Epstein Secrets

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

oyment a decade earlier as an associate at the firm.94 On the evening of August 6, 2007, Sloman emailed Acosta: “Just saw Menchel. I didn’t know Kirkland made a call into you. You were right. Unbelievable.” During their OPR interviews, neither Acosta nor Sloman remembered the call from Kirkland & E

States Attorney cc: R. Alexander Acosta, U.S. Attorney Mn connection with the state litigation, Epstein hired Guy Fronstin and Jack Goldberger from West Palm Beach, television legal commentators Roy Black and Gerald Lefcourt, and author and Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz. In connection with the federal i

fessor Alan Dershowitz. In connection with the federal investigation, Epstein added former Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr and Jay Lefkowitz from Kirkland and Ellis, former U.S. Attorney Guy Lewis, former Assistant U.S. Attorneys Lilly Ann Sanchez and Michael Tien, and Massachusetts defense attorney Ma

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

80736-CV-MARRA P-011819 EFTA00192865 U.S. Department of Justice Washington, D.C. 20530 June 23, 2008 Jay Lefkowitz„ Esq. Kenneth Starr, Esq. Kirkland and Ellis LLP 777 South Figueroa Street Los Angeles, CA 90017 Gentlemen: This Office has completed a thorough review of the U.S. Attorney's handl

e and relationship 18 of -- with Ken Starr of Kirkland S Ellis -- 19 A Right. 20 Q -- up to this point? 21 A So, I had been an associate at Kirkland, I think I 22 indicated, what was it -- 23 Q Mm-hmm. 24 A -- from '94 to '90 -- what was it? Was it '96 or 25 '97? EFTA00009049 --- PAGE

e and relationship 18 of -- with Ken Starr of Kirkland S Ellis -- 19 A Right. 20 Q -- up to this point? 21 A So, I had been an associate at Kirkland, I think I 22 indicated, what was it -- 23 Q Mm-hmm. 24 A -- from '94 to '90 -- what was it? Was it '96 or 25 '97? EFTA00009049 --- PAGE

e and relationship 18 of -- with Ken Starr of Kirkland S Ellis -- 19 A Right. 20 Q -- up to this point? 21 A So, I had been an associate at Kirkland, I think I 22 indicated, what was it -- 23 Q Mm-hmm. 24 A -- from '94 to '90 -- what was it? Was it '96 or 25 '97? EFTA00009049 --- PAGE

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