Epstein Secrets

cal counsel to insist that the State plea comply with the terms ofthe NPA, or “we will consider it a breach ofthe agreement and proceed accordingly.” Villafafia further advised her superior: “Someone really needs to talk to Barry [Krischer].” Appendix at 3 (OPR Report, p. 109). I ! Greenberg Traurlg, PA ■401

uits that followecj. Appe11dix at 3 (QPR Report, pp. i, ?(ii). 49. In a July 8, 2019, letter to the federal district court by the;u.s. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Epstein was described as ''a serial sexual predator who preyed on doz(;n__s of minor girls over a period of years." The letter emphasized that "the

agreed that he would not contest jurisdiction in the Southern District of Florida for any victim who chose to sue him fo

he United States Attorney's Office prepared negotiated lea agreements containing these charges. For example, in a September 18, 2007, email from AUSA Villafafia to Lefkowitz (attached hereto as Exhibit “H’), she attached the proposed plea agreement describing Epstein’s witness tampering as follows: "UNITED

been negotiated with Epstein’s attorneys that would block federal sussecution, To the contrary, AUSA Villafafia mentioned a possible indictment. AUSA Villafafia did indicate that federal investigators had concrete evidence and information that Epstein had sexually molested many underage minor females, includi

y 2005, the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern _ District of Florida learned of Epstein’s repeated sexual a

been negotiated with Epstein’s attorneys that would block federal prosecution. To the contrary, AUSA Villafafia mentioned a possible indictment. AUSA Villafafia did indicate that federal investigators had concrete evidence and information that Epstein had sexnatly molested many underage minor females, includi

o house this guy instead of DOC [the Department of Corrections]?” Belohlavek: “Right.” Pucillo did not respond to a request for comment on the case. Villafafia, the lead federal prosecutor in Epstein’s case, was in the courtroom, but there’s no indication she objected to Epstein’s cozier jail accommodations.

th, veracity or substantiation,” Menninger noted in a 2016 response filed in the case. In February, the Miami Herald filed a federal court motion in the Southern District of New York, seeking access to documents that were sealed in the Maxwell case. The motion, which was not opposed by Roberts, could have cast light on the full sc

. Schall, Special Counsel to the U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of Florida, to inform her Office of the Post’s in

thus rendered the agreement difficult, if not impossible, to unwind.” And that’s exactly what happened. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016453 --- PAGE BREAK --- Villafafia frequently showed her frustration. “T thought we had worked very well together in resolving this dispute. ... I feel that I bent over backwards to k