Epstein Secrets

From R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney A. Marie Villafafia Jeff Sloman, First Assistant United States Attorney Matthew Menchel, Chief, Criminal Division Andrew Lourie, MAUSA, Northern Region Karen Atkinson, Chief, Northern Region In response to concerns raised regarding charging counts related to t

ed the date of the transcript found during the search of Epstein's home. With respect to item 2, Jane Doe #6 reported that she flew to New York from West Palm Beach on Jet Blue on her birthday and that Epstein had his property manager give Jane Doe #6 cash to pay for the flight and expenses. Jet Blue prov

hat her subpoena sought.' 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 o

evidence. In addition, we understand that Ms. Villafana was also reprimanded at a special hearing convened by a United States District Judge in the West Palm Beach Division of the Southern District of Florida for making misrepresentations during a prior sentencing proceeding. 3 EFTA00314861 (sending a

d Witnesses), USA Bulletin articles, and the ABA Guidelines for GALs. - dak Damon A. King Deputy Chief Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section Criminal Division United States Department of Justice 1400 New York Ave. N.W. Suite 6400 Washirigton, DC 20005 (w) 202-353-7304 (I) 202-514-1793 From: Corbet, (

--WDBLIF26114A451-1-541 it does not contain all the details of this investigation. 3. On August 3 2005, your affiant was contacted for assistance by West Palm Beach Police Department (WPBPD) Vice Agent Rich Birch regarding JOSEPH E. PELUSO, III, (hereinafter "PELUSO"), a W/M, DOB: 09-02-1968, Florida DL#

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:

on for Permission to Disclose Grand Jury Material" for the following reasons: 1. The Application contains information regarding proceedings before West Palm Beach Federal Grand Jury 07-103, which is subject to the secrecy protections of Fed. R. Crim. P. 6. 2. Pursuant to Rule 6(eX6), "[r]ecords, orders,

RPORATION 140 EAST 7STN STREET NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10021 July 6, 2007 Jeffrey Esq., First Assistant United States Attorney Matthew Fsq., Chief, Criminal Division The United States Attorney's Office Southern District of Florida 99 NE 4th Street Miami, Florida 33132 Andrew Londe, Deputy Chief, Northern Regi

— Ori From: \(USAFLS\)" Sent: 09/19/2007 11:51 AM AST To: Jay Leflcowitz Subject: Meeting Barry is available Monday morning. Our most flexible West Palm Beach magistrate is on duty on Monday, so, assuming we have signed documents by 1:30 or so, we should be able to get Mr. Epstein arraigned on Mond

duct fall outside the boundary of our agreed review, they also fall outside the authority of the Criminal Division in the first instance. Simply, the Criminal Division does not investi gate or resolve allegations of professional misconduct by federal prosecutors. For these Teasons, we do not respond to the portion o

y — These four people were recommended. I have not contacted them to find out what their rates are. All are very active in the plaintiffs’ bar in the West Palm area. Ted Babbitt would be my first choice of these four but I think he is conflicted out because one of his partners is married to an AUSA here. St

E 2 3 THE STATE OF FLORIDA,' 4 COUNTY OF PALM BEACH. 5 I, PHYLLIS A. DAMES, Official Court 6 Reporter for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, 7 Criminal Division, in and for Palm Beach County, 8 Florida; do hereby certify that I was authorized 9 to and did report the foregoing proceedings before 10 the C

RS AS A RESULT OF THIS PLEA. S bIJA-`1,0 Set / Remains Set / Reset O Deft sign O Def Co O Prob O Jail Don O County Courthouse 205 N. Dixie, West Palm STATE Of ROMA • PALM BEACH COMM/ I hereby certify that the foregoing Is a true copy of the record in my office _11O8 0 ASA O GAL Notified by

his time, he is not inclined to meet with counsel for Mr. Epstein. Sincerely, R. Alexander Acosta United States Attorney ...••••••• By: Chief, Criminal Division cc: Roy Black Gerald B. Lefcourt R. Alexander Acosta EFTA00179084 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA IN RE GRAND JURY

Quash. Respectfully submitted, R. ALEXANDER ACOSTA UNITED STATES ATTORNEY By: 111111t_ Florida Bar No. 500 South Australian Avenue, Suite 400 West Palm 1 Telephone; Facsimile: EFTA00179095 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I HEREBY CERTIFY that on August30, 2007, the foregoing document was served via Fe