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Wase ba9-cr-00490-RMB Document 18 Filed 07/16/19 Page 9 of 18 a 1 That is in spite of the fact that the Southern 2 District is not bound, is not a signatory to, and otherwise has 3 no connection to the NPA. And there is no evidence that we 4 have come across that the Southern District of New York was 5 consulted, asked, involved, notified as far as we have seen. 6 For those reasons and others I'm sure we will brief, 7 we don't think the NPA applies to us. 8 MR. WEINBERG: £ may reply briefly, your Honor? 9 THE COURT: Yes. 10 MR. WEINBERG: I have been one of Mr. Epstein's 11 counsel through the CVRA litigation which started in 2008 and 12 continues. In fact, our briefing is today. The NPA provided 13 him with immunity for any offenses arising from a joint 14 FBI/grand jury/U.S. Attorney investigation that led to a 15 decision by Mr. Epstein to plead to a higher state offense than 16 the state prosecutors contemplated. He went to jail, signed an 17 agreement, and has lived up to its terms 100 percent. 18 We have seen in the paperwork of the CVRA, in the 19 Southern District of Florida, in writing at docket 205-2 the 20 government's motion to dismiss CVRA, urging that the witnesses al there go to the Southern District of New York and essentially 22 try to motivate them to prosecute for the very same conduct, in 23 other words, the conduct that Mr. Epstein was immunized, 24 including travel between two states, telephonic communications 25 between two states. Florida immunized him for the same travel SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 DOJ-OGR-00000395