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An internal email from an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of Florida receiving legal response letters from Jay Lefkowitz, Jeffrey Epstein's attorney at Kirkland & Ellis, in June 2009.
This document is an internal Department of Justice email dated June 22, 2009, showing an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Fort Lauderdale receiving a package of legal documents from Jay Lefkowitz, a Kirkland & Ellis partner representing Jeffrey Epstein. The package included a cover letter and 135 pages of exhibits responding to government inquiries. The email references ongoing post-plea negotiations during the controversial non-prosecution agreement period, when Epstein was serving his work-release sentence. Lefkowitz was a key negotiator of Epstein's 2008 plea deal with then-U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta.
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- •Shows direct communication between Epstein's legal team and federal prosecutors in June 2009
- •Jay Lefkowitz, who negotiated Epstein's controversial non-prosecution agreement, sent 135 pages of exhibits
- •Reveals ongoing legal correspondence during Epstein's work-release period
- •Documents the involvement of Kirkland & Ellis, the same firm where prosecutor Acosta had previously worked
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From: To: Subject: Date: Importance: Attachments: b. " 11 FW: Response Letters Epstein Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:36:35 +0000 Normal 6.19.09 Cover Letter toMle mDF; 6.19.09_Letter_to .PDF; Exhibits_to_6.19.095etter_t .PDF I received all of these from Jay. Apparently a 3-ring binder was fed exed 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, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33394 Fax From: Jay Leflowit [mailto Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 6:36 PM To: Subject: Response Letters Dear Attached please find letters and exhibits responding to your two recent letters. I hope we can speak next week. Best. Jay The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may constitute inside information, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. It is the property of Kirkland & Ellis LLP or Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. Unauthorized use, disclosure or copying of this communication or any part thereof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail or by e-mail to [email protected], and destroy this communication and all copies thereof, EFTA00013853
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including all attachments. EFTA00013854
Entities Mentioned
Jay Lefkowitz
PERSON
American lawyer
Jeffrey Epstein
PERSON
American sex offender and financier (1953–2019)
Kirkland & Ellis International LLP
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Kirkland & Ellis LLP
ORGANIZATION
Large law firm in the United States, based in Chicago, Illinois
Kirkland and Ellis
ORGANIZATION
City in King County, Washington, United States
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