An internal email exchange between federal prosecutors and Epstein estate representatives discussing the status of search warrant materials and potential forfeiture claims following Jeffrey Epstein's suicide in August 2019.
This December 2019 email chain reveals government prosecutors explaining that criminal discovery materials were returned to defense counsel and destroyed pursuant to protective order requirements after Epstein's death. The document shows prosecutors struggling with what materials they could legally share with the Epstein estate trustees, specifically referencing detailed search warrant inventories from the New York property search. The emails also mention ongoing discussions about resolving potential government forfeiture claims against Epstein's estate.

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From: To:' Subject: Re: JE estate meeting Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2019 00:43:40 +0000 Ah, sorry, just saw this. On Dec 20, 2019, at 5:22 PM, wrote: I'm sorry - my colleagues remind me that this is inaccurate, defense counsel returned and/or destroyed discovery materials, pursuant to the protective order, following Epstein's suicide. So they won't be able to provide discovery materials. However, I believe they should separately have copies of the search warrant inventories which were of course provided separate from the protective order; if they don't, please let us know, and again we'll continue to try to figure out what if any obligations / restrictions we are subject to on the copies of inventory records that we have. Apologies for the confusion. From Sent: Friday, December 20, 2019 17:17 To: Cc: Subject: RE: JE estate meeting Marc, We're not yet exactly sure what our ability is to provide to the Trustees what is effectively discovery in a now-defunct criminal case against Epstein himself; that said, I can convey that we did produce to defense counsel detailed search warrant returns in connection with the New York property. Perhaps you would be able to obtain those from Epstein's criminal defense counsel? In particular I believe what you're looking for would be especially at USAO_4381-4445, but potentially also USAO_2662-4380 (though I note that a handful of those pages were marked as Confidential under a protective order, as set forth in the discovery letter sent to counsel on July 31, 2019). We will also review the status of the search warrant return with respect to the island property (and we have not searched the New Mexico property), and I hope this is useful in the interim. Separately, I've conveyed your request for a meeting to discuss the possibility of resolving the Government's potential forfeiture claims, and I haven't yet gotten a response to relay but will let you know as soon as I do (and will also provide these dates in connection with your request). thanks, From: Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2019 19:09 To: Cc: Subj : estate meeting EFTA00019878
To follow up on our call, can you please send us the search warrant returns/inventories and, if possible, any additional detail regarding the items that were seized in the two searches of the New York property and the search of the New Mexico property. With respect to a next meeting with you and the Chief of the Criminal Division and, of course, any other colleagues you wish to attend, the following dates in early January would be good for us: January 3, 6 (before 2:00), 7, 8 (1:00 or later), 9 (after 11:00), or 10 Happy and Healthy New Year from Andy and me. Partner Co-Chair, White Collar Defense Hu hes Hubbard & Reed LLP New York. NY 10004-1482 Office Cell Fa This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version. EFTA00019879