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Case 1:20-cr-00330-AJN Document 61 Filed 10/06/20 Page 1 of 2
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, : AFFIDAVIT OF CERTIFICATION
: PURSUANT TO LOCAL
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GHISLAINE MAXWELL, : 20 Cr. 330 (AJN)
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STATE OF NEW YORK )
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MAURENE COMEY, pursuant to Title 28, United States Code, Section 1746, hereby
affirms under penalty of perjury:
1. I am an Assistant United States Attorney in the Office of Audrey Strauss,
Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. I am one of the Assistants
who represents the Government in these proceedings.
2. I certify pursuant to Local Criminal Rule 16.1 that the Government has conferred
in good faith with counsel to the defendant, Ghislaine Maxwell, regarding the Government’s
request to delay disclosure of certain materials to the defense, pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal
Procedure 16, and that the parties have been unable to reach agreement.
3. In particular, the Government has asked defense counsel whether they will consent
to delayed disclosure of certain materials related to victims who were abused by Jeffrey Epstein
outside the period charged in the Indictment in this case (the “Materials”). Defense counsel has
indicated that they will not consent to delayed disclosure of the Materials and that they intend to
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