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Digital Evidence
Government Exhibit 1006
Bates identified the conversation as a Google chat following a voicemail about Silk Road being down. The court admitted the chat over renewed objections and later explained that the series contained material not offered for its truth or admissions by Ulbricht.
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- March 15, 2011 Google chat following the voicemail
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Bates's troubleshooting account supported the prosecution's position that Ulbricht operated Silk Road in early 2011, but did not itself establish control throughout the later charged period.