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Extraction Summary
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People
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Organizations
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Locations
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Events
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Relationships
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Quotes
Document Information
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Legal transcript (rough draft)
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Summary
This is page 51 of a rough draft legal transcript, likely a deposition. The witness explains the difficulty of finding victims willing to testify about sexual abuse involving a 'very powerful person' linked to an international sex trafficking ring (contextually implied to be Epstein, with specific questions about Alan Dershowitz). The witness mentions collaborating with Mr. Edwards and notes that the Federal Government has also struggled with this investigation.
People (3)
| Name | Role | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Alan Dershowitz | Subject of Inquiry |
Mentioned in a question regarding allegations of abusing minors.
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| Mr. Edwards | Attorney/Colleague |
Mentioned by the witness as working alongside them to investigate the case.
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| Speaker (A.) | Witness/Respondent |
Likely an attorney or investigator discussing the strategy of finding victims/witnesses.
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Organizations (2)
| Name | Type | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Government |
Cited as having tried to investigate the sex trafficking ring for years.
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| House Oversight |
Implied by the Bates stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021874'.
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Timeline (1 events)
December 30, 2014
Date referenced in the question regarding the witness's state of mind and goals at that time.
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Witness
Questioner
Relationships (2)
Witness states 'Mr. Edwards and I had been trying to do it too'
Text links a 'very powerful person' (in context of the question about Dershowitz) to 'working with an international sex trafficking ring'.
Key Quotes (2)
"we are talking about sexual abuse and it's not just a matter of knocking on somebody's door and saying, hey, would you tell me how you were sexually abused by this very powerful person who was working with an international sex trafficking ring"Source
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Quote #1
"The Federal Government had been trying to do this for years, and Mr. Edwards and I had been trying to do it too"Source
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1 the first step in discovering the names of those girls,
2 not just for purposes of moving this prosecution along,
3 but if we could identify the names of some of these
4 other girls who had been abused we could provide help to
5 them, services to them.
6 So this was a first step in those kinds of
7 developments or what I hoped to be those kinds of
8 developments.
9 Q. So is it fair to say that as of December
10 30th, 2014, you hoped you would be able to develop
11 evidence showing that Alan Dershowitz had abused other
12 minors?
13 A. No. What I had hoped to find was the name of
14 the girl or the girl who would be willing come forward
15 and testify so that we could put them into the case. I
16 mean, let's be clear. This -- we are talking about
17 sexual abuse and it's not just a matter of knocking on
18 somebody's door and saying, hey, would you tell me how
19 you were sexually abused by this very powerful person
20 who was working with an international sex trafficking
21 ring to do this, just -- just right out of the blue or
22 call somebody up on the phone.
23 This is difficult and tricky business. The
24 Federal Government had been trying to do this for years,
25 and Mr. Edwards and I had been trying to do it too, so
2 not just for purposes of moving this prosecution along,
3 but if we could identify the names of some of these
4 other girls who had been abused we could provide help to
5 them, services to them.
6 So this was a first step in those kinds of
7 developments or what I hoped to be those kinds of
8 developments.
9 Q. So is it fair to say that as of December
10 30th, 2014, you hoped you would be able to develop
11 evidence showing that Alan Dershowitz had abused other
12 minors?
13 A. No. What I had hoped to find was the name of
14 the girl or the girl who would be willing come forward
15 and testify so that we could put them into the case. I
16 mean, let's be clear. This -- we are talking about
17 sexual abuse and it's not just a matter of knocking on
18 somebody's door and saying, hey, would you tell me how
19 you were sexually abused by this very powerful person
20 who was working with an international sex trafficking
21 ring to do this, just -- just right out of the blue or
22 call somebody up on the phone.
23 This is difficult and tricky business. The
24 Federal Government had been trying to do this for years,
25 and Mr. Edwards and I had been trying to do it too, so
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