What's your reaction to the verdict today? Confidence 95%

Uh I think it's pathetic, I think it's sad, I think it's sick. Confidence 95%

I think, uh, shocked. Confidence 95%

Uh I've never had a trial where they keep people— this is a misdemeanor, by the way— till 10:30 at night. Never even heard of that one before. Confidence 95%

Most courts, most counties, what they do is around 4:30, 5:00, is they say, "Okay, we're going to send the jurors home. Confidence 95%

They got kids, they got families, they got things to do." No, we're keeping them. I've never heard of that before. So, Confidence 95%

that alone— I know this is a thing, I guess, Olmsted County, they do this— I thought that was bizarre. Confidence 95%

Uh but the verdict itself, let's make something clear here. Confidence 95%

Let's make something very clear. Confidence 95%

She's acquitted, not guilty, right? Confidence 95%

Not guilty with the child. Confidence 95%

The state reads uh what, a five-minute victim impact statement about the child? Confidence 95%

She was acquitted about the child. Confidence 95%

She's convicted on the count involving the cameraman, Confidence 95%

who they never called to testify. Confidence 95%

Keep this in mind: they never called the cameraman to testify. Confidence 95%

This judge prohibited us from telling the jury that Jamali, Shayer Jamali, had a GoFundMe page, $340,000. Confidence 95%

He testified that it was done in May last year, done. Confidence 95%

That's not true. There's a link on the bottom of the page Confidence 95%

that goes to another open account. Confidence 95%

My investigator hit the link last night, donated $10. Confidence 95%

It's open. You can donate right now, you can donate right now to Shayer Jamali's GoFundMe page right now. Confidence 95%

It's open. Confidence 95%

He testified under oath and perjured himself. He perjured himself over and over and over and over again. Confidence 95%

This was, without any stretch of the imagination, Confidence 95%

it was like I was fighting the prosecutor and the judge. Confidence 95%

It was like I'm taking on two parties at the same time: the judge and the prosecutor. Very bizarre. Confidence 95%

Very bizarre. Confidence 95%

GoFundMe, Confidence 95%

huge worldwide giant, Confidence 95%

it's like Google, right? This is so big. Confidence 95%

My investigator was going to testify that this page with Shayer Jamali's name on it, Confidence 95%

five-year-old— the kid's nine— five-year-old, $340,000 he raised. Confidence 95%

The judge would not let me show it to the jury. Sorry, Confidence 95%

the judge would not let me show it to the jury, okay? Confidence 95%

And if you go through the— any of you right now can go online right now, right now, and they're just, like, "You cannot authenticate this. Confidence 95%

You can't lay foundation." This prosecutor is telling the judge, Confidence 95%

"Oh, how do we know this is real? How do we know this is real? Anyone could make this up." Confidence 95%

You can go online right now, today, right now, go on that page, unless they run and take it down, Confidence 95%

scroll down, he has an open GoFundMe. Confidence 95%

He said on the stand he does not. He lied Confidence 95%

and lied and lied and lied. This entire thing is a shakedown. Confidence 95%

They ought to be ashamed of themselves, the prosecutor should be ashamed of himself, the judge should be ashamed of herself. Confidence 95%

I had a battle here for four days on a stupid misdemeanor disorderly conduct. This is nuts. Confidence 95%

This was crazy. 340,000, Confidence 95%

no, can't show the jury. Five-year-old— Confidence 95%

the kid was nine— his name's on it, can't authenticate it, Confidence 95%

still open account. So we're going to appeal it. Confidence 95%

We will appeal it. We have so many appellate issues Confidence 95%

I don't even know where to begin. Judge is screaming at me during the trial, Confidence 95%

judge is interrupting me every time I want to make a record. Confidence 95%

Judge says to me, "Mr. Corliss, you keep— Confidence 95%

you keep wanting to make a record after I rule." Confidence 95%

This is crazy. Confidence 95%

Most rulings during a trial by a judge are made during the trial. Confidence 95%

And then when you take a break, you make a record, right? Confidence 95%

You take a break, you make a record. Confidence 95%

I kept asking— if you were in there and you watched the trial— Confidence 95%

I kept asking, "I need to make a record, I need to make a record." Confidence 95%

She'd get upset, run in the back. Get upset, run in the back. Confidence 95%

"Your Honor, I need to make a record." It started piling up. Confidence 95%

All these objections started piling up. "Your Honor, I need to make a record, I need to make a record." Confidence 95%

She'd run in the back. Confidence 95%

I'm like, "Judge, we got to make a record." Confidence 95%

This is— this is insane. This isn't law. Confidence 95%

This is a circus. Confidence 95%

This is monkey court. Confidence 95%

This is nuts, right? Confidence 95%

You make a record, the judge should come out and say, "Okay, I made my ruling, Mr. Corliss, what is your record you'd like to make?" Confidence 95%

I try to make a record, she interrupts me from the beginning. Confidence 95%

Right from the start, every time I try to make a record, she interrupted me. Confidence 95%

Every single time, every single time, I'm like, Confidence 95%

"Your Honor, I'm trying to make a record." Confidence 95%

That's what we do as lawyers, right? Confidence 95%

I don't know if the lay people or the, you know, people in the community understand this. Confidence 95%

The way trials work is judges make rulings during trial. Confidence 95%

We don't want to interrupt the trial to make a record every time someone objects and there's a ruling. Confidence 95%

So when there's a break or you go to lunch or at the end of the day, you make a record. Confidence 95%

She wouldn't let me make a record. Confidence 95%

If you were in there, you heard it. She talked over me, Confidence 95%

she interrupted me, wouldn't let me make a record. Confidence 95%

Over and over and over again. Why? Confidence 95%

She didn't want anybody to hear what? They didn't disclose the name Confidence 95%

of Shayer Jamali until Monday, the first day of trial. Confidence 95%

No, I'm not done. Until the first day of trial, Confidence 95%

they didn't even disclose his name. Think about that. Confidence 95%

A trial, a jury trial in the United States of America, I didn't get the name until Monday Confidence 95%

when we started the trial, until Monday. Confidence 95%

And then my investigators do a record check. Confidence 95%

Then we uncover, oh my god, he's got this GoFundMe, Confidence 95%

340,000. Confidence 95%

Mr. Corliss, a couple of things. Confidence 95%

Sure. Confidence 95%

According to the court, you agreed to those pretrial terms about not getting the witnesses beforehand, and— Confidence 95%

Did not agree to it. Confidence 95%

Here's the deal. Here's the deal. Confidence 95%

I thought I was coming down here to try a free speech case. Confidence 95%

You all saw the video. Confidence 95%

I thought I was coming to Rochester to try a free speech case based on the video. Confidence 95%

Then it took on an entirely different— it just turned, Confidence 95%

right? Mr. Jamali takes the stand, wouldn't answer any question I asked him. Confidence 95%

He sat there like this: Confidence 95%

"Oh, I don't understand." Confidence 95%

He looked at his interpreter, "I don't understand. Confidence 95%

I don't understand." Confidence 95%

Over and over and over again. Confidence 95%

When the prosecutor asked him a question, he had no problem through the interpreter understanding. Confidence 95%

Never had a problem understanding, Confidence 95%

not one time. Confidence 95%

I put the detective on the stand. Confidence 95%

"Detective, did he ever have a tough time understanding you?" Never had a tough time understanding him. Confidence 95%

Never had a tough time. Not one time Confidence 95%

did the detective have any problems understanding. You're in the jury room Confidence 95%

or in the trial— you're in the courtroom, you're in the courtroom, Confidence 95%

you're in the courtroom. Confidence 95%

He acted like he didn't understand any question I asked him. Confidence 95%

Every single question was like pulling teeth. Confidence 95%

It's like, "Huh, well..." Confidence 95%

It went on and on and on. Confidence 95%

This is a fraud. This whole thing is a fraud. Confidence 95%

The cameraman, the cameraman, Confidence 95%

by the way, let's make something clear, Confidence 95%

they didn't convict her with the child. Confidence 95%

Your headlines can be about the child, Confidence 95%

no, they convicted her on the video with the cameraman. Confidence 95%

The disorderly conduct is about the cameraman. Confidence 95%

Right. And from what I understand about the cameraman, Confidence 95%

he has a GoFundMe, and his GoFundMe— hold on, his GoFundMe is he died! He has a GoFundMe that he died! "Give money to the cameraman who died!" And from what I understand, he's well alive. This whole thing is fucking bullshit. This is a fraud. This is a fraud upon the community. Confidence 95%