motion in /imine briefing and extensive supplemental briefing. See Dkt. Nos. 390, 397, 398, 457, 476, 490. This includes supplemental briefing received on December 8, 2021, after the authenticating witness, Mr. Juan Alessi, underwent direct examination by the Government and voir dire by the Defense. The Court reserved ruling on the exhibit, pending what was anticipated to be additional testimony. Trial Tr. at 876. The Court now overrules the Defense’s objections. I. LEGAL STANDARD Federal Rule of Evidence 901 provides that to properly authenticate or identify an item of evidence, “the proponent must produce evidence sufficient to support a finding that the item is what the proponent claims it is.” Fed. R. Evid. 901(a). The bar for authentication is “not ! The Defense previously agreed that if GX 52 is admitted, it will stipulate that Government Exhibits 52A, 52D, 52E, 52F, 52G, and 52H are true and correct photocopies of five pages from GX 52. Trial Tr. at 858. 1 DOJ-OGR-00008303