Epstein Secrets

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

shington, D.C.; approximately four years as a policy fellow and law school lecturer; and nearly two years as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Department’s Civil Rights Division. He was presidentially appointed in 2002 as a member of the National Labor Relations Board, and in 2003 as Assistant Attorney General in charge of

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

ial issues,” his own focus had been on “the legal side of things.” Notably, during his prior tenure as the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Department’s Civil Rights Division, Acosta had been involved in efforts to address sex trafficking. He told OPR that one of the “background issues” that the Civil Rights Division ad

“I know we would have spoken about this case a lot, okay? And I’m sure with Jeff as well, and there were conversations -- a meeting that I had with Marie and Andy as well.” Lourie similarly told OPR: Well, . . . he would have been talking to Jeff and Matt, talking to me to the extent that he did, h

ictim interviews. x Villafaña revised the prosecution memorandum to focus “on victims who are unknown to Epstein’s counsel.” x The USAO informed the Department’s Civil Rights Division “pursuant to USAM [§] 8-3.120,” of the USAO’s “ongoing investigation of a child exploitation matter” involving Epstein and others. x Villafaña se