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Cobb said he expected much of what’s contained in the final report to have already been public information, but that the final report would probably include substantiation of that information from new sources and witnesses.

He said he was “leery” of joining such a motion “without having a better understanding or substantiation of the allegations,” and asked for time to review the matter once Ms. Willis’s office responded.

"We don’t think there’s any substantiation of the need to raise capital," said Kevin Fromer, president and CEO of the Financial Services Forum, which represents large global banks.

“A lot of the substantiation is a sentence or two: ‘I raise my animals humanely,’” said Dena Jones, director of the Animal Welfare Institute’s farmed animal program.

The Paydar statement, released in February when the department filed its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking gave no substantiation for its claims.