@riotmuffin @dfwsupportcommittee Exactly this.
However, the Judge explicitly allowed for "evidence offered by any Defendant to disprove the Government's affirmative case..." Literally the job of the defense council during their turn.

I can only think maybe they ran out of money/funds? Lawyers completely unprepared for Federal Criminal procedure?
Or maybe they were bribed or threatened by the Prosecution? I really don't understand it.