Epstein Secrets

trict of Florida S500 South Austration Ave. Suite 400 West Palm Beach, FL 3340] (561) §20-871] Angust 31, 2007 DELIVERY BY FACSIMILE Ms. In care of Bruce Lyons, Esq. Lyons and Sanders 600 Northeast 3rd Avenue Fort Landerdale,; FL 33304 Re: Grand Jury investigation—Confidential Dea i This letter is an invi

contact the sender by reply E-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. Thank you. “= Message from "A. on Fri, ----- To: "Lilly Subject: Menchel Dear Lilly: Thank you for your letter of August 2nd regarding your proposal on how to resolve the Epstein matter. ‘ As we explained at our meeting on

al interest, and, at this time, he is not inclined to meet with counsel for Mr. Epstein. Sincerely, R. Alexander Acosta United States Attorney By: Matthew Menchel — Chief, Criminal Division cc: Roy Black Gerald Lefcourt R. Alexander Acosta Jeffrey Sloman Andrew Lourie A. Marie Villafafia Margot Moss, Esq.

for your letter of May 10, 2007, and the documents attached thereto. l have enclosed another copy of the grand jury subpoenas that were provided to Bruce Lyons, former counsel for Hyperion and JEGE, on April 25, 2007. The time for responding has passed, so please provide the requested documents as soon as

d Epstein's sentencing exposure . . . " See Tab 1, May 19, 2008 Letter from J. . In fact, by a email dated August 3, 2007, Criminal Division Chief Matthew Menchel advised the defense that the federal government required a minimum term of two years of incarceration. See Tab 40, August 3, 2007 Email from M. Men

g Roy Black, Gerald Lefcourt, Alan Dershowitz, Alan Dershowitz's brother, Nat Dershowitz, Ken Starr, Jay Lefkowitz, Lilly Sanchez, Jack Goldberger, Bruce Lyons, Martin Weinberg, Stephanie Thacker, Guy Lewis, Mike Tein, Joe Whitley and Herb Rosen, have expressed sincere outrage over this wholly unwarranted a

As a weak explanation of the many complaints about Ms. Villafana's misconduct and her flagrant violations of the USAM, her Criminal Division Chief, Matthew Menchel, eventually characterized her as "unsupervisable." In August 2007, Ms. Villafana demanded that, in exchange for a deferral of federal prosecution,