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

ations. It is apparent that the defense persistence achieved some measure of success, 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

well as in several supervisory positions in the SDFL. By mid- 2006, he had returned to his position as the. Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division in West Palm Beach (head of the West Palm Beach branch office), after serving as the interim Chief of the Public Integrity Section at DOJ at the request of AAG Fisher.

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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

is 188 - 235 months with lifetime supervised release. Case No. 08-80736-CV-MARRA P-011821 EFTA00192867 CONFIDENTIAL PLEA NEGOTIATIONS TERMS OF EPSTEIN NON-PROSECUTION AGREEMENT ■ Epstein pleads guilty (not nolo contendere) to an Information filed by the Palm Beach County State Attorney's Office charging him with

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uring the period of January 1, 2003 to the present. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_012584 TAB 20 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_012585 CONFIDENTIAL PLEA NEGOTIATIONS TERMS OF EPSTEIN NON-PROSECUTION AGREEMENT Epstein pleads guilty (not nolo contendere) to an Information filed by the Palm Beach County State Attorney’s Office charging him with:

s well as in several supervisory positions in the SDFL. By mid- 2006, he had returned to his position as the Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division in West Palm Beach (head of the West Palm Beach branch office), after serving as the interim Chief of the Public Integrity Section at DOJ at the request of AAG Fisher.

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s well as in several supervisory positions in the SDFL. By mid- 2006, he had returned to his position as the Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division in West Palm Beach (head of the West Palm Beach branch office), after serving as the interim iallifiLof the Public Integrity Section at DOJ at the request of AAG Fishe

fidential and Privileged — Attorney Work Product - 16- Case No. 08-80736-CV-MARRA P-013389 EFTA00230294 CONFIDENTIAL PLEA NEGOTIATIONS TERMS OF EPSTEIN NON-PROSECUTION AGREEMENT ■ Epstein pleads guilty (not nolo contendere) to an Information filed by the Palm Beach County State Attorney's Office charging him with