Epstein Secrets

Sloman regarding inquiries from State Attorney's Office regarding Epstein plea to state charge and facts supporting state plea 12/21/2007 11. Al Acostaer exand Jay Lefkowitz Knowledge of "list" of alleged victims is limited. Proposal deprives Epstein of his opportunity to test the validity of these

e handling of the investigation by the State Attorney's Office 1/3/2008 I :.mails between Marie Villafatia, Alex Acosta, and Jeff Sloman regarding Alex Acosta telephone conference with Jay Lefkowitz where Lefkowitz admitted that he never intended to have Epstein plead guilty to an offense that required se

ttorneys also falsely accused FAUSA Sloman (and me) of promising money to a victim in exchange for her willingness to accuse Epstein. U.S. Aftorney R. Alexander Acosta (now Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor): USA Acosta served as the head of the U.S. Attorney's Office throughout the investigation of Jeffre

ith some of Epstein's counsel. I sought his advice on some of the issues — legal and non-legal — that arose during the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Lynn Kirkpatrick (still at the USAO): Ms. Kirkpatrick and I are friends from my time in Miami. She was a supervisor in Miami although not in my chain of command. I

ibit B-20.) Based upon those attacks, which relied upon the videotaped statement given by Individual #28, I was instructed by either Jeff Sloman or Alex Acosta, not to consider Individual #28 as a victim for purposes of the NPA because she was not someone whom the Office was prepare to include in an indictm

ictims (Exhibits B-46, B-47, B-48). I provided my draft victim notification letter to FAUSA Sloman and USA Acosta (Exhibits B-47, B-48).4° Since Mr. Acosta had agreed in December 2007 that we would not provide written notice of the state change of plea, the written victim notifications were prepared to

rse of this examination and express the heartfelt regards ofAlself and Special Agents Kuyrkendall and Richards for the health and well-being of Ms. M. R. ALEXANDER ACOSTA UNITED STATES ATTORNEY By: A. MARIE VILLAFARA ASSISTANT U.S. ATTORNEY cc: Jack Goldberger, Esq. EFTA00225558 U.S. Department of Justice Uni

disagreements with the Office, including my supervisor, Karen Atkinson, my co- counsel, John McMillan, Special Agents Kuyrkendall and Richards, AUSAs Lynn Kirkpatrick, Susan Roe, E.J. Yera, and DOJ Trial Attorneys Tammie Gregg and Myesha Braden. On several occasions, I drafted emails about re-assigning the case b

Villafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS) From: Acosta, Alex (USAFLS) Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 6:15 PM To: USAFLS-AUSAs District Subject: AUSAs: If you have handled a 1028(a)(4) or (6), please

nsel of record, who will be filing motions as early as Tuesday, August S to correct this issue. If you receive one of these motions, please contact Lynn Kirkpatrick (961-9239). She will have a go-by to help develop a response, which we should file expeditiously. Finally, I want to thank the Major Crimes attorne