Epstein Secrets

for that branch office. In early 2004, Sloman was appointed Chief of the USAO’s Criminal Division. In October 2006, Sloman became the FAUSA, and Sloman’s office was located with Acosta’s in the Miami office’s executive suite. As FAUSA, Sloman was responsible for supervising the Civil, Criminal,

.............17 2. May 2006: The USAO Accepts the Case and Opens a Case File .............18 3. July 14, 2006: Villafaña Informs Acosta and Sloman about the Case......18 4. Late July 2006: The State Indicts Epstein, and the USAO Moves Forward with a Federal Investigation .................

etary of Labor, but he resigned from that post effective July 19, 2019, following public criticism of the USAO’s handling of the Epstein case. Jeffrey H. Sloman joined the USAO in 1990 as a line AUSA. In 2001, he became Deputy Chief of the USAO’s Fort Lauderdale branch office Narcotics and Violent Crimes Se

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oyment a decade earlier as an associate at the firm.94 On the evening of August 6, 2007, Sloman emailed Acosta: “Just saw Menchel. I didn’t know Kirkland made a call into you. You were right. Unbelievable.” During their OPR interviews, neither Acosta nor Sloman remembered the call from Kirkland & E

ember 28, 2007 ' 4 Message: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_012659 TAB 36 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_012660 oof "Villafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS)" To "Jay Lefkowitz" cc "Sloman, Jeff (USAFLS)" "Acosta, Alex (USAFLS)” bec 11/28/2007 04:46 PM Subject Epstein: Victim Notification Letter Dear Jay: Jeff asked that I forward t

the terms and conditions of the September 24, 2007 Agreement as amended by letter from United States Attorney Acosta. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_012666 ia Me Jeffrey H. Sloman First Asst. US Attorney Southern District of Florida HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_012667 TAB 38 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_012668 [dj001/006 05/16/2008 11:16 FAX Boor

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ith a copy of the prosecution memo related to the indictment. On September 7, 2007, Epstein's attorneys met with the U.S. Attorney, Drew Oosterbaan, Jeff Sloman, John McMillan, and I. Ken Starr presented federalism arguments, urging deferral to state prosecution. When those arguments failed, Epstein's attor

8-80736-CV-MARRA P-0 I 1789 EFTA00192835 Memorandum Subjeci Operation Leap Year: Notification of Breach USAO No. 2006R0 181 June 9, 2009 To Jeffrey H. Sloman Acting United States Attorney Robert K. Senior First Assistant U.S. Attorney Rolando Garcia Deputy Chief, Criminal Division, West Palm Beach Ka

80736-CV-MARRA P-011819 EFTA00192865 U.S. Department of Justice Washington, D.C. 20530 June 23, 2008 Jay Lefkowitz„ Esq. Kenneth Starr, Esq. Kirkland and Ellis LLP 777 South Figueroa Street Los Angeles, CA 90017 Gentlemen: This Office has completed a thorough review of the U.S. Attorney's handl

n-the last appeal was exhausted Mr Epstein plead guilty. without delay. in the state in conformity with a date set by Acting United States Attorney Sloman. see email ATTACHED. Surely nothing about these events could reasonably support a finding of "willful" breach by Mr Epstein we You alleged as a se

of its conflicting with the NPA. To the contrary. the motion was but-was-in-faet-vetted-liy-many-ef-his-eetteselrit-vaw-s drafted by myself and the Kirkland and Eelllis team. WE took the lead as there would be we thought no better firm to do so as we had negotiated the agreement with you. As I mentioned

Monday, June 22, 2009 1:03 PM To: Subject: RE: Response Letters Epstein This truly is the never ending story!!! From: Sent: on ay, une IMP To: Sloman, Jeff (USAFLS); Senior, Robert (USAFLS); Atkinson, Karen (USAFLS) Subject: FW: Response Letters Epstein I received all of these from Jay. Apparentl

d to WPB and arrived this morning. It contains these three documents (the Exhibits attachment is 135 pages long). Aahhh, summer associate season at Kirkland and Ellis. I will review and get back to you. Assistant U.S. Attorney Southern District of Florida 500 East Broward Boulevard, 7th Floor 394 Fro

our 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 convi

FTA01718630 U.S. Department of.Justiee United States Attorney Southern District of Florida DELIVERY BY ELECTRONIC MAIL Jay P. Leflcowitz, Esq. Kirkland 8c Ellis LLP New York, New York 10022-4675 Re: Jeffrey Epstein Dear Jay: West Palm Beach, FL 3 acsuni e: December 13, 2007 I am writing not t

Villafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS) From: Villafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS) Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 1:04 PM To: Acosta, Alex (USAFLS); Sloman, Jeff (USAFLS); Atkinson, Karen (USAFLS) Cc: Kuyrkendall, E N. (FBI); Richards, Jason R. (FBI) Subject: Response to Goldberger Letter Here are m

• Sil l EXHIBIT B-55 EFTA00225611 U.S. Department of Justice Washington, D.C. 20530 June 23, 2008 Jay Lefkowitz, Esq. Kenneth Starr, Esq. Kirkland and Ellis LLP 777 South Figueroa Street Los Angeles, CA 90017 Gentlemen: This Office has completed a thorough review of the U.S. Attorney's handl

th a young White House intern. Like Acosta, Starr had worked at the prestigious law firm Kirkland & Ellis. Epstein also tapped Jay Lefkowitz, also of Kirkland, who worked as a domestic policy advisor and later as a special envoy to North Korea during the George W. Bush presidency. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016447 -

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