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      "content": "heartland of federal jurisprudence or the federal statutes that were targeted for Mr. Epstein.\nTHE COURT: They actually said that and then endorsed the agreement --\nMR. WEINBERG: They said that they were unusual arguments; that they essentially understood the arguments we were making. They didn't denounce the federal case.\nThey, instead, said that they believed, after a review, that there was authority and that there was a sufficient discretion that should be accorded to the U.S. Attorney.\nAn appeal was then taken to the Deputy Attorney General who at the time was Mr. Filip, F-i-l-i-p. Again, I may be butchering his name.\nTHE COURT: That's his last name?\nMR. ROSSMILLER: That's his last name. Mark I think is his first name.\nHe assigned John Roth, who was a former Florida prosecutor and was his deputy or the deputy to the Deputy Attorney General. And Mr. Roth received further written submissions. Again, there was the second endorsement of the discretion that Mr. Acosta in Florida exercised when he approved.\nAnd this was not a single-man approval. The negotiations in the Southern District of Florida included the",
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