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DOJ-FL-HOLD-170_sub_001 - DOJ-FL-HOLD-170_p100

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• • I I B. Acosta Exercised Poor Judgment When He Failed to Ensure That Victims Identified in the Federal Investigation Were Informed of the State Plea Hearing Althoug

ble sharing any information about the case.” Villafana also told OPR that because of “all of these concerns and instructions that I had been given by Alex [Acosta] and Jeff [Sloman] not to disclose things further and not to have any involvement in victim notification,” she felt “prohibited” from providing additi

activity with him at his Palm Beach, Florida estate. The Miami Herald reported that in 2007, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, R. Alexander Acosta, entered into an “extraordinary” deal with Epstein that permitted Epstein to avoid federal prosecution and a potentially lengthy prison sentence by p

notify the victims, “OPR identified no reason why Secretary Acosta should have distrusted his team on these points.”

e impeachment issue, and after considering the problem, Villafana agreed with the agents' concerns. Villafana raised those concerns with the USAO's Professional Responsibility Officer in Oct9ber 2007 after the agents brought the issue to her attention, and she ultimately raised the issue with Sloman and Acosta as well, neither of

EFTA00215950

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similar guidance. Please let me know if you need any additional information, and thank you for your kind assistance with this matter. Sincerely, R. Alexander Acosta United States Attorney By: Assistant United States Attorney cc: ni SA and Professional Responsibility Officer AUSA EFTA00215954 U.S. Departmen

tance with this matter. Sincerely, R. Alexander Acosta United States Attorney By: Assistant United Sta

guidance. If ou need any additional information, please contact me at my office, or on my cell phone at trU bat Enclosures cc: , AUSA AUSA and Professional Responsibility Officer AUSA Roy Black, Esq., Counsel to the Putative Defendant Michael Tein, Esq., Counsel to the Putative Defendant In addition to the general rules re

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ts of their lives. Please let me know if you need any additional information, and thank you for your kind assistance with this matter. Sincerely, R. Alexander Acosta United States Attorney By: Assistant United States Attorney Enclosures cc: Stuart S. Mermelstein (via Federal Express) AUSA and Professional Re

tance with this matter. Sincerely, R. Alexander Acosta United States Attorney By: Assistant United St

lexander Acosta United States Attorney By: Assistant United States Attorney Enclosures cc: Stuart S. Mermelstein (via Federal Express) AUSA and Professional Responsibility Officer AUSA The Agreement contains a confidentiality provision and is governed by a Protective Order entered by the U.S. District Court for the Southern