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Most substantive 'Skinner' records concern Peter Skinner, a Boies Schiller Flexner attorney and former federal prosecutor. He attended a 2016 meeting at which lawyers pitched a potential Epstein case to the Southern District of New York (SDNY) prosecutors, and in 2019 he received grand jury subpoenas for the firm's records. The name also appears in unrelated contexts, such as psychologist B.F. Skinner, case citations, and news bylines.
The strongest records are emails sent to Skinner in February and April 2019 about grand jury subpoenas directed to Boies Schiller Flexner LLP. They relate to Giuffre v. Maxwell (15 Civ. 7433) and Jane Doe 43 v. Epstein (17 Civ. 0616). Skinner replied to one: "We'll review this and get back to you." Legal filings and government records describe a February 2016 meeting with SDNY prosecutors attended by Pottinger, Edwards and Skinner, and say prosecutors found no later emails with them after May 3, 2016. A December 2018 prosecutor email asks a colleague for notes from a meeting with Skinner. The remaining mentions are unrelated uses of the surname: B.F. Skinner and behaviorism, the cases Searcy v. Skinner and Skinner v. Oklahoma, a Newsweek and HuffPost byline in news digests, and a bank check image.
Key Highlights
- •Five emails have a Skinner in the From/To/Cc header. They are 2019 messages from federal prosecutors serving Boies Schiller Flexner LLP with grand jury subpoenas, and Peter Skinner is the addressee.
- •In an April 15, 2019 exchange, a prosecutor wrote to "Mr. Skinner" about the subpoena, copying Sigrid McCawley and Sandra Perkins. Skinner answered that the firm would review it and get back to them.
- •Legal documents describe Skinner as one of the attendees (with Pottinger and Edwards) at a 2016 meeting where attorneys presented a potential Epstein case to an SDNY assistant U.S. attorney. One account says Skinner was at Boies Schiller then and was a friend of that prosecutor from their time together in the SDNY U.S. Attorney's Office.
- •A filing argues the government did not interview Skinner or the other attendees. A government statement says it identified no emails between the prosecutor and Pottinger, Edwards, Skinner or other Boies Schiller attorneys after May 3, 2016.
- •A December 2018 email from a prosecutor asks a colleague for any notes or records from a meeting with Skinner and whether they met again with him or anyone else about Epstein. It was forwarded in several copies.
- •Roughly half of the 41 documents are emails, and many of those are unrelated uses of the surname. They include a news digest byline (Newsweek/HuffPost), B.F. Skinner in an email about Noam Chomsky, book indexes and citations, and legal case names. These say nothing about any relationship to Epstein.
Frequently Asked Questions
Books for Further Reading
Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story
Julie K. Brown
Investigative journalism that broke the Epstein case open
Filthy Rich: The Jeffrey Epstein Story
James Patterson
Bestselling account of Epstein's crimes and network
Relentless Pursuit: My Fight for the Victims of Jeffrey Epstein
Bradley J. Edwards
Victims' attorney's firsthand account
Document Mentions (20 of 41)
CRIMINAL LAW: CRIME VICTIMS' RIGHTS DURING CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS? APPLYING THE CRIME VICTIMS' RIGHTS ACT BEFORE CRIMINAL CHARGES ARE FILED
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Feb 28, 2019Source: House Oversight Committee
should not be afforded statutory protections. !°! Yet none of these cases - United States v. 10 104 Turner, !9? Searcy v. Paletz, !°3 or Searcy v. Skinner - provide strong support for OLC's position. Turner is a particularly 9 See 42 U.S.C. § 10607(c). % Td. § 10607(c)(3)(A). % Td. § 10607(c)(1)(A).
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Feb 28, 2019Source: House Oversight Committee
viduals who have not been convicted of a crime." Jn re W.R. Huff Asset Mgmt. Co., 409 F.3d 555, 564 (2d Cir. 2005) (emphasis added); accord Searcy v. Skinner, No. 6:06-1418-GRA-WMC, 2006 WL 1677177, at 2 (D.S.C. June 16, 2006). Like the constitutional amendment it was patterned on, the CVRA extends rights
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7433 Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2019 23:57:07 +0000 We'll review this and get back to you. Best, Peter On April 15, 2019 at 7:50:15 PM EDT, wrote: Mr. Skinner, In connection with the grand jury sub oena the "Subpoena") directed to Boies Schiller Flexner LLP ("BSF"), in connection with the case captioned
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15, 2019 7:49 PM To: Peter Skinner Cc: Si rid McCawlev Sandra Perkins Subject: RE: legal process, regarding In re v. Maxwell, 15 Civ. 7433 Mr. Skinner, In connection with the rand iury subpoena (the "Subpoena") directed to Boies Schiller Flexner LLP ("BSF"), in connection with the case captioned
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ad Edwards, or Peter Skinner; and (2) did not interview anyone other than AUSA such as the other attendees of the meeting (Pottinger, Edwards, and Skinner), or any of the other AUSAs whom AUSA talked to about her contacts with attorneys. Most conspicuous, of course, is the government's failure to in
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ad Edwards, or Peter Skinner; and (2) did not interview anyone other than AUSA such as the other attendees of the meeting (Pottinger, Edwards, and Skinner), or any of the other AUSAs whom AUSA talked to about her contacts with attorneys. Most conspicuous, of course, is the government's failure to in
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EFTA00039802.pdf
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cape — thanks! From: Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2018 21:11 To Cc: Subject: I :vd Do you have any notes and/or records from your meeting with Skinner? If so can you please send them our way? Also did you meet again with him or anyone else relating to Epstein? Thanks, Sent from my iPhone From:
EFTA00039809.pdf
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thanks! From Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2018 21:11 To: Cc: Subject: kid !Amanda Do you have any notes and/or records from your meeting with Skinner? If so can you please send them our way? Also did you meet again with him or anyone else relating to Epstein? Thanks, Sent from my iPhone From: k
EFTA00040510.pdf
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Skinner Cc: Sigrid McCawley Sandra Perkins > Subject: RE: legal process, regarding In re Guiffre v. Maxwell, 15 Civ. 7433 ) EFTA00040511 Mr. Skinner, In connection with the grand iiry subpoena (the "Subpoena") directed to Boies Schiller Flexner LLP ("BSF"), in connection with the case captioned
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EFTA00077571.pdf
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ad Edwards, or Peter Skinner; and (2) did not interview anyone other than AUSA such as the other attendees of the meeting (Pottinger, Edwards, and Skinner), or any of the other AUSAs whom AUSA talked to about her contacts with attorneys. Most conspicuous, of course, is the government's failure to in
EFTA00080975.pdf
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r 2019 23:48:31 +0000 Importance: Normal Attachments: unsealing_order.pdf; 2019-02- 05,_subpoena_to_Boies_Schiller,_case_15_Civ_7433_(RWS).pdf Mr. Skinner, In connection with the grand jury subpoena (the "Subpoena") directed to Boies Schiller Flexner LLP ("BSF"), in connection with the case captioned
EFTA00090426.pdf
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bers Pete Skinner reaching out to . and asking if he could come in to present on a potential case with some other attorneys. • doesn't recall how Skinner contacted M. Skinner was at Boies Schiller at the time, Skinner and • are friends and were in the SDNY USA0 together. At this time, . was the lan
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EFTA00097420.pdf
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YS) Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2018 21:11 To: (USANYS) Cc: Subject: i-veci: .cS Do you have any notes and/or records from your meeting with Skinner? If so can you please send them our way? Also did you meet again with him or anyone else relating to Epstein? Thanks, Sent from my iPhone From:
EFTA00098037.pdf
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(USANYS) Sent: Wednesda , December 05, 2018 21:11 To: (USANYS) Cc: • Subject:Fwd: Do you have any notes and/or records from your meeting with Skinner? If so can you please send them our way? Also did you meet again with him or anyone else relating to Epstein? Thanks, Sent from my iPhone From:
EFTA00098035.pdf
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ANYS) Sent: Wednesday. December 05, 2018 21:11 To: USANYS) Cc: Subject: (USANYS) aa Do you have any notes and/or records from your meeting with Skinner? If so can you please send them our way? Also did you meet again with him or anyone else relating to Epstein? Thanks, Sent from my iPhone From:
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EFTA00098039.pdf
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: (USANYS) Sent: Wednesda , December 05, 2018 21:11 To: (USANYS) Cc: Subject: Fwd: Do you have any notes and/or records from your meeting with Skinner? If so can you please send them our way? Also did you meet again with him or anyone else relating to Epstein? Thanks, Sent from my iPhone From:
EFTA00098731.pdf
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7433 Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2019 18:23:31 +0000 Importance: Normal Attachments: 2019-02-05,_subpoena_to_Boies_Schiller,_case_15_Civ_7433_(RWS).pdf Mr. Skinner, Attached please find a grand jury subpoena directed to Boies Schiller Flexner UP, in connection with the case captioned v. Maxwell, 15 Civ. 7433 (
EFTA00098730.pdf
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Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2019 18:23:29 +0000 Importance: Normal Attachments: 2019-02-05,_subpoena_to_Boies_Schiller,_case_17_Civ_0616 JJKG)(SN).pdf Mr. Skinner, Attached please find a grand jury subpoena directed to Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, in connection with the case captioned Jane Doe 43 v. Epstein, e
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EFTA00100554.pdf
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6 Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2019 18:23:31 +0000 Importance: Normal Attachments: 2019-02-05,_subpoena_to_Boies_Schiller,_case_17_Civ_0616SIKG)(SN).pdf Mr. Skinner, Attached please find a grand jury subpoena directed to Boies Schiller Flexner LLP, in connection with the case captioned Jane Doe 43 v. Epstein, e
Crime Victims' Rights During Criminal Investigations? Applying the Crime Victims' Rights Act Before Criminal Charges Are Filed
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Feb 5, 2014Source: House Oversight Committee
as a basis for identifying a “crime victim’ as defined in the CVRA, the class of victims with statutory rights may well be broader.””'°’ Paletz and Skinner similarly provide scant support for the Department’s position. In Skinner, a prison inmate attempted to bring a pro se civil suit against another inm
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Connected Entities(20 of 1,235)
Jeffrey Epstein
PersonAmerican sex offender and financier (1953–2019)
31 docs31 co-mentions
Ghislaine Maxwell
PersonBritish socialite and sex trafficker, daughter of Robert Maxwell, accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein
26 docs26 co-mentions
PS
Peter Skinner
PersonPerson referenced in documents
17 docs17 co-mentions
David Boies
PersonAmerican lawyer and chairman
17 docs17 co-mentions
Bradley Edwards
PersonAmerican attorney who represented Epstein victims, author of Relentless Pursuit
16 docs16 co-mentions
JD
Jane Doe
PersonPseudonym for anonymous victims/witnesses in Epstein legal proceedings
16 docs16 co-mentions
George W. Bush
PersonPresident of the United States from 2001 to 2009
16 docs16 co-mentions
Prince Andrew
PersonThird child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born 1960)
16 docs16 co-mentions
SM
Sigrid McCawley
PersonAmerican attorney
14 docs14 co-mentions
the Southern District
LocationFederal judicial district in New York City
14 docs14 co-mentions
MF
Maria Farmer
PersonAmerican visual artist
12 docs12 co-mentions
Julie K. Brown
PersonAmerican journalist
12 docs12 co-mentions
SW
Sweet
PersonNER artifact - legal term or document reference misclassified as person
12 docs12 co-mentions
Department of Justice
OrganizationUnited States Department of Justice, federal executive department responsible for law enforcement
12 docs12 co-mentions
United States
LocationCountry located primarily in North America
11 docs11 co-mentions
ET
Emmy Taylor
PersonFormer assistant to Ghislaine Maxwell, appeared in Epstein flight logs and court documents
11 docs11 co-mentions
Eric Schmidt
PersonSoftware engineer, businessman, former Google CEO
11 docs11 co-mentions
Michigan
LocationState of the United States of America
11 docs11 co-mentions
Virginia Giuffre
PersonAdvocate for sex trafficking victims (1983–2025)
10 docs10 co-mentions
MW
Martin Weinberg
PersonAmerican attorney (born 1946)
10 docs10 co-mentions