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SONY News Clips, Monday, March 9, 2020 SDNY News Clips Monday, March 9, 2020 Contents Public Corruption 2 Epstein 2 MCC 3 Money Laundering and Transnational Criminal Enterprises S Navarro 5 Terrorism and International Narcotics 10 Schulte 10 Violent and Organized Crime 13 Ray 13 Matters of Interest 16 Berman 16 Barr 18 Weinstein 19 Coronavirus 20 1 EFTA00014243 SDNY News Clips, Monday, March 9, 2020 Public Corruption Epstein Prince Andrew 'shut the door' on Epstein probe cooperation: U.S. prosecutor Reuters By Brendan Pierson and Mark Hosenball 3/9/2020 NEW YORK (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Andrew has declined to cooperate with a U.S. investigation into possible co- conspirators of deceased financier and accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, a U.S. prosecutor said on Monday. "Contrary to Prince Andrew's very public offer to cooperate with our investigation into Epstein's co-conspirators, an offer that was conveyed via press release, Prince Andrew has now completely shut the door on voluntary cooperation and our office is considering its options," U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman said when asked about Epstein at a news conference about an unrelated case. Berman's spokesman James Margolin declined comment on the options being considered. He said the prince's lawyers had said Andrew would not submit voluntarily to an interview. He said this was after Jan. 27, when Berman told a news conference Andrew had not offered any cooperation. An