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Cf. United States v. $125,938.62 Proceeds of Certificates of Deposit, 537 F.3d 1287, 1292 (11th Cir. 2008) (holding, in government's civil forfeiture action involving funds stolen from the Nicaraguan treasury, that evidence of Nicaraguan President's judgment of....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.

United States v. Green, 305 F.3d 422, 428-429 (6th Cir. 2002) (upholding trial court's ruling which allowed the government's questions to witnesses on cross-examination about their knowledge on a specific airport incident involving the accused after the witnesses testified on direct examination as to...Although a character witness who testifies to the reputation of another person or gives an opinion of the character of another person cannot testify to specific instances of that person's conduct to bolster the character witness's testimony, an opposing party may question the character witness about specific instances of the person's conduct to show that the character witness' testimony about the character of the person was not well-founded.

Fed. R. Evid. 405(a) ("On cross-examination [of witness who offers opinion or reputation evidence about a person's character], inquiry is allowable into relevant specific instances of conduct.).Although a character witness who testifies to the reputation of another person or gives an opinion of the character of another person cannot testify to specific instances of that person's conduct to bolster the character witness's testimony, an opposing party may question the character witness about specific instances of the person's conduct to show that the character witness' testimony about the character of the person was not well-founded.