This is a May 2021 email exchange between FBI investigators and criminal defense attorney Joseph Nascimento regarding a proffer agreement for an unnamed witness in the ongoing Epstein investigation.

This document shows correspondence from May 14, 2021, between the FBI's New York office and Joseph E. Nascimento, a partner at Ross Amsel Raben Nascimento, PLLC, a prominent Miami criminal defense firm. The emails concern finalizing a proffer agreement—a formal arrangement allowing a witness or potential cooperator to provide information to prosecutors with some legal protections. The document indicates that even after Jeffrey Epstein's death in August 2019 and Ghislaine Maxwell's arrest in 2020, federal investigators were still actively pursuing cooperation from individuals with knowledge of Epstein's activities. The identity of the cooperating witness is redacted.

Key Highlights

• •Proffer agreement dated May 2021—nearly two years after Epstein's death—shows ongoing federal investigation
• •Joseph Nascimento's firm represented an unnamed 'Employee' from the Epstein organization who was never charged
• •FBI New York field office was coordinating with prosecutors on potential witness cooperation
• •The attached proffer letter required initialing by both parties before the witness interview could proceed

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