Judge Ito announced a mid-morning recess, reminding jurors of his standing admonitions and ordering witness Mandel to return in fifteen minutes. A brief, routine administrative pause in proceedings.
# 2 THE COURT: All right. Ladies and gentlemen, we are going to take our mid-morning recess. Please remember all my admonitions to you. Mr. Mandel, you may step down. You are ordered to return in fifteen minutes. All right.
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