Epstein Secrets

randum SubjectDate Prosecution MemorandumMarch 10, 2007 In re Operation Leap Year ToFrom R. Alexander Acosta U.S. Attorney Jeff Sloman Chief, Criminal Division Andrew Lourie, MAUSA Northern Division Karen Atkinson, Chief Northern Division A. Marie Villafalia Assistant U.S. Attorney I. INTRODUCTION T

n to any law enforcement officer about what happened between her and Epstein. Miller is represented by Jim Eisenberg, who is being paid by Epstein. Eisenberg has admitted to speaking regularly with Roy Black, who is Epstein's "behind the scenes" attorney, but Eisenberg insists that he is exercising indepe

ian Ave, Suite 400 West Palm Beach, FL 33132 FAX Case No. 08-80736-CV-MARRA P-003726 EFTA00086396 pirm—Au —evict U.S. Department et JliSrICC Criminal Division WiedlOPUM.PIAWARIIIMOORIrel The Honorable R. Alexander Acosta . United States Attorney , {r.; • • west Palm Beach, Florida 33401 Attention:

rvice of the subpoena, Ms.= retained the services of James Eisenberg, Esq. to represent her. Jeffrey Epstein paid for that representation. 3. Mr. Eisenberg communicated to me orally and in writing that Ms. would assert her Fifth Amendment privilege if she were forced to appear before the grand jury, an

or: A. Marie Villafana. Addressees: R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney; Jeff Sloman, First Assistant U.S. Attorney; Matthew Menchel, Chief, Criminal Division; Andrew Lourie; Managing Assistant U.S. Attorney, Northern Region; and Karen Atkinson, Chief, Northern Region. (P). Draft Indictment (54 pages)(P)

2008, RE: Case Number (2 pages); Author: Twiller Smith, Victim Specialist, Federal Bureau of Investigation, West Palm Beach, Florida. Letter to James Eisenberg, dated January 10, 2008; RE: , (2 pages); Author: Twiller Smith, Victim Specialist, Federal Bureau of Investigation, West Palm Beach, Florida. Le

lack Jacket): A Critique on the Lack of Prosecution of Hunting "Accidents," 56.S.C. L. Rev. 135, 166-73 (2004). © See id.; Duane, supra note 48. 5! Eisenberg, supra note 45, at 893-96 (discussing data from prosecutor interviews). In the contexts Eisenberg describes, prosecutors typically forgo hate-crime o

to be particularly successful. '°? The federal government seems to share that view. The Justice Department created a Public Integrity Section within the Criminal Division in 1976, !>4 and in the four decades since, federal prosecutors have [*893] aggressively prosecuted conduct of state and local officials that it det