Just as I thought. Romney provided expert testimony on a business valuation. It happens in every single divorce case where one party is the sole or part owner of a closely held business. The wife certainly had her own expert also testifying on the same subject. Such testimony consists of balance sheets, pro-formas and past and anticipated earnings. Unless you are an accountant (or one of the parties) it’s the most boring stuff you can imagine. This is a nothingburger.
I agree that this is likely nothing but in the eyes of a desperate O campaign and MSM hungry for anything on Romney they will use this as fodder for the next two weeks showing Romney as anti-woman. How many divorced women are out there who feel wronged, didn’t get the alimony/support they wanted and are bitter and now look to the government for help. These women are who the O campaign is after and this fits their narrative of Romney being anti-woman. Even just going to court this morning will allow them to cast him in this light even though it is not true.
Have a good friend who was the attorney for the wife in what was at the time and maybe still is the largest divorce settlement in the nation. The multi billionaire McCaw telecommunication empire. He would talk about having to depose Bill Gates and a whole bunch of other big time big name techies.
His point was same as yours. They call these folks in to corroborate hearsay statements to prove their stories to increase/decrease potential settlements. End of story.