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In a civil action for misrepresentation, P seeks to impeach the credibility of D by offering evidence that D has a poor reputation for truthfulness among his clients. The defense objects. (a) Identify the controlling doctrine on character evidence as it relates to witness credibility. (b) Distinguish between reputation or opinion evidence of truthfulness and evidence of specific acts; explain whether extrinsic evidence of specific acts is admissible to impeach. (c) Apply: Is the evidence of D’s poor reputation for truthfulness admissible to impeach D’s credibility? If D testifies that he always tells the truth, can P impeach by asking about prior lies?