Epstein Secrets

ought the matter to an Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA), who opened a file with her supervisor’s approval and with the knowledge of then U.S. Attorney R. Alexander Acosta. She worked with two FBI case agents to develop a federal case against Epstein and, in the course of the investigation, they discovered additional

ttle the case, the parties’ cross motions for summary judgment remained pending for more than a year. In 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Acosta to be Secretary of Labor. At his March 2017 confirmation hearing, Acosta was questioned only briefly about the Epstein case. On April 17, 2017,

thy substantive email about the case to her immediate supervisor, Lourie, Sloman, and Acosta on August 23, 2006, Lourie emailed Sloman: “Do you and Alex [Acosta] want her updating you on the case?” Sloman responded, “At this point, I don’t really care. If Alex says something then I’ll tell her to just run

ctims ..................................................................................................237 D. July – August 2008: The FBI Sends the Victim Notification Letter to Victims Residing Outside of the United States....................................................238 E. August – September 2008: The Federa

175 Epstein’s state guilty plea.250 As U.S. Attorney, Acosta had the authority to resolve the case in this manner, but OPR concludes that in light of all the surrounding circumstances, his decision to do so r

that I spoke with him, you know, there had been all of this . . . letter writing or 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, and so I felt like that prohibited me from

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

opy of the letter sent to each victim, directly or though counsel (with the mailing addresses redacted). D. July – August 2008: The FBI Sends the Victim Notification Letter to Victims Residing Outside of the United States While attempting to locate and contact the unrepresented victims, the FBI obtained contact info

y plea and to be sentenced is completely without merit. The entry of the state plea was deferred with the express consent of United States Attorney Acosta, who recognized the importance of allowing Mr. Epstein to pursue an independent assessment of this matter by the Justice Department. The subsequent

cite a mere error made by defense counsel that was quickly communicated to your office. While there was a miscommunication regarding the approval of the Victim Notification Letter, it resulted from a mistake that you made: you had inserted language in the Victim Notification Letter that we never agreed was a part of the NPA a