Epstein Secrets

ERS, P.C. EFTA00079770 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 head of the first assistant, Mr. Sloman. THE COURT: In New York. MR. WEINBERG: Right. In the Southern district, there were six or seven prosecutors, including New York City prosecutors,

ke, I have never even the prosecutor's office do this. So the prosecutor joined in with defense counsel. I think Kirkland & Ellis and the ADA from Vance's office joined together, and they both argued for lowering the offense level from a 3 to a 1. She says a few things like that which are pretty un

ERS, P.C. EFTA00095412 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 head of the first assistant, Mr. Sloman. THE COURT: In New York. MR. WEINBERG: Right. In the Southern district, there were six or seven prosecutors, including New York City prosecutors,

ke, I have never even the prosecutor's office do this. So the prosecutor joined in with defense counsel. I think Kirkland & Ellis and the ADA from Vance's office joined together, and they both argued for lowering the offense level from a 3 to a 1. She says a few things like that which are pretty un

ote to Epstein attorney Lefkowitz on Dec. 13, 2007. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016454 --- PAGE BREAK --- By then the deal had been signed for two months, and Jeffrey Sloman, Acosta’s top assistant, told Lefkowitz he intended to begin notifying Epstein’s victims. An indignant Lefkowitz wrote to Acosta: “You ... assured

o the financier. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016462 --- PAGE BREAK --- “tL don't think you did much of an investigation here,” Pickholz said. “| am shocked.” Vance's mishandling of the Epstein hearing has come under new scrutiny after a Miami Herald report last week revealed a secret “non- prosecution agreement”

als. The DA's office insists Vance “was not aware” of the hearing until years later and had nothing to do with it. “Our prosecutor made a mistake,” Vance spokesman Danny Frost said of Gaffney. Gaffney, a prosecutor working in the Harvey Weinstein probe, left the DA's office in September. She declined