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Alexander Kueng, Tou Thao and Thomas Lane. The lawyer for Thao, who was the officer not on top of Floyd but to the side facing the bystanders, writes that the testimony of Hennepin County Medical Examiner, Dr. Andrew Baker, was “directly and indirectly” coerced by the state.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/ckom5apug000t3b6zi4zdbvnv@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'In court documents, attorney Robert Paule states a one-time potential expert witness, Dr. Roger Mitchell, a former medical examiner in Washington DC, “orally made the threat to unlawfully injure Dr. Baker’s trade unless Dr. Baker changed his autopsy findings.” It states Baker and Mitchell spoke on the phone before Baker released the report. 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