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n MacMillan. Do you -- 21 do you know John MacMillan? 22 A Vaguely. 23 Q All right. He was an AUSA as well. 24 A Right. 25 Q Correct? In West Palm? EFTA00009054 --- PAGE BREAK --- Page 239 1 A Right, and if I can just add, again, I -- I invited 2 Drew -- 3 Q Mm-hmm. 4 A -- so, Drew

n MacMillan. Do you -- 21 do you know John MacMillan? 22 A Vaguely. 23 Q All right. He was an AUSA as well. 24 A Right. 25 Q Correct? In West Palm? EFTA00009054 --- PAGE BREAK --- Page 239 1 A Right, and if I can just add, again, I -- I invited 2 Drew -- 3 Q Mm-hmm. 4 A -- so, Drew

n MacMillan. Do you -- 21 do you know John MacMillan? 22 A Vaguely. 23 Q All right. He was an AUSA as well. 24 A Right. 25 Q Correct? In West Palm? EFTA00009054 --- PAGE BREAK --- Page 239 1 A Right, and if I can just add, again, I -- I invited 2 Drew -- 3 Q Mm-hmm. 4 A -- so, Drew

Fair. I remember it was Starr and Lefkowitz. I 18 don't know if it was Lilly Ann. 19 Q All right, and our information is it was you, Drew 20 Oosterbaan, Sloman, , and John MacMillan. Do you -- 21 do you know John MacMillan? 22 A Vaguely. 23 Q All right. He was an AUSA as well. 24 A Right.

etting Drew into the meeting was to not have them 6 appeal us, and then having Drew say, not a good case. 7 Q All right. So, were you aware that Drew Oosterbaan 8 had, in preparation for this, gone to West Palm and actually 9 gone through the evidence and met with the case agent and the 10 line AUSA 11

etting Drew into the meeting was to not have them 6 appeal us, and then having Drew say, not a good case. 7 Q All right. So, were you aware that Drew Oosterbaan 8 had, in preparation for this, gone to West Palm and actually 9 gone through the evidence and met with the case agent and the 10 line AUSA 11

etting Drew into the meeting was to not have them 6 appeal us, and then having Drew say, not a good case. 7 Q All right. So, were you aware that Drew Oosterbaan 8 had, in preparation for this, gone to West Palm and actually 9 gone through the evidence and met with the case agent and the 10 line AUSA 11

Fair. I remember it was Starr and Lefkowitz. I 18 don't know if it was Lilly Ann. 19 Q All right, and our information is it was you, Drew 20 Oosterbaan, Sloman, , and John MacMillan. Do you -- 21 do you know John MacMillan? 22 A Vaguely. 23 Q All right. He was an AUSA as well. 24 A Right.

Fair. I remember it was Starr and Lefkowitz. I 18 don't know if it was Lilly Ann. 19 Q All right, and our information is it was you, Drew 20 Oosterbaan, Sloman, , and John MacMillan. Do you -- 21 do you know John MacMillan? 22 A Vaguely. 23 Q All right. He was an AUSA as well. 24 A Right.

mi until January 2004, when she transferred to the West Palm Beach branch office. Villafaña handled the majority of the child exploitation cases in West Palm Beach, along with other criminal matters. In 2006, she was designated as the USAO’s first coordinator for Project Safe Childhood, a new Department initia

She explained to Lourie the basis for her objections to the meeting, but Lourie “vehemently” 24 disagreed with her position. Villafaña and a West Palm Beach AUSA with whom she was consulting about the investigation, and who served for a time as her co-counsel, both recalled meeting with Lourie in his office

t despite Oosterbaan’s favorable opinion of the case, “[t]his was . . . a bit of uncharted territory,” involving facts that were unlike the case law Oosterbaan had cited. Although Lourie had some concerns about the legal issues and about the witnesses, he “probably” did not see any impediment to going for

d in the case and describing it as a “highly sensitive” case involving “a high profile, very rich defendant.”39 After CEOS reviewed the materials, Oosterbaan responded to Lourie with an email stating that the memorandum was “exhaustive” and “well done” and noting that Villafaña “has correctly focused on

yer National Board Of Trial Advocacy Certified Criminal Trial Advocate KM LI ALOE POUTS One Cleariake Centre,Suite 704,250 Australian Avenue Soutb,WestPalm Beach,FL33401 February 12, 2007 Asst. U.S. Attorney 500 South Australian Avenue, Suite 400 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Re: Grand Jury Subpoena for Dea

red on FLSD Docket 07/15/2008 U.S. Department of Justice United Stales Attorney Southern Distract of Florida SOO South eltatahan Arc., Suite 400 West Palm Ocach FL 33401 acsimtle: August I I, 2006 DELIVERY BY HAND Mis Re: Crime Victims' and Witnesses' RighA Dear Miss I fifirS t r ite- GOVERNIRENT EXH

fkowitz to Acosta N gust 11, 2006 victim letter to TM gust 11, 2006 victim letter to CW Epstein appeal letters to CEOS • May 15, 2008 letter from Oosterbaan to Leflcowtiz • June 23, 2008 letter from John Roth to Lefkowitz \limuary 2008 FBI victim letters ' November 28, 2007 letter, Ken Starr to Alice F

m surprised that Mr. Epstein hasn't started complaining about legal lees. I Marie kaiak: Assistant U.S. Attorne' 500 S. Australian e. suite 401) West Palm Reach. I I 33-101 Phone Iax From: Oosterbaan, Andrew Sen • 2008 8:46 AM To: (USAFLS) Sub ect: RE: Epstein update That's not 'bad idea I don't need

ish the review of the package. Where is it at in the process ? From: (USAFLS) Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 4:55 PM To: Acosta, Alex (USAFLS); Oosterbaan, Andrew; Senior, Robert (USAFLS) Cc: Garaa, Rolando (USAFLS); S (USAFLS) Subject: Epstein update Hi all — I wanted to update you on a couple of n

(USAFLS) From: (USAFLS) Sent: llayRIP$008 11:18 AM To: Oosterbaan, Andrew Subject: RE Epstein update Attachments: Indictment.pdf. 2nd Add Pros Memo003 pdf. 3rd Addendum Pros Memo pdf. Epstein Pros Memo pdf Iii

t Jeffrey Epstein (a billionaire with significant with significant political connections) sexually abused more than 30 minor girls at his mansion in West Palm Beach (sic), Florida, and elsewhere. Epstein performed repeated lewd, lascivious, and sexual acts on them, including (but not limited to) masturbation, to

ection 2255 issue was raised. After considering the arguments raised at the September 7th meeting, and after conferring with the FBI and with Chief Oosterbaan, our Office decided to proceed with the indictment. At that time, I reminded Mr. Lefkowitz that he had previously indicated his desire to appeal suc

erstood that you wished to present federalism-based concerns regarding our prosecution. To ensure a full consideration of your arguments, I invited Drew Oosterbaan, Chief of the Criminal Division's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, to travel from Washington to attend our meeting. During the September 7t

2006. Towards the end of 2006, Epstein's attorneys began making contact with the U.S. Attorney's Office to seek resolution of the case. A meeting in West Palm Beach was held with Epstein's attorneys in February 2007. Aftcr that meeting, the investigation continued, and an indictment package was prepared in May 2

time, Epstein's attorneys advised that an agreement involving jail time would not be acceptable. On August 31, 2007, the FBI agents and I met with Drew Oosterbaan, Chief of the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, to discuss the evidence and theory of the prosecution. Ile had previously been provided wit

ALTOMARO, NICKIE A. On May 10, 2006, information was received that Epstein's associate, Leslie Wexner, The Limited Inc, CEO's, plane had arrived in West Palm Beach, PBIA. The plane, a Gulfstream 4 bearing a N9OOLS registration, was on the tarmac at Galaxy Aviation. As Epstein had recently acquired the services

prosecutorial discretion should he authorize federal prosecution of Mr. E cc: AAG Alice S. Fisher DAAG Sigal P. Mandelker U.S. Attorney Si 5 Oosterbaan RFP MIA 000365 EFTA00184594 Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 361-40 Entered on FLED Docket 02/10/2016 Page 1 of 3 EXHIBIT 40 EFTA00184595

ssible public corruption or, at the least, a miscarriage of justice. With regard to the logistics of opening the case file, the opening of files in West Palm Beach is relatively informal. In instances where an agent approaches a line AUSA directly (either because it is a duty matter or because the investigation

conduct "due dilligence" on selection of Podhurst firm 11/27/2007 Plea Notification Letter at 7:11 pm )3-3 11/28/2007 A. Marie Villafaiia, A. Oosterbaan, R. Garcia A. Lourie Email re non-prosecution agreement with attached correpondence 11/28/2007 Alice S. Fisher, Assistant Attorney General S