Good morning everyone! Testimony at the trial gets underway at about 10 a.m. ET. In the meantime, here's some background reading you may have missed late yesterday...

Bayne tells Wright he forgot to inform him yesterday that he was to discuss his evidence with no one.
Wright replies that his lawyers have him the same advice.
Bayne seems satisfied with that and moves back into the period of early February they were discussing yesterday.

Bayne brings us to email 42 from exhibit 45a. He says by February 8 it was clear that Duffy had legal representation and that the Senate's referral of his case to Deloitte had been made.
Bayne and Wright agree that Duffy's problems were an ongoing issue over the course of a few months.
Bayne says that what was initially set out on February 7 is indeed what ultimately happened. Wright agrees.
Moving to February 8, Bayne brings up an article from PEI newspaper the Guardian raising the issue of Duffy's eligibility as a Senator.
Bayne also shows a Canadian Press article on the issue.
Email 49 is from Duffy to Bill Curry from the Globe and Mail. Bayne characterizes it as Duffy resisting the idea that he did anything wrong.
'If I had been told this was a prob I would not have done those events,' wrote Duffy.
Wright agrees that Duffy seems to be defending himself.
Bayne marks February 22 as 'capitulation day.'
To February 10 first though. Duffy writes to Tkachuk asking he senate to cover his legal fees.
The next day Duffy's then-lawyer Janice Paynce sent an email to the Senate's internal auditor Jill Anne Joseph asking who to contact at Deloitte.

Bayne brings us to email 42 from exhibit 45a. He says by February 8 it was clear that Duffy had legal representation and that the Senate's referral of his case to Deloitte had been made.
Bayne and Wright agree that Duffy's problems were an ongoing issue over the course of a few months.
Bayne says that what was initially set out on February 7 is indeed what ultimately happened. Wright agrees.
Moving to February 8, Bayne brings up an article from PEI newspaper the Guardian raising the issue of Duffy's eligibility as a Senator.
Bayne also shows a Canadian Press article on the issue.
Email 49 is from Duffy to Bill Curry from the Globe and Mail. Bayne characterizes it as Duffy resisting the idea that he did anything wrong.
'If I had been told this was a prob I would not have done those events,' wrote Duffy.
Wright agrees that Duffy seems to be defending himself.
Bayne marks February 22 as 'capitulation day.'
To February 10 first though. Duffy writes to Tkachuk asking he senate to cover his legal fees.
The next day Duffy's then-lawyer Janice Paynce sent an email to the Senate's internal auditor Jill Anne Joseph asking who to contact at Deloitte.

Bayne says Duffy never met with or gave information to Deloitte before their report came out.
Wright says there was a particular point in time when he believes that Tkachuk's proposal would take effect.
But wright discouraged Duffy from speaking to Deloitte because he was convinced that he would make a case the amount of days he spent on the island and defend his entitlements which Wright didn't want him to do.
Bayne says that's a strange answer because 'all he (Duffy) wanted to do... was defend himself. Why didn't you want to let him?'
Wright says the mandate of Deloitte was to make a determination on Duffy's primary residence.
But Wright was concerned that Duffy would argue his actual home was PEI (which the PMO and Senators were trying to render moot by getting Duffy to admit mistake and repay).
He would expose this whole 'phony' scenario
He didn't believe he made a mistake but he was 'compelled to go along with this.'
'He was going to expose all this... You didn't want that!' aserts Bayne.
Wright says he just didn't want him to defend his entitlements.
'You have him scripted lines didn't you?' Says Bayne.
Wright says Duffy participated in that which leads to an audible snort from Duffy's side of the courtroom. Duffy seems to think that was pretty funny.