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Watch: Peter Skinner in the Epstein files
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Peter Skinner is a Boies Schiller Flexner attorney who represented Epstein accusers. The files show him helping to pitch federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York (SDNY) on an Epstein and Maxwell investigation at a February 29, 2016 meeting. He appears as a lawyer, not as a social contact or subject of the investigation.
The strongest appearances are 11 emails with Skinner in the header and court filings that describe his role. The emails include his March 8, 2016 message to an SDNY prosecutor, with Sigrid McCawley copied, passing along a press report about Epstein. They also include 2019 exchanges with prosecutors about legal process in the Maxwell and Jane Doe 43 v. Epstein cases. Several legal filings and government records name him among the accusers' attorneys whose contacts with prosecutors were at issue, and one filing lists handwritten prosecutor notes and an email string involving him as exhibits. The rest are news-related emails and a few passing references.
Key Highlights
- •A government filing says Boies Schiller attorney Peter Skinner contacted an assistant U.S. attorney (AUSA) in the SDNY's human trafficking unit in February 2016. Another filing says he, Brad Edwards and Stan Pottinger met that AUSA on February 29, 2016 and "pitched the government to open an investigation into Epstein and Maxwell." Emails in the files name the prosecutor as Amanda Kramer.
- •A journalist's email to a source says Pottinger, Edwards and Skinner pitched the prosecutor on an investigation of the Epstein scheme. The journalist adds that Kramer had questions about establishing venue.
- •On March 8, 2016 Skinner emailed the prosecutor, with Sigrid McCawley copied, about a Page Six report on Epstein's continued relationships with young women. The email was forwarded inside the U.S. Attorney's Office on November 30, 2018, and the forwards ask whether anyone else relating to Epstein has been in contact.
- •In February 2019 and April 2019 emails, Skinner is on exchanges with prosecutors about "legal process" in cases such as In re Maxwell, 15 Civ. 7433, and Jane Doe 43 v. Epstein, 17 Civ. 0616. One of these has sealed-order and subpoena-response attachments.
- •Skinner was copied on Sigrid McCawley's July 30, 2020 email forwarding a Motion to Stay filed in the Second Circuit in a Maxwell appeal.
- •Several legal filings and government records list him with Bradley Edwards, David Boies, Sigrid McCawley, Stanley Pottinger, Paul Cassell, Spencer Kuvin and Jack Scarola as attorneys for accusing witnesses. They concern requests for the government's communications with those lawyers. One filing's exhibit list includes handwritten AUSA notes of meetings and contacts with Skinner, Pottinger and Edwards.
- •A request that defines "You" as Boies Schiller personnel, including Skinner, is described in one document as plainly overbroad.
- •Most of his appearances are professional and legal. The files do not show social contact with Epstein. His closest connections are to Epstein and Maxwell as the subject matter of the cases, and to co-counsel McCawley, Boies and Edwards.
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 42)
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From: Sigrid McCawley To: ' Cc: Peter Skinner 4 Subject: FW: New documents: v. Maxwell (Doc# -, 2d Cir. 20-02413) Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2020 20:42:21 +0000 Attachments: 2020-07-30_[-].zip Inline
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From: Sandra Perkins To: Cc: Si v. Maxwell, 15 Civ. 7433 Peter Skinner Subject: RE: legal process, regarding In re Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2019 21:01:17 +0000 Attachments: 2019-04-1 8_G.I_Subpoena_ResponseiSealed_Order,_19_
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:15 +0000 Attachments: 2020-07-30_[-].zip Inline-Images: image001.jpg From: Sigrid McCawley Sent: Thursday, July 30, 2020 4:42 PM To: I lb; Cc: Peter Skinner a> Subject: FW: New documents: v. Maxwell (Doc# -, 2d Cir. 20-02413) Please see the attached Motion to Stay filed with the Second Circuit by Maxwe
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cerning any meetings between the attorneys for the accusing witnesses—including, but not limited to, Bradley Edwards, David Boies, Sigrid McCawley, Peter Skinner, Stanley Pottinger, Paul Cassell, Spencer Kuvin, and Jack Scarola (the "Attorneys")—and prosecutors and staff from the United States Attorney's Off
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-- Table of Exhibits EXHIBIT J: Notes of Feb. II, 2021 Call with AUSA (Sealed) EXHIBIT K: Handwritten Notes by AUSA of Meeting and Contacts with Peter Skinner, Stan Pottinger, and Brad Edwards EXHIBIT L: Email String Between Peter Skinner and AUSA cc'ing Stan Pottinger, Brad Edwards, and Sigrid McCawley
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much detail as possible. My editors are pretty interested in this one. On Feb. 29, 2016, Epstein victims' attorneys Stan Pottinger, Brad Edwards and Peter Skinner met with then-AUSA and pitched her on an investigation of the Epstein scheme. I'm told had questions about establishing venue, the South Florida N
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EFTA00039802.pdf
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to Epstein? Thanks, Sent from my iPhone From: SDNY_GM_02742760 EFTA00039803 Sent: Frida , November 30, 2018 4:02 PM To Subject: I-Vv From: Peter Skinner <PSkinnerieBSRIP rom> Sent: Tuesday, March 8 2016 12:28 PM To: Cc: Sigrid McCawley Subject: RE If you haven't already seen it, the pest reporte
EFTA00039809.pdf
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e From: kramer, Amanda (USANYS <AKramercausa doi.goy>I SDNY_GM_02742760 EFTA00039810 Sent: Friday, November 30, 2018 4:02 PM Subject: FW From: Peter Skinner Sent: Tuesday, March 8, 2016 12:28 PM To: Cc: Sigrid McCawley Subject: RE: If you haven't already seen it, the Eslit reported today on Jeffrey
EFTA00066066.pdf
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ons between the government and the attorneys for these individuals — including , but not limited to, Bradley Edwards, David Boies, Sigrid McCawley, Peter Skinner, Stanley Pottinger, Paul Cassell, Spencer Kuvin, and Jack Scarola (the "Attorneys") — concerning or relating to Mr. Epstein and/or Ms. Maxwell. 14
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EFTA00066044.pdf
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much detail as possible. My editors are pretty interested in this one. On Feb. 29, 2016, Epstein victims' attorneys Stan Pottinger, Brad Edwards and Peter Skinner met with then-AUSA and pitched her on an investigation of the Epstein scheme. I'm told had questions about establishing venue, the South Florida N
EFTA00066439.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00066439
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EFTA00075841.pdf
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EFTA00077571.pdf
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4 Table of Exhibits EXHIBIT J: Notes of Feb. II, 2021 Call with AUSA (Sealed) EXHIBIT K: Handwritten Notes by AUSA of Meeting and Contacts with Peter Skinner, Stan Pottinger, and Brad Edwards EXHIBIT L: Email String Between Peter Skinner and AUSA cc'ing Stan Pottinger, Brad Edwards, and Sigrid McCawley
EFTA00079502.pdf
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e002.jpg; image003.jpg; image004.jpg Got it, thanks very much for sending — much appreciated. Fro > Sent. „ 2:45 To: Cc: Sandra Perkins <—>; Peter Skinner Subject: Information Hello M, To the extent it is helpful to you, my paralegal clipped the info below about e-mail accounts that may be of relevan
EFTA00083928.pdf
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nued relationships with young women. httol/oagesix com/2016/03/08/jeffrey-eosteins-east-side-mansion-houses-russian- playmates/ Best, Pete From: Peter Skinner Sent: Monday, February 29, 2016 10:13 PM To: Amanda Kramer Cc: Subject: e am adding o this email chain as well. As we mentioned earlier today,
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EFTA00084788.pdf
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ued relationships with young women. htto•//oagesix com/2016/03/08/jeffrey-eosteins-east-side-mansion-houses-russian- playmates/ Best, Pete From: Peter Skinner Sent: Monde February 29, 2016 10:13 PM To: Cc: Sigrid McCawley Subject: Re: am adding Lo this email chain as well. As we mentioned earlier
EFTA00084863.pdf
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ons between the government and the attorneys for these individuals — including , but not limited to, Bradley Edwards, David Boies, Sigrid McCawley, Peter Skinner, Stanley Pottinger, Paul Cassell, Spencer Kuvin, and Jack Scarola (the "Attorneys") — concerning or relating to Mr. Epstein and/or Ms. Maxwell. 14
EFTA00085259.pdf
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"You" as "any owner, shareholder, partner or employee of Boies, Schiller, Flexner, LLP, including but not limited to David Boies, Sigrid McCawley, Peter Skinner and any former owner, shareholder, partner or employee, or independent contractor of the firm." Such broad Requests are plainly overbroad and non-s
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EFTA00087047.pdf
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ons between the government and the attorneys for these individuals — including , but not limited to, Bradley Edwards, David Boies, Sigrid McCawley, Peter Skinner, Stanley Pottinger, Paul Cassell, Spencer Kuvin, and Jack Scarola (the "Attorneys") — concerning or relating to Mr. Epstein and/or Ms. Maxwell. 14
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al communications between the government and the attorneys for these individuals — including , but not limited to, , David Boies, Sigrid McCawley, Peter Skinner, Stanley Pottinger, Paul Cassell, Spencer Kuvin, and (the "Attorneys") — concerning or relating to Mr. Epstein and/or Ms. Maxwell. 14. We request
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PersonAmerican attorney
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