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10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document563_ Filed 12/18/21 Page 9 of 167 Instruction No. 2: Role of the Jury Your role is to pass upon and decide the fact issues that are in the case. You, the members of the jury, are the sole and exclusive judges of the facts. You pass upon the weight of the evidence or lack of evidence; you determine the credibility of the witnesses; you resolve such conflicts as there may be in the testimony; and you draw whatever reasonable inferences you decide to draw solely based on the evidence and from the facts as you have determined them. You must determine the facts based solely on the evidence received in this trial. In determining the facts, you must rely upon your own recollections of the evidence. What the lawyers have said—for instance, in opening statements, in closing arguments, in objections, or in questions—is not evidence. You should bear in mind particularly that questions put to witnesses, although they can provide the context to answers, are not themselves evidence. It is only the answers that are evidence. I remind you also that nothing I have said during the trial or will say during these instructions is evidence. Similarly, the rulings I have made during the trial are not any indication of my views of what your decision should be. The evidence before you consists of the answers given by witnesses and the exhibits and stipulations that were received into evidence. If I have sustained an objection to a question or told you to disregard testimony, the answers given by a witness are no longer part of the evidence and may not be considered by you. I will instruct you at the end of these charges about your ability to request to have testimony read back and your access to other evidence admitted during the trial. DOJ-OGR-00008547