Epstein Secrets

D: PALM BEACH COUNTY, FL, JOSEPH ABRUZZO, CLERK. 3/28/2023 2:22:44 PM l • • U.S. Department of Justice United States Attorney | Southern District, ofNew York The Silvio J. Mblld Building One Saint Andrew ’s Plaza New.York- New York 10007 July 8, 2019 VTAECF The: Honorable Henry Pitman United States Distric

ly reported, the defendant is extraordinarily wealthy, and he owns and I maintains luxury properties and residences around the world, including in !Vlanhattan, New York; Palm Beach, Florida; Stanley, New Mexico; and Paris, France. Addition!ally, Epstein owns a private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands whi

h at least 2005, JEFFREY EPSTEIN enticed and recruited, and caused to be entice_d and recruited, 'oo.ze_ns. of minor girls. to visit his mansiprJ in New Yo.Jk, New·York, (the "New Y/:>rk Residence"), arid his estate in Palm Beach', Florida (the "Palm Beach Residence"),, to ,engage in sex acts with him,

2005, JEFFREY EPSTEIN enticed and recruited, and caused to be entice_d and recruited, 'oo.ze_ns. of minor girls. to visit his mansiprJ in New Yo.Jk, New·York, (the "New Y/:>rk Residence"), arid his estate in Palm Beach', Florida (the "Palm Beach Residence"),, to ,engage in sex acts with him, after which

. In this way, EPSTEIN created a vast network of underage victlms for him to sexually, exploit, .oft.en or, a dailY, l:>asis; in locations including New Yqrk c1ng Palm Beach. EPSJEIN's victims were as young as. 14 at the tim_e he abused them, and were, .for various reasons, often particularly vu Iner.abl

disenfranchise and silence the victims. It is unfortunate, and appears fundamentally unfair to the victims, that Acosta and Sloman (after Menchel and Lourie departed) took the unusual step of deciding to vet the USAO victim notification letters with the defense after the NPA was signed, but failed to go b

attorney agreed with my analysis. EFTA01718635 U.S. Department of Justice DELIVERY BY FACSIMILE Jay P. Leflcovvitz, Esq. Kirkland & Ellis LLP New Yorlc, New York 10022-4675 Re: Jeffrey Epstein Dear Jay: United States Attorney Southern District of Florida PS INS -2111 ezahni e: November 13, 20

sta United States Attorney United Sates Attorney's Office Southern Di. trio of Florida iamt, I 1 3132 Dear Alex. ANU All1IJAIth PAA1,1O1A1111, Nuw York, Now Ycnk 10027-4611 WWW.kithillrld.com December I I. 2007 Re: bleilkey &Nth: S C r i u n l l o : I thank you 11w the opportunity to express my

r letter now accuses me of "manufacturing" charges of obstruction ofjustice, making obscene phone calls, and violating child privacy laws. When Mr. Lourie told you that those charges would "embarrass the Office," he meant that the Office was unwilling to bend the facts to satisfy Mr. Epstein's desired

experience in the administration of criminal justice both on the state and on the federal level. I was employed as an Assistant District Attorney in New York County from February 1962 until October 1965. One of the investigations I was responsible for was the death of Malcolm X. From 1965 until 1969 I was employ

In Massachusetts and New Jersey, the age of consent 13 16. Mass. Gan. Laws ch. 265, § 23; Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 272, § 35A; NJ. Stat. Ann. § 2C:14-2. Ncw York sets the age of consent at 17. N.Y. Penal Law § 130.05(3). Nor arc any of the other sxtions of 18 U.S.C. 2423 prohibiting "sex tourism" applicable.

letter now accuses me of "manufacturing" charges of obstruction of justice, making obscene phone calls, and violating child privacy laws. When Mr. Lourie told you that those charges would "embarrass the Office," he meant that the Office was unwilling to bend the facts to satisfy Mr. Epstein's desired

In 2010, Epstein was registered as a “level three” (i.e., high risk of repeat offense) sex offender in New York, a lifelong designation. In 2011, the New York County District Attorney’s office unsuccessfully sought to lower his registration to low-risk “level one.” 44. During the course of the Town of Palm Beach a

it wasn’t any.justice served.” Appendix at 2 (Recarey Depo. 496:1-2). 26. Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Andrew Lourie, in a transmittal letter with the prosecution memo of Assistant U.S'. Attorney Ann Marie Villafana, told Criminal Chief Matthew Menchel: “The state i

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tralian Ave, Suite 400 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Phone 561 209-1047 Fax 561 820-8777 Tracking: 1 EFTA00176059 Recipient [email protected] Lourie, Andrew (USAFLS) Atkinson, Karen (USAFLS) Read Read: 5/22/2007 7:28 PM Read: 5/23/2007 9:01 AM 2 EFTA00176060 U.S. Department of Justice Uni

ivision Hawthorne, New York E. T. Mueller IBM Research Division Hawthorne, New York EFTA00176597 D. Riecken !BM Research Division Hawthorne, Ncw York M. Singh IBM Research Division Hawthorne, Ncw York P. Singh Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts IAC-CREATE-DATE: Se

uthern District of Florida 500 South Australian Avenue, Suite 400 West Palm Beach, Florida 33401 Jeffrey Epstein Dear Messrs. Sloman, Menchel and Lourie and Ms. Villafafia: We write as counsel to Jeffrey Epstein to follow-up on our meeting on June 26, 2007. We thought the meeting was extremely produ

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k ok ook ake deo HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_012617 TAB 26 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_012618 "Villafana, Ann Marie C. To "Jay Lefkowitz” [nn S Ww cc "Martin Weinberg" "Lourie, Andrew" "Garcia, Rolando \(USAFLS\)" 09/24/2007 01:27 PM bec Subject RE: Epstein agreement as reviewed by the U.S. Attorney Hi Jay - Sorry for th

r the district. Sloman left the USAO to enter private practice in June 2010. Matthew I. Menchel joined the USAO in 1998 after having served as a New York County (Manhattan) Assistant District Attorney for 11 years. After several years as a line AUSA, Menchel became Chief of the USAO’s Major Crimes Section.

ion ............................................20 5. October 2006 – February 2007: Epstein’s Defense Counsel Initiate Contact with Villafaña, Lourie, and Sloman, and Press for a Meeting ....................................................................................22 6. February 2007:

DEVELOPMENTS In the summer of 2009, allegations surfaced that Epstein had cooperated with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York’s investigation of investment bank Bear Stearns, and that he had been released early from his 18-month imprisonment term because of that

nt sitting on the shelf since May to engage in these negotiations. There has to be an ending date, and that date is Monday. Early that afternoon, Lourie—who was participating in the week’s negotiations from his new post at the Department in Washington, D.C.—asked Villafaña to furnish him with the las