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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 438 Filed 11/12/21 Page 2 of54 TABLE OF CONTENTS PRELIMINARY STATEMENT uuu... cc cccscssssscssssccsscsecscssecscsssssssscscescssecseseescsessessacsecseseecseseesecsasseesessesees 2 ARGUMENT. .......ccccscssssscscssssssesssccscssccssssscscsssssssassccscssecscsescscssssessassesscseecscseecscsssecsassesseseesseseacecsasseasacseseeses 3 1. The Court Should Permit Certain Witnesses to Testify Under Pseudonyms or Using First Names, and Permit the Sealing of Related Exhibits 0.0.0.0... ceeceecsseceeeeeseeeeeeeeeacesseecneeeeaeeeaeees 3 A. Applicable Law .00....ceceeeeseesscesscesscecseecsaeceaeceaecesscsssesscesneseneseneecaeesacecseecsaecsaecsaeceaecesseeteneneeees 4 B. Discussion .........::ccsccceseceseceseceseestesceeseeseneesaeesacecscecscecuaeceaeceaecessesssessnseeceseneeeaeeeaeesaeeceesaeeaeees 10 II. The Minor Victims’ Prior Consistent Statements Are Admissible for Their Truth If the Defense Challenges Their Credibility 20.0.0... ceccesceceeecesecesecesecereseneesnessneesecesanesaeecseeeaeeeaeee 17 A. Applicable Law .0...... cc cecescesscesscecssecesecesecssceseesssessneseneseneeeaeesacecseecsaecsaeceaeceaeesseeseneteneeeneeeneeaees 17 B. Discussion .........::ccsccceseceseceseceseestesceeseeseneesaeesacecscecscecuaeceaeceaecessesssessnseeceseneeeaeeeaeesaeeceesaeeaeees 19 Il. The Court Should Preclude Evidence or Argument About Investigations of the Defendant..20 A. The Court Should Not Permit the Defense to Elicit Evidence About Charging Decisions or Possible Reasons for Them... cece sescsscseesescssesseeeecesecaescessecnaseaeseecnsesaeseeseaecsasenesascnaseeseatonaeeas 22 B. The Court Should Preclude Evidence or Argument About the Length of And Investigative Steps Taken During Current or Prior Investigations. .............:ccecssscssereseceeeeececseecesecesecesseeeeeseneeees 29 C. The Defense Should Not Be Permitted to Call Case Agents Without First Proffering a Valid Basis for Their Testimony ............::ceeccsecsseeeseeeesecesscecacecsceceaeceaeceaecssecsstesseseeneseneeeaeeeaeesaeesseesaeeeaeees 32 IV. The Court Should Preclude Evidence or Argument About the Government’s Alleged Motives for PrOSCCULION oes eecesecseeeceesecneceseeeeceseeseesecesecseeeeesecnscssesseessecseeecessecnaeeaeeassnseeseserenaesaaeeeee 33 V. The Court Should Preclude Challenges to the Credibility of Individuals Who Are Not Witresses at This “Dita ccs sssssasseeenercemeereaeraravausanu eareuseemunarernernuan een seman eesren anerenenereayS 36 VI. Evidence or Argument that Minor Victims Consented to Sexual Abuse is Inadmissible....... 38 VII. Before Offering Evidence or Argument of the Defendant’s Failure to Commit Other Bad Acts, the Court Should Require the Defense to Proffer the Basis and Relevance of Such EVI GHICE os sccvenussnpuneurussenensamenesnvermenennns ume avai onuuwmtunetase essen tater tantstone eneuters estesoanentiees eenrmemmmuneNy 4] VIN. The Court Should Not Permit the Defendant to Introduce Her Own Prior Statements........... 44 IX. The Court Should Preclude Evidence or Argument Sounding in Nullification .............. 47 X. The Court Should Preclude the Defense from Making the Baseless Argument that the Defendant Was a Victim of Jeffrey Epsteit oo... cecesceseceesceeeceereseeeeenetsneeseeeeaeecaeecseeeaeeeaeees 49 XI. The Defendant Should Be Precluded from Arguing That She Was A “Prevailing Party” in Givi) Lit BatO i ssc oxeenenee ene anne omen oa amie ane axe one Aare RETR 51 CONCLUSION ssnesnasonseccnaecunonnscnannencommocannnmeaeneimonansicnn scaemenenamnancneannoetenvennnmnennnnnaeenennenncaes 53 DOJ-OGR- 00006362