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This is an FBI internal email from July 26, 2019, regarding a CNN journalist's inquiry about a 1996 sexual assault report allegedly filed with the FBI.
The document captures an FBI chain of custody as agents forward a CNN media inquiry up to their Office of Public Affairs. CNN journalist Mirna Alsharif was seeking verification of a document referenced in Miami Herald reporting, which alleged that a victim reported sexual assault by Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell to the FBI in 1996. The email includes excerpts from the Miami Herald article describing a new victim who filed a sworn affidavit claiming she and her sister were assaulted by Epstein and Maxwell while she worked at Epstein's Upper East Side mansion, where she allegedly witnessed school-age girls in uniforms visiting for supposed modeling auditions.
Key Highlights
- •CNN sought FBI verification of a 1996 sexual assault report against Epstein and Maxwell
- •The inquiry references Miami Herald reporting about a victim who worked at Epstein's Upper East Side mansion
- •Victim's affidavit alleged she witnessed school-age girls in uniforms visiting the mansion for 'modeling auditions'
- •Document shows FBI's internal process for handling media inquiries during the 2019 Epstein investigation
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From: (NY) (FBI)" la To: "m, (NY) (FBI)" SIMS', I'M MI (NY) (FBI)" 41 1Min , Subject: FW: CNN -= Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2019 16:42:18 +0000 Importance: Normal Inline-Images: image00 Lips - see below. Does this make any sense to you both? Thanks - MI From: NY Sent: Friday, July 26, 2019 12:38 PM To: Subject: Fw: CNN - Hello OPA, This email was received from a person claiming to be from CNN. Regards RI NY • Federal Bureau of Investigation New York Division 26 Federal Plaza New York NY 10278 Phone: Email: From: Aisharif, Mirna Sent: Friday, July 26, 2019 12:34 PM To: NY *: :* Subject: CNN -1=1 Hello, My name is Mirna and I'm contacting you from CNN in New York. We've seen reports that u who says she was sexually assaulted by Jeffrey Epstein in 1996, reported her assault to the RI in 1996. Can you please verify this document's existence? Please find below excerpts from the Miami Herald alleging the existence of this report: • A new victim has gone public in the Jeffrey Epstein case, filing a sworn affidavit in federal court in New York Tuesday, saying that she was sexually assaulted and her then-3S-year-old sister molested by Epstein and his companion, Ghislaine Maxwell, in 1996. then 26, claims that she was employed by Epstein, a multimillionaire financier who lived in a vast mansion on New York's Upper East Side, and that she frequently saw "school-age girls" wearing uniforms come into the mansion and go upstairs. She was told that the girls were auditioning for modeling work, according to her affidavit. Then an art student in New Yor k, EFTA00037306
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Thank you and I look forward to hearing back from you. Mirna Alsharif CNN I NY Bureau Desk: EFTA00037307
Entities Mentioned
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Aisharif
PERSON
Ghislaine Maxwell
PERSON • 3 mentions
British socialite and sex trafficker, daughter of Robert Maxwell, accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein
Jeffrey Epstein
PERSON • 3 mentions
American sex offender and financier (1953–2019)
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Mirna
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MA
Mirna Alsharif
PERSON
New York City
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Most populous city in the United States
Upper East Side
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Neighborhood in Manhattan
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