Moira Penza
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And so in that situation, the government makes a calculus that you don't want to prosecute the person, but it is also worth having them testify. And you always want to be doing that when it is helping you get the person who is significantly more culpable. And here, there's clearly no dispute that the defendant, Mr. Combs, was the head of this organization.
So the government is going to make certain decisions to make sure that they can hold him responsible.
So the government is going to make certain decisions to make sure that they can hold him responsible.
So the government is going to make certain decisions to make sure that they can hold him responsible.
I think that's totally fair, and I think that's the way that the system should work. I think that prosecutorial discretion is a very important part of the system. And certainly there can be cases where for a variety of reasons, maybe because somebody was such a victim him or herself that you choose not to prosecute them.
I think that's totally fair, and I think that's the way that the system should work. I think that prosecutorial discretion is a very important part of the system. And certainly there can be cases where for a variety of reasons, maybe because somebody was such a victim him or herself that you choose not to prosecute them.
I think that's totally fair, and I think that's the way that the system should work. I think that prosecutorial discretion is a very important part of the system. And certainly there can be cases where for a variety of reasons, maybe because somebody was such a victim him or herself that you choose not to prosecute them.
So I think that there are a lot of similarities in the cases in that you have an individual who within his community is very high powered. Now, of course, far more people know Sean Combs than knew Keith Raniere at the time that I prosecuted him. But they were both men who have significant influences in the spheres in which they operated. And
So I think that there are a lot of similarities in the cases in that you have an individual who within his community is very high powered. Now, of course, far more people know Sean Combs than knew Keith Raniere at the time that I prosecuted him. But they were both men who have significant influences in the spheres in which they operated. And
So I think that there are a lot of similarities in the cases in that you have an individual who within his community is very high powered. Now, of course, far more people know Sean Combs than knew Keith Raniere at the time that I prosecuted him. But they were both men who have significant influences in the spheres in which they operated. And
The way that I charged the NXIVM case was recognizing that the crimes that Keith Raniere committed, he was able to commit over such a long period of time and with so many victims because he did have the involvement of other people and because he was part of this organization where A lot of individuals were benefiting financially, emotionally from being with him.
The way that I charged the NXIVM case was recognizing that the crimes that Keith Raniere committed, he was able to commit over such a long period of time and with so many victims because he did have the involvement of other people and because he was part of this organization where A lot of individuals were benefiting financially, emotionally from being with him.
The way that I charged the NXIVM case was recognizing that the crimes that Keith Raniere committed, he was able to commit over such a long period of time and with so many victims because he did have the involvement of other people and because he was part of this organization where A lot of individuals were benefiting financially, emotionally from being with him.
They aggrandized him and were willing to participate in the victimization of other people on his behalf. In the Naxium case, for the sex trafficking piece, there were a number of different ways in which we proved the elements. But Basically, what we were saying was that women were collateralized. So there were women who thought they were joining a female empowerment group.
They aggrandized him and were willing to participate in the victimization of other people on his behalf. In the Naxium case, for the sex trafficking piece, there were a number of different ways in which we proved the elements. But Basically, what we were saying was that women were collateralized. So there were women who thought they were joining a female empowerment group.
They aggrandized him and were willing to participate in the victimization of other people on his behalf. In the Naxium case, for the sex trafficking piece, there were a number of different ways in which we proved the elements. But Basically, what we were saying was that women were collateralized. So there were women who thought they were joining a female empowerment group.
And as part of joining that, they were forced to hand over women. nude pictures, damning information about themselves, either true or false. Once they had handed over that information, only later, once that blackmail material was already obtained, did they learn that part of this organization was requiring them to have sex with Keith Raniere.
And as part of joining that, they were forced to hand over women. nude pictures, damning information about themselves, either true or false. Once they had handed over that information, only later, once that blackmail material was already obtained, did they learn that part of this organization was requiring them to have sex with Keith Raniere.
And as part of joining that, they were forced to hand over women. nude pictures, damning information about themselves, either true or false. Once they had handed over that information, only later, once that blackmail material was already obtained, did they learn that part of this organization was requiring them to have sex with Keith Raniere.
So that was the coercion that you see in terms of the sex trafficking movement charges that we have there. And then in terms of the rack tearing charges, again, we had other individuals who were helping groom women and who were involved in other crimes for Keith Raniere, including covering up different pieces of it.