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Case 1:20-cr-00330-AJN Document 142 Filed 02/04/21 Page 16 of 38 prosecuted. Nor does the NPA contain any language limiting its binding effect on other USAOs, as standard agreements typically do. B. The Negotiation of the NPA Unlike standard non-prosecution agreements, the NPA here was heavily negotiated. Negotiations began in January 2007, lasted for a period of eight months, and were “extensive.” In re Wild, 955 F.3d 1196, 1198-99 (11th Cir.), reh’g en banc granted, opinion vacated, 967 F.3d 1285 (11th Cir. 2020). Discovery has revealed tha i oon, ras LT eeeeeeeerer—“(;tCtCS; It is our understanding that the negotiations involved the entire hierarchy of the USAO for the SDFL, all of whom signed off on the NPA. Discovery indicates that PY Further, the investigation leading up to the NPA was not limited to the SDFL: A privilege log produced by the government in civil litigation indicates that the USAO-SDFL involved the USAO for this District in its investigation of Epstein, and that attorneys from the USAO-SDFL traveled to New York and interviewed and/or subpoenaed New York-based witnesses. Privilege Log, Doe v. United States, Case No. 9:08-CV-80736 (S.D. Fla.), Dkt. No. 212-1 (filed July 19, 2013) (“SDFL Privilege Log”), at 4, 5, 7. Moreover, 11 DOJ-OGR-00002588