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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document548_ Filed 12/15/21 Page6of6 Defense may of course raise, and the Court will consider, objections that particular lines of questioning into witnesses’ backgrounds or lives are irrelevant, cumulative, intended to harass, or otherwise inappropriate. See, e.g., Smith v. Illinois, 390 U.S. 129, 133 (1968) (emphasizing that even when anonymity is not warranted, the court has a duty to protect a witness “from questions which go beyond the bounds of proper cross-examination merely to harass, annoy or humiliate him”). SO ORDERED. Dated: December 15, 2021 AN \) ifs New York, New York ALISON J. NATHAN United States District Judge DOJ-OGR- 00008392