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CasSecdesbe-cr-00490-RMB Document 18 Filed 07/16/1 9 Page 11 of 18 La 1 that. 2 THE COURT: Do you anticipate that there is going to 5 be any discussion here about the legality of the NPA? 4 MR. WEINBERG: Not the legality of the NPA. [ think 5 the discussion here is going to be about its scope. 6 THE COURT: From the defense, yes. You don't think 7 you expect to hear anything from the government, for example? 8 MR. WEINBERG: In the Southern District case, the CVRA 9 case, maybe two weeks ago the Northern District of Georgia 10 prosecutors, who are proxy for the Southern District of 11 Florida, filed the submission before District Judge Marrah in 12 the CVRA case totally supporting the constitutionality and 13 legality of the NPA, their discretion to enter into it, and 14 that there absolutely has never been a charge that Mr. Epstein 15 ever did anything other than fully perform his end as a citizen 16 who is expecting the benefits of a contract that he lived up 17 to. 18 THE COURT: [ thought there had been some contention 19 that the way that the victims vis-a-vis the Florida NPA were 20 dealt with or not dealt with was one basis for attacking the 21 legality of that arrangement. 22 MR. WEINBERG: The petitioners are vigorously and have 28 vigorously for many years challenged, many years starting quite 24 frankly after Mr. Epstein performed his obligations to go to 25 jail and challenged it, claiming that there was no consultation SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 DOJ-OGR-00000397