Opinion ID: 769464
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Audit Report.

Text: 39 The district court admitted an audit report of the exchange program prepared by USDA-OIG under the business records exception to the rule against hearsay, Fed. R. Evid. 803(6). The district court has wide discretion to determine whether a business record meets the trustworthiness standard of the business records exception to the rule against hearsay. See United States v. Scholl, 166 F.3d 964, 978 (9th Cir. 1999). Although contested by the defendants, the record reflects that the audit report was made in the regular course of USDAOIG's regular activity and that it was the regular practice of USDA-OIG to prepare such a report. 40 The record indicates that USDA-OIG prepares audit reports, such as the one admitted at trial, whenever it suspects irregularities in a USDA program. The witness who presented the report was the individual in charge of the preparation of the report. There is nothing in the record to indicate the report lacks trustworthiness. The district court did not abuse its discretion when it admitted the audit report.