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Case 21-770, Document 40-1, 04/12/2021, 3075763, Page1 of 25 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Dkt. Nos. 21-58, 21-770 Appellee, : AFFIRMATION IN OPPOSITION -V.- TO DEFENDANT’S APPEAL : OF ORDERS DENYING GHISLAINE MAXWELL, PRE-TRIAL RELEASE Defendant-Appellant. jem mgm Semmes mms emg ges sess p.4 STATE OF NEW YORK ) COUNTY OF NEW YORK : SS. SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ) LARA POMERANTZ, pursuant to Title 28, United States Code, Section 1746, hereby declares under penalty of perjury: 1. I am an Assistant United States Attorney in the Office of Audrey Strauss, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and I represent the United States of America in this matter. I submit this affirmation in opposition to defendant-appellant Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal from the District Court’s orders denying pre-trial release. PRELIMINARY STATEMENT on Maxwell appeals from orders denying her pre-trial release that were entered on December 28, 2020 and March 22, 2021, in the United States 1 DOJ-OGR-00001318