Epstein Secrets

lafana Atkinson Email chain regarding Epstein's request to do less time than 18 months 5/29/2008 Villafaria, Senior; cc: Atkinson, Kuyrkendall, Richards Mom= Email regarding DAG decision to consider Epstein's "appeal" and that GJ for Tuesday is off B-40 Privileged Confidential Page 34 of 51 Con

ial EFTA00224947 EPSTEIN INVESTIGATION TIMELINE Date To From Re: Exhibit # 5/18/2007 Matthew Menchel A. Marie Villafana Email informing Menchel of intent to subpoena Roy Black's private investigator and steps taken to obtain DOJ authorization 26 5/21/2007 Matthew Menchel and Jeff Sloman

6/18/2007 Subpoena to NES, LLC (return date 7/10/07) 6/21/2007 Matthew Menchel A. Marie Villafalia Email re Meeting next week with emails from Menchel to Villafalia (6/21/07) and Villafaria to Menchel (6/21/07) attached ll 6/22/2007 Subpoena to Guys and Dolls (return date 7/10/07) 6/25/2007 Je

tten attorney (Lourie) notes 1 I 7/13/2007 Matthew Menchel A. Marie Villafaria Email re Epstein with email from Menchel (7/5/07), Villafana to Menchel (7/4/07) and Sloman to Villafatia (7/3/07) attached 7/16/2007 Black Villafaria Response to letter regarding subpoena to Paul Lavery for computer

I 't a irseript of #37 Testimony 23 5/8/2007 Presentation Materials 24 5/8/2007 Transcript of Kuyrkendall Testimony 25 5/8/2007 Transcript of Richards Testimony 26 5/14/07- 5/21/07 Emats between Andrew Laurie, Mau MencheLjeff Sloman, mid Marie Villakula 27 5/15/2007 Transcript of Kuyrkendall Te

al EFTA00225432 EPSTEIN INVESTIGATION TIMELINE Date To From Re: Exhibit # 5/18/2007 Matthew Menchel A. Marie Villafatia Email informing Menchel of intent to subpoena Roy Black's private investigator and steps taken to obtain DOJ authorization 26 5/21/2007 Matthew Menchel and Jeff Sloman

ding 18 U.S.C. S 2255 38 7/81/2007 Email from Marie ViKaiak toJeff Molnar], Man Menchel, and Andrew Lourie summarizing proposed plea terms as per Menchel recommendation 39 7/81/07- 8/3/07 7/31/2007.8/3/2007 Entails between Jeff Montan, Matt Moretti, Andrew Louric, and Marie VilLafaria regarding pl

have to register inapplicability of 18 USC 2422 to Epstein's conduct; and reiteration of 2255 concerns. Attachment: 7/6/07 Lefcourt letter Sloman, Menchel, Lourie, and Villafafia with attachments 12/17/2007 Jeff Sloman Marie Villafafia Email inquiring about case status and informing Sloman regarding

.4 5 JACK GOLDBERGER,:ESQ. ATTENBURY. GOLDBERGER. RICHARDSON & WEISS, P:A. 6 250 South Australian Avenue, Suit

e case through the NPA or in the negotiations leading to the agreement: former U.S. Attorney R. Alexander Acosta, and former AUSAs Jeffrey H. Sloman, Matthew I. Menchel, Andrew C. Lourie, and Ann Marie C. Villafana. Each subject submitted written responses detailing their involvement in the federal investigation of E

ttorneys to disenfranchise and silence the victims. It is unfortunate, and appears fundamentally unfair to the victims, that Acosta and Sloman (after Menchel and Lourie departed) took the unusual step of deciding to vet the USAO victim notification letters with the defense after the NPA was signed, but fai

the experience.feeling confused and believing she had been misled. OPR did not find evidence supporting a conclusion that Villafana, Acosta, Sloman, Menchel, or Lourie opted not to consult with the victims in order to protect Epstein or shield the NPA from public scrutiny. Although neither Sloman nor Acos

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EDMAN [email protected] BY FEDERAL EXPRESS TELEPHONE FACSIMILE July 6, 2007 Jeffrey Sloman, Esq., First Assistant United States Attorney Matthew Menchel, Esq., Chief, Criminal Division The United States Attorney's Office Southern District of Florida 99 NE 4th Street Miami, Florida 33132 Andrew Lo

s Office Southern District of Florida 500 South Australian Avenue, Suite 400 West Palm Beach, Florida 33401 Jeffrey Epstein Dear Messrs. Sloman, Menchel and Lourie and Ms. Villafafia: We write as counsel to Jeffrey Epstein to follow-up on our meeting on June 26, 2007. We thought the meeting was extr

ure. Consequently, their motion should be denied. III. THE REQUESTED DEPOSITIONS, WHICH INCLUDE DEPOSITIONS OF FBI SPECIAL AGENTS KUYRICENDALL AND RICHARDS, SHOULD NOT BE PERMITTED Petitioners seek to depose four federal prosecutors (including two former United Sates Attorneys) and FBI Special Agents

yrkendall; (2) FBI S/A Jason Richards; (3) Jeffrey Sloman, who formerly served as both United States Attorney and First Assistant U.S. Attorney; (4) Matt Menchel, who formerly served as Chief of the Criminal Division; (5) Assistant U.S. Attorney Marie Villafana; and (6) R. Alexander Acosta, who formerly serv

as the appropriate course to take. Similarly, neither Mr. Sloman, the former First Assistant U.S. Attorney and former Acting U.S. Attorney, nor Mr. Menchel, the former Chief of the Criminal Division, were involved in any consultation with the victims. Their mental processes in making decisions on the E

y of evidence, guidelines calculations." The Government is asserting attorney-client privilege regarding this e-mail. I understand the reference to "Richards' and "Kuyrkendall" to be references to FBI agents — not attorneys in the U.S. Attorney's Office. Accordingly, the attorney-client privilege would n

dmits that it has information about a personal or business relationship between Jeffrey Epstein and another prosecutor involved in the Epstein case, Matthew Menchel. Answers I0 EFTA00081125 Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 225-1 Entered on FLSD Docket 08/16/2013 Page 11 of 64 to Requests for Admission at I 2

chel has a personal or business relationship with defendant Jeffrey Epstein. Gov't Answers to RFA's ¶ 20. This could potentially show misconduct by Menchel, and also potentially a motive to violate the victims' rights as explained previously. The Government's privilege log has numerous entries showing

h County Jail, so the Palm Beach Sheriff's Office would be in charge of whether Epstein would be eligible for work release (id. at I). Special Agent Richards confirmed on November 16, 2007 that Epstein would not qualify for work release as a sex offender unless the judge specially ordered it (id.). As n

people about my 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

ussed above, restitution in child exploitation cases was an issue of growing concern, so I was mindful that this plea mechanism that Criminal Chief Menchel had devised with Lilly Ann Sanchez would extinguish, the victims' right to restitution. That was one of the reasons why, on July 4, 2007, I wrote to

e of plea, but that date had not yet been set by state authorities at the time the first victims were notified. 33. Special Agents Kuyrkendall and Richards met with three victims, including Jane Doe 1, soon after the NPA was signed. It had been anticipated that they would meet with all the victims. How

n to use "a" versus "the" and other minutiae. When you and I could not reach agreement, you repeatedly went over my head, involving Messrs. Lourie, Menchel, Sloman, and Acosta in the negotiations at various times. In any and all plea negotiations the defendant understands that his options are to plead

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he state would put an appropriate end to the matter for everyone. EFTA00226776 r LAW 00 ICC,. Y. GERALD B. LEFCOURT. P.C. Jeffrey Sloman, Esq. Matthew Menchel, Esq. Andrew LS. A. Marie , Esq. The Unite!1Mttorney's Office Southern District of Florida July 6,2007 Page 23 Again, we and our colleagues t

y of evidence, guidelines calculations." The Government is asserting attorney-client privilege regarding this e-mail. I understand the reference to "Richards' and "Kuyrkendall" to be references to FBI agents — not attorneys in the U.S. Attorney's Office. Accordingly, the attorney-client privilege would n

nchel has a personal or business relationship with defendant Jeffrey Epstein. Gov't Answers to RFA's 120. This could potentially show misconduct by Menchel, and also potentially a motive to violate the victims' rights as explained previously. The Government's privilege log has numerous entries showing