Who is Roger in the Epstein files?

There is no single Roger. The most substantial and consistent one is Roger Schank, an emeritus Northwestern University professor and CEO of Socratic Arts. His emails with Lesley Groff, Epstein's assistant, schedule meetings with Epstein in 2011, 2012 and 2014. Other documents use the name for unrelated people or for text errors.

Does the evidence show what Roger and Epstein discussed?

Mostly not. The scheduling emails give times, the address and small logistics, such as a reply that Roger "can't eat fish". Other emails mention Roger's ideas about schools and learning, and a thread about a UCLA symposium mentions an octave-illusion research paper. The visible text does not say what was discussed at the meetings, and the documents alone do not show any wrongdoing by Roger Schank.

Do the flight logs show Roger flew with Epstein?

Three flight manifests (1991, 2002 and 2004) list a passenger named only "Roger." Because there is no surname, they do not identify the person, and they should not be read as evidence about Roger Schank or anyone else.

Why does the name appear in 258 documents?

About 219 of them are emails, many of them repeated copies of the same threads. The rest include legal filings where OCR turned a case name into "Roger:", a court discussion of Roger Clemens, a donor list naming Roger Hertog, FedEx records, and unrelated overseas complaints. The count therefore overstates how often any one person appears.

Who is Roger in the Epstein files?

There is no single Roger. The most substantial and consistent one is Roger Schank, an emeritus Northwestern University professor and CEO of Socratic Arts. His emails with Lesley Groff, Epstein's assistant, schedule meetings with Epstein in 2011, 2012 and 2014. Other documents use the name for unrelated people or for text errors.

Does the evidence show what Roger and Epstein discussed?

Mostly not. The scheduling emails give times, the address and small logistics, such as a reply that Roger "can't eat fish". Other emails mention Roger's ideas about schools and learning, and a thread about a UCLA symposium mentions an octave-illusion research paper. The visible text does not say what was discussed at the meetings, and the documents alone do not show any wrongdoing by Roger Schank.

Do the flight logs show Roger flew with Epstein?

Three flight manifests (1991, 2002 and 2004) list a passenger named only "Roger." Because there is no surname, they do not identify the person, and they should not be read as evidence about Roger Schank or anyone else.

Why does the name appear in 258 documents?

About 219 of them are emails, many of them repeated copies of the same threads. The rest include legal filings where OCR turned a case name into "Roger:", a court discussion of Roger Clemens, a donor list naming Roger Hertog, FedEx records, and unrelated overseas complaints. The count therefore overstates how often any one person appears.

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Narrated from the AI-generated summary of the documents. Numbers reflect the archive at generation time.

"Roger" is a bare first name that points to several different people, and the best-documented one is Roger Schank, an emeritus Northwestern professor and learning-sciences researcher. The files show him in direct email contact with Jeffrey Epstein's assistant Lesley Groff, who arranged meetings with Epstein in 2011, 2012 and 2014.

The clearest appearances are scheduling emails in which Lesley Groff invites "Roger" (signed "roger schank, Professor Emeritus, Northwestern University, CEO, Socratic Arts") to see Epstein at his home at 9 East 71st Street. These are dated June 2012, October and November 2011, and April 2014. Other emails in the same threads, including Roger's replies, appear to come from the same person. They include a 2015 message from a UCLA symposium contact thanking "Roger" for a meeting about an intercampus initiative, and a note about a school headmaster who tried some of "Roger's ideas." Much of the rest of the 258-document count is not about one person. It includes legal citations where OCR garbled "Touhy v. Ragen" into "Roger:", a court passage about Roger Clemens, FedEx slips, flight manifests listing a first name "Roger", a donor list naming Roger Hertog, and unrelated Australian complaint documents naming a Roger Kirchner and a Roger Gardner.

Key Highlights

•Roger Schank, the Northwestern professor and CEO of Socratic Arts, appears in direct email with Lesley Groff arranging visits to Epstein on 21 June 2012 and 24 April 2014, and calls in 2011. He accepts one invitation with "sure".
•An October 2011 email invites him to join Epstein and Mark Tramo at Epstein's New York home. Tramo, a neuroscientist, later appears in a 2015 UCLA symposium thread addressed to "Roger".
•A forwarded 2011 message from a woman named Julia says she got Roger's email address from Jeffrey. Roger's reply to Epstein is "so who is she exactly?"
•Other emails refer to Roger's educational ideas, including a headmaster who implemented some of them and then backed off. These fit his learning-sciences work, but the texts shown do not say who "Roger" is.
•Three flight manifests (1991, 2002, 2004) list only a first name, "Roger". The records give no surname, so they cannot be tied to Schank or anyone else.
•Many of the 258 documents are false matches. The name "Roger" shows up in legal citations ("Touhy v. Roger:"), a steroid-case quote about Roger Clemens, and unrelated overseas complaint filings.

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Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story

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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 258)

The Daily Telegraph 15.9.17.pdf

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process any more. It doesn’t exist.” This makes Roger’s examination of one of the most unlikely diploma

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Flags: 1060865 Is Read: Yes HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_025742 --- PAGE BREAK --- Is Invitation: No GUID: E7785BFC-DB75-4885-B396-DB4E3B15103! | Message: Roger Sender: e:[email protected] Time: 08/27/18 04:15:58 AM (557061358) Flags: 1085445 Is Read: No Is Invitation: No GUID: 33707FFO0-3DD8-4A7C-9061

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[email protected]> wrote: im in palm beach is roger here? On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 12:11 PM, Michael

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nder: Time: 03/03/17 08:23:24 AM (510251004) Flags: 1060865 Is Read: Yes Is Invitation: No GUID: 026E7754-2E40-4582-8806-64CC4E8 17131 Message: Roger that Larry is still playing games and bill is still squeezing me Sender: i Time: 03/03/17 08:23:30 AM (510251010) Flags: 1060865 Is Read: Yes Is

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D: 9CACO1A7-1387-4DF0-B054-A245EAB15BEA Message: Roger Sender: e:[email protected] Time: 07/08/18 06

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and for how long. now its time to perfect your serve tell burke they should make my guess is HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_027436 --- PAGE BREAK --- Message: Roger Sender: e:[email protected] Time: 09/30/18 05:23:07 AM (560002987) Flags: 1150981 Is Read: No Is Invitation: No GUID: C824FCC2-13CF-4192-AD8F-

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6161) HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_027463 --- PAGE BREAK --- Flags: 1085445 Is Read: No Is Invitation: No GUID: A473C434-0970-418A-9D37-B306CBCFB5A4 Message: Roger Sender: e:[email protected] Time: 11/14/18 03:10:22 AM (563886622) Flags: 1085445 Is Read: No Is Invitation: No GUID: D28C7DO0B-D639-4F31-ABA9

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USED IN EACH TRUMP SUPER PAC T V AD. MS SARNOFF PLEASE TELL STEVEN HOFFENBERG IF YOU ARE O K WITH THE ABOVE T V ADS USE OF YOUR NEW BOOK ??? MARTY & ROGER PLEASE WIPE THE FLOOR WITH THE CORRUPT 2 CLINTONS & THE M ASS RAPIST OF CHILD LITTLE GIRLS JEFF EPSTEIN IN THE TRUMP SUPER PAC T V ADS NOW !!!!! CEO

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Jan 11, 2002Source: Epstein Flight Logs

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Roger

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Aug 19, 2004Source: Epstein Flight Logs

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ROGER

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Nov 21, 1991Source: Epstein Flight Logs

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Roger

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2870 --- PAGE BREAK --- U.S. v. NOM, 952 F.Supp. 834 (1997) 16 As noted previously, Stevens returned certain documents without review based upon Roger's representations on or about November 15, 1993. 17 The testimony at the hearing indicated that some of the files were printed and read by at leas

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quests pursuant to Department of Justice regulations (known as Touhy regulations). See Christenson DecL ¶ 50; see also United States ex reL Touhy v. Roger:, 340 U.S. 462 (1951); 28 C.F.R. § 16.21 et seq. As confidential communications between attorneys and a client for the purpose of obtaining and pro

EFTA00075437.pdf

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EFTA00087059.pdf

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ay of the Southern District of New York relating to the sexual abuse of one of Jeffrey Epstein's many victims, . See United States ex rel. Touhy v. Roger:, 340 U.S. 462 (1951). We make this written request pursuant to the Touhy regulations codified as 28 C.F.R. § 16.21 et seq. Should you find there t

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" , , < ... , (NY) (FBI)" < l'' Cc: 'clialY)in. (NY) (FBI)" Subject: RE: threat Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2019 17:16:37 +0000 Importance: Normal Roger that, just wanted to pass on. From: (NY) (FBI) Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2019 11:32 AM To: . (NY) (FBI) (NY) (FBI) Cc:-. <IS (NY) (FBI)

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ly April. From: (NY) (FBI) Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2020 4:02 PM To: (NY) (FBI) < >; Subject: Re: comment required for MailOnline UK article Roger that, thanks. Public Affairs Specialist FBI New York off - cell -- . (NY) (FBI) 'ca From: (NY) (FBI) < Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2020 3:41 PM

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(FBI)" To: "Thoreson, Amy J. (NY) (FBI)" ctl Subject: Media on Epstein Case Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2019 19:11:31 +0000 Importance: Normal NY) (FBI)" Roger that Thank you On Oct 8, 2019 1:02 PM, "Thoreson, Amy J. (NY) (FBI)" <I wrote: - just wanted to let you know media called to say they're hearing