Attempt to repair credibility of witness after impeachment

Cf. United States v. Crabbe, 556 F. Supp. 2d 1217, 1223 (D. Colo. 2008) ("However, a methodology might have near universal acceptance in a particular discipline, but a court may find that the entire discipline itself (e.g. astrology, dowsing) lacks any reliability.").Astrology is not a valid science and "expert" astrological evidence does not satisfy the admissibility requirements under Federal Rule of Evidence 702 or comparable State rules; astrology is "junk science."

United States v. Washington, 462 F.3d 1124, 1134-1135 (9th Cir. 2006) (upholding trial court's admission of the prior consistent statements because they were offered to rebut a charge of recent fabrication, improper influence, or....A prior statement of a witness is exempt from the prohibition against hearsay evidence if the prior statement is consistent with the witness' testimony at the trial or hearing at which the prior statement is offered, the prior statement is offered to rebut a express or implied charge of recent fabrication or motive, and the witness who made the prior statement testifies and is subject to cross-examination at the trial or hearing at which the prior statement is offered.

United States v. Brown, 315 F.3d 929, 931-932 (8th Cir. 2003) (upholding trial court's admission of US Secret Service agent's testimony [about the Secret Service computerized database] as public record exception to the....An exception to the hearsay rule applies to the following records of government offices and agencies: (A) public records that set forth the activities of the government office or agency; (B) public records that set forth observations that a government office or agency was required to make and report but this exception does not apply in criminal cases to observations of police officers and other law enforcement personnel; or (C) in civil actions and proceedings and in criminal cases when offered against the government, factual findings resulting from an investigation made pursuant to authority granted by law, unless the sources of information or other circumstances indicate the untrustworthiness of such findings.