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July 16, 2019
BY ECF
Hon. Richard M. Berman
USDJ-SDNY
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New York, NY 10007
Re: US v. Epstein, 19 CR 490 (SDNY)
Dear Judge Berman:
In response to requests from the Court and certain arguments made
yesterday by the government, we write to supplement Jeffrey Epstein’s
request for bail.
First, make no mistake about the crux of the government’s
detention argument and its necessary implications. Stripped to its core,
the government’s position – as urged in its letters and echoed again
yesterday – distills to this: the nominally rebuttable remand
presumption (connected with 18 USC § 1591 charges)1 plus Epstein’s
1 To be clear, Epstein contends that § 1591 and the concomitant remand presumption
do not contemplate or cover the core conduct at issue here: performing sexual
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