Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz answered questions under oath Wednesday during an all-day, pre-trial deposition in her lawsuit seeking a judge’s declaration that she is eligible to run for state attorney general, lawyers said.<\/p>\n
Eliot Gersten, the attorney representing the state Republican Party, questioned Bysiewicz for more than five hours between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., and will continue doing so Monday when the deposition resumes at his Hartford office.<\/p>\n
Two video cameras recorded the closed-door “discovery” proceeding. After learning that the Republicans intended to videotape the deposition, Bysiewicz asked to have her own videographer present. Bysiewicz’s lawyer, Wesley Horton, had said his client was concerned that if the Republican Party’s video showed only her — and not also Gersten, as he questioned her — it might result in “a slanted, one-sided picture of her deposition” that could be made public.<\/p>\n
Neither Gersten nor Horton would talk after Wednesday’s deposition about specific areas covered. Gersten, in behalf of the GOP, is asking Bysiewicz questions to test her claim that her 11 years of service as secretary of the state count as the practice of law.<\/p>\n
Bysiewicz wants a Superior Court judge to uphold that claim, and to issue a ruling that she is eligible under a state statute requiring that Connecticut’s attorney general have logged 10 years’ “active practice” of law in the state. She practiced law only six years in Connecticut before assuming her current office.<\/p>\n
In a deposition, sworn testimony is obtained in preparation for an eventual trial — which, in this case, Horton said has been scheduled for April 14 and 15, and perhaps beyond if necessary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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