Epstein Secrets

te plea comply with the terms of the NPA, or “we will consider it a breach of the agreement and proceed accordingly.”171 Deputy Attorney General Filip told OPR he had never heard of Epstein before receiving Starr’s letter. Following the office’s standard protocol, Starr’s letter was handled by Joh

ys in which they have tried to breach the agreement to convince you guys to let me indict.” In Washington, D.C., Lourie consulted with CEOS Chief Oosterbaan, asking for his thoughts on defense counsel’s arguments. At the same time, at Lourie’s request, Villafaña sent the NPA and its addendum to Lourie

upport the prosecution.” On March 6, 2008, Acosta alerted Sloman and Oosterbaan that Starr and Lefkowitz had called him to express “concern” about Oosterbaan’s participation in the case, and indicated that “they may ask for more senior involvement.” Acosta “informed them that they certainly had the righ

omplaints, and asked her to meet with him, Lefkowitz, and Whitley. Meanwhile, Oosterbaan’s Deputy Chief drafted a decision letter to be sent from Oosterbaan to Lefkowitz, and over the course of several weeks, it was reviewed by and received input from Deputy Assistant Attorney General Mandelker and Assi

lts of the continued investigation (Exhibit B-38). The agents continued locating and interviewing more victims (see, e.g., Exhibit B-126). When DAG Filip agreed to consider Epstein's challenges, the planned grand jury presentation was canceled (Exhibit 8-40). Even after that delay, the agents and I p

ry led me to conclude that the inclusion of a provision under § 2255 would be the best way to protect the victims' right to restitution. CEOS Chief Oosterbaan described the agreement as "a very significant result that will serve the victims well" (Exhibit 71). I should note that a plea to one of the feder

hel had engaged in plea discussions with Lilly Ann Sanchez. (Exhibit 3.) The second was in early September 2007 after my discussion with CEOS Chief Drew Oosterbaan regarding this subject. (Exhibit 44.) Later, I believe after the NPA was already signed, Jeff Sloman told me that the Office had taken the position

uted and sent to jail too, but you know the husband’s willing to go and take the weight . . . . This is not one of those. Deputy Attorney General Filip called the provision “pretty weird.” Menchel’s successor as Criminal Chief told OPR that he had never heard of such a thing in his 33 years of exp

to proceed in the same fashion even if he had sought and received a full briefing 258 CEOS Chief Oosterbaan told OPR this provision was “very unusual.” Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General John Roth commented, “I don’t know how it is that you give

er with Sloman after Menchel’s departure. Despite these discussions, though, it is not clear that Acosta was aware of certain information, such as Oosterbaan’s strong opinion from the outset in favor of the prosecution or of Villafaña’s concerns and objections to a state-based resolution or the final NPA.

FACSIMILE (202) 514.0467 CONFIDENTIAL honorable Mark Filip Office of the Deputy Attorney General United States Department of Justice Dear Judge Filip: In his confirmation hearings last fall, Judge Mukasey admirably lifted up the finest traditions of the Department of Justice an assuring the Unite

District of Florida, for making misrepresentations during a prior sentencing proceeding. In fact, Stephanie Thacker, a former deputy to CEOS Chief Drew Oosterbaan, has stated that she knew of no other case like this being prosecuted by CEOS. • 3 RIP MIA 006480 EFTA00208961 KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 12. In A

29/2008 Email from Jell Sloman to Marie Villafafta, Bob Senior, Karen Atkinson, E. Nesbitt KtnTkendaII, and Jason Richards informing them that l)AG Filip agreed to review matter and that grand jury presentation was canceled 13-41 8/28/2008 Letter front Michael Danchuk to Marie Villafaila regarding

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