Epstein Secrets

• • 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.”

9495AXXXMB) charging one (1) count of solicitation of prostitution, in violation of FL Stat.§ 796.07. In addition, Epstein shall plead guilty to an Infonnation filed by the State Attorney's Office charging Epstein with an offense that requires him to register as a sex offender, that is, the solicitation of

re wrongly decided. In her Complaint, Jane Doe #101 asserted that Epstein had been convicted of state law crimes and, taking language directly from Alex Acosta's letter to Lilly Ann Sanchez, wrote that Epstein "is in the same position as if he had been tried and convicted of the sexual offenses committed agai

d and explained to him. Epstein hereby states that be understands the conditions of this Non- Prosecution Agreement and agrees to comply with them. R. ALEXANDER ACOSTA UNITED STATES ATTORNEY Dated: By: Dated: 77P/4" Dated: Dated: A. MARIE VTLLAFARA ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEY OERALD LEFCOURT, ESQ. COUNSEL T

V-MARRA P-01379 EFTA00192925 Dispoto, Mark (USAFLS) From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Carlton, Stephen (USAFLS) Wednesday, May 8, 2019 4:53 PM Acosta, Diana (USAFLS); Bella, Gabrielle (USAFLS); Cannon, Aileen (USAFLS); Coxless, Kelly (USAFLS); Funk Daniel (USAFLS); Gyires, Marton (USAFLS); Hem, M

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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

at least concerning CONFIDENTIAL PLEA NEGOTIATIONS TERMS OF EPSTEIN NON-PROSECUTION AGREEMENT ■ Epstein pleads guilty (not nolo contendere) to an Infonnation filed by the Palm Beach County State Attorney's Office charging him with: (a) lewd and lascivious batte1y on a child, in violation of Fl. Stat. 8