Epstein Secrets

al EFTA00225432 EPSTEIN INVESTIGATION TIMELINE Date To From Re: Exhibit # 5/18/2007 Matthew Menchel A. Marie Villafatia Email informing Menchel of intent to subpoena Roy Black's private investigator and steps taken to obtain DOJ authorization 26 5/21/2007 Matthew Menchel and Jeff Sloman

ding 18 U.S.C. S 2255 38 7/81/2007 Email from Marie ViKaiak toJeff Molnar], Man Menchel, and Andrew Lourie summarizing proposed plea terms as per Menchel recommendation 39 7/81/07- 8/3/07 7/31/2007.8/3/2007 Entails between Jeff Montan, Matt Moretti, Andrew Louric, and Marie VilLafaria regarding pl

have to register inapplicability of 18 USC 2422 to Epstein's conduct; and reiteration of 2255 concerns. Attachment: 7/6/07 Lefcourt letter Sloman, Menchel, Lourie, and Villafafia with attachments 12/17/2007 Jeff Sloman Marie Villafafia Email inquiring about case status and informing Sloman regarding

afaita to Montan summarizing conversation with Goldberger that Epstein would serve sentence in confinement '24-bouts-a-day 80 6/29/2008 Email from Kuyrkendall to Villafana regarding work release 81 7/3/2008 Email from Villafiula to Sloman providing update on meeting with Col Gauger at PBSO regarding wor

e working on a number of different child exploitation matters at the time, along with ICE Special Agent David Malone. I remember generally that S/A Kuyrkendall mentioned an investigation of a wealthy man who lived on Palm Beach and recruited minors for sexual activity. During these casual conversations, I d

Soman, Villafana Atkinson Email chain regarding Epstein's request to do less time than 18 months 5/29/2008 Villafalia, Senior; cc: Atkinson, Kuyrkendall, Richards Sloman Email regarding DAG decision to consider Epstein's "appeal" and that GJ for Tuesday is off B-40 Privileged Confidential Page 3

ial EFTA00224947 EPSTEIN INVESTIGATION TIMELINE Date To From Re: Exhibit # 5/18/2007 Matthew Menchel A. Marie Villafana Email informing Menchel of intent to subpoena Roy Black's private investigator and steps taken to obtain DOJ authorization 26 5/21/2007 Matthew Menchel and Jeff Sloman

6/18/2007 Subpoena to NES, LLC (return date 7/10/07) 6/21/2007 Matthew Menchel A. Marie Villafalia Email re Meeting next week with emails from Menchel to Villafalia (6/21/07) and Villafaria to Menchel (6/21/07) attached ll 6/22/2007 Subpoena to Guys and Dolls (return date 7/10/07) 6/25/2007 Je

tten attorney (Lourie) notes 1 I 7/13/2007 Matthew Menchel A. Marie Villafaria Email re Epstein with email from Menchel (7/5/07), Villafana to Menchel (7/4/07) and Sloman to Villafatia (7/3/07) attached 7/16/2007 Black Villafaria Response to letter regarding subpoena to Paul Lavery for computer

ated investigation, potential investigatory leads, and CEOS review 2/28/2008 Email chain between Marie Villafatia, Jason Richards, and E. Nesbitt Kuyrkendall regarding further investigation B-11- 2/29/2008 Acosta Lefkowitz Email - 1 page 2/29/2008 Emails between Jeff Sloman, Marie Villafatia, Robert

Sloman, Villafana Atkinson Email chain regarding Epstein's request to do less time than 18 months 5/29/2008 Villafaria, Senior; cc: Atkinson, Kuyrkendall, Richards Mom= Email regarding DAG decision to consider Epstein's "appeal" and that GJ for Tuesday is off B-40 Privileged Confidential Page 34

initial indictment package had been reviewed and approved by Mr. in West Palm Beach and by attorneys with CEOS; however, it awaited review by Mr. Menchel and FAUSA Sloman. The SDFL deferred presenting the indictment to the grand jury to accommodate the Epstein legal team's request for a meeting. We a

suance of several subpoenas. At the time, Mr. Lefcourt began leveling accusations of improprieties with the investigation and sought a meeting 3Mr. Menchel resigned for private practice on August 3, 2007 and was replaced by Robert Senior. 'Although I, Jeffrey H. Sloman, am writing this letter, I will c

We have no objection to sending the letters through the mail' but we will not remove the language about contacting AUSA Villafafia or Special Agent Kuyrkendall with questions or concerns. Again, federal law requires that victims have the "reasonable right to confer with the attorney for the Government in t

hose questions are appropriately directed to law enforcement. If questions arise related to the civil litigation, AUSA Villafafla and Special Agent Kuyrkendall will recommend that the victims direct those questions to Mr. Josefsberg. I have attached a revised letter incorporating the changes on which we can

it is whether they can require the defendant to serve a sentence that was not even "available" to State prosecutors. Id. In this case, however, Mr. Menchel has not asked for anything that State prosecutors could not have obtained. The fact that State authorities chose—for unquestionably legitimate reaso

without substantiation, that the proposed State plea agreement failed to vindicate the federal interest. On August 3, 2007, Assistant U.S. Attorney Matthew Menchel rejected the State's new proposed plea agreement. He flatly stated that "the federal interest will not be vindicated in the absence of a two year te

gs/Sexual Activity — Grouped by victim — Testimony re Interviews with the Girls b. Plights — Manifests C. Take Questions D. Call Special Agent Kuyrkendall IL RETURN DOCUMENTS RECEIVED IN RESPONSE TO SUBPOENAS ISSUED SINCE THE LAST DOCUMENT RETURN. A. Have additional subpoenas been issued on behalf

n to use "a" versus "the" and other minutiae. When you and I could not reach agreement, you repeatedly went over my head, involving Messrs. Lourie, Menchel, Sloman, and Acosta in the negotiations at various times. In any and all plea negotiations the defendant understands that his options are to plead

ve, Jane Doe 2 clearly stated her opposition to assisting the investigation, much less a prosecution. She was not alone. As noted in Special Agent Kuyrkendall's Declaration, many victims expressed reservations about assisting in the investigation. For example, Special Agent Timothy Slater described how on

eady was intense press coverage of the case, including efforts to publicly identify victims. As noted above and in the Declaration of Special Agent Kuyrkendall, and even in the letters from Jane Doe 2's counsel (Exs. 2 and 5), the victims who had been interviewed in the federal investigation were most conce

yrkendall; (2) FBI S/A Jason Richards; (3) Jeffrey Sloman, who formerly served as both United States Attorney and First Assistant U.S. Attorney; (4) Matt Menchel, who formerly served as Chief of the Criminal Division; (5) Assistant U.S. Attorney Marie Villafana; and (6) R. Alexander Acosta, who formerly serv

as the appropriate course to take. Similarly, neither Mr. Sloman, the former First Assistant U.S. Attorney and former Acting U.S. Attorney, nor Mr. Menchel, the former Chief of the Criminal Division, were involved in any consultation with the victims. Their mental processes in making decisions on the E

nging a search has no right to depose the testifying government agents prior to the evidentiary hearing, petitioners have no right to depose Agents Kuyrkendall and Richards. Petitioners should not have more rights in the absence of a criminal prosecution against Epstein than they would have had he been for

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,

establishes that nothing about interaction with Mr. Epstein constituted a federal offense. It as against this factual background that Special Agent Kuyrkendall repeatedly contacted to persuade that she was a victim of federal crimes. According to sworn testimony, the FBI rsonally met with 5 or 6 time

a victim, offering counseling, and providing victim's rights information to Not su risingly, as a result of this constant barrage by Special Agent Kuyrkendall, engaged the attorney representative, Mr. Josefsberg, to obtain a settlement payment from Mr. Epstein under the NPA. On October 31, 2007, First AU

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

he Custodians of Records of the Corporations complete the Business Records Certifications and Inventory Forms and return everything to Special Agent Kuyrkendall at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 505 South Flagler Drive, Suite 500, West Palm Beach, FL 33401- 5933. Thank you for your assistance with thi

ussed above, restitution in child exploitation cases was an issue of growing concern, so I was mindful that this plea mechanism that Criminal Chief Menchel had devised with Lilly Ann Sanchez would extinguish, the victims' right to restitution. That was one of the reasons why, on July 4, 2007, I wrote to

auger stopped by to see Karen Atkinson on another matter, he told her that Epstein had been on work release for the past few weeks (Exhibit 82). S/A Kuyrkendall spoke with the work release coordinator who told her that he was led to believe that the USAO and FBI knew that Epstein had applied for the program

rding attempted contact with potential witness Work Product Investigative Privilege Privac Act P-013972 5/18/2007 email from Marie Villafaila to Matt Menchel informing him of intent to subpoena Roy Black's private investigator and steps taken to obtain DOJ authorization Work Product 6(e) Deliberative

Privilege Privacy Act P-014011 thru P-014025 7/3/2007-7/13/2007 email chain between Matt Menchel and Marie Villafafia regarding disagreement on Menchel's plea negotiations and written request for meeting between USAO management and victims 6(e) Work Product Deliberative Process Investigative Pri

indictment review Work Product Deliberative Process 6(e) P-014584 thru P-014622 2/12/2008-2/22/2008 emails between Marie Villafafta, Nesbitt Kuyrkendall, Jason Richards, and Myesha Braden analyzing facts gathered from grand jury investigation and discussing strategy for drafting revised indictment