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--.-- . . lC000 18 15 1 .- . I ! .. - = - . . .. ! Hoffman acccptcd the affidavits as Dart of thc casc filc, ncnding further action in the matter. * Hoffman also was questioned about his alleged olan to kidnao a high-ranking Chicago police officer (Deputy Suocrintendcnt James Rnchford). Hoffman rcfuscd at f i r s t to reply, citing thc Fifth Amend- ment. Counscl'Wcinglars objdctcd to questions relatinp to Hoffman's activities on 29 August, rccalling h c had askcd no acicstions a n direct examination about that date. 'Schultz raid Wcinglass opened thc subject carlier by asking Roffman a broad question on whctlier hc was qailty of the acts he was chargcd with. for "conspiracy" each defendant is chargcd with an overt act.. . . - Hoffman's is the alleged kidnap attcmnt:) Wcinplnss's previous question did not inentian the indictment or thc o v e r t act. less Judge Hoffman ovetrtrlcd defense objcctions and Weinplags claimed the Judge's action was unprecedented. timc in the entire trial that Your Honor has allowed cross-cxamina- tion beyond the scope of the direct examination, I' he claimed. Judge Hoffman ordered him to be q u i d . F e d e r a l Marshal was ordcrcd to forcibly seat him. the question was again askcd, rcplied, "1 consider that an unfair ruling and I won't answcr. I take the Fifth Amcnrlmcnt, 'I Schiiltz said Hoffman waived Iris Fifth Amrndmcnt nrivilcpc thc day bcfotc. Judge Hoffman aqrced and ordered the witness to answer. Hoffman rrtorted, "In all my years an the witness' stand I've never Iicarcl anything like that. '' Hoffman denied he said, "Let's hold the r a t (police officer) and thcn we'can do what we want."*lIc rlaimcrl etatcments attribrrtcd to him w a r e taken out o f context and that testimony given by Govcrnmcnt witnesses that he nrged crowds in Lincoln Park to use broken bricks for weapons was "an absolutc lie. 'I He did admit joining a protest march on 29 Augrist and whcn it was stopocrl b y the National Guard, ha had lain down in front of a "tank" with his middle finger in the air. . (As well as bcing tried ' Ncvcrthc- "This is the first When hc persisted, a Hoffman, aftcr . - Praeccutitrn qw-alions wbrc a n cffort to brcnk the dclcnsc . .. crrntcntian that hhllii! Noffman is just a "put-on:' that hc's not rcal, and that nirirh of his actions and statcments arc? a big joke. - Mo~e-vittinc?raticcn erupted on 2 January whcn rlrfcnac- a 110 rnciys conclri cliiip rcrl i s?c t cxamination of llc, lfn>;i t i at t em nt r*rl - to introduce a 17-niinntrr film into cbidcncc. Wcinplasa callcd , the film "essential" sin& it showed Abbie Hoffman's .stat& of - .. mind. He conceded it was- riot serious, but "neither was tbc . - . . - 10 .