Edelson is now attacking the Crown's claim that the alleged offer was still on the table in late July. He points out that after that e-mail exchange about Kilrea's employment woes on July 17, Kilrea initiated every single conversation between the two men. Edelson says O'Brien's pollster Dmitri Pantazopoulos had by that time told O'Brien to cut off communication with Kilrea because the O'Brien campaign no longer needed him.