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Extraction Summary
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Summary
This is a page from a court transcript (Case 1:19-cr-00490-RMB) filed on July 16, 2019, concerning a bond hearing. Defense attorney Mr. Weingarten argues that while there may have been prostitution, there was no violence, coercion, or trafficking involved. The Judge (The Court) counters this argument by noting that if the women involved were under 18, they were legally incapable of consent, making the acts rape.
People (5)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Mr. Weingarten | Defense Attorney |
Argues that the defendant's actions constituted prostitution rather than trafficking or rape; defends against the cha...
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| The Court | Judge |
Judge presiding over the hearing (specifically Judge Richard M. Berman based on case code RMB); challenges the defens...
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| Eric Holder | Former Attorney General |
Mentioned by Weingarten in the context of a past press conference regarding law enforcement priorities on trafficking.
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| Director Comey | Former FBI Director |
Mentioned by Weingarten in the context of a past press conference regarding law enforcement priorities on trafficking.
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| Jeffrey Epstein | Defendant (Implied) |
The 'person involved' discussed in lines 13-14; subject of the bond hearing in Case 1:19-cr-00490.
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Organizations (2)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| Southern District Reporters, P.C. |
Produced the transcript.
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| Department of Justice (DOJ) |
Implied by footer DOJ-OGR-00000422.
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Timeline (2 events)
2019-07-16
Unspecified (Past)
Locations (1)
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Implied jurisdiction based on case number and reporter info.
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Relationships (1)
Weingarten is arguing for the defense in Epstein's case (Case 1:19-cr-00490).
Key Quotes (4)
"The bottom line... you may come to the conclusion there was prostitution involved and maybe a lot of it, but that doesn't mean that the person involved is a pedophile, a rapist or, heaven knows, a trafficker."Source
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"THE COURT: Well, if the women involved were under 18, isn't that rape?"Source
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"THE COURT: Legally they are incapable of consent, are they not?"Source
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"MR. WEINGARTEN: Well, it could be statutory rape. But what I am talking about is trafficking..."Source
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Full Extracted Text
Complete text extracted from the document (1,487 characters)
Case 1:19-cr-00490-RMB Document 20 Filed 07/16/19 Page 17 of 24 17
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1 day. They can't leave or else their families are threatened.
2 This is dreadful conduct.
3 I remember an occasion when the Attorney General Eric
4 Holder and I think Director Comey had a press conference
5 establishing this as a law enforcement priority. Every
6 sensible person in the world would think that this is the exact
7 right thing law enforcement should do.
8 This is not this case. There was no violence. There
9 was no coercion. There was no intimidation. There is no
10 deception. The bottom line, if you take a fair look at the
11 facts of this case as alleged and in the record, you may come
12 to the conclusion there was prostitution involved and maybe a
13 lot of it, but that doesn't mean that the person involved is a
14 pedophile, a rapist or, heaven knows, a trafficker. Just --
15 THE COURT: Well, if the women involved were under 18,
16 isn't that rape?
17 MR. WEINGARTEN: My understanding --
18 THE COURT: Legally they are incapable of consent, are
19 they not?
20 MR. WEINGARTEN: Well, it could be statutory rape.
21 But what I am talking about is trafficking and why the
22 statute was passed, and obviously the statute was passed to
23 protect women from the horrors that occur in such settings, and
24 that is light years removed to what happened in this case.
25 So what about bond? I would suggest that the
2 This is dreadful conduct.
3 I remember an occasion when the Attorney General Eric
4 Holder and I think Director Comey had a press conference
5 establishing this as a law enforcement priority. Every
6 sensible person in the world would think that this is the exact
7 right thing law enforcement should do.
8 This is not this case. There was no violence. There
9 was no coercion. There was no intimidation. There is no
10 deception. The bottom line, if you take a fair look at the
11 facts of this case as alleged and in the record, you may come
12 to the conclusion there was prostitution involved and maybe a
13 lot of it, but that doesn't mean that the person involved is a
14 pedophile, a rapist or, heaven knows, a trafficker. Just --
15 THE COURT: Well, if the women involved were under 18,
16 isn't that rape?
17 MR. WEINGARTEN: My understanding --
18 THE COURT: Legally they are incapable of consent, are
19 they not?
20 MR. WEINGARTEN: Well, it could be statutory rape.
21 But what I am talking about is trafficking and why the
22 statute was passed, and obviously the statute was passed to
23 protect women from the horrors that occur in such settings, and
24 that is light years removed to what happened in this case.
25 So what about bond? I would suggest that the
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