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5 States.” Pet. App. 24a-38a. For example, the NPA pro- vides for “the United States Attorney” to send notice to Epstein if he “should determine, based on reliable evi- dence,” that Epstein has violated the agreement, and specifies that the notice should be “provided * * * within 60 days of the United States learning of facts which may provide a basis for a determination of a breach.” Jd. at 26a. DOJ policy provided at that time—and similarly pro- vides today—that “[n]o district or division shall make any agreement, including any agreement not to prose- cute, which purports to bind any other district(s) or di- vision without the express written approval of the United States Attorney(s) in each affected district and/or the Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division.” Pet. App. 10a (citation omitted); see Justice Manual § 9-27.641 (Feb. 2018) (current version). The NPA in Epstein’s case was signed by Epstein, his counsel, and— under U.S. Attorney Acosta’s name—the aforemen- tioned Assistant U.S. Attorney. Pet. App. 36a-38a. In accordance with the NPA, Epstein pleaded guilty to two offenses in Florida state court in 2008. Pet. App. 96a. He was incarcerated for about a year in a mini- mum-security state facility. Id. at 96a-98a. But in 2019, the USAO for the Southern District of New York (New York USAO) obtained an indictment charging Epstein with sex trafficking minors. /d. at 100a. 2. In 2020, a grand jury in the Southern District of New York returned an indictment charging petitioner with several offenses arising out of her scheme with Ep- stein. Pet. App. 52a. A second superseding and ulti- mately operative indictment charged petitioner with six offenses related to facilitating sexual activity by minors and two counts of perjury. C.A. App. 114-135. DOJ-OGR- 00000228