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Source #2964

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TitleCourt records and multiple news sources
Original URLhttps://www.npr.org/2020/11/12/934265386/jeffrey-epsteins-former-prosecutors-used-poor-judgment-in-deal-doj-says
PublicationDirected Inquiry — Web Search
Source typeweb_search
Date2008-06-30
EntityJeffrey Epstein
Captured2026-04-08T18:12:49.078Z UTC
Hash computed at2026-04-08T18:12:49.078Z UTC
SHA-2569a7c66b594b8256471fc36c6b28b1d27af22884b1bc9234621e895038c315fe4
Content length139 bytes
Content preview (first 800 chars) 
Epstein pleaded guilty to two state charges on June 30, 2008: solicitation of prostitution and procuring a person under 18 for prostitution

Verifying this receipt

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sha256( coalesce(url, '<no-url>') || '\n' || raw_content )

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  2. Concatenate url + '\n' + content and SHA-256 it.
  3. Compare to the SHA-256 row above.

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  -H "Content-Type: text/plain" \
  --data-binary @document.txt

Companion machine-readable receipt: /source/2964/receipt.json