This is an August 6, 2020 email chain from the Department of Justice's Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) regarding a draft report on the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case.

The document contains an email correspondence where OPR sends a draft report to the Acting U.S. Attorney for SDNY concerning the DOJ's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein matter in Florida from 2006-2008. The email chain shows internal discussion about whether to share the OPR draft report with certain teams, specifically mentioning 'Maxwell team' in the context of review and comments. This appears to be part of the Justice Department's internal review process following Epstein's 2019 arrest and death, examining how earlier Florida prosecutors handled the case.

Key Highlights

• •OPR (Office of Professional Responsibility) drafted a report investigating how the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida handled the Jeffrey Epstein case in 2006-2008
• •Email discussion references 'Maxwell team' potentially reviewing the OPR draft report, suggesting Ghislaine Maxwell's legal team was involved in the review process
• •Communication involves the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and OPR Director Laura Ingersoll
• •Document is dated August 6, 2020, just over a year after Epstein's death in August 2019

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