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Case 20-3061, Document 37, 09/16/2020, 2932231, Page2 of 24 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA : AFFIRMATION Appellee, : Dkt. No. 20-3061 _v.- GHISLAINE MAXWELL, Defendant-Appellant. STATE OF NEW YORK ) COUNTY OF NEW YORK : SS. SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK _) 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, and I am one of the Assistant United States Attorneys representing the Government on this appeal. Defendant-appellant Ghislaine Maxwell appeals from a September 2, 2020 order of the District Court denying Maxwell’s motion to modify the protective order regulating criminal discovery in United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell, $1 20 Cr. 330 (AJN) (the “Order”). I respectfully submit this affirmation in support of the Government’s motion to dismiss Maxwell’s DOJ-OGR-00019344