William Harold Hinman’s deposition from July 2021 was criticized by John E. Deaton, the creator of the digital service information platform CryptoLaw and a well-known XRP attorney, who said that Hinman’s answers to the court’s questions were made up.
Hinman was called for a deposition in July 2021 at the US District Court Southern District of New York, where he was required to provide truthful answers to the court’s inquiries about the SEC’s legal action against the cryptocurrency exchange Ripple.
Deaton alleged in a tweet that Hinman’s claims were made up with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) approval. He suggested that the SEC lawyers might have told Hinman not to disclose the case’s intricate details, and that Hinman, not knowing of the eventual disclosure of the documentation, may have submitted to their instructions.
The attorney asked Hinman a question that the court had posed:
Hinman immediately responded with a clear “no,” explaining that he had no communication with the SEC “on the substance” after clarifying whether or not the Courtroom had referred to the “SEC personnel” by the “SEC employees.”
In addition, Deaton disproved the statements made in the June “Ether Speech” and the Hinman email. The SEC has been quite cautious and adamant in portraying Ether as not a safety, as is clear from a number of emails.
The XRP lawyer has been attempting to demonstrate in a series of tweets the conspiratorial relationship between Hinman and the fee, particularly in light of the former’s prior employment as the SEC Division of Company Finance Director.
Deaton has been defending the alternative during the protracted legal dispute between the SEC and Ripple. His strong resistance to the regulators has been evident in the majority of his tweets on the subject. He asked his followers to face the firm in a previous tweet as well.
