Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 361-22 Entered on FLSD Docket 02/10/2016 Page 2 of 2 From: Sent: To: Cc: Subject: Attachments: (USAFLS) (USAFLS) ber 21c 2007 2:15 PM eating with pstem's attorneys 070921 Epstein Non•Prosecution Agreement pdl Iii Harry and - I his is the draft I just sent to Jay there arc id ill some outstanding issues. hut I thought that )(to might want to .1.1: what the most recent hulks like. l'i/hdatia Assistant U.S. Attorney 500 S. Australian Asc. Suite 400 West Palm Beach. EL 33.4111 From: [[email protected]] Sen I, 2007 1:18 PM To: (USAFLS) Cc: Subject: RE: Meeting with Epsteln's attorneys I just spoke to Jack and related our conversation. You can expect a call from him shortly. I understand the deft. gets 3 days a month gain time plus 3 additional days a month if he works. So I think that would work out to 15 months actual lime served. He would then be on the bracelet. house arrest, for one year Jack indicated that he double checked with the stockade and the registration offense won't act as a bar to Epstein doing his time at the stockade, so they intend to register concurrent with the plea of guilty Glad we could gel this worked out for reasons I won't put in writing After this is resolved I would love to buy you a cup at Starbucks and have a conversation From• (USAFLS)I Son • 21, 2007 1:10 PM To: Sub : RE: Meeting with Epstein's attorneys I Ii Barry. [hanks tin• your time this morning. We called Jay and told him that we (you and our office) had decided what would work best and that you would contact Jack to finalize the slate agreement. I um trying to finish the federal agreement. In addition to the sentence imposed. I want to put in a pro% i dim that he As ill :moot 6. 1w in jail at le:Nat:en:tin number of dal. , to make sure hedoesn't try I ...: .0 -ium int c'' someone with the I lorida prison :luau wines to let him out e:u•l' so do know hock much "gain lime" s‘otild rpmein earn? du you call it "gain time' or -goo•d 'hoc- %twit:thing else? Thank you. Assistant LS. Attorney 500 S. Australian Ave. Suite 400 West Palm Bench. El 11,10 1976 08-80736-CV-MARRA RFP WPB-002125 EFTA00184386

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Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 361-23 Entered on FLSD Docket 02/10/2016 Page 2 of 2 "VIllefene, Ann C. To "Jay Lefler/Ate <,llefkowilzOkIrldand.coe (USAFLSI• 09/27/2007 03:06 PM CO bcc Subject RE: Conference Call with Bert Omitlz Hi Jay — I already told Bert that there is no indictment and, as I mentioned, he doesn't really need to/want to see the entire plea agreement, just the relevant paragraphs so that he understands what the scope of his representation will be. I think they would be happy knowing that their hourly rate will be paid when it is billed. The concern is, if all 40 girls decide they want to sue, they don't want to be in a situation where Mr. Epstein says this is getting too expensive, we won't pay any more attorneys' fees. Two suggestions, that I haven't run past Bert, are: 1. Mr. Epstein signs a standard fee agreement, where one of his attorneys or accountants who is not working on the damages litigation receives a monthly bill with attorney's fees charged at an hourly rate and costs billed monthly. The bills will have any privileged information redacted. If there is a dispute about a bill that cannot be resolved, it will be submitted to a mediator for resolution. 2. If that is too open-ended for Mr. Epstein, do the hourly/monthly billing until Bert has had a chance to confer with all of the girls to determine how many want him to represent them. Once it is known how many girls will be represented by Bert; and maybe who those girls are, there can be a more educated discussion about estimated fees and costs. Just some food for thought. I will be out of the office tomorrow, but I will be reachable by cell phone. I will make sure Bert is available and confirm the time with you. A. Assistant U.S. Attorney US_Atty_Cor_001 66 EFTA00184388

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Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 361-24 Entered on FLSD Docket 02/10/2016 Page 2 of 6 d U.S. Department of Justice United States Attorney Southern District of Florida DELIVERY BY ELECTRONIC MAIL Jay P. Lefkowitz, Esq. Kirkland & Ellis LLP Citigroup Center New York, New York 10022-4675 Re: Jeffrey Epstein Dear Jay: 300 S. Australian Ave, Ste 400 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Facsimile: December 13, 2007 I am writing not to respond to your asserted "policy concerns" regarding Mr. Epstein's Non- Prosecution Agreement, which will be addressed by the United States Attorney, but the time has come for me to respond to the ever-increasing attacks on my role in the investigation and negotiations. It is an understatement to say that I am surprised by your allegations regarding my role because I thought that we had worked very well together in resolving this dispute. I also am surprised because I feel that I bent over backwards to keep in mind the effect that the agreement would have on Mr. Epstein and to make sure that you (and he) understood the repercussions of the agreement. For example, I brought to your attention that one potential plea could result in no gain time for your client; I corrected one of your calculations of the Sentencing Guidelines that would have resulted in Mr. Epstein spending far more time in prison than you projected; I contacted the Bureau of Prisons to see whether Mr. Epstein would be eligible for the prison camp that you desired; and I told you my suspicions about the source of the press "leak" and suggested ways to avoid the press. Importantly, I continued to work with you in a professional manner even after I learned that you had been proceeding in bad faith for several weeks — thinking that I had incorrectly concluded that solicitation of minors to engage in prostitution was a registrable offense and that you would "fool" our Office into letting Mr. Epstein plead to a non-registrable offense. Even now, when it is clear that neither you nor your client ever intended to abide by the terms of the agreement that he signed, I have never alleged misconduct on your part. The first allegation that you raise is that I "assiduously" hid from you the fact that Bert Ocariz is a friend of my boyfriend and that I have a "longstanding relationship" with Mr. Ocariz. RFP MIA 000464 EFTA00184390

Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 361-24 Entered on FLSD Docket 02/10/2016 Page 3 of 6 • • JAY P. LEFKOW1TZ, ESQ. DECEMBER 13,2007 PAGE 2 OF S I informed you that I selected Mr. Ocariz because he was a friend and classmate of two people whom I respected, and that I had never met or spoken with Mr. Ocariz prior to contacting him about this case. All of those facts are true. I still have never met Mr. Ocariz, and, at the time that he and I spoke about this case, he did not know about my relationship with his friend. You suggest that should have explicitly informed you that one of the referrals came from my "boyfriend" rather than simply a "friend," which is the term I used, but it is not my nature to discuss my personal relationships with opposing counsel. Your attacks on me and on the victims establish why I wanted to find someone whom I could trust with safeguarding the victims' best interests in the face of intense pressure from an unlimited number of highly skilled and well paid attorneys. Mr. Ocariz was that person. One of your letters suggests a business relationship between Mr. Ocariz and my boyfriend. This is patently untrue and neither my boyfriend nor I would have received any financial benefit from Mr. Ocariz's appointment. Furthermore, after Mr. Ocariz learned more about Mr. Epstein's actions (as described below), he expressed a willingness to handle the case pro bono, with no financial benefit even to himself. Furthermore, you were given several other options to choose from, including the Podhurst firm, which was later selected by Judge . You rejected those other options. You also allege that I improperly disclosed information about the case to Mr. Ocariz. I provided Mr. Ocariz with a bare bones summary of the agreement's terms related to his appointment to help him decide whether the case was something he and his firm would be willing to undertake. I did not provide Mr. Ocariz with facts related to the investigation because they were confidential and instead recommended that he "Google" Mr. Epstein's name for background information. When Mr. Ocariz asked for additional information to assist his firm in addressing conflicts issues, I forwarded those questions to you, and you raised objections for the first time. I did not share any further information about Mr. Epstein or the case. Since Mr. Ocariz had been told that you concurred in his selection, out of professional courtesy, I informed Mr. Ocariz of the Office's decision to use a Special Master to make the selection and told him that the Office had made contact with Jude . We have had no further contact since then and I have never had contact with Judge I understand from you that Mr. Ocariz contacted Judge . You criticize his decision to do so, yet you feel that you and your co-counsel were entitled to contact Judge to by to "lobby" him to select someone to your liking, despite the fact that the Non-Prosecution Agreement vested the Office with the exclusive right to select the attorney representative. Another reason for my surprise about your allegations regarding misconduct related to the Section 2255 litigation is your earlier desire to have me perform the role of "facil itator" to convince the victims that the lawyer representative was selected by the Office to represent their interests alone and that the out-of-court settlement of their claims was in their best interests. You now state that doing the same things that you had asked me to do earlier is improper meddling in civil litigation. Much of your letter reiterates the challenges to Detective Rccarey's investigation that have RFP MIA 000465 EFTA00184391

Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 361-24 Entered on FLSD Docket 02/10/2016 Page 4 of 6 a JAY P. LEFKOWITZ, ESQ. DECEMBER 13, 2007 PAGE 3 OF 5 already been submitted to the Office on several occasions and you suggest that I have kept that information from those who reviewed the proposed indictment package. Contrary to your suggestion, those submissions were attached to and incorporated in the proposed indictment package, so your suggestion that I tried to hide something from the reviewers is false. I also take issue with the duplicity of stating that we must accept as true those parts of the Recarey reports and witness statements that you like and we must accept as false those parts that you do not like. You and your co-counsel also impressed upon me from the beginning the need to undertake an independent investigation. It seems inappropriate now to complain because our independent investigation uncovered facts that are unfavorable to your client. You complain that I "forced" your client and the State Attorney's Office to proceed on charges that they do not believe in, yet you do not want our Office to inform the State Attorney's Office of facts that su ort the additional char e nor do ou want any of the victims of that charge to contact Ms. or the Court. Ms. opinion may change if she knows the full scope of your client's actions. You and I spent several weeks trying to identify and put together a plea to federal charges that your client was willing to accept. Yet your letter now accuses me of "manufacturing" charges of obstruction of justice, making obscene phone calls, and violating child privacy laws. When Mr. Lourie told you that those charges would "embarrass the Office," he meant that the Office was unwilling to bend the facts to satisfy Mr. Epstein's desired prison sentence — a statement with which I agree. I hope that you understand how your accusations that I imposed "ultimatums" and "forced" you and your client to agree to unconscionable contract terms cannot square with the true facts of this case. As explained in letters from Messrs. MI and the indictment was postponed for more than five months to allow you and Mr. Epstein's o er attorneys to make presentations to the Office to convince the Office not to prosecute. Those presentations were unsuccessful. As you mention in your letter,l—a simple line AUSA — handled the primary negotiations for the Office, and conducted those negotiations with you, Ms. Sanchez, Mr. Lewis, and a host of other highly skilled and experienced practitioners. As you put it, your group has a "combined 250 years experience" to my fourteen. The agreement itself was signed by Mr. Epstein, Ms. Sanchez, and Mr. Lefcourt, whose experience speaks for itself. You and I spent hours negotiating the terms, including when to use "a" versus "the" and other minutiae. When ou and 1 could not reach a cement, you repeatedly went over my head, involving Messrs. Louric, and in the negotiations at various times. In any and all plea negotiations e e en ant understan s t at his options are to plead or to continue with the investigation and proceed to trial. Those were the same options that were proposed to Mr. Epstein, and they are not "persecution or intimidation tactics." Mr. Epstein chose to sign the agreement with the advice of a multitude of extremely noteworthy counsel. You also make much of the fact that the names of the victims were not released to Mr. Epstein prior to signing the Agreement. You never asked for such a term. During an earlier meeting, where Mr. Black was present, he raised the concern that you now voice. Mr. Black and I did not have a chance to discuss the issue, but I had already conceived of a way to resolve that RFP MIA 000466 EFTA00184392

Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 361-24 Entered on FLSD Docket 02/10/2016 Page 5 of 6 • JAY P. LEFKUWITZ, ESQ. DECEMBER 13,2007 PAUL 4 or 5 issue if it were raised during negotiations. As I stated, it was not, leading me to believe that it was not a matter of concern to the defense. Since the signing of the Non-Prosecution Agreement, the agents and I have vetted the list of victims more than once. In one instance, we decided to remove a name because, although the minor victim was touched inappropriately by Mr. Epstein, we decided that the link to a payment was insufficient to call it "prostitution." I have always remained open to a challenge to the list. so your suggestion that Mr. Epstein was forced to write a blank check is simply unfounded. Your last set of allegations relates to the investigation of the matter. For instance, you claim that some of the victims were informed of their right to collect damages prior to a thorough investigation of their allegations against Mr. Epstein. This also is false. None of the victims was informed of the right to sue under Section 2255 prior to the investigation of the claims. Three victims were notified shortly after the signing of the Non-Prosecution Agreement of the general terms of that Agreement. You raised objections to any victim notification, and no further notifications were done. Throughout this process you have seen that 1 have prepared this case as though it would proceed to trial. Notifying the witnesses of the possibility of damages claims prior to concluding the matter by plea or trial would only undermine my case. If my reassurances arc insufficient, the fact that not a single victim has threatened to sue Mr. Epstein should assure you of the integrity of the investigation.' 'There are numerous other unfounded allegations in your letter about document demands, the money laundering investigation, contacting potential witnesses, speaking with the press. and the like. For the most part, these allegations have been raised and disproven earlier and need not he readdressed. However, with respect to the subpoena served upon the private investigator, contrary to your assertion, and as your co-counsel has already been told, 1 slid consult with the Justice Department riot to issuing the subpoena and I was told that because I was Laa subpoenaing an attorney's office ur an office physically located within an attorney's office, and because the business did private investigation work for individuals (rather than working exclusively for Mr. Black), I could issue a grand jury subpoena in the normal course, which is what I did. I also did not "threaten" the State Attorney's Office with a grand jury subpoena, as the correspondence with their grand jury coordinator makes perfectly clear. With regard to your allegation of my filing the 'with the court knowing that the public could access it," I do not know to what you are referring. all documents related to the investigation have been filed tinder seal, and the has never been filed with the Court. If, in fact, you arc referring to the should have access to it except the Court and myself. Those documents are still in the Corm file only because you have violated one of the terms of the Agreement by failing to - withdraw (Epstein's] pending motion to intervene and to quash certain RFP MIA 000467 EFTA00184393

Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 361-24 Entered on FLSD Docket 02/10/2016 Page 6 of 6 JAY P. LEFKOWI Z, ESQ. DECEMBER 13, 2007 PAVE 5 OF 5 With respect to I contacted her attorney — who was paid for by Mr. Epstein and was directed by counsel for Mr. Epstein to demand immunity — and asked only whether he still represented and if he wanted me to send the victim notification letter to him. He asked what the letter would say and I told him that the letter would be forthcoming in about a week and that I could not provide him with the terms. With respect to deltas as a victim, you again want us to accept as true only facts that are beneficial to your client and to reject as false anything detrimental to him. nark a number of statements that arc contradicted by documentary evidence and a review of her recorded statement shows her lack of credibility with respect to a number of statements. Based upon all of the evidence collected, s classified as a victim as defined by statute. Of course, that does not mean that considers herself a victim or that she would seek damages from Mr. Epstein. I believe that a number of the identified victims will not seek damages, but that does not negate their legal status as victims. I hope that you now understand that your accusations against myself and the agents are unfounded. In the future, I recommend that you address your accusations to me so that I can correct any misunderstandings bcforc you make false allegations to others in the Department. I hope that we can move forward with a professional resolution of this matter, whether that be by your client's adherence to the contract that he signed, or by virtue of a trial. a cc: Sincerely, United States Attorney By: slA Villa win A. Assistant United States Attorney U.S. Attorney Jeffrey First Assistant U.S. Attorney You also accuse me of "broaden[ing] the scope of the investigation without any foundation for doing so by adding charges of money laundering and violations u fa money transmitting business to the investigation." Again, I consulted with the Justice Department's Money Laundering Section about my analysis before expanding that scope. 'the duty attorney agreed with my analysis. RFP MIA 000468 EFTA00184394

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