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Richard Barnett

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Chief engineer and property manager for Jeffrey Epstein's New York residence from 1995 through 2014. Hired by Maxwell. Had little day-to-day interaction with Epstein. Instructed not to speak to guests. Described seeing many young women but did not know the scope of Jeffrey Epstein's misconduct until 2019 arrest. FBI interviewed him July 29, 2019; grand jury subpoenaed.

Key Findings

  • EFTA02731082 (SDNY prosecution memo): Chief engineer and property manager for Jeffrey Epstein's NY residence ~1995-2014. Hired by Maxwell. "Had little day-to-day interaction with Epstein" - primarily maintained mechanical operations. Instructed not to speak to guests. "Did not know the scope of Epstein's misconduct until his arrest in 2019." Previously told by Jeffrey Epstein's attorneys that Jeffrey Epstein "had inadvertently patronized an underage prostitute" CITATION CORRECTED 2026-08-08: published citing EFTA00022461, which resolves to parent EFTA00022456 - a 2021 USAO/CBP WebEx email thread containing none of this. The SDNY prosecution memo is EFTA02731082; 1 of 3 quoted fragments located verbatim in EFTA02731082; the remainder are not yet matched and may be OCR-damaged, elided or paraphrased.
  • EFTA00095751: FBI 302 interview report dated July 29, 2019, two weeks after Jeffrey Epstein's arrest
  • EFTA00152162: Grand jury subpoena, Southern District of New York
  • NES payroll records (EFTA00709105): Hire date 12/18/1995. Salary $105,000 (2004-2007), $115,000 (2007-2008), $103,500 (2009)

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Most Connected With #

Jeffrey Epstein (3594)Lesley Groff (2160)Jojo Fontanilla (1908)Richard Kahn (725)Leon Black (388)Janusz Banasiak (311)Darren Indyke (279)Woody Allen (238)Ehud Barak (212)Mark Tollison (203)Jes Staley (197)David Mitchell (195)

YouTube Coverage (2) #

YouTube FULL DEPOSITION: Epstein's Former Accountant Testifies To The House Oversight Committee Forbes Breaking News: 2 mentions YouTube The Deposition of Richard Kahn on the Epstein Probe GOP Oversight: 2 mentions

Documents (6,028) #

1059-1059 - Letter.pdf

1218-1218-att37 - DE 407-16.pdf

1218-1218-att38 - DE 407-17.pdf

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