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Case 1:19-cr-00490-RMB Document36 _ Filed 07/24/19 Page 25 of 74 ZS 1 heartland of federal jurisprudence or the federal statutes that 2 were targeted for Mr. Epstein. 3 THE COURT: They actually said that and then endorsed 4 the agreement 5 MR. WEINBERG: They said that they were unusual 6 arguments; that they essentially understood the arguments we 7 were making. They didn't denounce the federal case. 8 They, instead, said that they believed, after a 9 review, that there was authority and that there was a 10 sufficient discretion that should be accorded to the U.S. 11 Attorney. 12 An appeal was then taken to the Deputy Attorney 13 General who at the time was Mr. Filip, F-i-l-i-p. Again, I may 14 be butchering his name. 15 THE COURT: That's his last name? 16 MR. ROSSMILLER: That's his last name. Mark I think 17 is his first name. 18 He assigned John Roth, who was a former Florida 19 prosecutor and was his deputy or the deputy to the Deputy 20 Attorney General. And Mr. Roth received further written 21 submissions. Again, there was the second endorsement of the 22 discretion that Mr. Acosta in Florida exercised when h 23 approved. 24 And this was not a single-man approval. The 25 negotiations in the Southern District of Florida included the SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 DOJ-OGR-00000535