mirror-epstein-docs/results/IMAGES003/DOJ-OGR-00006362.json

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  "full_text": "Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 438 Filed 11/12/21 Page 2 of 54\n\nTABLE OF CONTENTS\n\nPRELIMINARY STATEMENT ............................................................................................... 2\n\nARGUMENT ....................................................................................................................... 3\n\nI. The Court Should Permit Certain Witnesses to Testify Under Pseudonyms or Using First Names, and Permit the Sealing of Related Exhibits............................... 3\n\nA. Applicable Law .................................................................................................... 4\nB. Discussion ........................................................................................................... 10\n\nII. The Minor Victims' Prior Consistent Statements Are Admissible for Their Truth If the Defense Challenges Their Credibility ............................................................... 17\n\nA. Applicable Law .................................................................................................. 17\nB. Discussion ........................................................................................................... 19\n\nIII. The Court Should Preclude Evidence or Argument About Investigations of the Defendant 20\n\nA. The Court Should Not Permit the Defense to Elicit Evidence About Charging Decisions or Possible Reasons for Them............................................................... 22\n\nB. The Court Should Preclude Evidence or Argument About the Length of And Investigative Steps Taken During Current or Prior Investigations........................ 29\n\nC. The Defense Should Not Be Permitted to Call Case Agents Without First Proffering a Valid Basis for Their Testimony ........................................................ 32\n\nIV. The Court Should Preclude Evidence or Argument About the Government's Alleged Motives for Prosecution ................................................................................................ 33\n\nV. The Court Should Preclude Challenges to the Credibility of Individuals Who Are Not Witnesses at This Trial............................................................................................... 36\n\nVI. Evidence or Argument that Minor Victims Consented to Sexual Abuse is Inadmissible ...... 38\n\nVII. Before Offering Evidence or Argument of the Defendant's Failure to Commit Other Bad Acts, the Court Should Require the Defense to Proffer the Basis and Relevance of Such Evidence ....................................................................................................................... 41\n\nVIII. The Court Should Not Permit the Defendant to Introduce Her Own Prior Statements...... 44\n\nIX. The Court Should Preclude Evidence or Argument Sounding in Nullification .................... 47\n\nX. The Court Should Preclude the Defense from Making the Baseless Argument that the Defendant Was a Victim of Jeffrey Epstein............................................................... 49\n\nXI. The Defendant Should Be Precluded from Arguing That She Was A \"Prevailing Party\" in Civil Litigation ................................................................................................................. 51\n\nCONCLUSION ................................................................................................................... 53\n\nDOJ-OGR-00006362",
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