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Prosecution· United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York

Danielle Kudla

Assistant United States Attorney who represented the government in the federal prosecution of Samuel Bankman-Fried.

AppearedFederal Criminal Trial
681 lines·14 proceedings

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Conducted direct examinations for the prosecution of Marc-Antoine Julliard on Day 2, Christian Drappi on Day 7, Richard Busick on Day 10, and Marc Troiano on Day 14. She also examined Julliard on redirect after his cross-examination.

The examinations covered an FTX customer's deposits and unsuccessful withdrawals, an Alameda employee's account of the November crisis, historical cell-site analysis, and Signal-group records. During a Day 7 hearing, the court called on Kudla first to address the admissibility of all-hands meeting clips. On Day 8, another prosecutor reported that she had coordinated with the MDC about medication arrangements for the defendant.

Attorney insights (3)

Federal Criminal Trial3
Focus

Coordination concerning medication arrangements discussed on Day 8; another prosecutor reported that Kudla had been dealing directly with the MDC.

Supporting record (1)

Trial Record (14)

FederalFederal Criminal TrialOct 3, 2023 – Nov 2, 2023

Served on the prosecution team and conducted direct examinations of Marc-Antoine Julliard, Christian Drappi, Richard Busick, and Marc Troiano, as well as Julliard's redirect examination.

Day 2

Day 7

Day 8

ProceduralRobing Room Medication Discussion1highlight4lines spoken

Summary

Defense counsel raised concerns that Bankman-Fried lacked effective Adderall coverage during trial hours. The prosecution relayed a planned extended-release BOP arrangement, and the court required a Monday status report.

Highlights (1)

Quote“They've modified the schedule of a BOP employee to ensure that they can administer this dose at 6 a.m. before he arrives at court and that the dose will be administered to him and the extended release would go for approximately 12 hours, which would then provide the Adderall up until about 6 p.m., and that they have ordered this and they're hoping to have it for him for the first dose available on Monday.”— Danielle KudlaThe prosecutor described the BOP's approved extended-release plan while preserving that the first dose was only hoped to be available Monday.Open in transcript →

Day 10

Day 14

CrossMarc Troiano — CrossMarc TroianoChristian R. Everdell26lines spoken

Summary

Defense counsel tested the prosecution's role in preparing the Signal summary chart and Troiano's limited knowledge. After striking a misleading question and answer, the court restricted repetitive or out-of-scope questioning, while Troiano confirmed three entries attributed to SBF turning off auto-delete and a one-week setting for the “KYC/legal discuss” group.