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A. The Government’s Eve-of-Trial Disclosure of Force’s Corruption ............... .................. ................. ................. .............. 23 B. The Court’s Further Preclusion at Trial of Evidence the Pretrial Rulings Had Permitted the Defense to Use ........................... ................ 27 1. The Post-Trial Revelation of Bridges’s Corruption, and the Additional Post-Trial Disclosures of Force’s Misconduct .......... 30 C. The Court Abused Its Discretion In Precluding Ulbricht from Utilizing at Trial Information Related to Force’s Corruption ............ ... 37 1. There Was Not Sufficient Need to Maintain Secrecy of the Investigation of Force and Bridges to Ulbricht’s Detriment In This Case ..... .................. ................. .................. ...... 39 2. The Record Demonstrates That Silk Road Investigations Were Coordinated and Combined ................... ..... 40 3. The Information Regarding the Investigation of Force and Bridges Is Relevant to This Case Regardless W hether the Investigations Were Independent ..................... ................... .. 46 a. The Government’s Initial Exhibit List ................... .............. 46 b. The Importance of the First Half of 2013 Regarding the Evidence At Trial ..... ................... ........ 47 D. The Court Abused Its Discretion By Deviating From Its Pretrial Ruling and Precluding Evidence That It Had Determined Would Be Admissible ........ .................. ................... ........... 48 E. The Court Abused Its Discretion In Denying Ulbricht’s Motion for a New Trial Based on the Government’s Failure to Make Complete and Accurate Pretrial Disclosure Regarding Law Enforcement Corruption I n the Government’s Investigation ................ 50 1. The Principles Applicable to Exculpatory Material and Information ............... ................. ................. .................. ........ 50 a. General Principles Governing the Government’s Brady Disclosure Obligations .................. ................... ......... 50