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BREAKING: Jeffrey Epstein's attorneys want him to wait out trial in his Upper East Side mansion. @CourthouseNews 
These are the rest of the 14 restrictions that they propose.
"For reasons explained elsewhere, round-the-clock, privately funded security guards will virtually guarantee – not just reasonably assure – Mr. Epstein’s presence in the circumstances of this case," the memo says.
"For reasons explained elsewhere, round-the-clock, privately funded security guards will virtually guarantee – not just reasonably assure – Mr. Epstein’s presence in the circumstances of this case," the memo says.
U.S. District Judge Richard Berman, who is presiding over Epstein's case, rejected a similar cushy bail package for gold trader Reza Zarrab, who executed the biggest money laundering scheme to Iran in U.S. history.
The NYT dubbed Zarrab's requested bail package a "gilded cage."
The NYT dubbed Zarrab's requested bail package a "gilded cage."
Judge Berman wrote at the time:
"[T]he defendant’s privately funded armed guard proposal is unreasonable because it helps to foster inequity and unequal treatment in favor of a very small cohort of criminal defendants who are extremely wealthy." courthousenews.com/cushy-bail-pac…
"[T]he defendant’s privately funded armed guard proposal is unreasonable because it helps to foster inequity and unequal treatment in favor of a very small cohort of criminal defendants who are extremely wealthy." courthousenews.com/cushy-bail-pac…
Epstein's attorneys know this and acknowledged they're pushing the same proposal Berman rejected.
Doc here, with Epstein's non-prosecution agreement as an exhibit: documentcloud.org/documents/6188…
Doc here, with Epstein's non-prosecution agreement as an exhibit: documentcloud.org/documents/6188…
