Epstein Secrets

then to the Chief of the Criminal Division, then to the First Assistant and the U.S. Attorney. Although the U.S. Attorney continued to defer to Mr. Lourie and me, Epstein's counsel would constantly ask the U.S. Attorney to intervene. As mentioned above, with respect to the terms of the Non-Prosecution

ssor Alan Dershowitz_ In connection with the federal investigation, Epstein added Rimier Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr and Jay Lcfkowitz from • Kirkland and Ellis, former U.S. Attorney Guy Lewis, former Assistant U.S. Attorneys Lilly Ann Sanchez and Michael Tien, and Massachusetts defense attomcy Mar

r letter now accuses me of "manufacturing" charges of obstruction ofjustice, making obscene phone calls, and violating child privacy laws. When Mr. Lourie told you that those charges would "embarrass the Office," he meant that the Office was unwilling to bend the facts to satisfy Mr. Epstein's desired

FTA01718630 U.S. Department of.Justiee United States Attorney Southern District of Florida DELIVERY BY ELECTRONIC MAIL Jay P. Leflcowitz, Esq. Kirkland 8c Ellis LLP New York, New York 10022-4675 Re: Jeffrey Epstein Dear Jay: West Palm Beach, FL 3 acsuni e: December 13, 2007 I am writing not t

k ok ook ake deo HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_012617 TAB 26 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_012618 "Villafana, Ann Marie C. To "Jay Lefkowitz” [nn S Ww cc "Martin Weinberg" "Lourie, Andrew" "Garcia, Rolando \(USAFLS\)" 09/24/2007 01:27 PM bec Subject RE: Epstein agreement as reviewed by the U.S. Attorney Hi Jay - Sorry for th

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ion ............................................20 5. October 2006 – February 2007: Epstein’s Defense Counsel Initiate Contact with Villafaña, Lourie, and Sloman, and Press for a Meeting ....................................................................................22 6. February 2007:

oyment a decade earlier as an associate at the firm.94 On the evening of August 6, 2007, Sloman emailed Acosta: “Just saw Menchel. I didn’t know Kirkland made a call into you. You were right. Unbelievable.” During their OPR interviews, neither Acosta nor Sloman remembered the call from Kirkland & E

Fair. 14 Q -- of July. Okay. So, on that 31st, it was 15 , Jerry Lefcourt, Sanchez, and the purpose of 16 the meeting with Sloman, Menchel, Lourie, and as 17 well as the case agents was to present the plea offer. And 18 did you get briefed on how that plea offer went? 19 A I don't recall

Fair. 14 Q -- of July. Okay. So, on that 31st, it was 15 , Jerry Lefcourt, Sanchez, and the purpose of 16 the meeting with Sloman, Menchel, Lourie, and as 17 well as the case agents was to present the plea offer. And 18 did you get briefed on how that plea offer went? 19 A I don't recall

Fair. 14 Q -- of July. Okay. So, on that 31st, it was 15 , Jerry Lefcourt, Sanchez, and the purpose of 16 the meeting with Sloman, Menchel, Lourie, and as 17 well as the case agents was to present the plea offer. And 18 did you get briefed on how that plea offer went? 19 A I don't recall

e and relationship 18 of -- with Ken Starr of Kirkland S Ellis -- 19 A Right. 20 Q -- up to this point? 21 A So, I had been an associate at Kirkland, I think I 22 indicated, what was it -- 23 Q Mm-hmm. 24 A -- from '94 to '90 -- what was it? Was it '96 or 25 '97? EFTA00009049 --- PAGE

e and relationship 18 of -- with Ken Starr of Kirkland S Ellis -- 19 A Right. 20 Q -- up to this point? 21 A So, I had been an associate at Kirkland, I think I 22 indicated, what was it -- 23 Q Mm-hmm. 24 A -- from '94 to '90 -- what was it? Was it '96 or 25 '97? EFTA00009049 --- PAGE

e and relationship 18 of -- with Ken Starr of Kirkland S Ellis -- 19 A Right. 20 Q -- up to this point? 21 A So, I had been an associate at Kirkland, I think I 22 indicated, what was it -- 23 Q Mm-hmm. 24 A -- from '94 to '90 -- what was it? Was it '96 or 25 '97? EFTA00009049 --- PAGE