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Government’s proffer that “additional evidence, including flight records and other witnesses’ corroborating testimony, will further support the main witnesses’ testimony and link [Maxwell] to Epstein’s conduct.” (Id. at 10). She thus concluded that the case against Maxwell “remains strong.” (Id.).

19. Judge Nathan found that Maxwell “continues to have substantial international ties and multiple foreign citizenships, and she continues to have familial and personal connections abroad.” (Id. at 11). Judge Nathan was unpersuaded by Maxwell’s offer to consent to extradition, noting that the “legal weight of the waivers is, at best, contested” and therefore the risk of flight remained “fundamentally unchanged.” (Id. at 11-13). Judge Nathan further explained that Maxwell’s “extraordinary financial resources also continue to provide her the means to flee the country and to do so undetected.” (Id. at 13). Judge Nathan acknowledged that “letters of support” written by friends and family “substantiate the Defendant’s claim that she has important ties to people in the United States,” but found that the letters “leave unaltered the Court’s conclusion that flight would not pose an insurmountable burden” for Maxwell in light of, among other things, her claim at the time of arrest that she was getting divorced, her lack of employment, and her significant ties to family and friends abroad. (Id. at 14-15).

20. Judge Nathan emphasized that Maxwell’s “pattern of providing

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