House Oversight Hearing Transcript References Ongoing Civil Proceedings Tied to Jeffrey Epstein Criminal Prosecution

Oo O DN OO FF WwW NY =| NO RO PO PNP NM NO | S| S| HS SF S| S| S| S| S| non BP WO NO -|- ODO OO WDN OO OT BP WO NYO — 48 we tried to articulate it over seven years is that this action is an action that is ancillary to a contemplated criminal prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein, four women who were assisting him in international sex trafficking and the other co-conspirators that would be involved. Judge Marra, I think it's fair to say, there are a whole series of ruling over seven years so I wouldn't want to try to encapsulate them in just a short statement here and I'll just take another minute or so I think we will have this finished. But I think he's essentially ruled that procedural purposes, he's going to treat this case as a Civil case and has not yet had to decide whether or not the case is actually a civil action or a criminal action. And that has had some consequences along the way, but we have been, I think generally, proceeding something under the civil rules, you know, for example, on interrogatory -- or with regard to different procedural issues. So to that extent, the procedural rules covering civil actions have been what have been in play. Q. All right. I'm going to go back to this allegation about other minors. A. Yes. Q. Putting aside your communications that you ROUGH DRAFT ONLY HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021871