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

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do not fit within any proper construction of any of the federal criminal statutes under consideration. • 4 First Assistant United States Attorney Jeffrey Sloman sought to preclude Mr. Epstein or his agents from communicating with the alleged "victims." See November 5, 2007 Letter from J. Sloman, Exhibit I. D

due to a procedure available under state law, and following the wave of recent lawsuits that have been filed against Mr. Epstein (ironically by Mr. Sloman's former law partner), we have been able to engage in discovery and take sworn statements from several of the alleged victims. These statements, wh

(1985)); id. at 65 (Congress "should make its intention 'clear and manifest' if it intends to pre-empt the historic powers of the itates') (quoting Rice' Santa Fe Elevator Corp., 331 U.S. 218 (1947)); see also United States Drury, 344 F.3d 1089, 1101 (11th Cir. 2003) (recognizing that in the absenc

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

historic police powers of the States [are] not to be superseded by the Federal Act unless that was the clear and manifest purpose of Congress." See Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp., 331 U.S. 218, 230 (1947). • Narrowly Tailored Statutes Should Apply: If there are two statutes — one that narrowly a

Marie C. (USAFLS) From: Villafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS) Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 9:44 AM To: Lee, Dexter (USAFLS); Acosta, Alex (USAFLS); Sloman, Jeff (USAFLS) Cc: Atkinson, Karen (USAFLS); Kuyrkendall, E N. (FBI); Richards, Jason R. (FBI) Subject: Epstein's Court Filings Hi all - Here ar

never contemplated. DE24_080717_NDE23_080717_M rice of Pendencyatn to File Ex Pa.. A. Marie Villafan