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Internal DOJ email exchange between SDNY prosecutors celebrating the Ghislaine Maxwell arrest and indictment in July 2020, with Acting U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss praising the team's work.
This document contains email correspondence dated July 2-7, 2020, between prosecutors in the Southern District of New York following the arrest and indictment of Ghislaine Maxwell. Acting U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss congratulates the prosecution team for their 'spectacular job' on both the Epstein case and the new Maxwell charges. A team member responds with significant context, noting the prosecution helped 'right two wrongs' — the original crimes committed by Epstein and Maxwell, and the controversial handling of the case by the government 'the first time around' (a reference to the lenient 2008 plea deal in Florida).
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- •Acting U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss called the team's work 'spectacular' and 'dogged and ingenious'
- •Prosecutor acknowledges investigation is pursuing 'other individuals' beyond Maxwell
- •Team member cites victim's counsel saying prosecution 'righted two wrongs' — the original abuse and the government's flawed initial approach
- •References to 'byzantine legal issues' and 'challenges with various witnesses' in building the case
- •Maxwell was arrested July 2, 2020 and indicted on six federal charges including sex trafficking of minors
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From: " M MIIW To: "Strauss, Audrey (USANYS)" Subject: RE: Your outstanding work Date: Tue, 07 Jul 2020 16:32:59 +0000 Really appreciate the kind words, thank you. And looking forward to the WebEx -- hopefully this afternoon! Original Message From: Strauss, Audrey (USANYS) Sent: Monda Jul 06, 2020 21:07 To: Subject: Re: Your outstanding work I think you did a spectacular job, first with Epstein, and now with Maxwell. And from what I could see, the teamwork was excellent. You have my thanks and admiration. Let's be sure to schedule the team Webex when you all have time to do it. Audrey Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 6, 2020, at 5:07 PM, wrote: > Audrey, > This is now belated -- I confess that even I took a couple days off this past weekend! -- but I wanted to say thank you for the kind words, and to express appreciation for your support of this investigation, not only in the initial Epstein prosecution but through the new angle on Maxwell and follow-up on other individuals as well. Everyone all the way up the chain has really cared about this the whole way through, and it was a team effort to work through the byzantine legal issues, the challenges with various witnesses, and all the other ancillary things that came up along the way. As one of the victim's counsel said to us recently, it has helped to right two wrongs - - the initial wrong of what Epstein and Maxwell did, and the secondary wrong of how it was approached by the government the first time around. So, thank you again, and we're looking forward to the next stages. > Original Message > From: Strauss, Audrey (USANYS) aMINE> > Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2020 13:26 > To: > Cc: > Subject: Your outstanding work > Team, > While I got to stand up and talk about the indictment, it was your dogged and ingenious work that made it possible for this office to bring this very worthy indictment. EFTA00015204
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> We will still look for a time to have a Webex celebration of this milestone. > Enjoy the holiday weekend. > Audrey > > Sent from my iPhone EFTA00015205
Entities Mentioned
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Audrey
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Audrey (USANYS) aMINE
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Audrey Strauss
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Ghislaine Maxwell
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British socialite and sex trafficker, daughter of Robert Maxwell, accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein
Jeffrey Epstein
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American sex offender and financier (1953–2019)
WebEx
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American web conferencing and videoconferencing company by Cisco Systems
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