Epstein Secrets

osta United States Attorney By: s/A. Marie Villafaria A. Marie Villafafia Assistant United States Attorney cc: — R. Alexander Acosta, U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Sloman, First Assistant U.S. Attorney You also accuse me of “broaden[ing] the scope of the investigation without any foundation for doing so by adding char

your client to agree to unconscionable contract terms cannot square with the true facts of this case. As explained in letters from Messrs. Acosta and Sloman, the indictment was postponed for more than five months to allow you and Mr. Epstein’s other attorneys to make presentations to the Office to convinc

| will be more than happy to do it, because it sounds !ike you all know more about it than |, but |'m happy to get affidavits from Mr. Pincus, Judge Stern, everybody else about what happened with this hearing today, because | know very [ittle about it. But my representations are what they are. MR. GOLD

he evidence. EFTA00605401 KIRKLAND &ELLIS LLP Honorable R. Alexander Acosta December 17, 2007 Page 18 Kenneth W. Starr Jay P. Lefkowitz cc: Jeffrey H. Sloman, First Assistant U.S. Attorney EFTA00605402

he federal statutes would be applicable to Mr. Epstein's conduct, a lay person cannot be expected to make that determination. As confirmed by Judge Stern's conclusions regarding the application of § 2422(b), as well as the other relevant federal statutes, the conduct at issue is clearly not within the

d as a sex offender and objected to any sentence short of incarceration. The Assistant State Attorney in charge of the sex-crimes unit reported Mr. Sloman's conduct during the proceedings as "outrageous." The defendant's attorney described Mr. being "out of control." Shortly after, Mr. began publicl

take positions during the investigation and negotiation of this matter that has led to unprecedented federal overreaching. In fact. Judge I lerben Stern's states " . . Alta federal authorities inappropriately involved themselves in the investigation by the state authorities and employed highly irregu