Epstein Secrets

on of children, or only to those who actually traffic children across state lines, it could have done so. It did not. Finally, that a prosecution of Mt Epstein might not look precisely Jike the cases that came before it is not dispositive. We can say with confidence that this case is consistent in principl

OSterballt US_Atty_Cor_00304 EFTA00235630 05/16/2008 11:18 FAX 05/18/08 FRE 11:08 FAX U.S. Department of Justice Criminal Division Andrew 0. Oosterbaan, Chief cb002/008 Q002 Child ka,ploliarlun and Obnvnity Ration Jay Lefkowitz, Esq. Kirkland & Ellis LLP Citigroup Center 153 E. 53i8 St. New Y

should he authorize federal prosecution of Mr. gpotei S co: AAG Alice S. Either DRAG Sigel P. Mandencer U S. Attorney R. Alexander Acosta 5 . Oosterbaan US_Atty_Cor_00309 EFTA00235635

ust meet, shall consider that it is the intent of the panics In place these identified 1114111113 in the 1411% position ILI they would have been had Mt. Epstein been convicted al vial. No mac; no kis." 2 Case No. 08-80736-CV-MARRA P-011818 EFTA00192864 Srstrely. R. ALEXANDER ACOSTA UNITED STATES ATTO

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

ver had no contact whatsoever with Mr. massages, but the p or coerce. See e.g., close in a sexual way Ms. guy." the phon with Ms. Id. at 10. Ms Epstein over the Internet or phone; and was neve the phone or Internet. Id. at 24-25. In fact, Ms. Epstein or any of his employees prior to arriving at pst

ty Section Criminal Division United States Department of Justice 1400 New York Avenue, 6th Floor Washington, DC 20530 Dear Ms. Mandelker and Mr. Oosterbaan: Facsimile: (213) 680-8500 Enclosed, please find our submission as discussed at the meeting. This submission includes a brief executive summary;

irst document attached hereto is the June 30, 2008 proposed Notification, which was hand-delivered to Jack Goldberger and Michael Tein shortly after Mt. Epstein entered hi s guilty plea. Following that, I have attached the July 9, 2008 response from Mr. Goldberger. I have highlighted two portions. The first

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