EFTA00028680
This is a November 2020 cover letter from the Department of Justice's Office of Professional Responsibility transmitting their investigation report on the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida's handling of the 2006-2008 Jeffrey Epstein case.
The Office of Professional Responsibility sent this letter to then-Acting U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss, enclosing their full investigation report examining how federal prosecutors in Florida resolved the Epstein case and interacted with victims. The letter notes the matter received "extraordinary public attention" and congressional interest, prompting DOJ to publicly release the Executive Summary while keeping the full report confidential unless requested by Congress or released through FOIA. The report was provided to the Southern District of New York because it might be relevant to their ongoing litigation related to Epstein.
Key Highlights
- •OPR completed investigation into controversial 2006-2008 Epstein plea deal handled by Southern District of Florida prosecutors
- •DOJ publicly released only the Executive Summary due to extraordinary public attention and Congressional inquiries
- •Full report provided to SDNY Acting U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss for potential relevance to ongoing litigation
- •Report examines prosecutors' interactions with victims during the investigation
- •Document notes Congress may choose to release the full report publicly
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Filthy Rich: The Jeffrey Epstein Story
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Relentless Pursuit: My Fight for the Victims of Jeffrey Epstein
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U.S. Department of Justice Office of Professional Responsibility 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 3266 Washington. D.0 20530 November 12, 2020 Audrey Strauss United States Attorney's Office Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York 1 St. Andrew's Plaza New York City, NY 10007 Dear Ms. Strauss: Enclosed is the Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) Report of Investigation into the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida's Resolution of Its 2006-2008 Federal Criminal Investigation of Jeffrey Epstein and Its Interactions with Victims during the Investigation. An Executive Summary appears at the beginning of the report. Although OPR's investigation did not involve your Office, we are providing you with the Report because it may be relevant to ongoing litigation being handled by your Office. In addition, because this matter has received extraordinary public attention and has been the subject of Congressional inquiries, the Department of Justice is today publicly releasing the Executive Summary. The Department does not plan to publicly release the full report at this time, but will provide it to Congress upon its request. Congress may choose to release the full report to the public. In addition, it is possible that all or parts of the report may become public through the processing of Freedom of Information Act requests. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions about this matter. Sincerely, Enclosure cc: Chief, Public Corruption Unit (w/ enclosure) Director and Chief Counsel EFTA00028680
Entities Mentioned
Audrey Strauss
PERSON • 2 mentions
Jeffrey Epstein
PERSON • 3 mentions
American sex offender and financier (1953–2019)
Prince Andrew
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Third child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born 1960)
Department of Justice
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Office of Professional Responsibility
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American Department of Justice office
the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida
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