Managing Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern Region of the Southern District of Florida, and Ann Marie Villafana's supervisor on the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. Forwarded the 50-page prosecution memorandum to Criminal Division Chief Matthew Menchel in 2007 with the assessment that the state had 'intentionally torpedoed' its own grand jury presentation. Corresponded directly with Jeffrey Epstein's defence counsel. His account is one of the primary sources in the DOJ Office of Professional Responsibility report on the non-prosecution agreement.
Key Findings
- EFTA02830776 (OPR Report): Lourie's transmittal message forwarding the prosecution memorandum to Menchel: "The state intentionally torpedoed it in the grand jury so it was brought to us." The same message calls the case "a major case because the target is one of the richest men in the country"
- EFTA00223881: Listed on the prosecution memorandum addendum distribution as "Andrew Lourie, MAUSA, Northern Region", alongside Acosta, Villafana, Sloman and Menchel
- EFTA00225378 (May 22, 2007): Wrote directly to defence attorney Gerald Lefcourt: "I have your letter. I think we are on the same page", then forwarded the exchange to Villafana
- EFTA00225378 (Jul 31, 2007): Attended the meeting at which the USAO offered Jeffrey Epstein a plea requiring minimum two years' incarceration
- EFTA02830776 (OPR Report): Met with Villafana on February 20, 2007 as the federal investigation was taking shape
- EFTA00189159: Villafana coordinated the September 2007 plea negotiations with Lourie as her supervisor