Epstein Secrets

l of cuir concerns on this matter. I respectfully request that you consider the issues I discuss below in conjunction with the ethics opinion of Mr. Joe D. Whitley that I faxed to your Office on December 7. liackifroond of Negotiations I believe it is inmortant fur you to he aware of the full scope and substa

le. Sincerely, rr R. ALEXANDER ACOSTA UNITED STATES ATTORNEY cc: Alice Fisher Assistant Attorney General , First Assistant U.S. Attorney AUSA Marie 3 RFP MIA 000040 EFTA00209086 12/21/200f 11:55 FAX 10uuz/uuu • • KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP Jay P. Letkowdz_ To flag WM777 Thredly (212)4464970

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or if you have any questions about the terms of the federal non-prosecution agreement, please do not hesitate to contact me at the number below or Marie in the West Palm Beach office. Thank you, irst is an ntted States Attorney larm, 10111132 ... 11/9/2007 EFTA01718437 FW: Epstein settlement a

P.C., New York, NY (4) Lilly Ann Sanchez, Fowler White Burnett, Miami, FL; (5) Jack A. Goldberger, Goldberger & Weiss, West Palm Beach, FL; and (6) Joe D. Whitley, Alston & Bird, Washington D.C.; as well as Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz. While not all attorneys participated in each defense presentation

ign the NPA and were not listed as parties to it. 7 As the NPA was being signed. Epstein's attorney Lefkowitz e-mailed AUSA Villafana, requesting: "Marie— Please do whatever you can to keep this (NPA) from becoming public." AUSA Villafana assured Lefkowitz that the NPA would be kept confidential. 8

Letter to Honorable Mark Filip, Deputy Attorney General, dated May 19, 2008, No Subject (8 pages), Authors: Kenneth W. Starr, Kirkland & Ellis, and Joe D. Whitley, Alston & Bird 8 EFTA00191193 Letter to Honorable Mark Filip, Deputy Attorney General, dated May 27, 2008, No Subject (2 pages), Authors: Kenne

07 3:44 PM To: Villafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS) Subject: Fw: Draft Plea Agreement 3091 EFTA00191184 Confidential For settlement purposes only Marie - I wanted to get this to you before I took off for nyc. I am landing at 7 and would like to speak shortly thereafter. I am still considering which

Letter stating the defense will respond to Acosta letter by 12/10/07, and attaching " the independent ethics opinions of Judge Herbert J. Stern and Joe D. Whitley" 12/7/2007 Alan Dershwitz Herbert J. Stem Letter - 27 pages 12/7/2007 Kenneth Starr R. Alexander Acosta Independent ethics opinions of Judge H

il from Jcff Montan to Marie Villafafia regarding conversation about 225.5 issue and enui of guilt' plea 1147 6/25/2008 Email from Jeff Sloman to Marie %Adana with attached revised victim notification letter 13-48 6/25/2008 Entails between Marie Villafaila,JcITSIontan, Bob Senior, Karen Atkinson,

. Bush. They were joined by nationally prominent Boston criminal defense attorney Martin Weinberg. After the NPA was signed, former U.S. Attorney Joe D. Whitley joined the defense team, as did the former Principal Deputy Chief of CEOS and another former U.S. Attorney, who was also a retired federal judge.

26 forward with charges in this case. Lourie forwarded a copy of the prosecution memorandum to Menchel. Lourie’s transmittal message read: Marie did a 50 [sic] page pros memo in the Epstein case. I am going to start reading it tonight. . . . It’s a major case because the target is one of t

, Starr and Lefkowitz sent to Acosta two “independent ethics opinions”—one authored by prominent criminal defense attorney and former U.S. Attorney Joe Whitley, which assessed purported improprieties in the federal investigation of Epstein, and the other, by a prominent retired federal judge and former U.S

to Alex to discuss.” Lourie immediately emailed Acosta the following: I looked at the latest draft from Jay [Lefkowitz] and I must agree with Marie. Based on my own conversations with him, his draft is out of left field. He claims to orally agree to our terms and then sends us a document that