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**Government request for a gag order**

❌ **DENIED**

**Government MIL #2 — exclude irrelevant evidence/arguments about the government repeatedly changing indictments/making mistakes**

❌ **DENIED AS MOOT**

**Government MIL #3 — exclude/restrict defense expert testimony**

❌ **DENIED** — the recap says all four defense experts could testify, although the judge indicated he might revisit expert issues

**Government MIL #5 — “Piss Me Off” video**

✅ **GRANTED** — the video will be allowed at trial

**Banks’ motion to suppress phone evidence** from the phone taken after the 2021 Georgia-home burglary

⏳ **TAKEN UNDER SUBMISSION**

**Durk’s motion to exclude the government’s gang expert**

⏳ **TAKEN UNDER SUBMISSION**

**Lindsey’s motion to exclude hearsay / limit conspiracy statements**

⏳ **TAKEN UNDER SUBMISSION**

**Government MIL #6 — song excerpts**

⚠️** No final ruling ye**t in the recap. The government wanted 10 excerpts; the judge told prosecutors to narrow their request and choose** **2 from the songs he identified for further argument at the next hearing.

Recap of Durk’s 8/13/26 hearing