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This document is an internal FBI email chain discussing a media inquiry from a Washington Post reporter regarding sex trafficking cases, with indirect references to Jeffrey Epstein.
The document consists of forwarded emails within the FBI's New York office, where an agent informs colleagues about a request from Deanna Paul, a Washington Post reporter and former Brooklyn ADA. Paul sought background information on the challenges of investigating sex trafficking cases, particularly where victims and subjects overlap. The email mentions her prior work with the FBI and NYPD SVU on a child sexual abuse case. While Epstein is referenced obliquely, the document primarily highlights media-FBI interactions post-Epstein's arrest.
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- •Internal FBI communication about a media inquiry from a Washington Post reporter.
- •Deanna Paul, the reporter, is a former Brooklyn ADA with prior collaboration with the FBI on a child sexual abuse case.
- •The request focuses on the complexities of sex trafficking investigations, with indirect ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
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From: (NY) (FBI)" `11 IME> To: ' NY) (FBI)" . (NY) (FBI)" Subject: Fwd: Media Contact- Seeking FBI Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 00:50:27 +0000 Importance: Normal Thanks SSA- FBI New York On Aug 21, 2019 7:26 PM, " Copy, thanks for heads up On Au 21 2019 5:03 PM, ' (NY) (FBI)" alMIE> wrote: • (NY) (FBI)" alMIE> wrote: See below. just wanted you to know since this might come to you. It's obviously re: Epstein. I'm on AL spotty service that's why emails. • Forwarded message -------- From: " • (NY) (FBI)" `t IMIW Date: Aug 21, 2019 4:58 PM Subject: Media Contact- Seeking FBI To: "Feely. Martin R. (NY) (FBI)" <MIIIME>,"Senatore, Adrienne L. (NY) (FBI)" Cc: Marty, Adrienne: I was just contacted by Deanna Paul, a reporter for the Washington Post. She is CCd to this email. Deanna: Marty and Adrienne work in our Office of Public Affairs. In her former life, Deanna was an excellent ADA in Brooklyn. We worked a case together-with NYPD SVU- involving the sexual abuse of several minors in the US and overseas. She got him convicted. That is how she had my contact info. Deanna would like to speak with an agent about the challenges of working sex trafficking cases, especially in cases where the line between victim and subject may be blurred. (My interpretation of her request, not EFTA00037319
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her words). Deanna is not looking to do a feature on an agent, etc; she is seeking background information. I told Deanna that you two would be the right people to possibly help facilitate a conversation, if anyone there is willing to do so. If you guys need anything else from me, feel free to hit me up. Thanks! EFTA00037320
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