mirror-epstein-docs/results/IMAGES003/DOJ-OGR-00008743.json

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    "page_number": "37",
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    "date": "12/19/21",
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  "full_text": "Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 565 Filed 12/19/21 Page 37 of 83\n\n1 Instruction No. 29: Count Six: Sex Trafficking of an Individual Under the Age of 18 - Fourth Element\n2\n3 The fourth and final element of Count Six which the Government must prove beyond a\n4 reasonable doubt is that Ms. Maxwell's conduct was in interstate commerce or affected interstate\n5 commerce.\n6 Interstate commerce simply means the movement of goods, services, money and\n7 individuals between any two or more states.\n8 I instruct you that acts and transactions that cross state lines, or which affect the flow of\n9 money in the stream of commerce to any degree, however minimal, are acts and transactions\n10 affecting interstate commerce. For instance, it affects interstate commerce to use products that\n11 traveled in interstate commerce.\n12 It is not necessary for the Government to prove that Ms. Maxwell specifically knew or\n13 intended that her conduct would affect interstate commerce; it is only necessary that the natural\n14 consequences of such conduct would affect interstate commerce in some way, even if minor.\n15 If you find beyond a reasonable doubt that the recruitment, enticement, harboring,\n16 transportation, providing, or obtaining of a person for the purpose of engaging in commercial sex\n17 acts was economic in nature and involved the crossing of state lines, or was economic in nature\n18 and otherwise affected the flow of money to any degree, however minimal, you may find that the\n19 interstate commerce requirement of the offense of sex trafficking of an individual under the age\n20 of 18 has been satisfied.\n21 I further instruct you that to find that this element has been proven beyond a reasonable\n22 doubt, it is not necessary for you to find that any interstate travel occurred. Proof of actual travel\n23 is not required.\n36\nDOJ-OGR-00008743",
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      "content": "The fourth and final element of Count Six which the Government must prove beyond a reasonable doubt is that Ms. Maxwell's conduct was in interstate commerce or affected interstate commerce. Interstate commerce simply means the movement of goods, services, money and individuals between any two or more states. I instruct you that acts and transactions that cross state lines, or which affect the flow of money in the stream of commerce to any degree, however minimal, are acts and transactions affecting interstate commerce. For instance, it affects interstate commerce to use products that traveled in interstate commerce. It is not necessary for the Government to prove that Ms. Maxwell specifically knew or intended that her conduct would affect interstate commerce; it is only necessary that the natural consequences of such conduct would affect interstate commerce in some way, even if minor. If you find beyond a reasonable doubt that the recruitment, enticement, harboring, transportation, providing, or obtaining of a person for the purpose of engaging in commercial sex acts was economic in nature and involved the crossing of state lines, or was economic in nature and otherwise affected the flow of money to any degree, however minimal, you may find that the interstate commerce requirement of the offense of sex trafficking of an individual under the age of 18 has been satisfied. I further instruct you that to find that this element has been proven beyond a reasonable doubt, it is not necessary for you to find that any interstate travel occurred. Proof of actual travel is not required.",
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  "additional_notes": "The document appears to be a court instruction related to a sex trafficking case involving Ms. Maxwell. The text is printed and clear, with no visible handwriting or stamps. The document is part of a larger case file, as indicated by the page number and document number."
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