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Division of the U.S. Department of Justice
The DOJ's Criminal Division conducted a limited review of the Epstein case in 2008 at U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta's request, assessing whether federal charges should be pursued. The Division's involvement is referenced throughout multiple legal and investigative documents, particularly in connection with oversight of the controversial plea deal.
The Criminal Division appears primarily in official DOJ documents discussing their 2008 review of the Epstein case and subsequent 2020 Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) investigation. Multiple documents reference the Division's limited review at Acosta's request, with one letter explicitly stating it was "not the role of the Criminal Division to conduct a complete factual inquiry from scratch." The Division is also mentioned in organizational contexts—as the parent agency for specialized sections like the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Public Integrity Section, and counterterrorism units. Several references appear in academic articles about crime victims' rights and the Crime Victims' Rights Act (CVRA), citing the Division's victim notification programs.

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
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rorism cases to large numbers of victims. See, e.g., United States v. Ingrassia, No. CR-04-0455ADSJO, 2005 WL 2875220, at 4 (E.D.N.Y. Sept. 7, 2005); Criminal Division's Victim Notification Program, U.S. Dep't of Justice, hittp://goo.gl/6H6IEk (last visited Dec. 4, 2013). 201 527 F.3d 391 (Sth Cir. 2008). DAVID SCHO
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orism cases to large numbers of victims. See, e.g., United States v. Ingrassia, No. CR-04-0455ADSJO, 2005 WL 2875220, at *4 (E.D.N.Y. Sept. 7, 2005); Criminal Division’s Victim Notification Program, U.S. DEP’T OF Justice, http://goo.gl/6H6IEk (last visited Dec. 4, 2013). HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_014073 --- PAGE BREAK --- 20
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_014074 →or division without the express written approval of the United States Attomey(s) in each affected district and/or the Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division. USAM 9-27.641 (Multi-District (Global) Agreement Requests). 12 The government acknowledges that this Court has nonetheless ruled that "as a matter
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(OFAC) e Treasury Executive Office for Asset Forfeiture (TEOAF) U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) e Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section, Criminal Division (AFMLS) e Counterterrorism Section, Criminal Division (CTS) e National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC) e Office of International Affairs, Criminal D
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rime victims rights representative. See CVRA Subcommittee Memo, supra note 66, at 1 (noting that Deborah Rhodes, Counselor to the Asst. Atty. Gen. of the Criminal Division, served on the subcommittee drafting this language). 416 At another point in its memorandum, the CVRA Subcommittee refers to /8 U.S.C. § 3771(d)(6),
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_017688 →est, we do so now in the recognition that both the Department’s reputation, as well as the due process rights of our client, are at issue. Recently, the Criminal Division concluded a very limited review of this matter at the request of U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta. Critically, however, this review deliberately excluded ma
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saffiant bé -4 b7c -4 dated and related Search Warrant dated October 18, 2005 hereby sealed until further order of the Court. | The Clerk of Court, Criminal Division is hereby ordered to seal said Search Warrant and Affidavit and Application for Search Warrant until further order of the Court. lt is further ORDE
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ngton, Vermont, and find a federal prosecutor who is very smart, has a good case and is talented in court. In the Justice Department itself, there’s the Criminal Division, and the two litigating sections—the public integrity section, where | was for 10 years, and the fraud section. They’ve had their ups and downs. As a
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023103 →regard to charging Ghislaine Maxwell. As I mentioned, MI (copied) has been chosen as the permanent ASAC for the NYO's Violent Crime/Gang Branch of the Criminal Division. =will be coordinating with you, and the rest of the team as we move forward. To rehash some of the points regarding Maxwell to get I= up to speed
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est, we do so now in the recognition that both the Department’s reputation, as well as the due process rights of our client, are at issue. Recently, the Criminal Division concluded a very limited review of this matter at the ' request of U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta. Critically, however, this review deliberately excluded
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_025353 →99:25- 300:8). Detective Recarey shared the same view that “it wasn’t any.justice served.” Appendix at 2 (Recarey Depo. 496:1-2). 26. Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Andrew Lourie, in a transmittal letter with the prosecution memo of Assistant U.S'. Attorney Ann Marie Villafana, told
ewed hundreds of thousands of records from the USAO, the FBI, and other Department components, including the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, the Criminal Division, and the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys. The records included emails, letters, memoranda, and investigative materials. OPR also collected an
Page: 2020_11_OPR_Report_Executive_Summary_p7 →arm to our investigation from the release, that we have the original materials. He also offered to serve as a POC if we have any questions. Chief, Criminal Division United States Attorney's Office, SDNY EFTA00009968
Page: EFTA00009968 →any thanks, as always, to our partners from the Southern District of New York. Last but not least, I extend my sincere congratulations to the FBI's Criminal Division in New York for their hard work on this investigation. EFTA00010473
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to be particularly successful. '°? The federal government seems to share that view. The Justice Department created a Public Integrity Section within the Criminal Division in 1976, !>4 and in the four decades since, federal prosecutors have [*893] aggressively prosecuted conduct of state and local officials that it det
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_016534 →ewed hundreds of thousands of records from the USAO, the FBI, and other Department components, including the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, the Criminal Division, and the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys. The records included emails, letters, memoranda, and investigative materials. OPR also collected and
Page: EFTA00011482 →ewed hundreds of thousands of records from the USAO, the FBI, and other Department components, including the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, the Criminal Division, and the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys. The records included emails, letters, memoranda, and investigative materials. OPR also collected and
Page: EFTA00013365 →th regard to charging Ghislaine Maxwell. As I mentioned, (copied) has been chosen as the permanent ASAC for the NYO's Violent Crime/Gang Branch of the Criminal Division. will be coordinating with you, and the rest of the team as we move forward. To rehash some of the points regarding Maxwell to get up to speed w
Page: EFTA00013447 →our review of this case is limited both factually and legally. We have not looked at the entire universe of facts in this case. It is not the role of the Criminal Division to conduct a complete factual inquiry from scratch.” (CEOS letter at p. 1). Indeed, entire subject areas relevant to the inquiry were not considered
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_012187 →est, we do so now in the recognition that both the Department’s reputation, as well as the due process rights of our client, are at issue. Recently, the Criminal Division concluded a very limited review of this matter at the request of U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta. Critically, however, this review deliberately excluded ma
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Jeffrey Epstein
PersonAmerican sex offender and financier (1953–2019)

Alexander Acosta
PersonAmerican attorney and politician, 27th U.S. Secretary of Labor (born 1969)

United States
LocationCountry located primarily in North America

Department of Justice
OrganizationUnited States Department of Justice, federal executive department responsible for law enforcement
Leon Black
PersonAmerican billionaire businessman (born 1951)

Ghislaine Maxwell
PersonBritish socialite and sex trafficker, daughter of Robert Maxwell, accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein
the Southern District
LocationFederal judicial district in New York City

Prince Andrew
PersonThird child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born 1960)

George W. Bush
PersonPresident of the United States from 2001 to 2009
Jane Doe
PersonPseudonym for anonymous victims/witnesses in Epstein legal proceedings
Roy Black
PersonAmerican lawyer (1945–2025)
FBI
OrganizationFederal Bureau of Investigation, domestic intelligence and security service of the United States

Kenneth Marra
PersonAmerican judge
Gerald Lefcourt
PersonAmerican lawyer

Bradley Edwards
PersonAmerican attorney who represented Epstein victims, author of Relentless Pursuit
Jack Goldberger
PersonAmerican criminal defense attorney who represented Jeffrey Epstein, partner at Goldberger Weiss P.A. in West Palm Beach, Florida

A. Marie Villafana
PersonFormer Assistant U.S. Attorney, lead federal prosecutor in the 2008 Epstein case

Jeffrey Sloman
PersonFederal prosecutor, referenced in Epstein case legal proceedings
FBI New York Field Office
OrganizationFBI field office responsible for New York metropolitan area investigations

Jay Lefkowitz
PersonAmerican lawyer