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

current and former USAO staff and attorneys and current and former Department attorneys and senior managers, including former Deputy Attorney General Mark Filip and former Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Alice Fisher. OPR also interviewed former State Attorney Barry Krischer and former As

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.

at the relevant time. During the period most relevant to this Report, the Attorney General was Michael Mukasey, the Deputy Attorney General was Mark Filip, and the Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division was Alice Fisher. The Chief of CEOS was Andrew Oosterbaan. The U.S. Attorney’s

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

tant Attorney General Sigal Mandelker Deputy Assistant Attorney General Andrew Oosterbaan Chief, CEOS Office of the Deputy Attorney General Mark Filip Deputy Attorney General John Roth Senior Associate Deputy Attorney General A. February - May 15, 2008: Review by CEOS and the Criminal Divisi