What is document EFTA00022047?

This is an internal email chain from October 2020 between federal prosecutors coordinating the production of FBI files for Ghislaine Maxwell's discovery. It shows staff working to prepare specific evidence from a Relativity database containing over 26,000 FBI documents from the Florida office.

Who is mentioned in this document?

The document mentions Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein by name. Other participants in the email chain are redacted, but they appear to be federal prosecutors and legal staff from the U.S. Attorney's Office working on Maxwell's criminal case.

What does this document reveal?

The document reveals the massive scale of evidence collected in the Epstein investigation, with over 26,000 FBI files from Florida alone stored in the prosecutors' database. It shows the logistical challenges of producing discovery materials, including coordinating between offices in White Plains and Manhattan, and handling physical hard drive transfers for large document productions.

What is a Relativity database?

Relativity is a widely-used e-discovery software platform that allows legal teams to organize, search, and produce large volumes of documents in litigation. In this case, prosecutors used it to manage FBI investigative files and prepare specific subsets of evidence for Maxwell's defense team.

Why were FBI files from Florida used in a New York case?

The FBI conducted major investigations into Epstein in both Florida and New York spanning decades. The Florida investigation, centered around Epstein's Palm Beach activities, produced extensive evidence that was relevant to Maxwell's prosecution in the Southern District of New York, where she was charged with sex trafficking and enticement of minors following her July 2020 arrest.

What is document EFTA00022047?

This is an internal email chain from October 2020 between federal prosecutors coordinating the production of FBI files for Ghislaine Maxwell's discovery. It shows staff working to prepare specific evidence from a Relativity database containing over 26,000 FBI documents from the Florida office.

Who is mentioned in this document?

The document mentions Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein by name. Other participants in the email chain are redacted, but they appear to be federal prosecutors and legal staff from the U.S. Attorney's Office working on Maxwell's criminal case.

What does this document reveal?

The document reveals the massive scale of evidence collected in the Epstein investigation, with over 26,000 FBI files from Florida alone stored in the prosecutors' database. It shows the logistical challenges of producing discovery materials, including coordinating between offices in White Plains and Manhattan, and handling physical hard drive transfers for large document productions.

What is a Relativity database?

Relativity is a widely-used e-discovery software platform that allows legal teams to organize, search, and produce large volumes of documents in litigation. In this case, prosecutors used it to manage FBI investigative files and prepare specific subsets of evidence for Maxwell's defense team.

Why were FBI files from Florida used in a New York case?

The FBI conducted major investigations into Epstein in both Florida and New York spanning decades. The Florida investigation, centered around Epstein's Palm Beach activities, produced extensive evidence that was relevant to Maxwell's prosecution in the Southern District of New York, where she was charged with sex trafficking and enticement of minors following her July 2020 arrest.

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This is an internal email chain between federal prosecutors and legal staff coordinating the production of FBI files from Florida for Ghislaine Maxwell's discovery in October 2020.

This October 2020 email exchange shows prosecutors organizing discovery materials for the Ghislaine Maxwell criminal case. The emails discuss technical issues with accessing the correct subset of FBI files from Florida within a Relativity e-discovery database containing over 26,000 documents. The team is working to produce specific tagged materials to the defense, with a deadline to deliver to St. Andrews Plaza (the SDNY federal courthouse) by the end of October 2020.

Key Highlights

•Shows the scale of FBI evidence collected: 26,164 documents in the 'FBI Files from Florida Office' folder alone
•Reveals prosecutors working from White Plains office while coordinating physical hard drive productions
•References USAO-SDFL (Southern District of Florida) materials being used in Maxwell's New York prosecution
•Documents the October 2020 discovery deadline just months after Maxwell's July 2020 arrest

Frequently Asked Questions

Books for Further Reading

The Spider: Inside the Tangled Web of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell

Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story

Julie K. Brown

Investigative journalism that broke the Epstein case open

Filthy Rich: The Jeffrey Epstein Story

James Patterson

Bestselling account of Epstein's crimes and network

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From: To: Cc: Subject: RE: Discovery Tasks for Maxwell on Epstein Relativity Databases Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2020 16:27:04 +0000 Thanks very much. From: Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 202012:22 PM To Subject: RE: Discovery Tasks for Maxwell on Epstein Relativity Databases It is possible I sent you the wrong link. I am currently in the White Plains office sending out a hard drive for the production. I will check the link when I get back to my computer and have my RSA token. Thank you. From: Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 10:48 AM To: Subject: RE: Discovery Tasks for Maxwell on Epstein Relativity Databases Thanks When I click on the link you sent, it brings me to the "FBI Files from Florida Office" folder, but it appears to bring up all 26,164 documents in that folder, when the production should be a smaller number of documents bearing the tags I listed below. Are you free for a call to discuss? From Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 10:02 AM To: Cc: Subject: RE: Discovery Tasks for Maxwell on Epstein Relativity Databases Good Morning Thank you for the e-mail. Just to confirm can you please review the below search and let me know that everything that is in the search is everything you wish to produce for item three. I want to make sure that we have everything you need before we start the imaging process. EFTA00022047

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Thank you. Fro Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 11:17 PM To: Subject: Discovery Tasks for Maxwell on Epstein Relativity Databases Thanks very much for speaking earlier today. As discussed, we are asking for the following three productions to be prepared for the Maxwell case. I've listed those tasks below in the order in which we discussed them, but, as we discussed, if you and the vendor believe a different order would be more efficient, please just let me know. EFTA00022048

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As we've discussed, we need all of these materials to be delivered to 1St. Andrews by the end of October in order to meet our discovery deadline. Finally, I believe should be sending you a drive containing the scans of boxes of files from the USAO-SDFL. We need all of those files loaded into the US v Epstein database on Relativity in a new folder entitled "USAO-SDFL Files," ASAP so that we can review them, please. Thanks very much, as always for your help, and please do not hesitate to reach out if there are any questions or confusion. I'm always happy to chat. Thanks so much, EFTA00022049