Epstein Secrets

Epstein may have been involved in the manufacture and/or possession of child pornography. Eradication of child pornography was a particular focus of Project Safe Childhood; its production and storage on computer equipment involved the use of items produced in interstate and foreign commerce; and child pornography was

subpoenas, interviews of additional witnesses, and plea negotiation issue 10/27/2008 Villafafia Myesha Braden Email chain titled Things to do in West Palm 11/4/2008 Villafafia Senior Email thanking Villafatia for her 11/3/08 email advising she spoke with the Florida Bar 11/4/2008 Correspondence f

he child exploitation cases in West Palm Beach, along with other criminal matters. In 2006, she was designated as the USAO’s first coordinator for Project Safe Childhood, a new Department initiative focusing on child sexual exploitation and abuse.2 In 2006, Villafaña assumed responsibility for the Epstein investig

he USAO, including the Criminal, Civil, and Appellate Divisions, each of which is headed by a Chief. During the period relevant to this Report, the West Palm Beach office consisted of two criminal sections and was headed by a Managing AUSA. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the principal

ta’s and Sloman’s “concerns about taking this case because of [the P]etit policy and a number of legal issues” and Acosta’s concerns about “hurting Project Safe Childhood.” Defense counsel raised myriad legal and factual challenges in their voluminous letters to the USAO. Defense submissions attacked the legal theo

Plea Hearing Transcript at 27-29. 115 for up to 12 hours per day, six days per week, to work at the “Florida Science Foundation” office in West Palm Beach.182 In mid-November 2008, Villafaña learned that Epstein was on work release. She notified Acosta, Sloman, and the USAO Criminal Division Ch