cross-examine
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Ruemmler told the Journal that she never drafted a letter, represented Epstein or was asked to cross-examine victims.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 20, 2026
They’ve got one cooperator, but you can cross-examine the cooperator, who’s cooperating in hopes of a more lenient sentence.
From Slate ● Jan. 7, 2026
Skaggs’ lawyers, however, pointed out that the defense has taken longer to cross-examine witnesses than it took them to conduct the direct examinations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025
“As laid out by Jack Smith in his report, the evidence here seems very strong, but, of course, a defendant would have an opportunity to cross-examine every witness and present his own defense,” McQuade said.
From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2025
Mom walks him out, and before she can return to cross-examine me, I’ve escaped to my room with my cell phone.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
A climactic scene between these two actors in which Jackson cross-examines Göring is a riveting piece of courtroom drama.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2025
I'm told he "cross-examines" them and their officials - and if their answers aren't up to snuff, they get called in for another meeting.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2025
Giuliani said at the lectern, doing a terrible Joe Pesci, from the scene where he cross-examines an elderly eyewitness with bad eyesight.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 19, 2020
When I think about Harris, I remember her performance at Senate hearings: the way she challenges people, cross-examines them, and handles herself in a room.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 9, 2020
Peterborough, Earl of, cross-examines in Lord Warwick's case, ii.
From State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2) Political and Social by Various
They also criticise the five days Patterson was cross-examined by barrister Nannette Rogers.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Victims are often cross-examined during the lengthy legal proceedings, which frequently deepens their sense of guilt, Tsang noted.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
Because Florsheim had no lawyer, he cross-examined his neighbor himself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
The witness was then cross-examined by Sir Jeffrey's barrister Kieran Vaughan KC.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
But when Ngubase was cross-examined by Vernon Berrange, it was revealed that he was equal parts madman and liar.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Indeed the idea for his first book came to him while he was cross-examining a witness.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
With this rule in place, and with prosecutors thirsty to invoke it, the first part of every excessive punishment analysis turns into Tom Cruise cross-examining Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men: Q: “Grave Danger?”
From Slate ● Dec. 29, 2025
Mesloh believes Harris’ natural rhetorical style is more lawyerly, when she can deliver a methodical case as if cross-examining a witness in front of a jury.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2024
He began to embrace the thrill of cross-examining visiting missionaries.
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2024
As the accused took turns cross-examining the witnesses, the Crown and the prosecution began to get a sense for the first time of the true caliber of the men and women on trial.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
