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Case 9:08-CAS® 22 KAIMO498cRMEnt 2deczmMeniched orFtesS DEE o7RAGeRL Sf Page 9 of 20 48 at 6 J 8; see also DE 99 at 3, and government attorneys have on multiple occasions offered to confer with Petitioners, see, e.g., July 11, 2008 Hr’g Tr. at 13 (“TI will always confer, sit down with Jane Doe | and 2, with the two agents and Ms. Villafana. We’ll be happy to sit down with them.”). Indeed, on December 10, 2010, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, accompanied by supervisory and line prosecutors from the USAO-SDFL, personally conferred with Petitioners’ counsel and with Petitioner Jane Doe #1 and entertained discussion about Petitioners’ desires to see Epstein criminally prosecuted on federal charges.’ The United States Attorney and prosecutors in the USAO-SDFL have also corresponded with Petitioners’ counsel on multiple occasions about Petitioners’ desires to have Epstein criminally prosecuted on federal charges.* Adina, a: number of districts outside the Southern District of Florida (e.g., the Southern District of New York and the District of New Jersey) share jurisdiction and venue with the Southern District of Florida over potential federal criminal charges based on the alleged sexual acts committed by Epstein against the Petitioners. Epstein is thus subject to potential prosecution for such acts in those districts. Furthermore, because of the nature of the allegations against Epstein, the filing of such potential charges against Epstein still remains temporally viable; charges for such sexual activities involving minors are not barred by the applicable ’ The United States Attorney also offered to confer with Jane Doe #2, but Jane Doe #2 declined the invitation and did not attend the meeting that was scheduled with the United States Attorney. Since that time, the USAO-SDFL has been recused by the Department of Justice from prospective responsibility for any criminal investigation or potential prosecution relating to Epstein’s alleged sexual activities with minor females. The Department of Justice has reassigned responsibility for the investigation and potential prosecution of such criminal matters in the Southern District of Florida to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida for consideration of any prosecutorial action that may be authorized and appropriate. 8 DOJ-OGR-00000313