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personpersonJanine Gill VelezJanine Gill VelezHuman resources director for Florida Properties Management, which maintained Mar-a-Lago employment records.← All People
Witness· Florida Properties Management

Janine Gill Velez

Human resources director for Florida Properties Management, which maintained Mar-a-Lago employment records.

34 lines·3 proceedings·1 mention

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Called by the government on Day 8, Janine Gill Velez testified as the human-resources director for the company managing the Mar-a-Lago Club. She described the storage, regular creation, and retention of employee personnel records and authenticated a personnel action notice for Sky Roberts.

The court overruled a defense objection and admitted Government Exhibit 823 and its redacted public version. Gill Velez read from the notice that Roberts's hire date was April 11, 2000.

On cross-examination, defense counsel established that she began working for the property-management company in about 2007 and had no firsthand role in creating the 2000 document or maintaining earlier records. The government did not conduct redirect examination.

Trial Record (3)

FederalFederal Criminal TrialNov 29, 2021 – Dec 29, 2021Called by prosecution

Called by the government on Day 8, Janine Gill Velez authenticated a Mar-a-Lago personnel action notice for Sky Roberts and read its listed 2000 hire date. Cross-examination addressed her lack of firsthand involvement with the earlier record.

Day 8

CrossJanine Gill VelezBobbi C. Sternheim3highlights9lines spoken

Summary

Gill Velez said she lacked firsthand knowledge of the 2000 document and pre-2007 recordkeeping; the government declined redirect.

Highlights (3)

testimony highlightDefense established that Gill Velez began working for the property-management company in about 2007 and did not participate in earlier recordkeeping.Open in transcript →
Quoteβ€œThe information I know is what was written in it.”— Janine Gill VelezGill Velez distinguished the document's contents from her own knowledge of the underlying information.Open in transcript →
procedural actionAfter Gill Velez was excused, the court swore Shawn under that name and instructed sketch artists not to draw an exact likeness to protect another witness's anonymity.Open in transcript →