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Summary
This document describes the conflicting accounts surrounding a breakfast meeting between prosecutor Acosta and Epstein's attorney, Lefkowitz. A letter from Lefkowitz claims Acosta promised the USAO would not interfere with Epstein's state-level plea deal, a claim Acosta's office refuted in an unsent draft letter calling it "inaccurate." The text also details Acosta's later, differing recollections of the meeting and contrasts them with media reports that a secret deal was struck at that time.
People (7)
| Name | Role | Context |
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| Villafaña | AUSA (Assistant United States Attorney) |
Mentioned for publicly released emails to Lefkowitz and for recommending an attorney representative.
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| Lefkowitz | Epstein's attorney |
Met with Acosta, exchanged letters regarding the Epstein case, and worked with Sloman on an Addendum.
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| Acosta | U.S. Attorney (implied) |
A key figure who met with Lefkowitz, wrote letters about the Epstein case, and whose actions and recollections are th...
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| Epstein | Defendant |
The subject of the legal case, whose attorneys, plea, and sentence are being discussed.
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| Sanchez |
Recipient of a December 2007 letter from Acosta.
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| Sloman |
Drafted a response letter for Acosta and worked with Lefkowitz on language for an Addendum.
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| Julie K. Brown | Journalist |
Author of a Miami Herald article cited in a footnote.
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Organizations (5)
| Name | Type | Context |
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| USAO | government agency |
U.S. Attorney's Office, whose willingness to meet with Epstein's attorneys and potential agreements are discussed.
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| State Attorney’s Office | government agency |
Mentioned as an entity the USAO promised not to intervene with, according to Lefkowitz.
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| FBI | government agency |
Mentioned as an agency the USAO would not intervene with regarding Epstein's sentence. Also mentioned as having an on...
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| OPR | government agency |
Office of Professional Responsibility, to whom Acosta gave his recollections of the breakfast meeting.
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| Miami Herald | company |
Newspaper that published a November 2018 investigative report on the Epstein case.
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Timeline (3 events)
The CVRA litigation, during which the media learned about the meeting between Acosta and Lefkowitz.
Locations (1)
| Location | Context |
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Location of an October meeting mentioned in Acosta's letter.
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Relationships (4)
They held meetings (a breakfast meeting and an October meeting) and exchanged correspondence (letters in October and December 2007) regarding the legal case of Lefkowitz's client, Epstein. Their communications show a contentious professional relationship with conflicting accounts of agreements.
Sloman drafted a response letter for Acosta to send to Lefkowitz, indicating a working relationship likely as a subordinate.
The document states that Sloman and Lefkowitz had been working on language for an Addendum before Acosta's breakfast meeting with Lefkowitz.
Key Quotes (7)
"sua sponte proposed the Addendum"Source
— Acosta
(In a December 2007 letter to Sanchez, describing his actions at an October meeting with Lefkowitz.)
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"[the USAO] would not intervene with the State Attorney’s Office regarding this matter; or contact any of the identified individuals, potential witnesses, or potential civil claimants and their respective counsel in this matter; and that neither [the USAO] nor the [FBI] would intervene regarding the sentence Mr. Epstein receives pursuant to a plea with the State, so long as the sentence does not violate state law."Source
— Lefkowitz
(In an October 23, 2007 letter to Acosta, recounting alleged assurances made by Acosta during their breakfast meeting.)
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"inaccurate"Source
— Acosta
(A term Acosta added to a draft response letter to describe Lefkowitz's claims about promises made at the meeting.)
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"[S]uch a promise equates to the imposition of a gag order. Our Office cannot and will not agree to this."Source
— Sloman (in a draft letter for Acosta)
(From a draft response letter to Lefkowitz, refuting the alleged promises.)
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"her boyfriend’s partner"Source
— Acosta
(Acosta's speculation to OPR about who Villafaña had recommended to serve as an attorney representative, which may have prompted the breakfast meeting.)
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"the way this was reported [in the press] was that I negotiated [the NPA] over breakfast,"Source
— Acosta
(Acosta's statement explaining why press reports about the breakfast meeting were inaccurate, as the NPA was signed weeks prior.)
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Quote #6
"on the morning of the breakfast meeting, a deal was struck—an extraordinary plea agreement that would conceal the full extent of Epstein’s crimes and the number of people involved. . . . [T]he deal—called a non-prosecution agreement—essentially shut down an ongoing FBI probe . . . ."Source
— Miami Herald (reported by Julie K. Brown)
(An excerpt from a November 2018 investigative report describing the significance of the deal made around the time of the breakfast meeting.)
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