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Case 1:19-cr-00490-RMB Document 24 Filed 07/16/19 Page1of9 LAW OFFICE OF MARC FERNICH matf@fernichlaw.com 810 SEVENTH AVENUE, SUITE 620 ALSO ADMITTED IN MASSACHUSETTS NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10019 212-446-2346 FAX: 212-459-2299 www.fernichlaw.com July 16, 2019 BY ECF Hon. Richard M. Berman USDJ-SDNY 500 Pearl St. New York, NY 10007 Re: US v. Epstein, 19 CR 490 (SDNY) Dear Judge Berman: In response to requests from the Court and certain arguments made yesterday by the government, we write to supplement Jeffrey Epstein’s request for bail. First, make no mistake about the crux of the government’s detention argument and its necessary implications. Stripped to its core, the government’s position — as urged in its letters and echoed again yesterday — distills to this: the nominally rebuttable remand presumption (connected with 18 USC § 1591 charges)! plus Epstein’s 1 To be clear, Epstein contends that § 1591 and the concomitant remand presumption do not contemplate or cover the core conduct at issue here: performing sexual DOJ-OGR-00000445