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Summary
This legal document details internal discussions and a key meeting related to the federal investigation of Epstein. It describes a June 26, 2007, meeting where Epstein's attorneys, led by Dershowitz, argued for the case to be handled by the state, an argument the USAO team found unpersuasive. Despite internal concerns about the strength of certain aspects of the case, the USAO team left the meeting intending to proceed, but the document concludes by noting that in July 2007, Acosta decided to offer Epstein a two-year state plea deal to resolve the federal investigation.
People (10)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Lourie |
Opined on the government's argument against Epstein, expressed concern about legal aspects, and participated in a mee...
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| Epstein | Subject of investigation |
The subject of a federal investigation regarding a network of illegal high school massage recruits. His attorneys met...
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| Villafaña | case agent |
Told OPR about her disagreement with Lourie's analysis, attended the June 26, 2007 meeting, and shared her impression...
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| Sloman |
Attended the June 26, 2007 meeting at the Miami USAO.
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| Menchel |
Attended the June 26, 2007 meeting, provided his perspective to OPR, and raised issues about victim credibility.
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| Dershowitz | Epstein attorney |
Led the defense team's presentation at the June 26, 2007 meeting.
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| Black | Epstein attorney |
Attended the June 26, 2007 meeting as one of Epstein's attorneys.
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| Lefcourt | Epstein attorney |
Attended the June 26, 2007 meeting as one of Epstein's attorneys. Arguments from his letter were echoed in the meeting.
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| Sanchez | Epstein attorney |
Attended the June 26, 2007 meeting as one of Epstein's attorneys.
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| Acosta |
In July 2007, developed or adopted a two-year state plea agreement to resolve the federal investigation into Epstein.
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Organizations (2)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| USAO | government agency |
The U.S. Attorney's Office, whose personnel met with Epstein's attorneys and were involved in the decision-making pro...
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| OPR | government agency |
The Office of Professional Responsibility, to whom Villafaña and Menchel provided information and recollections about...
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Timeline (3 events)
2007-06-26
A meeting between USAO personnel and Epstein's defense team, where the defense presented their arguments for the case to be handled by the state. The USAO considered it a 'listening session'.
Miami USAO
Locations (2)
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The location of the meeting on June 26, 2007, between USAO personnel and Epstein's attorneys.
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The location of the squad supervisor who attended the June 26, 2007 meeting.
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Relationships (4)
Dershowitz is identified as one of Epstein's attorneys who led the defense team's presentation.
They are colleagues who discussed and disagreed on the analysis of the 'purpose of travel issue' in the Epstein case.
Acosta, as part of the USAO, developed a plea agreement to resolve the federal investigation into Epstein.
Key Quotes (9)
"that over time [Epstein] set up a network of illegal high school massage recruits that would be difficult to duplicate anywhere else,"Source
— Lourie
(Part of an argument the government could make to support the conclusion that massages were a motivating purpose of Epstein's travel.)
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"getting to the jury"Source
— Lourie
(Expressing concern about the difficulty of successfully arguing the purpose of travel issue to a jury.)
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"particularly weak"Source
— Villafaña and her colleagues
(Describing their assessment of certain aspects of the defense submissions.)
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"listening session"Source
— USAO
(Describing the USAO's perspective on the purpose of the June 26, 2007 meeting with Epstein's attorneys.)
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"traditionally state offenses"Source
— Dershowitz
(Arguing that the USAO should permit the state to handle the case against Epstein.)
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"under the impression that they had convinced us not to proceed."Source
— Villafaña
(Describing the apparent belief of Epstein's attorneys after they left the June 26, 2007 meeting.)
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Quote #6
"[T]hey obviously did not persuade the USAO because ‘we . . . didn’t drop the investigation."Source
— Menchel
(Telling OPR that the defense presentation was not successful in stopping the federal investigation.)
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Quote #7
"left [the meeting] with the impression that we were continuing towards"Source
— Villafaña
(Describing her takeaway from the meeting, indicating that the USAO intended to proceed with filing charges.)
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Quote #8
"more as [the USAO] listening and them presenting their position."Source
— Menchel
(From a contemporaneous email describing his view of the upcoming June 26 meeting.)
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Quote #9
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