1. Is a federal employee "engaged in. . . the performance of official duties"
to sustain a conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 111 when there is no statutory
authority for the employee's actions?

2. When the district court inadvertently discloses privileged information to
the government and the government utilizes that privileged information
to gain a strategic advantage at trial, are a criminal defendant's Fifth
and Sixth Amendment Rights violated?

Whether a federal employee is 'engaged in the performance of official duties' under 18 U.S.C. § 111 when lacking statutory authority, and whether inadvertent disclosure of privileged information by a district court violates a criminal defendant's constitutional rights