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This is an email chain from October 2019 in which New York Times reporter Matthew Goldstein asks the FBI to confirm whether they searched Jeffrey Epstein's business office in St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands.
The document shows a journalist attempting to verify investigative details about Epstein's financial operations. Reporter Matthew Goldstein specifically asks the FBI to confirm whether they searched Epstein's Southern Trust office in St. Thomas on August 12, 2019, and mentions a source who reported seeing federal agents enter the office. The email also references large garbage bags of shredded papers outside the offices two weeks before Epstein's arrest, suggesting potential destruction of evidence.
Key Highlights
- •Matthew Goldstein of The New York Times seeks FBI confirmation about searching Epstein's St. Thomas business office
- •Reference to Southern Trust and Financial Trust Company as Epstein's business entities
- •Report of shredded papers outside Epstein's office shortly before his July 2019 arrest
- •FBI responds with 'no comment' regarding the search
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From: ' (NY) (FBI)" To: '1 (NY) (FBI)" t4 Subject: Fwd: Re: Epstein office search in St. Thomas Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 11:43:20 +0000 Importance: Normal (NY) (FBI)" Roger that. On Oct 10, 2019 7:41 AM, ' (NY) (FBI)" <I > wrote: We haven't but the answer is no comment. On Oct 10, 2019 7:21 AM, " (NY) (FBI)" < - I know at the time we hadn't searched that office, that still the case? Forwarded message From: Matthew Goldstein • c a Date: Oct 10, 2019 7:08 AM Subject: Re: Epstein office search in St. Thomas To: ' . (NY) (FBI)" Cc: > wrote: Hi I am resending this from the other day. Could you please get back to me this morning Matt Sent from my iPhone On Oct 8, 2019, at 2:33 PM, Goldstein, Matthew < > wrote: • hi, adrienne said she passed on my email to you. we've been trying to track the financial side of Epstein's world for a while. while we know your agents search his island home (little st james) on aug. 12, it's never been reported whether his business office in St Thomas, in the American Yacht Club was searched We have talked to a merchant in the marina/office complex who said he saw federal agents enter and search the offices of Southern Trust (Epstein's business) on Aug. 12 as well. we are trying to confirm this as it would appear to be a place the FBI would want to search for records, especially after we had a chance to review the financials for Southern Trust and Financial Trust this earlier company) we were also told by another merchant that two weeks before Epstein's arrest, large garbage bags of shredded papers were outside the offices of Southern Trust to be thrown out EFTA00037409
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can you confirm the search for us on Aug. 12 or if that date is error, that the office was search by your agents thanks matt here is link to our story https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/03/business/jeffrey-epstein-southern-trust.html Matthew Goldstein The New York Times (w) EFTA00037410
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