4 BEACH COUNT\ SHARON R BOCK. CLERK.*** Electronically Filed 09/26/2013 08:24:50 PM ET a. a LT. Page 190 Page 188 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 2a 25 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 BY MR. CRITTON: Q. With regard to the, with regard to the investigators, with regard to the investigation bills that would come in from outside investigators, specifically the one that you well, let me strike that. The investigator that you hired before you went to RRA, I think you testified that bill was paid by RRA, correct? A. Yes. Q. All right. And in tees of the investigators who were employed by Rita for whatever investigation you directed them to do, those individuals were also paid from funds from ERA, correct? A. During the tirne period when I was at ERA you're asking about specifically, correct? Q. Correct. A Then the answer is, yes. Q. Was there any specific cost account that was set up for Mr. Epstein's cases? A. I don't blow. Q. Did you ever speak with the — A. Again we're talking about the time period at RRA? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2 Q. Okay. Well, if you could authorize any expenditure that you wanted and nobody ever told you not to, that you couldn't spend the particular money, what controls, if any, existed with regard to monies spent on the Epstein cases? A. The presupposition that you just created is incorrect, so I cannot answer that question. You began with I have no limit to how I can spend money and that there is no regulation. I mean, that's just not true, SO I don't understand what to tell you. Q What limits if any did you have in spending money in prosecuting Mr. Epstein's case? A. We went through expediting transcripts and I used my own judgment. Q. I understand that, A. If we have another specific example. I will address it and I will tell you whether I had that authority or somebody else may have had that authority. But specifically related to exped