Epstein Secrets

. Sincerely, William L. Richey Transcnbed as Dictated.• Minted & Approved for Electronic Transmission Absent Signature WLR/ dct EFTA00178978 U.S. Department of Justice United States Attorney Southern District of Florida 500 South Australian Ave.. Suite 400 ch, FL 3340! Facsimile: VIA FACSIMILE Roy Black, Esq.

at liberty to discuss this matter with you. Moreover, it is not the practice of this Office to discuss internal Department of Justice policies with non-Justice Department personnel. If Mr. believes he has cause to move to quash the subpoena, or if Mr. Epstein does for that matter, counsel for the respective parties

ropriety of those other subpoenas is not at issue here, the subpoenas to Mr. Riley and to his firm are. When it was pointed out to prosecutors that internal Department of Justice rules require, inter-O11a, that issuance of the subpoenas be predicated on the pre-approval of the Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Divis

R. Crim. P. Rule 17(c). See, e.g., R. Enterprises, 498 U.S. at 299 (Rule 17(c) requires that grand jury subpoenas be reasonable); United States v. Dionisio, 410 U.S. 1, 11 (1973) ("[t]he Fourth Amendment provides protection against a grand jury subpoena duces tecum too sweeping in its terms to be regar

entatives, For an Order Authorizing the Release of Certain Grand Jury Materials, Committee oh the Judiciary, United States House ofRepresentatives v. U.S. Department ofjustice, No. 19-5288 (D.C. Cir- March 20, 2020) (ordering the Trump administration to provide the House Judiciary Committee redacted portions of grand jury m

cation of grand jury interests is hot ‘some talisman that dissolves all constitutional protections."'Butterworth, 494 U.S. at 630—31 (quoting U.S, v. Dionisio, 410 U.S. 1, 11 (1973)); see also Landmark Communications, Inc. v. Virginia, 435 U.S, 829, 838 (1978) (balancing state’s interest in preserving confi

poena to a defense investigator under these circumstances is the same as a subpoena to defense counsel. And USAM Guideline §9-11.255 requires prior Department of Justice approval for the issuance of a subpoena to a lawyer. That requirement evidently was not met. See Black Aft 115. Second, "because of the potential e

R. Crim. P. Rule 17(c). See, e.g., R. Enterprises, 498 U.S. at 299 (Rule 17(c) requires that grand jury subpoenas be reasonable); United States v. Dionisio, 410 U.S. 1, 11 (1973) ("[tjhe Fourth Amendment provides protection against a grand jury subpoena duces tecum too sweeping in its terms to be regar