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solicitation under State law. After all, prostitution, even when the allegations involve minors, is fundamentally a State concern, United States v. Evans, 476 F.3d 1176, n.1 (11th Cir. 2007) (noting that federal law "does not criminalize all acts of prostitution (a vice traditionally governed by state
Page: EFTA00013814 →, and there is no evidence that Palm Beach County authorities and Florida prosecutors cannot effectively prosecute and punish the conduct. See also Batchelder v. Gonzalez, No. 4:07-cv-00330-SPM- AK, 2007 WL 5022105 (N.D. Fla. Oct. 19, 2007). In fact, the opposite is true—the state-elected officials, cogniz
Page: EFTA00013814 →solicitation under State law. After all, prostitution, even when the allegations involve minors, is fundamentally a State concern, United States v. Evans, 476 F.3d 1176, n.1 (11th Cir. 2007) (noting that federal law "does not criminalize all acts of prostitution (a vice traditionally governed by state
, and there is no evidence that Palm Beach County authorities and Florida prosecutors cannot effectively prosecute and punish the conduct. See also Batchelder v. Gonzalez, No. 4:07-cv-00330-SPM- AK, 2007 WL 5022105 (N.D. Fla. Oct. 19, 2007). In fact, the opposite is true—the state-elected officials, cogniz
or intimidation. These arc the elements required by the statute, and they are not met here. Although CEOS could, perhaps, point to United Slat% v. Evans, 476 F.3d 1176 (11°' Cir. 2007) as a case that, standing alone, involved wholly intrastate conduct, the facts of that case are far different in key
, and there is no evidence that Palm Beach County authorities and Florida prosecutors cannot effectively prosecute and punish the conduct. See also Batchelder v. Gonzalez, No. 4:07-cv-00330-SPM- AK, 2007 WL 5022105 (ND. Fla. Oct. 19, 2007). In fact, the opposite is true—the state-elected officials, cogniza
”), and there is no evidence that Palm Beach County authorities and Florida prosecutors cannot effectively prosecute and punish the conduct. See also Batchelder v. Gonzalez, No. 4:07-cv-00330-SPM- AK, 2007 WL 5022105 (N.D. Fla. Oct. 19, 2007). In fact, the opposite is true—the state-elected officials, cogniza
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_012145 →or intimidation. These are the elements required by the statute, and they are not met here. Although CEOS could, perhaps, point to United States v. Evans, 476 F.3d 1176 (11" Cir. 2007) as a case that, standing alone, involved wholly intrastate conduct, the facts of that case are far different in key re
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_012195 →s co-conspirators. None of this type of activity comes close to the facts regarding Mr. Epstein. Finally, but significantly, the prostitution ring in Evans was not, in fact, entirely intrastate as the companion case of one of the Evans co-defendants makes clear. See, United States v. Madison, 477 F.3d 13
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_012196 →Entities connected to both Evans and Batchelder

Jeffrey Epstein
PERSON
United States
LOCATION
George W. Bush
PERSON
Julie K. Brown
PERSONLeon Black
PERSONEmmy Taylor
PERSON
Department of Justice
ORGANIZATION
Prince Andrew
PERSON
Scarlett Johansson
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Virginia Giuffre
PERSON
Marc Rich
PERSON
Alexander Acosta
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Michael Jackson
PERSON
Supreme Court
ORGANIZATIONJane Doe
PERSONthe Southern District
LOCATION
Jennifer Lopez
PERSON
Ghislaine Maxwell
PERSON
Bill Clinton
PERSON
George Mitchell
PERSON