Epstein Secrets

10:10 AM To: Villafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS) Cc: Lourie, Andrew (USAFLS) Subject: FW: PSAs on Project Safe Childhood Importance: High Morning, Marie FYI -- February project on Project Safe Childhood. Let's stay in touch on this. aov Original Message From: Acosta, Alex (USAFLS) Sent: Wednesday,

C. (USAFLS) From: Villafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS) Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 10:26 AM To: Valle, Alicia (USAFLS) Subject: RE: PSAs on Project Safe Childhood Tracking: Recipient Valle, Alicia (USAFLS) Read Read: 11/16/2006 10:27 AM Thanks, Alicia. No one has approached me about PSAs, but a local atto

To: Villafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS) Cc: Lourie, Andrew (USAFLS) Subject: FW: PSAs on Project Safe Childhood Importance: High Morning, Marie FYI -- February project on Project Safe Childhood. Let's stay in touch on this. aov Original Message From: Acosta, Alex (USAFLS) Sent: Wednesday,

To: Villafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS) Cc: Lourie, Andrew (USAFLS) Subject: FW: PSAs on Project Safe Childhood Importance: High Morning, Marie FYI -- February project on Project Safe Childhood. Let's stay in touch on this. aov Original Message From: Acost

il from Jcff Montan to Marie Villafafia regarding conversation about 225.5 issue and enui of guilt' plea 1147 6/25/2008 Email from Jeff Sloman to Marie %Adana with attached revised victim notification letter 13-48 6/25/2008 Entails between Marie Villafaila,JcITSIontan, Bob Senior, Karen Atkinson,

Epstein may have been involved in the manufacture and/or possession of child pornography. Eradication of child pornography was a particular focus of Project Safe Childhood; its production and storage on computer equipment involved the use of items produced in interstate and foreign commerce; and child pornography was

26 forward with charges in this case. Lourie forwarded a copy of the prosecution memorandum to Menchel. Lourie’s transmittal message read: Marie did a 50 [sic] page pros memo in the Epstein case. I am going to start reading it tonight. . . . It’s a major case because the target is one of t

he child exploitation cases in West Palm Beach, along with other criminal matters. In 2006, she was designated as the USAO’s first coordinator for Project Safe Childhood, a new Department initiative focusing on child sexual exploitation and abuse.2 In 2006, Villafaña assumed responsibility for the Epstein investig

to Alex to discuss.” Lourie immediately emailed Acosta the following: I looked at the latest draft from Jay [Lefkowitz] and I must agree with Marie. Based on my own conversations with him, his draft is out of left field. He claims to orally agree to our terms and then sends us a document that

ta’s and Sloman’s “concerns about taking this case because of [the P]etit policy and a number of legal issues” and Acosta’s concerns about “hurting Project Safe Childhood.” Defense counsel raised myriad legal and factual challenges in their voluminous letters to the USAO. Defense submissions attacked the legal theo