VRA defines the term “crime victim” as “a person directly and proximately harmed as a result of the commission of a Federal offense or an offense in the District of Columbia.”265 Initially, and at the time relevant to the federal Epstein investigation, the CVRA afforded crime victims the following eight rights: (1) Th

tion Branch, U.S. Army Litigation Division where I oversaw FOIPA litigation for the U.S. Army. I am an attorney registered in the State of Ohio and the District of Columbia. (2) In my official capacity as Section Chief of RIDS, I supervise approximately 237 FBI employees, supported by approximately 91 contractors, who

ent review to determine whether release of the records would interfere with ongoing law enforcement proceedings. The United States District Coun of the District of Columbia recently -reminel(ed) the FBI of its obligation to conduct record-level reviews at the administrative level before refusing to produce records cont

n excuse to vote absentee, or have switched to become 'no excuse' states," Kate Rabinowitz and Brittany Renee Mayes report. "Thirty-four states and the District of Columbia already allowed anyone to vote absentee. But many of these places are making the process easier. California will start proactively mailing ballots

d outside the United States by employees recruited outside the United States.) (For purposes of this clause, "United States" includes the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Wake Island.) (vi) 52.222-37, Employment Reports on