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

ation (id). I specifically asked Mr. Menchel if he had any comments or concerns but received no response (id)17 On Monday, May 21, 2007, I wrote to Chief Menchel and FAUSA Sloman for "guidance" and "a sense of the direction where we are headed" (id. at 3). Again, no response. On that day, PBPD and save them

ial indictment package had been reviewed and approved by Mr. Lourie 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

ase and promised a willingness to assist in the investigation. The SDFL was unpersuaded by their presentation and the investigation continued. 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 co

port any disposition that eliminates the need for trial. See attached Tab B, August 2, 2007 letter from Lilly Ann Sanchez to SDFL Criminal Division Chief Menchel, p.2, fn 1. Ironically, it is Epstein's "national" attorneys who are now representing to the Deputy Attorney General of the United States in their M

ial indictment package had been reviewed and approved by Mr. Lourie 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

ase and promised a willingness to assist in the investigation. The SDFL was unpersuaded by their presentation and the investigation continued. 3Mr. Menchel resigned for private practice on August 3,2007 and was replaced by Robert Senior. 4Although I, Jeffrey H. Sloman, am writing this letter, I will con

port any disposition that eliminates the need for trial. See attached Tab B, August 2, 2007 letter from Lilly Ann Sanchez to SDFL Criminal Division Chief Menchel, p.2, fn 1. Ironically, it is Epstein's "national" attorneys who are now representing to the Deputy Attorney General of the United States in their M

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

a fair trial."). 35 Regardless of that position, as noted earlier, the decision to resolve the case through a non-prosecution agreement was made by Chief Menchel, and his email of July 5, 2007 informed me that he was the person vested with the discretion to vary from any Department policy and that he had und