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Noting that he had attested to the veracity of his declaration under penalty of perjury, she threw out his entire expert declaration and refused to allow Ellison to file a corrected version.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2025

As the judge explained, in the memo that Austin had long ago issued appointing Escallier, he had attested to her independent authority.

From Salon • Feb. 5, 2025

He noted that even Vivaldi’s parish priest had attested to the “morality” of the priest-composer in a letter to Ruffo and that Giro was known to be a woman of “virtue and faith.”

From Washington Times • Dec. 30, 2021

As it happens, several of the central figures in the story of the Alamo, including William Barret Travis and Jim Bowie, either enslaved people or had attested to the importance of slavery.

From Washington Post • Jul. 5, 2021

But other times, the children had known love and lost it, and as the boy himself had attested, that hole where love had once lived was immense.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman