NPA manipulation, witness intimidation, and legal maneuvering.
An FBI internal communication from a Seattle FBI agent (EFTA00172840, November 26, 2019) explicitly states:
"Our case was eventually closed because our USAO was weak and intimidated by the financial resources of Copperfield."
The agent documented that prosecutors had sought Epstein's cooperation against Copperfield as part of the 2007 plea deal (EFTA00211910) — indicating they viewed Copperfield as the bigger target. Prosecutors described "lots of acts" but had "concerns about applicable law."
The agent also noted: "I recall Epstein's name coming up in our investigation a number of times and Copperfield appeared to have a very close relationship with Epstein. His name was on a list we found that included other men, some of which had reputations like Copperfield and Epstein."
This is a serving FBI agent documenting that wealth directly prevented prosecution of a predator — and that a "list" of men with similar reputations existed in Copperfield's files.
Prosecution emails between AUSA Susan Roe (Western District of Washington) and AUSA Ann Marie Villafana (Southern District of Florida) reveal a separate FBI investigation of David Copperfield for federal kidnapping under 18 USC 1201, running parallel to the Epstein case in 2008.
Roe reported to Villafana (EFTA00223748, Feb 2008):
"We're moving ahead w/our investigation at this time. We are pretty sure we can charge DC and his assistants with a conspiracy of 1201 (kidnapping)... Here we see international travel brought about by inveigle or decoy, use of emails and phones to trick her to travel, and her arrival at the isolated island with no way off and no passport (DC took hers the first night and held it until they were on the plane out), holding her for ransom, reward or other (here for sexual activity)."
Key details from the investigation:
Villafana simultaneously discovered a direct Epstein-Copperfield business connection in FedEx records — a package sent by Epstein to "John Melk/Musha Cay." Melk had sued Copperfield (Melk v. Copperfield, 2:04-cv-00059-KJD-LRL, Las Vegas). Villafana wrote: "I like the obscure reference to 'rumors' about Copperfield's personal life. Maybe Melk is someone to talk to?"
In a later exchange (EFTA00179797, Sept 2008), Roe confirmed victims "ALL flew through Ft Lauderdale" to the Bahamas. She was meeting Bruce Lyon to immunize a witness/co-conspirator. Villafana offered to help if South Florida jurisdiction applied. Roe also asked if Villafana thought Epstein "would ever talk about Copperfield" — and Villafana responded: "He would just never turn in one of his friends unless it meant a big benefit for him."
This case was ultimately closed because, as a Seattle FBI agent later wrote, "our USAO was weak and intimidated by the financial resources of Copperfield" (EFTA00172840).
The SDNY prosecution memo (EFTA02731039) identifies Lesley Groff as the person who scheduled 'massages' with underage victims in New York: 'In New York, one of those individuals was Leslie Groff...would schedule appointments for the girls by phone.' A victim told Epstein 'she was 14 years old.'
Obstruction of Justice: Epstein called Groff from his private jet 'warning his personal assistant, Lesley Groff, against turning over documents and electronic evidence responsive to a subpoena issued by a federal grand jury' (EFTA00206732). The AUSA proposed filing charges in Miami to 'avoid the press.'
Named Co-Conspirator: The 2007 NPA explicitly grants immunity: 'the United States also agrees that it will not institute any criminal charges against potential co-conspirators of Epstein including but not limited to Lesley Groff' (EFTA00223149). SDNY noted this immunity did NOT apply to them.
Civil Defendant (2017): Recruiter 'reported to her superiors, Defendants Groff and Maxwell, and was paid for her recruitment of young females' (EFTA00313650). Groff and Maxwell confirmed promises about education and modeling to lure victims.
Groff was bequeathed $2M in Epstein's will plus loan forgiveness. She sponsored visa applications as late as November 2017 (EFTA00261337). SDNY listed her alongside Maxwell requiring 'special precautions' in the 2019 sex trafficking investigation.
The Maxwell indictment grand jury transcript (EFTA00008631) concludes with two devastating sections: physical evidence from the July 2019 FBI raid on Epstein's NYC townhouse, and Maxwell's prior perjury in a sworn deposition.
The FBI special agent, who personally participated in the search, described the massage room at 9 East 71st Street:
"It was dark. It had dark draperies covering the windows. There was a massage table. There were oils. There was a hand-held massager in there along with handcuffs, a whip, and along the walls were nude photographs of young females."
Critically, the agent confirmed: "Did you find a school-girl outfit in Epstein's New York townhouse? Yes, we did. Where did you find it? It was found in a room next to the massage room." This directly corroborated the victim's account of being made to wear a school-girl outfit to serve Epstein tea at Palm Beach.
The FBI also found butt plugs, dildos, and vibrators — consistent with victims' testimony about abuse involving sex toys.
In 2016, Maxwell gave sworn deposition testimony in the Giuffre v. Maxwell defamation lawsuit (15-CV-7433, SDNY). The grand jury reviewed her statements:
"Let's just tie that down. Is it your testimony that you've never given anybody a massage?" — Maxwell: "I have not given anyone a massage."
"You never gave Mr. Epstein a massage; is that your testimony?" — Maxwell: "That is my testimony."
The FBI agent then confirmed the direct contradiction: a victim told the FBI that Maxwell gave her a massage at Zorro Ranch in New Mexico — exposing her chest and massaging around her breast area. Maxwell's categorical denial under oath was false.
This perjury formed part of the basis for the two perjury counts in Maxwell's federal indictment.
An internal FBI email classified SECRET//NOFORN reveals that a "complete scrub" of files located documents associated with Epstein that were not included in the case file because they were "NOT of evidentiary value" (EFTA02730468).
The most significant item is:
"FD-71 from 1996 which predates our record keeping system. (Unclass)"
An FD-71 is an FBI Electronic Communication form — a basic investigative document used to record information received or actions taken. Its existence from 1996 means the FBI had some form of record on Epstein three years before any known formal investigation.
This timing is critical: Maria Farmer filed her complaint with NYPD and the FBI in 1996 — the first known report against Epstein. This FD-71 may be the intake record from that complaint, which the FBI apparently took no action on for nearly a decade.
The other attached files were:
The pattern is damning: the FBI had records on Epstein in 1996, another sexual exploitation file in 2016, yet Epstein was not arrested until July 2019. Each delay of years represents potential additional victims.
Nadia Marcinkova was named as a co-conspirator in Epstein's 2007 non-prosecution agreement and described in court filings as his “live-in sex slave.”
EFTA00235326 — The NPA states: “the United States also agrees that it will not institute any criminal charges against any potential co-conspirators of Epstein, including but not limited to Sarah Kellen, Lesley Groff, or Marcinkova.”
EFTA00191148 — Prosecutor confirms immigration charges were also dropped: “there is no plan to try to proceed on any immigration charges against either Ms. Ross or Ms. Marcinkova.”
EFTA00081180 — Court filing states: “Epstein also made E.W. perform oral sex on him and was to perform sex acts on Nadia Marcinkova (Epstein’s live-in sex slave) in Epstein’s presence.” The same document lists SM & slave-training books ordered by Epstein from Amazon, including “SlaveCraft: Roadmaps for Erotic Servitude” and “Training with Miss Abernathy: A Workbook for Erotic Slaves and Their Owners.”
EFTA00962525 — In a remarkable June 2013 email, Marcinkova describes Epstein’s systematic pattern of controlling women:
“Promising your girls apartments, shopping sprees, cars, money and security forever is second nature for you. Dangling those carrots as long as possible and then playing into the girls’ insecurity by making them feel stupid for ‘misunderstanding’ the terms of those promises is cute.”
She also writes: “You focus on my lifestyle when I met you, at 18… I was a teenager in love. You were 51.”
Epstein’s reply is cruel and controlling: “when I first met you, you had not even a high school education…you only owned a couple of worn out dresses and a tooth brush, eating popcorn for your main meal…your closets now are full, coats bags, shoes, toys.”
EFTA01897098 — Epstein berates Marcinkova: “you once again expect, expect expect…expect to have an apt…expect that your press should be no worse than sarah or lesley. I will help you move on…you could only fly on the condition of no more emotional outburst, not wanting to fly karyna…lets part as we should have years ago.” She replies: “fine. $5mil”
EFTA00966905 — Richard Kahn confirms: “$10K to Aviloop” — Epstein funding Marcinkova’s company directly.
EFTA02456758 — “can you wire nadia 14k today” — ongoing financial support.
EFTA00677154 — Marcinkova to Epstein: “Im launching Aviloop tomorrow.. What does this mean?” — referring to legal investigations threatening the business.
Marcinkova later changed her name to Emma Marcinko (EFTA00770952, Oct 2009).
A June 8, 2021 FBI preparation memo for witness Juan Alessi — Epstein's live-in house manager at 358 El Brillo Way, Palm Beach from approximately 1990 to December 2002 — documents the systematic trafficking operation at the Palm Beach residence and a direct admission from Epstein himself (EFTA00157613).
When Alessi quit in December 2002, he warned Epstein directly: "one of those girls is going to get you in trouble." Epstein's reply: "they only want money."
The memo documents a first victim — approximately 14–15 years old, a high schooler — whom Alessi personally picked up from her school and home beginning in the late 1990s. She visited the Palm Beach residence approximately twice per week, went to movies with Epstein and Maxwell, and brought a suitcase on visits.
By the end of Alessi's employment, Epstein was receiving three massages daily — morning, afternoon, and evening — with a different girl for each appointment. Alessi maintained a rolodex of masseuses. Massage oils were shipped from England, Paris, and Tahiti. A second victim brought from a local spa also introduced two additional young girls to the residence and was observed boarding Epstein's plane.
Ghislaine Maxwell arrived approximately six months after Alessi was hired and immediately assumed control of the household. All instructions were routed through her, not Epstein directly. She declared herself "lady of the house" and imposed increasingly restrictive rules — including "don't look him in his eyes" and "don't engage in conversations" with Epstein. Sex toys were found in both Maxwell's bathroom and Epstein's bathroom.
Both Alessi and his wife Maria — who also worked at the residence — were required to sign a non-disclosure agreement on January 2, 2003: $30,000 to Juan, $20,000 to Maria, plus COBRA health insurance through December 2003, in exchange for a full release of all claims against Epstein, Maxwell, and their entities.
Alessi's testimony identifies frequent visitors to the Palm Beach residence including Donald Trump, Senator George Mitchell, JFK Jr., Alan Dershowitz, Les Wexner, Prince Andrew and his wife, and Nobel Prize laureates.
FBI documents reveal that Virginia Giuffre was trafficked by Ronald Eppinger beginning around 1997-1998, when she was approximately 13-15 years old — before she entered Epstein's orbit at Mar-a-Lago.
Eppinger ran a Miami-based sex trafficking operation disguised as the "Perfect 10" modeling agency (1997-1999), smuggling Czech women with promises of modeling work. An FBI case briefing contains handwritten notes: "B/W 13 + 16, picked up in 1998 by Ron Eppinger. 1/1/99, police (FBI) entered home, found her, arrested her, he went to jail" (EFTA00019071). The redacted individual is identified as Giuffre through unique biographical details: "dad worked @ Maralago," "dad dropped her off @ Epstein's house," "filed Civ't lawsuit in 2015 — defamation suit against Maxwell."
Eppinger was charged with 21 state felonies including 10 counts of sexual battery by person in familial/custodial authority (FL 794.011(8)) — meaning he sexually assaulted children in his own household — plus 4 counts of child abuse and 6 counts of lewd assault on a child. All were dropped when federal charges took precedence. He pled guilty to alien smuggling for prostitution and money laundering and received just 21 months.
Both Epstein and Maxwell had direct knowledge of Giuffre's Eppinger history and actively weaponized it to discredit her:
Eppinger died November 8, 2006 at a Fort Lauderdale hospital at age 70 — four months after Epstein's July 2006 arrest. The FBI was actively building the federal case, and Eppinger had 21 outstanding felony failure-to-appear charges giving the government leverage to compel his cooperation. His death meant Epstein could characterize Giuffre's history however he wished — as he wrote: "hes dead."
The Eppinger-to-Epstein pathway — both operations used "modeling" as cover for trafficking — represents one of the clearest documented cases of serial victimization in the Epstein files.
FBI FD-302 (Oct 2, 2023): AG Denise George engaged Motley Rice law firm with forensic accountants to investigate Epstein's financial network through the CICO (Criminally Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) Act. The investigation discovered "several companies and LLCs with relationships to Epstein's Southern Trust Company."
Critically, the investigation found that Richard Kahn and Darren Indyke — Epstein's co-executors — were "participants in the human trafficking operation."
Specifically, Indyke was in charge of coordinating female to female marriages to gain immigration status in the United States. The victims "would be threatened if they attempted divorce" and were "housed on Epstein properties and moved from Palm Beach, Florida, New York and Little St. James Island."
A second amended complaint added Indyke and Kahn as co-conspirators. The estate settled for $105M in civil court.
Two emails from the days surrounding the September 24, 2007 Non-Prosecution Agreement reveal federal prosecutors and Epstein defense counsel actively coordinating to conceal the deal from victims.
EFTA00215004: On the same day the NPA was signed, Epstein attorney Jay Lefkowitz (Kirkland & Ellis) emailed prosecutors:
"Please do whatever you can to keep this from becoming public. thanks — Jay"
A defense lawyer explicitly instructing government prosecutors to suppress a plea agreement from public disclosure — and from the 34 identified minor victims entitled to notification under federal law.
EFTA00214992: Two days later, an Assistant U.S. Attorney emailed Lefkowitz:
"I am meeting with the agents and want to give them their marching orders regarding what they can tell the girls."
A federal prosecutor asking the defendant's own attorney for instructions on what FBI agents may tell crime victims. This inverts the fundamental relationship between prosecutors and victims under the Crime Victims' Rights Act (18 U.S.C. § 3771).
Letters sent to victims after the NPA described the investigation as "ongoing" — a deliberate deception. Victims were not told the case had been resolved until years later. In February 2019, Judge Kenneth Marra ruled (EFTA00027666) that prosecutors violated the CVRA, finding the government "purposefully withheld this information from the victims" while giving Epstein's defense team notice throughout.
Courtney Wild (Jane Doe 1) had filed her CVRA petition on July 7, 2008 — it took 11 years of litigation to obtain this ruling.
On July 1, 2010 — just five days after Magistrate Judge Palermo ordered the parties "not to communicate, speak or harass one another in any way" — a victim (Jane Doe) was subjected to brazen surveillance and intimidation.
From the emergency contempt motion (EFTA00728793, filed July 2, 2010):
"Jane Doe left her house to go to the store and noticed a car (Infiniti SUV, license tag T-KNOLZ) following her everywhere she went. Feeling frightened, she pulled into a driveway in a nearby neighborhood at one point to allow the car to proceed past her, but the car pulled into the neighborhood and stopped nearby. It was clear the person in the car was following her and was intentionally making his presence known."
When police confronted the driver, he identified himself as a "private investigator" hired to "watch" Jane Doe, but refused to identify who hired him. That evening:
"The investigator was observed intermittently flashing his high beam lights into Jane Doe's home and intermittently attempting to videotape anyone inside the home."
When a retired police officer tried to extract Jane Doe from her home at ~10:30 PM, the PI attempted to follow them despite being warned not to — the officer had to take evasive action to lose the pursuer. Jane Doe "felt like a prisoner in her own home and believed her physical safety was threatened."
In the 48 hours before this incident, "two ex-boyfriends [called] that investigators were at their homes, knocking on their doors and trying to talk to them about Jane Doe."
Beyond the already-documented "marching orders" and "keep this from becoming public" emails, additional correspondence from the September 2007 NPA negotiations reveals deeper prosecutorial collusion with Epstein's defense team.
AUSA Marie Villafana emailed defense counsel Jay Lefkowitz (EFTA00235326):
"I have been spending some quality time with Title 18 looking for misdemeanors."
A federal prosecutor actively searching for the lightest possible federal charge for a serial child sex trafficker — at the defense's request.
Villafana to Lefkowitz (EFTA00191148):
"Maybe we can set a time to meet. If you want to meet 'off campus' somewhere, that is fine. I will make sure that I have all the necessary decision makers present or 'on call.'"
A prosecutor proposing to meet a sex offender's defense counsel away from the U.S. Attorney's Office — to avoid creating a record of the meeting.
AUSA Andrew Laurie recommended (EFTA00191148):
"Some of the timing issues be addressed only in the state agreement, so that it isn't obvious to the judge that we are trying to create federal jurisdiction for prison purposes."
Followed by: "I would prefer not to highlight for the judge all of the other crimes and all of the other persons that we could charge."
Prosecutors deliberately concealing their strategy from the sentencing judge — manipulating jurisdiction so Epstein could serve time in county jail instead of federal prison.
Villafana discussed filing charges in Miami-Dade instead of Palm Beach (EFTA00235326):
"If he was in Miami-Dade County at the time, then I can file the charge in the District Court in Miami, which will hopefully cut the press coverage significantly."
The victims' summary judgment motion characterized this as prosecutors discussing "how they could contrive to establish jurisdiction away from the location where the crimes actually occurred — and away from where the victims actually lived — so as to avoid the public finding out."
State prosecutor Barry Krischer emailed Villafana three days before the NPA was signed (EFTA00215139):
"Glad we could get 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."
In an October 18, 2019 interview with the DOJ Office of Professional Responsibility, former U.S. Attorney R. Alexander Acosta — who by then had served as Trump’s Labor Secretary — was questioned about the controversial 2007 non-prosecution agreement (EFTA00009229).
The interview revealed that Acosta’s acting First Assistant was "afraid of political pressure that might be brought to bear against the U.S. Attorney’s Office in this case."
A separate OPR interview (EFTA00009116) contains a devastating DOJ reviewer’s assessment of the deal Epstein received:
"Epstein is getting a much better deal than the average defendant, with the exception of defendants who have done physical harm to their victims or abused very young children, we haven’t seen more egregious conduct, because of its serial nature."
The same interview references the broader scope that was known but not pursued: "there are references to Prince Andrew, and Alex Dershowitz and Governor Richardson and Bill Clinton, and things happening in London, and the so called Lolita Express where things may have happened on airplanes."
After leaving the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Acosta joined Kirkland & Ellis — the same law firm where Epstein’s defense attorneys Ken Starr and Jay Lefkowitz worked. The defense team also included Alan Dershowitz, Gerald Lefcourt, and Roy Black.
A third OPR interview (EFTA00009016) captures the internal regret: "we were focused on getting this done, and real concern that he would not go to jail. And a question that I think is a valid one in my mind is, did the focus on, let’s just get this done and get a jail term, mean that we didn’t take a step back and say, let’s evaluate how this train is moving?"
Kenneth Starr, who became famous for prosecuting President Clinton's sexual relationship with a 22-year-old intern, served as lead defense attorney for Epstein at Kirkland & Ellis, securing the 2008 Non-Prosecution Agreement (NPA) that shielded Epstein and unnamed co-conspirators from federal prosecution.
After Epstein’s release, the attorney-client relationship became a deep personal friendship:
Starr was fired from Baylor in 2016 over the university’s sexual assault scandal — itself a case about institutional failure to protect young women. Epstein sympathized: "Ken Starr has now seen the other side. he’s a good guy" (EFTA00822856). Starr died September 13, 2022.
FBI FD-302 (Oct 2, 2023): Former USVI Attorney General Denise George filed a formal complaint with the FBI detailing Governor Bryan's systematic obstruction of the Epstein investigation.
Firing timeline: On approximately December 27, 2022, George filed action against JPMorgan Chase. On December 31, 2022 — three days later — George was terminated. The stated reason: "no attorney general was going to file anything without notifying the Governor."
Prior obstruction: Bryan's tone shifted from "He's dead go for it" to "End it quickly" as the Motley Rice investigation uncovered the scope of Epstein's criminal enterprise. Bryan messaged George asking why she was interviewing certain people and filing certain items, telling her: "originally when I said go ahead I didn't think it was going to go this far. I can't get you to let this go?"
Bryan told George he was "sick of her not doing what she was told to do" and sent Carlton Dowe to pressure her. Dowe told George "it would be political suicide to fire her at least before the election." After that meeting, Dowe stopped talking to George.
Post-firing intimidation: After George spoke to press, she received a cease-and-desist letter and an unknown man arrived at her home. George interpreted this as a message that "we can reach you at your home."
An FBI Electronic Communication dated October 6, 2023 reveals an active federal money laundering investigation into Cecile de Jongh, wife of former USVI Governor John de Jongh Jr. The case (272L-SJ-3775806) is titled "Cecile deJongh; St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands; Money Laundering Facilitation."
The investigation involved subpoenas to the Epstein estate (served on Lauren Doxey at Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP) and to JP Morgan Chase for records of emails between Cecile and Epstein. Investigators were also examining "media provided by the Epstein estate discussing ties and VISA requests between the University of the Virgin Islands and the USVI Governor's office."
This confirms federal prosecutors viewed the de Jongh-Epstein relationship as potentially criminal, not merely politically compromised.
EFTA00182656 is Epstein's own videotaped deposition (February 17, 2010, Ellen v. Epstein), not a Wexner deposition as sometimes misidentified. Attorney Brad Edwards questioned Epstein for ~2 hours. Edwards opened: "you devised a way for young females to come to your house and engage in varying degrees of sexual activity. Some of the girls as young as 12, some of them as old as 17."
Epstein invoked 5th, 6th, and 14th Amendment rights to nearly every question — but broke pattern on three occasions:
Edwards also asked: "Isn't it true that you have made the statement 'the younger the better'?" — Epstein took the Fifth. And: "Isn't it true that you have engaged in some sexual interaction with hundreds of underage minor females?" — Fifth.
EFTA00095751 is a 63-page evidence manifest from United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell, 20 Cr. 330 (AJN), titled "Non-Testifying Witness Material", dated November 6, 2021. It catalogues all evidence produced to the Maxwell defense just before trial — covering 546 witnesses (numbered 3501.000 through 3501.546).
The document was removed from the DOJ website — the EFTA corpus extraction script received an HTTP 404 error for the Dataset 9 URL. The document was recovered from alternate sources.
Key contents:
Largest witness files (most evidence produced):
Notable: Witness 3501.199 contains 7 emails to/from David Copperfield (May–August 2007) plus an FBI memo about attempted contact. Witness 3501.219 has a 1997 Santa Monica Police Crime Report — predating the Palm Beach investigation by nearly a decade. Witness 3501.411 filed a name change petition in 2008, suggesting a victim changed their identity.
The document is marked "SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17" on every page. Its removal from the DOJ website raises questions about whether the EFTA release process properly handled protective-order materials, or whether its removal was for other reasons.
The FBI case summary evidence inventory (EFTA02730486) reveals that investigators recovered shredded documents related to something called "Matchmaker" — and forensically reconstructed them:
The name "Matchmaker" is highly suggestive in the context of Epstein's trafficking operation — it implies a system, database, or service used for arranging introductions between victims and perpetrators. The fact that these specific documents were shredded demonstrates consciousness of guilt and deliberate evidence destruction. The FBI's decision to invest resources in forensic shred reconstruction indicates they considered this material significant.
This corroborates the FBI co-conspirator memo's finding that Sarah Kellen "instructed staff to remove massage-related phone books from the USVI home and shred them" during the active 2005-2006 investigation — establishing a pattern of systematic document destruction targeting evidence of the trafficking operation.
Brad Karp, chairman of elite law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, maintained a direct personal relationship with Jeffrey Epstein from at least 2014 through February 2019 — five months before Epstein's arrest.
In July 2015, Karp wrote to Epstein: "I can't thank you enough for including me in an evening I'll never forget." Epstein replied: "there are many many nights of unique talents." The phrase echoes Epstein's pattern of hosting evenings with young women presented as entertainment.
In the same July 2015 exchange, Epstein asked Karp about revoking a woman's visa. Karp — chairman of one of America's most powerful law firms — responded: "Both good ideas; will work on this." Using legal power to revoke a woman's immigration status is consistent with Epstein's documented pattern of controlling women through passport and visa confiscation.
The relationship continued well past Epstein's 2008 conviction:
After the EFTA files release, Karp resigned as Paul Weiss chairman and from the Union College board of trustees.
On December 19, 2019, U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman received an 86-page "Investigation into Potential Co-Conspirators of Jeffrey Epstein" prosecution memorandum containing statements from 24 women abused as minors, analyzing the criminal liability of Epstein's associates.
Section IV ("Analysis") evaluates whether to charge five individuals. Sections D (Leslie Groff) and E (Ghislaine Maxwell) are identified by name. Sections A, B, and C are entirely redacted — approximately 10 pages of blacked-out legal analysis (pages 76–85). Only sub-headers survive: "Evidence That [redacted] Conspired to Sex Traffic Minors," "Knowledge of Sex Acts," "Knowledge of Age."
However, the memo's own interview sections (II.D) contain unredacted biographical details that uniquely identify all three subjects through cross-referencing with the 2008 Non-Prosecution Agreement:
Under the Epstein Files Transparency Act (P.L. 119-38, §2(b)), redactions are permitted only for victim identification and active investigation protection. These three are analyzed as potential defendants, not victims, and their names are already public record through the 2008 NPA. The redacted Analysis sections contain the DOJ's legal reasoning for declining prosecution — deliberative process privilege, not a permissible EFTA redaction category.
Berman had authorized the July 6, 2019 arrest of Epstein at Teterboro Airport and signed the sex trafficking indictment (19-cr-00490). In June 2020, AG William Barr announced that Berman had "stepped down" — when he had not resigned. Berman refused to leave until his deputy Audrey Strauss was confirmed as successor. The circumstances of Berman's removal are compounded by Barr's own exposure: two separate FBI sources placed Barr at Epstein events — a victim encountered him at a "model event" (EFTA01648951), and an FBI ASAC task list characterized his entry as "present when a girl was raped" (EFTA01648955). Barr had already declined to recuse from the Epstein prosecution despite his former law firm Kirkland & Ellis having represented Epstein in the 2007 plea deal.
A direct contemporaneous text message from a victim to Leon Black:
"Leon. You sexually harassed me, sex trafficked me, raped me, and eventually blacklisted me. I don't know for how much longer it will take me, on my own, to process the pain your caused to me and my family. The least thing you can do is to give me that document that I was forced to sign under duress and wasn't able to read before signing."
This message documents: (1) direct accusation of rape and trafficking; (2) reference to a coerced NDA signed "under duress"; (3) contemporaneous victim communication preserved in the record.
FBI interview documents reveal systematic witness intimidation:
"She felt she needed to help EPSTEIN because they would regularly scare her. EPSTEIN's lawyers would make [her] feel as though she was doing the right thing... She felt that if she helped EPSTEIN, that in return he would help her."
This documents psychological manipulation and intimidation by Epstein's legal team to maintain control over victims and secure their cooperation.
FBI interview with victim who was 15-16 years old:
"I got scared because it was so big. Epstein brought me to a room with a massage parlor. To me, it looked like an S&M parlor. Epstein made me engage in sexual activities with him there."
The victim describes being intimidated by the scale of Epstein's property and specialized rooms designed to facilitate abuse.
Court filings contain explicit victim allegations against Alan Dershowitz. From EFTA00021553 (SDNY civil court filing, January 2, 2015):
"One such powerful individual that Epstein forced then-minor Jane Doe #3 to have sexual relations with was former Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz, a close friend of Epstein's and well-known criminal defense attorney. Epstein required Jane Doe #3 to have sexual relations with Dershowitz on numerous occasions while she was a minor, not only in Florida but also on private planes, in New York, New Mexico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands."
The filing further alleges: "In addition to being a participant in the abuse of Jane Doe #3 and other minors, Dershowitz was an eye-witness to the sexual abuse of many other minors by Epstein and several of Epstein's co-conspirators."
Critically, regarding the 2007 Non-Prosecution Agreement: "Dershowitz helped negotiate an agreement that provided immunity from federal prosecution in the Southern District of Florida not only to Epstein, but also to 'any potential co-conspirators of Epstein.' Thus, Dershowitz helped negotiate an agreement with a provision that provided protection for himself against criminal prosecution in Florida for sexually abusing Jane Doe #3."
Additional evidence: Dershowitz sent letter to Palm Beach Police attacking victim credibility using MySpace posts (EFTA01333242). Victim diary (forensically verified) names "Allen Douschewitz" among perpetrators.
An internal Epstein staff email confirms that attorney Darren K. Indyke — Epstein's longtime lawyer and trustee of multiple Epstein trusts — personally ordered the destruction of digital evidence:
"The only remnants of computers that far back were the old hard drives Darren had me review & erase over a year ago (none of them had any of your info). I could reach out to Murph and see if he thinks your old data would be backed up anywhere but that's the longest of long shots."
This email reveals:
As an attorney, Indyke had a legal duty to preserve evidence relevant to potential litigation. His direct involvement in erasing hard drives while Epstein faced ongoing civil lawsuits and potential criminal investigations raises serious questions about obstruction of justice and spoliation of evidence.
An FBI interview summary (EFTA00022133) documents a coordinated witness silencing campaign:
A victim who was abused by Alan Dershowitz "at least 6 times, aged 16-19" describes how "In 2007 Maxwell and Epstein (separately) called her to ask her to keep quiet."
A separate victim declaration (EFTA00020729) describes the dual-threat approach used against victims: "they were being discredited as drug addicts and prostitutes. But, on the other hand, if I were to keep quiet, I would 'be looked after.'"
The victim adds: "The fact that this call came in right after the FBI call reinforced my concern that the man I had talked to earlier was not really working for the FBI" — suggesting that Epstein's team was monitoring FBI contacts with witnesses.
Another document (EFTA00019169) notes a key witness who "settled last year with her for pennies (in comparison to what he's worth), and she now has a gag order" — despite being a witness who "was on his plane many times being paid to perform sexual activities with heads of state, leading businessmen, royalty, politicians and celebrities."
A third document (EFTA00037683) references someone under a gag order being told to "shut her up" if she didn't go along with the whole "suicide" cover story, and that "she was arrested and murdered".
Police reports document active witness tampering through financial inducements:
"An associate of Epstein's was offering to buy victims' silence during the course of the prior investigation. Specifically, one victim reported that 'she was personally contacted through a source that has maintained contact with Epstein,' who 'assured [the victim] that she would receive monetary compensation for her assistance in not cooperating with law enforcement.'"
The victim reported being told: "Those who help him will be compensated and..." — establishing a systematic program of buying witness non-cooperation.
Perry Lang described massages as "a big part of EPSTEIN's life" that happened "several times a day". The people who came to massage were "mostly female... active women, college looking girls, some maybe older." He was required to sign an NDA before starting the job. Maxwell was controlling: "She tells PERRY LANG that he is not allowed to talk to the guests" and "it was almost like EPSTEIN had something on MAXWELL." After leaving in 2002, Perry Lang sent a 35-year-old massage therapist to Epstein as a thank-you. The therapist reported back that Epstein told her "he has a chest full of sex toys." Perry Lang was named in the sworn victim interrogatory (EFTA00727684) as having "Knowledge of finances and defendant's sexual desire for minor girls."
In his February 2010 deposition (EFTA00182657), when asked directly under oath: "Is it your intent to interact sexually with minors in the future?" — Epstein invoked his Fifth Amendment rights.
An innocent person could simply answer "no." His refusal to deny future intent to abuse children is one of the most damning moments in the entire EFTA corpus. Similarly, when asked "Have you interacted sexually with any underage minors in the last year while on house arrest or work release from jail?" — he again invoked the Fifth. Throughout approximately 25 Fifth Amendment invocations, Epstein used a rehearsed formula: "I'd like to answer that question. However, my counsel has advised me that I must assert my 14th Amendment, 6th Amendment, and 5th Amendment rights."
He then attempted to recharacterize his guilty plea: "I'm saying I pled guilty to the solicitation of prostitution." Then: "Not underage prostitution, simply prostitution." The attorney immediately corrected him: "I was of the impression that you plead guilty to a second-degree felony, that being procuring a minor for the purposes of prostitution." When pressed on who the minor was, Epstein claimed he was "never told" who the victim was — yet moments later demonstrated detailed knowledge of her FBI statement versus her deposition testimony, contradicting his claimed ignorance.
In a January 18, 2015 email to attorney Martin Weinberg (EFTA00866258), Epstein discussed his legal strategy against Virginia Roberts Giuffre, revealing his awareness of her prior trafficking history:
"now that vr is claiming I need 7 girls a day some as old as 12. it should get easier for alan to show nuts. she worked as an escort for ron eppinger in 97. two women busted with him for trafficking hes dead, lived in a drug home, claimed sex assaults. arrested for stealing."
Epstein then stated: "we know nothing of this."
This email is significant because it shows Epstein knew about Giuffre's prior trafficking by Ron Eppinger (a convicted sex trafficker) — and planned to use her prior victimization to discredit her. The claim "we know nothing of this" was a transparent lie: Epstein's own 2011 emails show him researching Eppinger's criminal record four years earlier.
He also referenced "tony figueroa the boyfriend, could either support or destroy her story" — referring to Figueroa, who was himself a recruiter of girls for Epstein.
Bradley Edwards, the primary attorney representing Epstein's victims, was the target of a coordinated smear campaign by Epstein's defense team. Michael Wolff (media advisor to Epstein) asked: "Can we push this more to indicate Edwards gets money not the girls?" — attempting to frame the victims' attorney as financially motivated rather than advocate for justice.
Edwards filed the landmark Crime Victims' Rights Act (CVRA) petition on July 7, 2008, challenging the secret Non-Prosecution Agreement — one of the longest-running CVRA cases in federal history. He represented multiple victims including "Jane Doe 1" (Courtney Wild) through years of federal litigation.
Despite the smear campaign, Edwards continued representing victims through the Maxwell trial (2021 Rule 412 filings) and his firm Edwards Pottinger LLC coordinated victim interviews with the government as late as July 2020. He documented the full case history in Relentless Pursuit.
Marie Villafaña, the Assistant U.S. Attorney who served as line prosecutor in the Epstein case, drafted a 53-page federal indictment on sex trafficking charges that was never filed due to the Non-Prosecution Agreement. The indictment represented the culmination of a serious federal investigation that was derailed by Epstein's defense team going over Villafaña's head to her superiors.
On September 13, 2007, Villafaña emailed defense counsel that she was "spending some quality time with Title 18 looking for misdemeanors" — suggesting she was being pressured to reduce charges from felonies to misdemeanors (EFTA00014065). Three days later, she proposed meeting defense attorneys "off campus" during NPA negotiations — unusual for federal prosecutors.
Villafaña had secured pro bono CVRA counsel for Jane Doe #1 by contacting the National Crime Victims' Law Institute (EFTA00013926) — showing she was trying to protect victims' rights even as the deal was being negotiated. But two days after the NPA was signed, she asked Epstein's lawyer for "marching orders" on what to tell victims — the defense team, not the prosecution, was dictating victim communication.
The OPR (Office of Professional Responsibility) investigation later found that Villafaña was overruled by U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta after Epstein's defense attorneys — including Ken Starr, Jay Lefkowitz, and Alan Dershowitz — went directly to DOJ leadership.
On June 15, 2015, Jeffrey Epstein emailed Hollywood producer Barry Josephson proposing "a fictionalized account of what happens to people falsely accused" — a film designed to discredit his victims. Epstein outlined the concept: "locations are easy, jets yachts. islands. mansion... few willing to stand up and say that these girls are liars. simple."
Josephson immediately engaged, offering to produce it through his WGA-signatory company: "I could do it where nobody knew it was you." He referenced the film Absence of Malice (about false accusations destroying a life), reinforcing the framing of Epstein as the real victim.
Epstein then described the format — a mockumentary he called "the blair bitch project": "fake detectives, hidden videos of girls scheming to get rich" — depicting victims as gold-diggers conspiring with lawyers. He explicitly named his targets: "could be a fake tell all... filmed by one of the girls... goes to see lawyer, he tells he what she needs to say. janice dickenson like? or virgina roberts?"
Virginia Roberts (now Giuffre) was at this time actively pursuing civil litigation against Epstein. Josephson endorsed the approach: "ya, very much told from that point of view. Like clips the girl puts together."
Deutsche Bank records confirm a 00,000 wire to "Barry Jay Josephson" on November 13, 2013 (EFTA00027019). A year after this email, Josephson was still attacking victims: "All of these authors are whores for headlines!... the girl who lied and deceived to make a quick buck" (EFTA00666366).
In 2014, while pursuing her case against Epstein with attorney Brad Edwards, Virginia Giuffre (identified in documents as Jane Doe 102) undertook a painful effort to reconstruct the timeline of her prior trafficking by Ronald Eppinger. A series of emails shows her reaching out to law enforcement contacts for records that could corroborate her account.
July 18, 2014 — Giuffre wrote to a contact: "I remember you saying you we're familiar w the Ron Eppinger case and knew someone from the inside that personally was there at the time. I'm not going after Eppinger, just putting together pieces of a puzzle that's not so nice to remember" (EFTA01660400). She noted Eppinger was "arrested in 01' for illegally transporting women from Czech Republic and soliciting them for prostitution" and referenced "Charlie's place (club owner of hot chocolates bar & restaurant in Ft.Lauderdale)" where she had been housed.
August 22, 2014 — Giuffre reported hitting a dead end: "I have finally got through to the sergeant at Wilton Manors and he does not have any records on me ever or Ron Eppinger or the guy that I was picked up with supposedly named Charlie" (EFTA01660398). She speculated records may have been "destroyed being a minor or some other legality."
Earlier, on April 15, 2014, Giuffre had emailed FBI agent "Jason" at the Miami field office requesting "photos and/or video recordings released by the FBI to assist our case further in proving how much pedophilia occurred by Jeffrey and the many other monsters he obliged w underage girls" (EFTA00209896). She mentioned her attorney Brad Edwards and wanting "this BS non-prosecution agreement thrown out."
These emails are significant because they show Giuffre actively trying to document her own trafficking history — the same history that Epstein and Maxwell were simultaneously weaponizing to discredit her. While Epstein emailed his PI "ron eppinger was her pimp... she is totally full of shit" (EFTA00906588), the victim herself was desperately trying to reconstruct what happened to her as a child.
December 2012 email from Howard Lutnick to Jeffrey Epstein:
"Hi Jeff, We are landing in St. Thomas early Saturday afternoon and planning to head over to St. Bart's/Anguilla on Monday at some point. Where are you located (what is exact location for my captain)? Does Sunday evening for dinner sound good? I have another couple (Michael and Marcy Lehrman) with me on my boat, and each of us has 4 children"
This email was sent four years after Epstein's 2008 conviction for soliciting a minor. Lutnick was actively socializing with Epstein, inviting him to dinner with his family on his yacht near Epstein's private island.
A Dutch model emailed Epstein (June 2011): "i wanne be a movie star..modeling is killing me... you where right! i broke up whit this stupid guy... can you manage me.. i wanne make my dreams reality..like you made your dreams reality!"
Epstein forwarded this email to Ramsey Elkholy, who responded:
"Will you asks [her] to come to NY and be my love slave? :) I can rent for her an apt... she is also a great scout...fearless. I'm working on her, she is ok w lingerie I think, otherwise still kinda conservative. The good news is that other guys are trying to date her and it seems that she is gradually starting to forget about her bf."
This email chain shows: (1) A vulnerable young woman reaching out to Epstein for career help, (2) Epstein sharing her with an associate instead, (3) the associate using "love slave" language and describing "working on her" to overcome resistance to sexual exploitation, (4) the woman valued as a "scout" (recruiter) — "fearless."
A January 5-12, 2021 email chain between SDNY prosecutors and the DOJ Attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Paris (EFTA00021720) documents extensive coordination on the Brunel case after his arrest at Charles de Gaulle airport on December 16, 2020.
Key revelations from the DOJ Attaché's readout:
The memo also reveals SDNY "gathered a large number of photographs, including photos that feature Brunel" from searches of Epstein's Manhattan townhouse (July 6-7, 2019) and Little St. James (August 12, 2019). An MLAT (Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty) request was being drafted.
Dec 2019 DOJ email: "doing a follow up call with the FCA...looking at Jes Staley and his potential relationship with Epstein...request from us that they not go overt anytime soon." DOJ asked FCA to delay going public. FT confirmed DOJ passed information to UK regulators.
Epstein’s crisis PR manager Mike Sitrick and UK defamation lawyer Paul Tweed drafted a retraction statement for an unnamed woman to recant her allegations against Epstein (March 2011).
Sitrick sent Epstein two draft versions. One opened with:
"I regret to say that the information I received about Jeffrey Epstein was incorrect. Although he was convicted of soliciting a person under 18 for prostitution for an action more than five years ago, he is not a pedophile by any definition of that word."
The other version ended with a religious appeal:
"As a Christian we are taught to forgive. Mr. Epstein has admitted the errors of his ways and paid for those mistakes. He is focusing his life on helping others. We should all do the same."
The draft included pre-written brackets with optional language for the woman to choose from: "[According to public records, he was convicted of procuring a person under the age of 18 for prostitution]" and "[It is my understanding that this involved a woman just a few months short of her 18th birthday.]"
Sitrick also edited materials to minimize: "I think it is important to point out that this young woman was 17, not 13, 14 or whatever"
Epstein personally directed the drafts, instructing Sitrick to name specific people to blame: "I would prefer to name Michael Fisten... and Brad Edwards PARTNER of the attorney in jail" — attempting to discredit victim attorneys.
The email chain reveals the woman’s likely identity: Epstein wrote "fergei called ghislaine, to offer an apology, said that she thought she was being helpful, by distancing herself." "Fergei" is almost certainly Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York — who had documented financial dependence on Epstein and whose visits during his work release are confirmed in other EFTA documents. Epstein dictated what she should say: "Jeffrey was a friend of the family for a decade or more... I was duped into believing stories that were offered up by fake fbi agents."
The retraction praised Epstein’s support for charities including the Starlight Children’s Foundation (which aids critically ill children) and the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund — weaponizing children’s charities to rehabilitate a convicted child sex offender’s image.
Sitrick later sued Epstein for non-payment through AAA arbitration (Sitrick and Company v. Jeffrey Epstein, case 72 147 00218 12), suggesting Epstein stiffed even his own PR fixers.
In March 2011, Amanda Thirsk (Prince Andrew's Deputy Private Secretary) drafted a formal denial of Virginia Giuffre's allegations against Andrew. Thirsk sent the draft to Andrew, who then forwarded it directly to Jeffrey Epstein for editing.
From EFTA01990860, Thirsk's draft states:
"The allegations that are made by [name] in paragraph 6 in relation to The Duke of York are completely untrue and without foundation... They did not have sex... Nor did they have sex. There was no orgy in Little St James."
Andrew forwarded this to Epstein with the instruction: "This is what is suggested. Make any changes that suit you both that make it relevant to your particular case."
This is extraordinary: a Buckingham Palace official's legal denial was sent to the accused sex offender to review and edit before submission. It demonstrates:
Separately, Andrew described Thirsk to Epstein as "my eyes and ears" (EFTA01809668) and instructed her to communicate directly with Epstein on the Ferguson debt settlement: "Can you go direct with Jeffrey from here keeping me cc." (EFTA00632493)
EFTA00854332 (June 2015): Epstein to Barry Josephson: 'if i wanted to make a film, a fictionalized account of what happens to people falsely accused... cosby girls duke, U va.. few willing to stand up and say that these girls are liars. simple'
Josephson replied: 'I could do it where nobody knew it was you.' Epstein followed up: 'fake detectives, hidden videos of girls scheming to get rich / the blair bitch project'
Josephson owed Epstein $60,000 at the time (EFTA01802355), creating financial leverage. This is evidence of an organized campaign to discredit victims while civil cases were active.
In April 2019, five months after the Miami Herald series exposed how prosecutors had ignored evidence of Epstein's crimes, Steve Bannon texted Epstein a three-step rehabilitation plan:
"We need to work around your 38 — first we need to push back on the lies; then crush the pedo/trafficking narrative; then rebuild your image as philanthropist"
Epstein responded: "in any bar where drinking age is 18 i guess that 10 percent of patrons are under 18. . they sneak in" — minimizing the trafficking allegations.
This was sent the same week Bannon scheduled "media training" at Epstein's townhouse: "Friday afternoon media training @ your place — 2 camera shoot; my crew so totally confidential" (April 2, 2019). Bannon also discussed bringing Alex Spiro (his own lawyer) to represent Epstein: "Spiro 4 pm on Thursday" — though the firm ultimately blocked it.
Bannon coached Epstein on narrative control (April-May 2019):
"Yes yes yes of course — but we must counter 'rapist who traffics in female children to be raped by worlds most powerful, richest men' — that can't be redeemed — that why we let them blow up the argument while showing the 12 you redeemed"
Then reassured Epstein: "Can't redeem unredeemable — you are a lot of things — which we will show — but you are NOT that"
This is not the language of a documentary filmmaker seeking truth. It is a political operative coaching a client on how to evade accountability for sex trafficking charges — charges that would be filed just two months later.
After Epstein's lawyers published a letter in the New York Times (March 2019) contending allegations were exaggerated, Bannon pushed for more aggressive crisis management:
"Did u hire the crisis comms guy so we can drive the narrative off that great times piece"
Earlier, when news broke in February 2019 that federal prosecutors were reviewing the handling of Epstein's 2008 case, Bannon told Epstein not to respond publicly:
"Have you lost your mind [expletive]. The moment you say ANYTHING this is global story #1!!!!!"
Bannon was not merely documenting Epstein — he was actively managing his legal and media crisis strategy, recommending lawyers, PR professionals, and controlling the public narrative.
An internal DOJ communication (EFTA00019878) confirms:
"My colleagues remind me that this is inaccurate, defense counsel returned and/or destroyed discovery materials, pursuant to the protective order, following Epstein's suicide."
While technically compliant with the protective order, this means that evidence shared during discovery — which could have included witness statements, financial records, and other materials relevant to ongoing investigations — was destroyed by Epstein's defense team after his death. The protective order that required destruction was itself part of the pre-trial process, and the timing (immediately after suicide) raises questions about whether all discoverable material was preserved for potential co-conspirator prosecutions.
In 2015, Hollywood producer Barry Josephson (Wild Wild West, Enchanted) discussed making a film with Epstein designed to discredit trafficking victims. Epstein proposed (EFTA00854325):
"if i wanted to make a film, a fictionalized account of what happens to people falsely accused...few willing to stand up and say that these girls are liars. simple"
Josephson responded: "I could do it where nobody knew it was you." Epstein then elaborated on the concept (EFTA00854332):
"fake detectives, hidden videos of girls schen-ming to get rich / the blair bitch project"
This shows Epstein actively conspiring with a major Hollywood producer to create propaganda discrediting his victims as liars and scammers. Josephson received a $200,000 wire from Epstein via Deutsche Bank (EFTA00027019, DB-SDNY-0002992). He also attended dinners with Woody Allen, Soon Yi, and Leon Black at Epstein's residence (EFTA00447287). On the prison mail list (EFTA00306074) during Epstein's 2008-09 incarceration.
Prominent Miami criminal defense attorney Roy Black was a key member of Epstein's defense team during the 2007 Non-Prosecution Agreement negotiations, alongside Ken Starr, Jay Lefkowitz, Gerald Lefcourt, Alan Dershowitz, and Lilly Ann Sanchez.
Palm Beach Police Department noted that private investigators under the direction of Attorney Roy Black were deployed during the 2006 investigation — suggesting efforts to intimidate or surveil victims and witnesses.
Black was present at meetings with prosecutors Lefcourt, Sanchez, and Dershowitz during NPA negotiations. He called prosecutors to confirm the deal: "before you hang up — it's all over with Epstein... I just need to update things."
The resulting secret NPA — which was not disclosed to victims as required by the CVRA — allowed Epstein to plead to minimal state charges. Bradley Edwards' landmark CVRA petition later exposed the agreement, and a federal judge ruled in 2019 that prosecutors violated victims' rights.
FBI FD-302 (Oct 2, 2023): Within the first two weeks of Denise George becoming Attorney General in January 2019, Governor Bryan informed her that Epstein wanted a waiver for the 21-day sex offender reporting requirement.
Erika Kellerhals submitted a request letter providing examples of other waivers granted to truck drivers and others with short-notice travel requirements. A previous AG, Vincent Frazer, had granted Epstein the waiver but it was later rescinded by acting AG Carol Thomas-Jacobs after Epstein was detained in the Dominican Republic.
Bryan texted George: "you need to make a decision on the Epstein matter."
George refused to grant the waiver. She informed Kellerhals by letter and Bryan by email. Bryan responded: "Thank you for your work on this."
George believed the previous governor, John de Jongh, had pressured AG Frazer to grant the original waiver.
FBI FD-302 (Oct 2, 2023): Governor Bryan instructed AG Denise George to settle with the Epstein estate for $80 million dollars and to pursue mediation with Henry Smock as the mediator.
Bryan told George that "the Epstein estate just wanted to clear people."
George refused to comply. The Epstein estate and USVI ultimately settled for $105 million — $25M more than Bryan's imposed cap. The settlement included the sale of Little St. James and Great St. James islands.
FBI FD-302 (Oct 2, 2023): Former AG Denise George stated that all Epstein employees had nondisclosure agreements and were "informed if questioned by law enforcement to say nothing and alert Kellerhals."
This instruction — directing employees to refuse cooperation with law enforcement and instead contact Epstein's attorney — is consistent with the pattern of obstruction documented throughout the investigation, including the shredding of documents at Southern Trust Company and the destruction of the Citrix server system.
December 26, 2015: Ruemmler emails Epstein: "she is asking Secret Service whether we can give Woody and Soon-Yi a tour on Sunday. Saturday the West Wing is apparently closed for any tours." Same day, Epstein emails Soon-Yi Previn: "looking good for very special Sunday morning tour"
Earlier in 2015 (EFTA01621773), Epstein had offered Soon-Yi a "museum White House trip" - Woody Allen texted: "With my rap sheet I'll never get past security." Ruemmler, as former Obama White House Counsel, had Secret Service connections to arrange VIP access.
After a breakfast meeting with Steve Bannon arranged by Epstein (June 2018), Lajčák texts: "Btw, I have a person for him in Slovakia - my ex-PM Fico. He is out of government and looking for a new agenda. He would be happy to play Steve's game. And he is good."
March 2019 — months before Epstein’s July arrest — the two men exchanged messages about Epstein’s mounting legal troubles:
Epstein: "hope you are well. another round of very bad press. ugh"
Chopra: "Stay silent Meditate"
Two weeks later, Epstein wrote: "I think of you often. I am aware of the toxicity of my press." Chopra responded: "Sorry I am not concerned about that. Let’s connect mostly by WhatsApp. I think we should meditate together!"
Chopra actively counseled Epstein to stay silent rather than cooperate with investigators, and expressed no concern about the allegations. The suggestion to move to WhatsApp — an encrypted platform — came as scrutiny was intensifying.
Prosecutors documented that Epstein attempted to buy silence from potential witnesses immediately after press scrutiny resumed:
"Epstein wired payments to two unnamed women — one received $250,000 while the other got $100,000 — shortly after the Miami Herald's expose on Epstein's 2007 sweetheart deal. Those individuals were listed as possible co-conspirators in Epstein's non-prosecution agreement."
The timing — immediately after the Miami Herald's investigation by Julie K. Brown went public — demonstrates consciousness of guilt and constitutes obstruction of justice.
Nathan Wolfe, Stanford virologist and founder of Global Viral Forecasting (later Metabiota), emails Epstein directly (December 2, 2010): "Hey Jeffrey. Hope you're well. I'm in NYC through Monday, you in town? Doing what should be a fun dinner Sat eve w Erez Kalir (brilliant guy who you'd enjoy), a couple of hottie interns from WEF, etc. Would be great to have you." "WEF" = World Economic Forum. Wolfe uses sexualized language about young women to entice Epstein to social events. 516 documents show extensive relationship.
FBI records document a 15-year-old victim flown to a David Copperfield show, taken backstage with Epstein present, then subsequently flown to Zorro Ranch in New Mexico (EFTA00153918). The victim "knew what was going to happen" when invited backstage (EFTA00086877). Epstein's house manager confirmed the presence of an underage girl at dinner with Copperfield (EFTA00182344). Grand jury subpoenas were issued for Copperfield show ticket records. Despite prosecutors describing "lots of acts" against Copperfield (EFTA00211910), the case was closed because the "USAO was weak and intimidated by financial resources of Copperfield." Prosecutors had initially sought Epstein's cooperation against Copperfield as part of the plea deal, indicating they viewed Copperfield as the bigger target.
Kathryn Ruemmler pipeline: Epstein repeatedly pushed Obama's former White House Counsel toward Gates — Ruemmler later became a Gates Foundation trustee
Epstein listed Sinofsky as part of his core advisory network. In an email to Edmond de Rothschild and Terje Rød-Larsen, Epstein proposed: "I could help put together some advisors (unpaid). Jes Staley, former head of private bank JP Morgan, Head of MIT Media Joi Ito, Larry Summers, Steve Sinofsky, software guru. etc. young thinkers."
Separately, Epstein emailed Boris Nikolic about Foundation Medicine board candidates: "reid hoffman, andreeson, sinofsky, pritsker?, ovitz? merkin? milken? nathan?, jj. abrahms/ tony demasio"
Sinofsky was also invited to the Minsky Conference (2011) alongside George Church, Martin Nowak, Lawrence Krauss, Sean Parker — and USVI Governor's wife Cecile de Jongh requested his contact info for the event.
Epstein's daily schedules show Sinofsky at the 71st St townhouse on the same days as Leon Black (breakfast), Andrew Farkas, Nicole Junkermann, and Michael Wolff. 1,614 documents total — all post-conviction (2012-2014).
Sinofsky is now a board partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), where Marc Andreessen was also on Epstein's seminar lists.
The New York State Department of Financial Services issued a Consent Order against Deutsche Bank AG, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company of the Americas for their failure to properly monitor Jeffrey Epstein's accounts.
The Department investigated "the Bank's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and related entities" and found failures in anti-money laundering controls. When an accountant requested a brokerage account for Gratitude America (Epstein's charity), a Coverage Team Member escalated to an AML Officer, who "directed the inquiry" — but the account was still opened despite red flags.
Deutsche Bank maintained accounts for Epstein's network including Southern Trust Company, Gratitude America, Haze Trust, Jeepers Inc., LSJE LLC, and Southern Financial LLC — totaling over $130 million at the bank alone. The DFS found the bank failed to flag suspicious transactions despite Epstein's 2008 conviction and sex offender registration.
June 25, 2019: Epstein texted Bannon a Miami Herald headline reporting that victims had lost their court battle to nullify the 2008 non-prosecution agreement. Bannon responded with barely contained excitement:
"Dude!!"
"Is this real"
"Tell me this is real"
July 3, 2019 — Epstein's last messages to Bannon: They planned to meet that weekend after Epstein flew home from Paris. Bannon asked: "Can we do late morning say 11. Am" and "Can we film on the island?"
Then: "All canceled"
Bannon: "You r not coming in?"
Epstein had been arrested at Teterboro Airport. It was his last message to Bannon.
In their text exchanges, Epstein wanted a Kovel agreement — a legal mechanism to extend attorney-client privilege to communications with a non-lawyer (Bannon):
Bannon: "We need to talk about kovel. Letter and black bag."
Epstein: "As in a kovel agreement re accounting and finance"
Bannon: "We need a deal for the entire 'training'"
The attempt to shield their communications under legal privilege — combined with the "media training" sessions, crisis comms strategy, and narrative coaching — suggests both men understood the relationship went far beyond documentary filmmaking. Bannon's spokesman said he never signed the agreement.
Opening statement from FTC/Jeepers vs. Zwirn arbitration (July 20, 2011) reveals the full scope of the Epstein-Dubin-Zwirn financial relationship:
Key facts from opening statement:
What happened: Epstein demanded full $133M withdrawal after hearing about senior departures. Zwirn didn't want to pay (SEC investigation of 'gross irregularities' was pending). Dubin mediated a compromise: $80M. When Zwirn failed to pay even that, FTC sued.
Quote: 'Why did FTC just put in a written request for $80 million when it had the right to and initially did ask for a total redemption? The answer is that FTC was induced to reduce the demand to $80 million by the Fund's conduct.'
Settlement valued at $78M in Epstein's Aug 2012 portfolio ledger.
In an undated trust amendment, Epstein removed Jeffrey A. Schantz as co-Trustee and replaced him with his Bear Stearns account executive and his alleged co-conspirator (EFTA00082417):
"I hereby remove JEFFREY A. SCHANTZ as a co-Trustee of the trust and designate GHISLAINE MAXWELL and IRA ZICHERMAN as successor co-Trustees in his place."
The trust — THE JEFFREY E. EPSTEIN 2001 TRUST ONE — was governed under Virgin Islands Code Chapter 59. This placed Zicherman, Epstein's primary Bear Stearns financial handler, alongside convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell as co-trustees of a USVI trust.
Zicherman also managed Epstein's offshore shell company structure through Bear Stearns. Attorney Darren Indyke certified (EFTA00038693):
"Financial Trust Company, Inc...is the sole stockholder of Jeepers, Inc...Jeffrey E. Epstein...is the beneficial owner of Jeepers, Inc."
Both entities were USVI corporations held at Bear Stearns under Zicherman's management. He served as Account Executive on accounts including 'Epstein Interests,' 'Health & Science Interests II,' 'International Charitable,' and 'Institutional Interests.' On the prison mail list (EFTA00306074) during Epstein's 2008-09 incarceration.
Alan Halperin, partner and co-chair of the Personal Representation Department at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, served as outside legal architect for the Leon Black family office operations that Epstein managed. He regularly attended meetings with Epstein and the Black financial team — Ada Clapp, Eileen Alexanderson, Richard Joslin, Richard Kahn, and Darren Indyke — at Leon's office, Epstein's office, and Paul Weiss offices from 2012-2015+.
Halperin emailed privileged legal materials directly to Epstein: "To assist the family office and Jeffrey understand the various elements..." (EFTA00367181) — treating Epstein as part of the client relationship, not a third party. This undermines Paul Weiss's later claim that the firm was only 'adverse' to Epstein.
Most significantly, Halperin drafted the split interest purchase agreement for Leon Black's 'life interest' in 19 East 70th Street — Epstein's infamous Manhattan mansion — through NY 70th Street LLC. Debra Black approved: "I am very comfortable and approve Leon retaining the life interest" (EFTA02343171). Ada Clapp forwarded the approval to both Halperin and Epstein. A master document lists all family entities confirming the arrangement (EFTA01203778).
Halperin also received a call from Epstein at Little St. James island (EFTA00678399) and forwarded an article on 'Extortion Payments as Deductible Losses' to which Epstein replied "I know it well." Paul Weiss chair Brad Karp resigned in February 2026 after the EFTA release exposed the firm's deep entanglement with Epstein.
Shaher Abdulhak, a Yemeni billionaire and patriarch of the Hayel Saeed Anam Group, maintained an extensive email relationship with Epstein spanning 2011 to April 2019 (540+ documents). They addressed each other as "cousin brother."
Abdulhak's son Farouk Abdulhak is wanted by UK Metropolitan Police for the 2008 murder of Martine Vik Magnussen, a 23-year-old Norwegian student killed in London. Farouk fled to Yemen immediately after the murder; Yemen's constitution forbids extradition.
Epstein served as strategic advisor on the case:
EFTA01188336: A Burton Copeland attendance note (Feb 2013) documents a meeting between Abdulhak's lawyers and Metropolitan Police (DS Wadsworth, DCI Partridge), revealing arrest warrants, Interpol Red Notices, and that the UK Home Office formally requested extradition. Abdulhak hired Bell Pottinger for PR in Norway.
Epstein also brokered Yemen peace diplomacy through Abdulhak, facilitating meetings with Washington figures (EFTA00658903), and offered to help navigate US banking KYC rules for Abdulhak (EFTA00860653).
Deutsche Bank wire transfer records (EFTA00027019, Exhibit C) show a $23,000,000 wire from Epstein's NOW/SuperNOW account to Kellerhals Ferguson Kroblin PLLC on November 13, 2015 (DB-SDNY-0005003). A second payment of $75,000 followed on February 2, 2016.
Erika Kellerhals was Epstein's primary USVI attorney who arranged his meetings with politicians, testified at his EDC tax hearing describing Southern Trust as providing "cutting edge consulting services" in "biomedical and financial informatics" (the USVI complaint alleges this was fraudulent), and served as notary for his island entities.
All Epstein employees had NDAs and were "informed if questioned by law enforcement to say nothing and alert Kellerhals" (EFTA00129035). Her former employee David Bornn became Governor Bryan's Chief of Legal.
Michael Reiter, Chief of the Palm Beach Police Department, led the original 2005-2006 investigation into Epstein and fought persistently for federal prosecution when the local state attorney's office moved to reduce charges.
Reiter personally provided extensive evidence to the FBI, including boxes of physical evidence, VHS tapes, cassette recordings, microcassettes, and newspaper articles (EFTA00023673, EFTA00023957). FBI emails document the scope: "There is a box of media, including VHS, cassette, and microcassettes, and newspaper articles that were provided by Reiter" and a spreadsheet cataloging all items.
SDNY prosecutors specifically sought Reiter's materials when building the 2019 case: "please get us the paper evidence from NY, VI, and Reiter as soon as you can" (EFTA00023952). FBI agents coordinated: "included in the boxes from Reiter are vhs tapes and microcassettes. Would you like us to turn these over to you as well?" (EFTA00023957).
Reiter wrote to prosecutors that he saw no "sufficient reason exists to require your disqualification from the prosecution of these cases" (EFTA00013768) — pushing back against defense efforts to derail the investigation. His evidence and persistence were critical to keeping the case alive through the NPA years until SDNY re-opened it in 2019.
In a deposition, when asked "Do you know Actor Kevin Spacey?", Epstein invoked his Fifth Amendment rights rather than answer. The same letter to prosecutors notes that "Andrew, Mandelson and Spacey had social or professional connexions with each other in England."
Court document states: "defendant asked A.H. how old she was, and she said she was 16; defendant told her not to tell anyone her real age"
This proves: (1) Epstein directly asked victims' ages, (2) When told a girl was 16, he did not stop — he told her to conceal her age, (3) This demonstrates knowing, deliberate exploitation of a minor with active concealment of the crime.
Conchita Sarnoff, a journalist and anti-trafficking campaigner, repeatedly contacted law enforcement about Epstein's activities. An FBI summary notes: "Sarnoff recently began calling FBI Miami to again make these allegations. It is my understanding that FBI has told Sarnoff that if her 'source' wants to come forward..."
Another email confirms: "Ms. Sarnoff has called former U.S. Attorney Acosta with some information. Can we all talk on Monday?"
A further memo notes: "Ms. Sarnoff also has reached out to the FBI in DC, and they intend to say simply that the matter remains open."
Epstein's response to her reporting was to try to discredit her. He emailed someone: "If you see Tina Brown, tell her Sarnoff is reckless, and that she knew what she wrote was false" — trying to get media figure Tina Brown to dismiss Sarnoff's reporting.
After Harvard found Marc Hauser guilty of scientific misconduct in eight instances (August 2010), Hauser turned to Epstein for strategic guidance — using Alan Dershowitz as his attorney.
In a remarkable email (EFTA01801969, Sep 2010), Hauser writes to Epstein:
"jeffrey, i spoke with david baltimore's attorney, who has handled other cases like mine... he had a very different take: i should go straight to ORI (feds), give them a 2-3 page summary of why my case is not misconduct, and work with them to show them that harvard provided the wrong analysis, and there were dreadful procedural mistakes... He said that ORI hates harvard... Dersh and Schneider are very defensive and reactive.... what do your instincts say? any thoughts on the negotiation issue with harvard, retirement, etc?"
Epstein responded: "I went to Cambridge Sunday, just stay quiet" — classic obstruction guidance.
Later (EFTA00636363, Jul 2013), Hauser forwarded a NYT article about Eliot Spitzer's comeback with the comment: "the FIVE year cycle for return, as you have noted!" — suggesting Epstein had advised Hauser on the timeline for public rehabilitation after scandal.
Hauser remained on Epstein's Harvard visit lists through 2014 (EFTA00391586), alongside Larry Summers, Martin Nowak, Marvin Minsky, Alan Dershowitz, and George Church. In 2015 (EFTA00632102), Hauser asked: "you still investing in the best and brightest?"
A witness stated that "EPSTEIN's counsel DARREN INDYKE called her into his office and told her not to talk to law enforcement."
Additional witnesses corroborate the pattern: Epstein routinely told victims "to call DARREN INDYKE if contacted by law enforcement and not to speak with law enforcement" (EFTA00086868). Victims were told "not to worry and that she would be taken care of... if she did not say anything then she would be taken care of" (EFTA00105454).
This constitutes obstruction of justice and witness tampering by Epstein's attorney — not privileged legal advice but active obstruction of a federal investigation.
In February 2019, Judge Kenneth Marra ruled that prosecutors led by Alexander Acosta (later Labor Secretary) violated the Crime Victims' Rights Act by secretly negotiating a non-prosecution agreement while telling victims prosecution was still possible. Federal prosecutors had drafted a 53-page indictment but allowed a lesser state plea. Epstein served only 13 months with work release privileges.
Original investigation: Miami Herald: Perversion of Justice (Nov 2018)
Calendar and scheduling documents show direct meetings between Epstein and Farkas:
EFTA00314272: Epstein's schedule for September 23 lists:
"8:00 Breakfast with Mark Mukasey and maybe Rudy Giuliani"
It remains unclear whether Giuliani actually attended, but the invitation to Epstein's 71st Street townhouse — on a day packed with Epstein's inner circle (Dr. Magnani, Darren Indyke, Anthony Barrett) — shows Giuliani was being actively courted through Mukasey.
EFTA00755272 (Oct 3, 2010): Marc Mukasey arranged Ghislaine Maxwell's retention of Bracewell & Giuliani for a patent/IP matter, with a $75,000 retainer:
Mukasey to Maxwell: "Jeff [Whittle, head of IP Practice] has a hard stop at 2:30pm. Should be fine for an intro, and to give Jeff a good idea of what's needed to fully protect your rights. And yes, you should retain us prior. Bring a check payable to Bracewell + Giuliani for 75,000 dollars, or wire the funds in prior to your arrival."
Mukasey later connected Giuliani to Epstein through Michael Wolff, writing that Mukasey would "double flip out and get Rudy involved" about Roger Stone (EFTA00635239, Jan 2017).
Adriana Ross (born Adriana Mucinska), a Polish former model who became Epstein's assistant in Palm Beach, was one of four co-conspirators named in the 2007 Non-Prosecution Agreement and granted federal immunity. FBI grand jury testimony (EFTA00223910, Feb 2007) confirms her role in contacting victims: "Adriana Mucinska would also contact the girls via their cell phone" — arranging so-called massage appointments alongside Epstein's primary scheduler.
Court documents describe how Ross "removed computer drives and other electronic equipment from Epstein's Florida mansion before Palm Beach Police searched the home" as part of their investigation (EFTA00264995) — constituting evidence destruction and obstruction of justice.
A legal filing (EFTA01191873) states: "Extensive investigation demonstrated that [she] participated in several of the sex acts with underage girls (including Jane Doe 1) and that [she] and Adrianna Mucinska were heavily involved in procuring underage girls for Epstein to sexually abuse." Despite this documented participation in trafficking and obstruction, Ross received full immunity under the NPA and faced no criminal charges.
Rinaldo Rizzo, a former employee connected to Epstein's network, emailed federal agents on July 11, 2019 — three days after Epstein's arrest — urging them not to grant bail (EFTA01250175). His warning: "Please do not underestimate Mr. Epstein's ability to leave the country as he is asking for bail."
Rizzo provided specific intelligence: Epstein "has an apartment in Paris and he has friends that have the private means of getting him out of the country." He described the inner workings of Epstein's support network: "Mr. Epstein is like a family member to my former employer and they will help him and vice versa." He characterized the network as one where associates "do favors for each other" including access to "private planes and cars."
Rizzo's warning proved prescient — Epstein was denied bail on July 18, 2019, and was found dead in his cell on August 10, 2019, under circumstances that remain disputed. The email demonstrates that people within Epstein's orbit understood the network's capacity for coordinated action to protect its members.
Catherine Keating and John Duffy were senior JPMorgan Chase executives who participated in meetings about Jeffrey Epstein's banking relationship despite documented knowledge of his criminal history and trafficking activities.
Keating was named in the USVI v. JPMorgan complaint (EFTA00145666, paragraph 100) as one of four senior executives — alongside Steve Cutler, Mary Erdoes, and Jes Staley — who participated in at least five executive meetings about Epstein's risks: July 2008, October 2008, January 2011, August 2011, and July 2013. These meetings discussed compliance objections to maintaining Epstein as a client, yet the bank continued the relationship.
John Duffy, CEO of JPMorgan's US Private Bank, personally met with Epstein on April 24, 2013, arranged through private banker Justin Nelson (EFTA00627630, EFTA00391752, EFTA00287420). Rather than flagging Epstein as a risk, Duffy gave his team a "heads up" about the client (EFTA00678692). The same day, Dave Frame from the Alternatives Group also met Epstein — the meeting was scheduled through Epstein's own calendar, not JPMorgan's compliance process.
Les Wexner's February 18, 2026 deposition before the House Oversight Committee contains at least 14 statements that are directly contradicted by documentary evidence in the EFTA corpus. Lying to Congress is a federal crime under 18 U.S.C. § 1001 (up to 5 years imprisonment).
Wexner testified he never had "not even a clue" about Epstein's behavior. But within the same five-hour deposition, he acknowledged receiving three separate reports: (~1993) an executive told him Epstein was posing as a Victoria's Secret talent scout; (pre-2006) chief of staff Bruce Saul relayed a woman accused Epstein of being "aggressive"; (1997) he was informed about Alicia Arden's allegation that Epstein assaulted her while posing as a VS scout. In each case, Wexner says he called Epstein, who denied it. Three reports about a financial advisor impersonating your company and being aggressive with women are, by definition, clues.
When asked if he had contact with Epstein after 2008, Wexner replied: "What happened in 2008 again?" — feigning ignorance about the most publicized criminal case of his 20-year financial advisor. His own June 2008 email to Epstein proves contemporaneous awareness.
The word "Interlochen" appears zero times in 5 hours of testimony. The Wexner Foundation donated $185,000 (92.5% of total cost) to build the "Jeffrey E. Epstein Scholarship Lodge" at Interlochen Center for the Arts — a summer camp for children as young as 8. The donation came on July 25, 1994, weeks before Epstein traveled there. SDNY prosecutors categorized "Interlochen" under "Potential Victims" in device search warrants. FBI 302 of VP Ambrose confirms Maxwell was "gatekeeper," the cabin was "segregated away from main campus," and Maxwell said "she, EPSTEIN, and their personal masseuse was coming." 247 documents reference Interlochen in the corpus.
Wexner claims total ignorance of Brunel, Epstein's primary modeling industry procurer. 40 documents in the corpus mention both Brunel and Victoria's Secret. Brunel's MC2 Model Management was one of the most prominent agencies in fashion. FBI victim interviews (EFTA01699136) describe Brunel bringing girls with "poor English language skills" to Epstein who "appeared foreign."
Wexner claims total ignorance of $2.3 million transferred from the Wexner Foundation to former Israeli PM Ehud Barak between 2004–2006. FBI documented this in EFTA01249848, noting "Epstein signed personally on few of the transfers' forms."
Wexner claims he never knew about ~$1.3B in stock moved through trusts bearing his name, including the Wexner Children's Trust II where Epstein signed as trustee (EFTA00067272). His own lawyers told DOJ that Epstein's theft accounted for "virtually all of Epstein's wealth." ABC News reported on these trusts publicly in January 2020. The trusts bore his name and held his company's stock.
Wexner denies knowledge of Maria Farmer staying at the property adjacent to his New Albany estate in 1996, where she was sexually assaulted by Epstein and Maxwell. Washington Post reported a member of Wexner's security staff confirmed guarding that property. Franklin County Sheriff confirmed a contractual relationship with Wexner's security detail.
Claims he sold the townhouse for ~$20M at fair market value but cannot explain the payment mechanism: "whether it was a check, money order, or bag of money, I have no idea." FBI profiling (EFTA00139235) states Epstein was "misappropriating more than $46M" from Wexner. The house was worth ~$77M by 2011.
Three weeks after Epstein's plea deal, Wexner emailed: "All I can say is I feel sorry. You violated your own number one rule. Always be careful." Epstein replied: "No excuse." Wexner's explanation: "Hopefully, I was giving him the finger." The tone is that of two people with a longstanding understanding, not a victim confronting a perpetrator who stole hundreds of millions and trafficked minors.
Full transcript with all contradictions: Wexner Deposition Transcript
A November 5, 2020 briefing prepared for the Deputy Attorney General reveals prosecutors were "working on potential resolution with another Epstein co-conspirator" beyond Ghislaine Maxwell.
The document was prepared under the heading "Anticipated Charges and Investigative Steps" and mentions the Maxwell case (20 Cr. 330) under "Charged Cases" while referencing the unnamed co-conspirator under a separate section.
The identity of this co-conspirator was not disclosed in the released document.
In August–October 2015, Paul Weiss partners Brad Karp and Lorin Reisner (former Chief of the SDNY Criminal Division) directed private investigation firm Nardello & Co. to conduct covert one-party-consent recordings of Leon Black’s meetings with women at upscale NYC restaurants including the Four Seasons, Le Bernardin, The Modern, and King Cole Bar.
Transcripts were routed through Paul Weiss attorney-client privilege to Jeffrey Epstein, who asked for “sureveillance? report also bill to date?” (EFTA02488776) — indicating his involvement in the operation. Karp forwarded transcripts to Epstein with notes like “Very good meeting” and “Just in, Jeffrey”.
The recordings captured Black (“JD”/“John Doe”) meeting with Guzel Ganieva (“GG”) and other women. In the transcripts, Ganieva states: “I met with him [Epstein] and when we came to his place, this girl, she told me that you have to understand that these men, they need a few women a day.” Black threatened criminal prosecution, referencing his lawyer as “the ex-head of the criminal division of the US Attorney” — Lorin Reisner.
Separately, Epstein asked Karp about revoking Ganieva’s visa. Karp responded: “Both good ideas; will work on this.” On August 16, 2015, Epstein asked if Karp and “lorin” could “have her arrested!! fed extortion, high bail.. maybe deportation?” Karp replied: “I’ll check again with lorin, but my strong belief is that the answer is yes. Especially with the referral coming from the most recent head of the sdny usao.”
Nardello & Co. was founded by Dan Nardello, a former AUSA who was responsible for the criminal investigation of the Towers Financial fraud case — the $475M Ponzi scheme involving Steven Hoffenberg, Epstein’s business partner. JPMorgan records show Epstein paid Nardello a $150,000 retainer in October 2007 (EFTA01482878). In June 2019, Epstein was in direct iMessage contact with Nardello, coordinating a connection with Kathy Ruemmler (EFTA01612358).
In March 2026, Wigdor LLP filed an anti-SLAPP lawsuit citing the Karp-Epstein emails as evidence of a “decade-long campaign of intimidation and retribution against anyone who dares hold him to account.”
The period when the most consequential decisions were made — the NPA negotiation — has the thinnest evidentiary record:
The government disclosed the existence of a separate FBI case file investigating a former employee of Jeffrey Epstein for obstruction of justice, maintained under a different FBI case number from the Maxwell investigation. The August 21, 2020 production letter states:
'The Government wishes to inform you, as a courtesy, that it is in possession of a copy of the FBI's case file regarding the investigation of a former employee of Jeffrey Epstein's named [REDACTED] for obstruction of justice (the "[REDACTED] File"). The [REDACTED] File has no relation to your client and no bearing on the charges in this case. Accordingly, the Government does not intend to produce the [REDACTED] File because it is not discoverable in this case.' (EFTA00030992)
The employee's name is redacted. No public record exists of this obstruction investigation's outcome. The file was never produced to Maxwell's defense.
In the October 20, 2020 discovery letter, the government disclosed that Epstein's estate asserted privilege over data extracted from devices seized at his New York and USVI properties:
'The data from those devices has been subject to a privilege review, based on privileges asserted by Jeffrey Epstein's estate. Because the estate has not waived any of those privileges, the Prosecution Team in this case will not have access to any materials from those devices identified as privileged by the taint review team.' (EFTA00091391)
The letter further states the prosecution team was 'not legally permitted to provide you with the full set of non-privileged materials' from the devices, limiting production to only warrant-responsive items.
Epstein's estate was controlled by co-executors Darren Indyke (attorney) and Richard Kahn (accountant) — both subjects of investigation who refused to comply with grand jury subpoenas. Their privilege assertions effectively shielded potentially incriminating device data from both the prosecution and the defense.
Florida DOC probation records (EFTA00181807) show Story Cowles handled Epstein's travel permits during his 2009-2010 probation. A February 2010 entry states: "TRAVEL PERMIT APPROVED AND WAS EMAILED TO S'S STAFF ATTN: STORY COWLES." Another entry records: "P.O. RECEIVES PHONECALL FROM S'S ASSNT. STORY COWLES THAT S WILL BE TRAVELING TOMM FOR LEGAL IS[SUES]."
An FBI CEHTTF (Child Exploitation Human Trafficking Task Force) briefing from August 2019 (EFTA00147020) states: "Southern Trust, a business on St. Thomas, was identified as being associated with Epstein and his Property Manager, Daphne Wallace. Efforts to interview two property managers met with negative results as attorney Dan Horowitz (NY, NY) advised they would not be available for interviews."
Days earlier, Wallace had hired security for Little St. James Island. An FBI FD-302 (EFTA00090600) records security guard Michael Turnball stating he was "hired by DAPHNE WALLACE" on July 31, 2019 — eight days after Epstein's first suicide attempt. Turnball was told to watch for "paparazzi" and was not allowed inside any structures on the island. He was required to sign a non-disclosure agreement.
Epstein's will (EFTA00099303) bequeathed $1 million to Daphne Wallace "if she survives me." She was listed alongside other staff: Ann Rodriguez ($5M), David Rogers ($4M), Brice Gordon ($2M), Cecile de Jongh ($1M), and Jermaine Ruan ($1M).
Wallace also served as co-trustee of the 2013 Butterfly Trust alongside Lesley Groff (EFTA00168920). The trust document states: "Membership Interest will then transfer to the 2013 Butterfly Trust. Grantor: Jeffrey Epstein. Trustee: Lesley Groff and Daphne Wallace."
Additionally, Wallace served as a Notary Public in USVI for Epstein's legal documents (EFTA00099447).
The complete 205-page federal prosecution memorandum for Operation Leap Year, addressed to U.S. Attorney R. Alexander Acosta and First Assistant Jeff Sloman, seeking approval for a 60-count federal indictment of Jeffrey Epstein. This indictment was never filed due to the Non-Prosecution Agreement (NPA). Key contents:
This document demonstrates the strength of the evidence the government possessed and the scope of the case that was abandoned in favor of the NPA.
On March 16, 2026 between 22:20-22:22 GMT, the DOJ server modified at least 272 files across Datasets 8 and 10 in a single batch operation. Of these, 101 were first-time modifications — files never previously changed since the original release.
The modifications resulted in a net reduction of ~123 KB, with 79% of files shrinking and 21% growing — consistent with PDF re-processing, metadata stripping, or additional redaction.
Content breakdown of modified files:
Among the modified documents are emails containing explicit recruitment language, references to bringing women to Little St. James island, scheduling "appointments" with young women, and financial control patterns. The batch also includes Amex Centurion travel bookings and student visa (I-20) paperwork.
The simultaneous modification of both evidentiary emails and FBI tip records in a single 2-minute window raises questions about the purpose and scope of this batch operation.
Darren Indyke was listed as President of the J. Epstein Virgin Islands Foundation as of October 23, 2007.
He signed a Foundation check for $160,000 to resolve a fine Epstein had incurred for construction on Great St. James Island that violated Virgin Islands environmental regulations — and 'attempted to make the payment appear to be a charitable donation.' The Estate was later required to repay this amount to the Foundation.
This is one example of how Indyke misused the Foundation's charitable status for Epstein's personal benefit, converting regulatory penalties into apparent philanthropy.
On October 18, 2019 — two months after Epstein’s death — the Southern District of New York issued grand jury subpoenas directly to Richard Kahn and Darren Indyke personally, separate from any estate-related subpoenas (EFTA00088989, EFTA00088994).
The subpoena rider demanded: “categories of documents, records, correspondence, and other material (including electronically stored material).”
A separate TD Bank grand jury subpoena (October 3, 2019) revealed 8+ HBRK Associates accounts plus an additional personal Kahn account at TD Bank. TD confirmed it could “close out the accounts referenced.” The communication was marked CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED.
These personal subpoenas indicate that federal prosecutors were investigating Kahn and Indyke’s individual roles — not merely their capacity as estate executors. This is consistent with the USVI government’s later allegation that they “organized, controlled, and directed almost every aspect of the Epstein Enterprise.”