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People
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Organizations
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Locations
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Events
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Relationships
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Document Information

Type: Court transcript
File Size: 586 KB
Summary

This document is page 62 of a court transcript from July 24, 2019, appearing to be a bail hearing for Jeffrey Epstein (Case 1:19-cr-00490-RMB). A prosecutor argues against the defendant's request for home detention, describing it as a 'gilded cage' and 'private jail' that necessitates actual detention. The prosecutor also clarifies that the SDNY case was independently investigated by the FBI, CBP, and NYPD, explicitly stating there was no coordination with the Southern District of Florida regarding the initiation of this specific case.

People (4)

Name Role Context
The Defendant Defendant
Jeffrey Epstein (implied by case number 1:19-cr-00490-RMB); requesting private jail/home detention.
Defense Counsel Attorney
Mentioned as describing a 'chain of events' regarding the DOJ appeal.
Your Honor Judge
Judge Richard M. Berman (RMB); presiding over the bail determination.
Prosecutors Government Attorneys
Speakers at the table representing the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Organizations (8)

Name Type Context
Southern District of New York
The office handling the current case.
FBI
Listed as one of the agencies that investigated the case.
CBP
Customs and Border Protection; listed as one of the agencies that investigated the case.
NYPD
New York Police Department; listed as one of the agencies that investigated the case.
U.S. Attorney's Office
Opened and investigated the case.
Southern District of Florida
Mentioned to deny coordination/communication regarding the current case initiation.
Department of Justice
Discussed in relation to an appeal and the NPA negotiation.
Southern District Reporters, P.C.
Organization responsible for the transcript.

Timeline (3 events)

2019-07-24
Bail Determination Hearing
Southern District of New York Court
Unknown (Past)
Opening of the case/Investigation
New York
Unknown (Past)
Negotiation of the NPA (Non-Prosecution Agreement)
Unknown

Locations (3)

Location Context
Location where the case was opened.
Referenced as a separate jurisdiction not involved in opening this specific case.
Described as a potential 'gilded cage' or 'private jail'.

Relationships (2)

Southern District of New York Prosecutors No Communication Southern District of Florida
Statement: 'not one of the prosecutors sitting at this table has spoken with anyone at the Southern District of Florida.'
Department of Justice Non-involvement NPA (Non-Prosecution Agreement)
Statement: 'Department of Justice did not have a role in negotiating the NPA.'

Key Quotes (5)

"What the defendant is asking for here is for special treatment to build his own jail, to have his own private jail"
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"have him be limited in his own gilded cage surrounded by people with guns"
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Quote #2
"A person who needs those conditions should be detained."
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Quote #3
""we," I mean the FBI, CBP, the NYPD, and of course the U.S. Attorney's Office."
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Quote #4
"not one of the prosecutors sitting at this table has spoken with anyone at the Southern District of Florida."
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Quote #5

Full Extracted Text

Complete text extracted from the document (1,590 characters)

Case 1:19-cr-00490-RMB Document 36 Filed 07/24/19 Page 62 of 74 62
1 in touch with the defense about. But there is a proven,
2 existing example for how that works and how that works well.
3 What the defendant is asking for here is for special
4 treatment to build his own jail, to have his own private jail
5 that he gets to stay in away from everybody else who is in jail
6 and have him be limited in his own gilded cage surrounded by
7 people with guns, surrounded by trustees with cameras on all
8 sides of his house. A person who needs those conditions should
9 be detained.
10 Second, the issue of whether the case was brought to
11 us, whether this was funneled to the Southern District of New
12 York from anywhere else, your Honor, it was not. It was not
13 brought to us by anyone else.
14 We opened the case. We investigated the case. By
15 "we," I mean the FBI, CBP, the NYPD, and of course the U.S.
16 Attorney's Office. We opened the case. We investigated the
17 case. And I can tell you that not one of the prosecutors
18 sitting at this table has spoken with anyone at the Southern
19 District of Florida.
20 The issue of the Department of Justice appeal by the
21 defendant is a distraction from the bail determination,
22 your Honor. The chain of events that defense counsel describes
23 makes clear that the Department of Justice did not have a role
24 in negotiating the NPA.
25 It didn't have any role in confirming if other
SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.
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