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Case 1:19-cr-00490-RMB Document 36 Filed 07/24/19 Page 69 of 74 69 1 directly. 2 MR. WEINBERG: I'd rather you ask him, your Honor. 3 Thank you. 4 THE COURT: Then we'll get to Mr. Boies. 5 By the way, before we do, does everybody here except 6 me know who the two people are who got the $250,000 and 7 $100,000 checks? 8 MR. ROSSMILLER: Your Honor, we've advised defense ) counsel who those individuals were. Yes. 10 THE COURT: Can you tell us. 11 MR. ROSSMILLER: We're not prepared to make that 12 statement currently, your Honor. 13 MR. WEINBERG: Generically, your Honor, they're 14 long-time friends and employees of Mr. Epstein. One is a 15 friend. One is an employee. 16 THE COURT: Okay. The only question really have -- 17 MR. ROSSMILLER: 'm sorry, your Honor. apologize 18 for interrupting. 19 should say the government is more than happy to 20 advise the Court of that information in a sealed submission. 21 just don't want to reveal the names of potential witnesses and 22 frankly potential victims in open court at this time. 23 THE COURT: So you know them, and the defense knows 24 them as well. 25 MR. ROSSMILLER: We're happy for the Court to know SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 DOJ-OGR-00000579