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Case 22-1426, Document 87, 07/27/2023, 3548202, Page16 of 35 agreement. SA100, SA105 fn.122. However, that language, limiting co-conspirator immunity to the Southern District of Florida, was removed from the final signed NPA. SA166-167fn.237, fn.239, & fn.240. The intentional excision of this limiting language from the draft version of the co-conspirator clause establishes that that limitation was not intended to apply to the co-conspirator clause. Indeed, it is difficult to imagine any clearer evidence than the purposeful removal of that limiting language, especially as it is replaced by the term “United States.” And to punctuate this point, the U.S. Attorney himself as part of a final review and edit of the NPA, instructed the line prosecutor to restore the reference to Epstein’s desire to reach a global agreement of his State and Federal criminal liabilities. SA110. The Government denies that Main Justice was involved in the plea negotiations. Br. 22. But the OPR demonstrates that Andrew C. Lourie, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Department’s Criminal Division and Chief of Staff to Assistant Attorney General Alice Fisher, was actively participating in a critical phase of plea negotiations in September “from his new post at the Department in Washington, DC.” SA101. After his transfer, he continued to be consulted on the negotiations and apprised of their status. He repeatedly rendered opinions, trying to close the deal involving a plea agreement and the NPA (SA106, 110). On September 24, 2007, Lourie, now stationed in Washington D.C. at Main DOJ-OGR-00021758