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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Wells asked to interview McNally, for the 2nd/5th time depending on what is counted. McNally/the Patriots agreed to the interview by telephone, but declined it in person. Why did Wells not do a phone interview?
I'm curious to know how many times McNally was actually interviewed. I assume Kraft wouldn't lie about it while we've already seen Wells lie multiple times.
Also curious in that Kelly Naqi posted McNallys address and Wells had his phone number, so he could have done it without asking the Patriots for permission.
To give Wells the pretense to say "the Patriots didn't cooperate".
I don't disagree with other points you've made but this isn't true; Wells couldn't contact McNally directly, he's granted council and Wells has to go through the proper channels for any contact to be made. Contacting him directly is a serious offense from what I've read, disbarment-type serious.
Wells wanted to confront McNally with texts and other info he didn't have for the first interview. He wanted to put him on the spot with other lawyers and try to make him crack. That is much harder to do over the phone, especially if there is a coach present. Wells figured labeling the Pats as uncooperative would provide more ammo than a phone call with a coached McNally.Exactly. If he wanted questions answered there is no reason a phone call wouldn't have accomplished that.
Except that the Patriots didn't outright decline the access to McNally for the 5th interview as Wells claimed. They said that McNally could be interviewed by phone. And this was to accommodate McNally's full-time job.I suspect the Patriots had the PSI numbers and not the text exchange. Patriots believe case is closed and any further investigation is a witch hunt by the slimeball Wells in attempt to bill more hours. Considering he is a part time employee, they decided decline the interview.
Wells asked to interview McNally, for the 2nd/5th time depending on what is counted. McNally/the Patriots agreed to the interview by telephone, but declined it in person. Why did Wells not do a phone interview?
I'm curious to know how many times McNally was actually interviewed. I assume Kraft wouldn't lie about it while we've already seen Wells lie multiple times.
Is it corrobrated? I've heard it many times but don't know the source.
From @Fencer
"Gotcha" moments are a lot more difficult to pull off via telephone. Wells wanted to try pressuring McNally with the "Deflator" and "ESPN" texts, but that would have been much less impactful via telephone.
What is the source of the statement that the Patriots agreed to a phone interview?
And that's a relevant standard of evidence in this case -- why?