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d 10/13/21 Page 4 of 17 ARGUMENT I. THE APPLICABLE LAW A prospective juror may be excused for cause based on many forms of bias or partiality. As the Second Circuit has explained, juror partiality can be actual, implied, or inferred: Actual bias is "bias in fact," generally evidenced by "express proof," such as

n of Labor Secretary Alex Acosta, former U.S. Attorney of the Southern District of Florida, whose office was the subject of an inquiry conducted by the Department of Justice's Office of Professional Responsibility ("OPR") concerning the federal criminal investigation of Epstein and its interactions with victims. OPR released a report of its investigation in N

t in this District as barred by what they claimed was an earlier "plea agreement" in the Eastern District, and the court denied the motion. Id. The Second Circuit, in affirming the denial, stated simply that "[a] plea agreement binds only the office of the United States Attorney for the district in which the p

is understandable that the current regime may wish the government had not entered into the NPA, or that it had negotiated different terms. Indeed, the Department of Justice's Office of Professional Responsibility ("OPR") found that Acosta exercised "poor judgment" and "agreed to several unusual and problematic terms in the NPA," which OPR characterized as a

t in this District as barred by what they claimed was an earlier "plea agreement" in the Eastern District, and the court denied the motion. Id. The Second Circuit, in affirming the denial, stated simply that "[I] plea agreement binds only the office of the United States Attorney for the district in which the p

is understandable that the current regime may wish the government had not entered into the NPA, or that it had negotiated different terms. Indeed, the Department of Justice's Office of Professional Responsibility ("OPR") found that Acosta exercised "poor judgment" and "agreed to several unusual and problematic terms in the NPA," which OPR characterized as I