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Summary

This document is a page from a court transcript dated July 24, 2019, in which a defense lawyer argues for home detention for their client, Mr. Epstein. The lawyer outlines a series of strict proposed conditions, including a visitor list limited to the legal team, removal of cell phones, and consent to monitoring and searches. To support the argument, the lawyer cites a precedent from a 20-year-old organized crime case they argued before Former Chief Judge Mark Wolf.

People (6)

Name Role Context
Mr. Epstein Defendant/Subject of hearing
Mentioned as the individual for whom home detention is being requested.
Mr. Weingarten Lawyer
Identified as a lawyer on the defense team who would be permitted to visit Mr. Epstein under home detention.
Mr. Fernich Lawyer
Identified as a lawyer on the defense team who would be permitted to visit Mr. Epstein under home detention.
Mark Wolf Former Chief Judge
Mentioned as the judge in a past case involving organized crime, cited as a precedent by the speaker.
Unnamed Speaker Boston lawyer
The individual speaking in the transcript, arguing for Mr. Epstein's home detention and recounting a past case.
your Honor / Judge Judge
The presiding judge being addressed by the lawyer.

Organizations (1)

Name Type Context
SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. company
Listed in the footer of the document, likely the court reporting agency that transcribed the hearing.

Timeline (2 events)

2019-07-24
A lawyer presents arguments for Mr. Epstein's home detention.
Courtroom (implied)
circa 1999
The speaker argued before Former Chief Judge Mark Wolf on behalf of a defendant arrested for organized crime.
Boston (implied)
Unnamed Boston lawyer Mark Wolf unnamed defendant

Locations (1)

Location Context
The speaker identifies themself as a 'Boston lawyer'.

Relationships (2)

Mr. Weingarten professional Mr. Fernich
Both are identified as 'lawyers on our defense team'.
Unnamed Boston lawyer professional Mr. Epstein
The lawyer is arguing on behalf of Mr. Epstein and refers to 'our defense team'.

Key Quotes (3)

"We've asked for home detention. We've asked for the visiting list to be approved by pretrial, meaning almost nobody except Mr. Weingarten and myself, Mr. Fernich, lawyers on our defense team."
Source
— Unnamed Boston lawyer (Detailing the proposed strict conditions for Mr. Epstein's potential home detention.)
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"We would rip out the cell phones. There is one line. We consent to the monitoring of that line. We consent to the waiver of search and seizure."
Source
— Unnamed Boston lawyer (Further elaborating on the restrictive measures the defense is willing to accept for home detention.)
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Quote #2
"I'm a Boston lawyer. I remember arguing before the Former Chief Judge Mark Wolf on behalf of a defendant who was arrested about two months after an induction ceremony for organized crime about 20 years ago."
Source
— Unnamed Boston lawyer (Citing a past case as a precedent to support the current argument for release on certain conditions.)
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Quote #3

Full Extracted Text

Complete text extracted from the document (1,451 characters)

Case 1:19-cr-00490-RMB Document 36 Filed 07/24/19 Page 48 of 74 48
1 that your Honor has clear and convincing proof occurred, much
2 less the predictive factor that if Mr. Epstein was released
3 under the kind of combination of conditions, there would be any
4 risk of his influencing adversely a witness, now that there is
5 a federal prosecution. That would be self-destructive. It
6 would constitute a crime with a nexus to what the statutes
7 require.
8 But the conditions also, your Honor, radically
9 limit -- we've asked your Honor for home detention, and I will
10 get to the monetary conditions and the risk of flight in a
11 moment.
12 We've asked for home detention. We've asked for the
13 visiting list to be approved by pretrial, meaning almost nobody
14 except Mr. Weingarten and myself, Mr. Fernich, lawyers on our
15 defense team.
16 We would rip out the cell phones. There is one line.
17 We consent to the monitoring of that line. We consent to the
18 waiver of search and seizure. These are the conditions that
19 have been accepted and, again, not always, Judge. There are
20 detention orders.
21 I'm a Boston lawyer. I remember arguing before the
22 Former Chief Judge Mark Wolf on behalf of a defendant who was
23 arrested about two months after an induction ceremony for
24 organized crime about 20 years ago.
25 And Judge Wolf found that along with financial
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