AUSA Kevin Trowel still thinks FBI tampering claim is "frivolous"
Trowel calls the tampering "frivolous" again.
On Thursday, October 6, AUSA Kevin Trowel, a prosecutor involved in Keith Raniere’s trial and now in the appeal, again called the assertion of FBI tampering “frivolous,” this time on the same day that Professor Emeritus Alan Dershowitz and others publicly announced their position that the evidence was credible and alarming.
In a declaration to the Second Circuit, Trowel wrote that the Rule 33 motion on the tampering is “contradicted by the record in this case.”
The only example he provided was that Camila, the subject of the alleged photos who did not testify at trial, came forward at sentencing and said photos were taken of her in September 2005.
That does not contradict the allegation of FBI fraud. If anything, it invites more suspicion, as the photos on the hard drive were dated November 2005, not September 2005, and forensic experts’ analysis shows an elaborate but botched effort to make the dates on the hard drive appear authentic, resulting in inconsistencies and impossibilities in the data. This included the photos being planted on the hard drive, in a folder that was disguised to look like a computer backup from 2009.
Finally, keep in mind that Trowel’s colleagues are possibly implicated in criminal alteration of evidence. His seeking to minimize this once again by calling it “frivolous” is shameful and suspicious.