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its legal impact as opinion and conclusion, not an assertion of fact. . 39. The Government admits that the NPA provided that, upon its execution, "the United States, in consultation with and subject to the good faith approval of Epstein's counsel, shall 5 EFTA00799785 Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 407 Enter

BENJAMIN G. GREENBERG ACTING UNITED STATES ATTORNEY By: /s/ Dexter A. Lee Dexter A. Lee Assistant United States Attorney Fla Bar No. 0936693 99 N.E. 4'h Street, Suite 300 Miami, Florida 33132 Tel: (305) 961-9320; Fax: (305) 530-7139 E-mail: [email protected] /s/ A. Marie Villafafia A. Marie Villafafi

that "[w]hether to prosecute and what charge to file or bring before a grand jury are decisions that generally rest in the prosecutor's discretion " United States v. Batchelder 442 U.S. 114, 124 (1979), and the CVRA explicitly states that "[n]othing in th[e] [Act] shall be construed to impair the prosecutorial

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e, and so on, are for the Attorney General and the President to evaluate. The Judicial Branch is limited to assessing counsel's public deeds." In re United States 298 F.3d 615, 618 (7th Cir. 2005). In short, petitioners are not entitled to "test the bona fides" of the discretionary decision made by prosecutor

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