DOJ-OGR-00000535.pdf

--- Page 1 --- **Document Header** * **Case Number:** Case 1:19-cr-00490-RMB * **Document Number:** Document 36 * **Filed Date:** 07/24/19 * **Page Number:** Page 25 of 74 **Text Extraction** 1. heartland of federal jurisprudence or the federal statutes that were targeted for Mr. Epstein. 2. THE COURT: They actually said that and then endorsed the agreement -- 3. MR. WEINBERG: They said that they were unusual arguments; that they essentially understood the arguments we were making. They didn't denounce the federal case. 4. They, instead, said that they believed, after a review, that there was authority and that there was a sufficient discretion that should be accorded to the U.S. 5. Attorney. 6. An appeal was then taken to the Deputy Attorney General who at the time was Mr. Filip, F-i-l-i-p. Again, I may be butchering his name. 7. THE COURT: That's his last name? 8. MR. ROSSMILLER: That's his last name. Mark I think is his first name. 9. He assigned John Roth, who was a former Florida prosecutor and was his deputy or the deputy to the Deputy Attorney General. And Mr. Roth received further written submissions. Again, there was the second endorsement of the discretion that Mr. Acosta in Florida exercised when he approved. 10. And this was not a single-man approval. The negotiations in the Southern District of Florida included the SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 **Footer** * **DOJ-OGR-00000535**