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Subject: RE: 
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Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2020 19:56:07 +0000 
Sure, I'll cut that and see if I= 
wants to add it back in. Will send now, cc'ing you guys. Thanks! 
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Sent: Tuesday, April 7, 2020 3:55 PM 
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Subject: RE: 
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Thank you for having that discussion, and for drafting (hilarious — though ultimately probably helpful — that she wanted 
you to draft their views rather than just sending us a paragraph). My only thought is that given the change in our views of 
obstructive conduct (particularly with respect to destruction of materials) since they reviewed the Update Memo, 
would it be more straightforward to highlight just the large number of underage victims (and not the more outdated 
obstruction elements, as presumably many trafficking victims in other cases also conceal the schemes from police, and we 
don't ordinarily charge them)? Other than that, no additional thoughts, and thanks again. 
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Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2020 15:48 
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Subject: RE: 
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I spoke with =. 
Bottom line, she thinks it's a close call between making 
take a felony plea and declining to 
prosecute, but she ultimately comes down in favor of a felony plea. She does not think we should charge 
with sex 
trafficking. 
asked me to send her and I= a draft of the summary of their views that we plan to send up to the brass. Below is 
what I'd propose: 
Our Office's Human Trafficking Coordinators have reviewed the prosecution team's Update Memo as well as 
submission, and are aware of the details of the Epstein investigation. In the Coordinators' experience, our Office 
ordinarily would decline to prosecute a victim-participant like 
absent certain aggravating factors, such as the use of 
violence by the victim-participant on others, or the victim-perpetrator continuing to run a sex trafficking operation in the 
absence of her abuser. Because those aggravating factors are not present here, the Coordinators believe it is a …
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