Epstein Secrets

RE: Suit against United States Ili Dexter — Thank you. Jeff and I discussed this and we reached the same conclusion. I am not quite sure how Judge Marra will treat this but I will wait to hear from the Civil All SA. Thanks. A. Made Villafafitz Assistant U.S. Attorney 500 S. Australian Ave, Suite 4

hed the same conclusion. I am not quite sure how Judge Marra will treat this but I will wait to hear from the

notify her of a public hearing, etc. I do not believe the statute allows the victim to interfere with the exercise of prosecutorial discretion by the Executive Branch. Dexter From: \defend, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS) Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 3:43 PM To: Lee, Dexter (USAFLS) Cc: Sloman, Jeff (USAFLS); Acosta, Ale

UTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA CASE NO. 08-80736-CIV-MARRA JANE DOE 1 AND JANE DOE 2, Petitioners, vs. U

er the agreement. The Circuit Court, just like the federal court, had no authority to judicially review the exercise of prosecutorial discretion by the Executive Branch of the federal government. The Circuit Court's inquiry on June 30, 2008 was limited to the pleas of guilty made by Epstein, and whether they 12 EF

federal prosecutorial authority. IO 08-80736-CV-MARRA RFP WPB 001653 EFTA00209832 KIRKLAND & ELLIS

here is no support for CEOS's view that the courts or a jury should ultimately decide whether a "novel" construction of the law is correct. Instead, the Executive Branch itself has a non-delegable obligation not to exceed its authority; the power of other branches to check or remedy such usurpation does not legitimi

UTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA CASE NO. 08-80736-CIV-MARRA JANE DOE #1 and JANE DOE #2, Petitioners, vs.

rri Ackerman, 444 U.S. 193, 202-03 (1979). The Constitution places the power to prosecute crimes in the hands of disinterested public officials in the Executive Branch. See U.S. Const. art. II, § 3 (duty to "take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed"); United States'. Armstrong, 517 U.S. 456, 467 (1996) ("powe

UTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA CASE NO. 08-80736-CIV-MARRA JANE DOE 1 AND JANE DOE 2, Petitioners, vs. U

er the agreement. The Circuit Court, just like the federal court, had no authority to judicially review the exercise of prosecutorial discretion by the Executive Branch of the federal government. The Circuit Court's inquiry on June 30, 2008 was limited to the pleas of guilty made by Epstein, and whether they 12 EF

TED STATES OF AMERICA, RESPONDENT. 08-80736-CIV-MARRA • Government's Response to Petitioners' Submiss

owers of the [United States attorneys] in their control over criminal prosecutions."). The decision whether to prosecute Epstein lies solely within the Executive Branch, and any order today, by this Court, as to what the government must do in the future would be wholly inappropriate. 26 EFTA00085734 Case 9:08-c

UTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA CASE NO. 08-80736-CIV-MARRA JANE DOE 1 AND JANE DOE 2, Petitioners, vs UN

orney General were consulted, received legal submissions, and fully approved the exercise of discretion by the heads of the USAO-SDFL. In the end, the Executive Branch exercised, in good faith, the unreviewable prosecutorial discretion afforded to it by Article II of the Constitution, as even recognized by Congres