EFTA00014629.pdf

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
v. 
JEFFREY EPSTEIN, 
Defendant. 
Before: 
x 
x 
HON. RICHARD M. BERMAN 
APPEARANCES 
United States Attorney for the 
Southern District of New York 
Assistant United States Attorneys 
MARTIN WEINBERG 
MARC FERNICH 
JOMES BROCHIN 
MICHAEL MILLER 
Attorneys for Defendant 
Also Present: 
19 CR 490 (RMB) 
Bail Decision 
New York, N.Y. 
July 18, 2019 
11:30 a.m. 
District Judge 
- Special Agent FBI 
Detective NYPD 
- Pretrial Services Officer 
SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. 
EFTA00014629


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(Case called) 
THE COURT: I had hoped to have a written decision and 
order by now, which I don't, one that is regarding the 
release/remand of Mr. Epstein, which has been the subject of 
multiple written submissions and, as you all know, an in-court 
hearing on Monday, July 15, 2019. It is not quite physically 
produced yet and it needs to be cite checked, but I should have 
it on the docket in the next hour, two hours at most. What 
will do, however, is state the conclusions in the decision and 
order, which I had said I would do, and summarize very briefly 
the contents of the ruling for you. 
Starting with my conclusions, the government's 
application for continued remand is hereby granted and the 
defense application for pretrial release is respectfully hereby 
denied. Written opinion to follow. 
In that opinion I will deal with all, I'll try to, all 
the principal issues which have been briefed. Even though it 
is not entirely necessary or legally required to consider both 
dangerousness to others and to the community as well as risk of 
flight, I have done so. I also deal with the defense's 
proposed bail package. There is obviously significant public 
interest in all of these legal issues, so I tr…
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