This is an internal DOJ email from October 2019 discussing how to handle an offer from Guernsey's Auctioneers & Brokers to dispose of Jeffrey Epstein's property following his death.

The document is an email chain within the Department of Justice's Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys, dated October 9, 2019—about two months after Epstein's death in federal custody. The correspondence discusses an unsolicited business proposal from Arlan Ettinger, President of Guernsey's Auctioneers & Brokers, offering to handle the auction and disposition of Epstein's estate. The email shows the bureaucratic process of routing this inquiry, with guidance from the Office of the Deputy Attorney General (ODAG) assigning the matter to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York (USAO-SDNY), which was handling Epstein's criminal case.

Key Highlights

• •Guernsey's Auctioneers & Brokers made an unsolicited offer to handle the disposition of Epstein's property in October 2019
• •The matter was assigned to USAO-SDNY, which was prosecuting the Epstein case at the time
• •The email demonstrates the procedural handling of estate-related business inquiries following Epstein's death in custody
• •Arlan Ettinger's company specialized in high-value estate auctions and sought to be retained for this purpose

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