After some months delay, we finally have the Kseniia #Petrova discovery dispute in sharper focus. Petrova's attorneys filed their motion to compel last night:
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Kseniia #Petrova criminal case: again, a joint status report submitted in lieu of next week's conference which will likely be cancelled.
Gov has produced "all discovery it intends to."
Defense intends to file a discovery motion, can't do it until Nov.; def. attys on trial in NY for the next month.
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Some Kseniia #Petrova updates.
Not sure they actually matter right now, and I have not had a chance to review the decision yet and won't for a bit.
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ANOTHER weird Kseniia #Petrova wrinkle.
She gets a 47pg mixed decision in her D.Vt habeas case (remember it?), including losing her habeas/detention claim.
But it doesn't matter b/c she's out on bail in the D.Mass criminal case. I think?
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Haven't read it.
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Kseniia #Petrova was indicated by a federal grand jury today, the indictment was docketed at 1:51pm today and the case assigned to Judge Leo T. Sorokin.
H/T The Harvard Crimson.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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1/SUMMARY: In today's 1h38m hearing, Atty Bill Fick made a v. strong case for no Probable Cause that KSENIIA #PETROVA committed smuggling.
But PC in crim. court is an incredible low bar.
The Gov's 1 witness could not define "biological" material or "merchandise which should have been invoiced."
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Minor Kseniia #Petrova update: In Vermont, Judge Reiss sets immigration habeas conditions of release that are «in my view» not significantly more onerous than Judge Dein's criminal release conditions:
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The criminal case against Ms. Petrova relies heavily on a number of text message exchanges that a customs officer found on her phone. In the exchanges, two colleagues from her laboratory asked if she had the proper documentation to carry the samples through customs. “What is your plan for getting through customs with samples?” one of them asked, according to court documents. Ms. Petrova replied, “No plan yet. I won’t be able to swallow them.”
What the FUUUUCK are foreign academics doing NOT using Signal with disappearing messages? #immigration #Petrova #Deportation #Science
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Bail hearing in the habeas case of Kseniia #Petrova, the Harvard scientist accused of smuggling frog embryos who was in immigration detention until criminal charges were filed against her on May 12
GOVT: Petrova can be released!
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Kseniia #Petrova is ordered released on pre-trial release at this morning's detention hearing, with the agreement of the Government.
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Kseniia #Petrova update: AUSA David Holcomb has filed an appearance for the Government..
As recently as last month he was described in press releases as "Assistant U.S. Attorney David M. Holcomb of the Securities, Financial & Cyber Fraud Unit," but earlier in June it was "of the Criminal Division."
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In sum:
• #Petrova was supposed to be in Mass. by May 30
• Gov. moved her to Oklahoma and then said by June 4 (today)
• Gov. then said "at least another week."
• Normally she'd have a bail hearing w/i 5 days of arrest (May 14 + 5d => May 19), but transfers are weird.
Geeze.
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This is an impressive job of live reporting on a complicated hearing. Thread had me on the edge of my seat. #Petrova
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Kseniia #Petrova hearing live-posted!
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Coming up at 10:00am in Vermont, we have a bail hearing in the habeas case of Kseniia #Petrova, the Harvard scientist accused of smuggling frog embryos who was in immigration detention until criminal charges were filed against her on May 12.
I did not go up to Vermont, and that might've been error?
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In this Government filing from yesterday, we also learn Kseniia #Petrova won't be transported to Mass until Friday May 30 at the earliest (why?):
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Judge Reiss adopts #Petrova 's lawyers proposed briefing schedule in advance of Wednesday's habeas hearing: Today brief, Sunday response, and Tuesday reply.
And, HOORAY, the docket access restrictions are gone so we can actually read the party's filings (incl. the proposed schedule):
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Kseniia #Petrova: Also, "documents received" just docketed in the D. Mass magistrate judge (mj) case, including minutes of the initial appearance in W.D.La.
Nothing new, really, but it is abundantly clear the detention hearing is sought in Mass. ( I think they did say that on the video hearing…)
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It looks like Judge Reiss is going ahead with the May 28 bail hearing in Kseniia Petrova's (immigration) habeas case, over the objection of the Government, despite her criminal case. #Petrova
The court re-noticed the hearing and announced Zoom remote access information this morning:
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"Judge Christina Reiss, a federal judge in Vermont hearing Petrova’s habeas petition, questioned government lawyers over whether Customs and Border Protection actually had the authority to cancel #Petrova ’s visa. Judge Reiss had set a bail hearing for next Friday" dianeravitch.net/2025/05/19/w...
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Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea J. Campbell filed an amicus brief in support of Harvard Medical School researcher Kseniia Petrova,
calling for her immediate release from a Louisiana detention facility.
The brief — filed on Monday in a Vermont District Court — condemned the Department of […]
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A Russian-born scientist and research associate at Harvard University
who has been held for months in an immigration detention center in Louisiana
has been criminally charged with attempting to smuggle frog embryos into the United States.
Federal prosecutors in Boston announced the smuggling […]
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So now MAGA is throwing scientists in jail and canceling research at Harvard and other universities. I fail to see how this will make America great.
#ICE #BorderPatrol #KseniiaPetrova #Kseniia #Petrova #deport #deported #deportation
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Kseniia #Petrova had fled Putin and started a career in a Harvard Lab. Then she made a small mistake. Now, she is arrested in a detention center and has to fear being deported to Russia. How quickly the land of freedom has become a land of repression and injustice!
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/s...
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Kseniia #Petrova, a #Harvard scientist who fled #Russia after protesting its invasion of #Ukraine, has been captive to the hard-line immigration policies of the Trump administration for nearly eight weeks. She fears arrest if she is deported.
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Ksenia #Petrova was initially given a choice after being stopped by CBP: return to France & reapply for a visa, or be deported & barred from entering the US for 5 yrs.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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