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  "full_text": "Case 1:19-cr-00490-RMB Document 53 Filed 09/03/19 Page 24 of 86\nJ8RsEPS1\n1 all due respect, we believe there is an inherent and central\n2 role, a pivotal role in your Honor to find out what happened to\n3 a defendant in a case before the court, whether or not the\n4 court grants the nolle pros today or whether it holds it\n5 pending an investigation into Mr. Epstein's death.\n6 We're not here without significant doubts regarding\n7 the conclusion of suicide. We are not here to say what\n8 happened. We don't know what happened. But we deeply want to\n9 know what happened to our client.\n10 Thank you, sir.\n11 THE COURT: And you, as Mr. Weingarten, have the same\n12 view of the nolle prosequi motion?\n13 MR. WEINBERG: Yes, your Honor.\n14 THE COURT: OK.\n15 MS. COMEY: Your Honor, may I respond to some of those\n16 points?\n17 THE COURT: Sure.\n18 MS. COMEY: Thank you, your Honor.\n19 Just briefly. With the exception of the noting that\n20 the defense does not have an objection to the government's\n21 motion, virtually everything else that defense counsel just\n22 argued, respectfully is completely irrelevant to the purposes\n23 of today's proceeding and to the motion that is pending before\n24 your Honor.\n25 As an initial matter, the question --\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\nDOJ-OGR-00000662",
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