Epstein Secrets

ential prosecution in the Southern District of Florida. Specifically, I understand that Epstein's attorneys have notified Assistant Attorney General Alice Fisher and/or her staff that I have an actual conflict of interest. As part of pre-indictment plea negotiations, the parties agreed that Epstein's victims

pect to the second term, regarding a jail sentence, we later learned that Epstein's attorneys had been trying to arrange with the State Attorney and the Palm Beach Sheriff's Office to allow Epstein to serve his term on "work release," which would allow him to be out of custody all day, just returning to a "halfway house" to sl

11/28/2007 A. Marie Villafaiia, A. Oosterbaan, R. Garcia A. Lourie Email re non-prosecution agreement with attached correpondence 11/28/2007 Alice S. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General Starr Letter - 3 pages re 18 U.S.C. 2255 11/28/2007 Lefkowitz, Acosta, Sloman' Lourie, Oosterbaan Villafana E

rew Lourie, Criminal Chief Matt Menchel, First Assistant Jeff Sloman, and U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta. AUSA Atkinson did participate in meetings with the Palm Beach Sheriff's Office about Epstein's work release and several conference calls with defendant attorney Roy Black and others about Epstein's breaches of the Non-Prosecut

indicating whether the defense team wishes to reaffirm, or to unwind, the Agreement. Sincerely, It ALEXANDER ACOSTA UNITED STATES ATTORNEY cc: Alice Fisher, Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Sloman, First Assistant U.S. Attorney AUSA A. Marie Villafafin -7- EFTA00234597 Exhibit 5 EFTA00234598 KI

tion for the work release program demonstrated that Mr. Epstein made several false statements in his application and made threatening statements to the Palm Beach Sheriff's Office about legal repercussions if he was not admitted to the program. I also discovered—again, not from Mr. Epstein or his attorneys—that Judge McSorley

nt attorneys and senior managers, including former Deputy Attorney General Mark Filip and former Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Alice Fisher. OPR also interviewed former State Attorney Barry Krischer and former Assistant State Attorney Lanna Behlolovick. 3. Communications with Victims and

ic records, including publicly released records of the Palm Beach Police Department, the State Attorney's Office for the 15th Judicial Circuit, and the Palm Beach Sheriff's Office; documents pertaining to the CVRA litigation and other court proceedings involving Epstein and related individuals; and books and media reports. B.