Epstein Secrets

letter now accuses me of "manufacturing" charges of obstruction of justice, 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

y your Office: IT APPEARING, alter an inv.:30101km of the ulTenses and Upslein's background, that the interest of the United States pursuant to the Petite policy will be served by the hallowing procedure . . . Epstein understands that the United States Attorney has no authority to require the State At

Entered on FLSD Docket 02/10/2016 Page 2 of 11 4c: rom: t Subject: (USAFLS) (USAFLS) hursday, September 20, 2007 3:52 PM 'Jay Lefkowitz' Lourie, Andrew; McMillan, John (USAFLS); Atkinson, Karen (USAFLS); Garcia, Rolando (USAFLS) Final version of Plea Agreement -- EPSTEIN Hi Jay - I have at

solicitation of prostitution, in violation of Florida Statutes Section 796.07; IT APPEARING that the interest of the United States pursuant to the Petite policy will be served by the following procedure expressed in this Agreement; IT APPEARING that the United States Attorney's Office and the Federal

so the plea agreement would have had to be a binding plea pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P. 11(c)(1)(C), which is what I drafted. I was informed by Mr. Lourie that USA Acosta did not want to do a (c)(1)(C) plea, so I had to find charges that would result in a two-year statutory maximum. This resulted in m

e was insufficient evidence to charge him with any offense; (b) there was no basis for federal prosecution and that federal prosecution violated the Petite policy; (c) I had engaged in prosecutorial misconduct during the investigation and resolution of the matter; (d) Jeff Sloman had engaged in prosecu

nt sitting on the shelf since May to engage in these negotiations. There has to be an ending date, and that date is Monday. Early that afternoon, Lourie—who was participating in the week’s negotiations from his new post at the Department in Washington, D.C.—asked Villafaña to furnish him with the las

ngle forum in which to proceed to satisfy the substantial federal and state interests involved.” If a substantial question arises as to whether the Petite policy applies to a particular prosecution, the prosecutor should submit the matter to the appropriate Assistant Attorney General for resolution.