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  "full_text": "Case1:18-cr-00490-RMB Document 18 Filed 07/16/19 Page 10 of 18 10\nand telephonic communications as well as the 1591 category.\n\nIn addition, the Department of Justice reviewed the NPA on several occasions in 2008 and essentially confirmed that the exercise of discretion shown in Florida was appropriate.\nBut the most important thing is that there was communication between the prosecutors in Florida, perhaps through prosecutors in Georgia that took over the case because the Florida prosecutors were recused as a result of Judge Marrah's decisions in the CVRA case.\n\nWe know the government is relying in part on evidence that was generated by the Southern District of Florida case back in 2007. They have talked about message pads, telephone records. They are the same message pads and telephone records that reflect conduct that was exclusively 15, 16, 17 years ago.\nSo we do have a principal position that we will put to the Court at the appropriate time regarding the legality of this prosecution and whether or not it is appropriately barred.\n\nI can say as a criminal defense lawyer of 45 years, when there is an interstate wire, mailing, travel, and there is one district that is conducting an investigation, you negotiate with that district and count on the Department of Justice to what it does every day decade after decade after decade, which is not to go to the second jurisdiction that received the mail that was sent from the immunizing jurisdiction and have a prosecution on the very same conduct. We will be briefing\n\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\n\nDOJ-OGR-0000396",
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