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Crime Victims' Rights During Criminal Investigations? Applying the Crime Victims' Rights Act Before Criminal Charges Are Filed
ary, 108th Cong. 128-29 (2003) (statement of Sen. Patrick Leahy), see also Steven J. Twist & Daniel Seiden,
esented the case to the U.S. Attomey’s Office for the Southern District of Florida. In 2007, the Office contacted counsel
rights even before prosecutors filed a superseding indictment covering the specific crimes affecting the victims. Citing Dean, the District Court for the Eastern District of New York agreed that the rights were expansive and could apply before charges were filed but were subject to the outer limit that the Government has at least
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_014053 →n New York City, March 15, 2005. (Joe Shildhorn / Patrick McMullen) Jeffrey Epstein, photographed with Adr
that the crime be Iserved as U. S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida em an interstate nexus. Secoi e . : |
(S.D.N.Y. 2005) has been a party to lawsuits in the South- ern District of New York, both as a plain- tiff and defendant.
the Federal Plaintiffs al- lege is not entitled to immunity under the FSIA. In support of this argument, the Federal Plaintiffs cite Dole Food Co. v. Patrickson, 538 U.S. 468, 480, 123 S.Ct. 1655, 155 L.Ed.2d 643 (2003), in which the Supreme Court held that instrumentality status is determined at the time of
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_017854 →Entities connected to both Patrickson and District Court for the Southern District of New York

Jeffrey Epstein
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Prince Andrew
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Department of Justice
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Marc Rich
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United States
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Donald Trump
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Bill Clinton
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Bradley Edwards
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U.S. Virgin Islands
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Alexander Acosta
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Virginia Giuffre
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Michael Cohen
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Supreme Court
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Stephen Hawking
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New York City
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Bill Richardson
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