"No."
"What did you observe?"
Marcus described hearing Maya state that she was not free to leave, seeing Reed escort her into the restricted corridor, and watching her enter without physical resistance.
"Did you see her strike Officer Reed?"
"No."
"Push him?"
"No."
"Grab the door?"
"No."
"Did you see a baton?"
"Yes."
"How?"
"Officer Reed had it in his hand when he came out of the room. Earlier, I could see it across the doorway."
Reed's representative leaned toward him and whispered something.
Marcus then authenticated the email he had sent himself during the incident. The timestamp was displayed on the monitor. His notes had been written before anyone in the hallway publicly identified Maya as a judge.
The panel chair read one line aloud. "No visible resistance during escort."
Reed shifted in his seat.
The technical evidence came next. Aaron Pike explained the door sensors, the partial audio recovery, and the manual override. He displayed the server log: 8:27 and 14 seconds. User credential: D. Reed.
The panel attorney asked, "Could that entry be created automatically?"
"No."
"Could a camera failure create it?"
"No."
"What created it?"
"A logged-in user selected manual override."
The chair turned to Reed. "You previously stated you were troubleshooting."
"Yes."
"Was there a maintenance request?"
"No."
"Did a supervisor direct you to access the system?"
"No."
"Did technical support?"
"No."
"Did you document the override in your report?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"I didn't think it was significant."
The panel chair looked at him for several seconds.
Then the recovered audio was played. The quality was poor, but Maya's voice was clear enough.
"Call Judicial Administration and verify my name."