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  "full_text": "Case 1:19-cr-00490-RMB Document 53 Filed 09/03/19 Page 28 of 86\nJ8RsEPS1\n1\nMR. WEINBERG: Yes, your Honor.\n2\nI think, like when appeals are taken, bail issues\n3\nremain before the district court. Jurisdiction is not\n4\ncompletely divested. Your Honor issued a pretrial detention\n5\norder and your Honor has the power, the inherent authority,\n6\nthey are not going to refuse to allow you to go look at the\n7\nninth floor. They are going to count on you to make decisions\n8\nin the future.\n9\nI just trust that the executive branch is not going to\n10\nprevent the judicial branch from looking into the death of\n11\nJeffrey Epstein or the conditions in the SHU unit at the MCC,\n12\nsir.\n13\nTHE COURT: Great. Thank you.\n14\nMS. COMEY: May I, your Honor?\n15\nJust very briefly, your Honor. I would note that upon\n16\nthe dismissal of the indictment, which I believe the parties\n17\nagree is appropriate in this case, there would be no case.\n18\nThere would be no jurisdiction for the court to conduct any\n19\nsort of inquiry, even if the court had such authority.\n20\nTHE COURT: Right.\n21\nOK. I think we've heard enough.\n22\nIt is at this point in the hearing that I would like\n23\nto call upon victims' counsel, plural, for any remarks they may\n24\nhave and they may wish to make. Also, to introduce their\n25\nclients, those of them who wish to be heard.\nSOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.\n(212) 805-0300\nDOJ-OGR-00000666",
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