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Extraction Summary
12
People
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Organizations
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Locations
11
Events
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Relationships
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Report excerpt / internal memorandum
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Summary
This document details the internal review and communications surrounding the resolution of the Epstein case, particularly focusing on the Non-Prosecution Agreement (NPA). It highlights disagreements and varying interpretations among legal officials regarding Epstein's claims, the validity of the NPA, and the scope of federal involvement, including a reaction from Villafaña to the proposed 90-day jail term and Deputy Attorney General Filip's perspective on Epstein's arguments.
People (12)
| Name | Role | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Roth | Senior Federal Prosecutor |
Received defense submissions, handled Starr's letter, explained his review process to OPR.
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| Epstein | Subject of investigation/negotiations |
Matter discussed, claims of professional misconduct, case resolution, arguments about NPA.
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| Sloman | Sender of letter to Deputy Attorney General |
Sent lengthy letter detailing negotiations with Epstein's counsel.
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| Acosta | Author of letter to Sanchez |
December 19, 2007 letter to Sanchez.
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| Sanchez | Recipient of Acosta's letter |
Acosta's December 19, 2007 letter to.
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| Krischer | State Attorney |
Mentioned resolution of Epstein's case, had phone/email exchanges with Villafaña and her supervisor.
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| Jack Goldberger | Epstein's local defense attorney |
Arrived at a resolution for Epstein's case, had phone/email exchanges with Villafaña and her supervisor.
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| Villafaña | Investigator/Supervisor |
Wrote to her supervisor about Epstein's case, had phone/email exchanges, urged Sloman to talk to Barry.
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| Villafaña's immediate supervisor | Supervisor |
Received Villafaña's message, had phone/email exchanges.
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| Filip | Deputy Attorney General |
Told OPR he hadn't heard of Epstein, understood NPA was in effect, did not believe it was his office's mission to rev...
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| Starr | Sender of letter |
Starr's letter was received and handled by John Roth.
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| Barry | Unknown |
Villafaña urged Sloman to talk to him.
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Organizations (5)
| Name | Type | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Office of the Deputy Attorney General |
Review was ongoing here, Sloman sent letter to, Filip is part of.
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| USAO |
West Palm Beach manager, Roth served as AUSA here, investigation of Epstein.
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| OPR |
Filip and Roth provided information to OPR.
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| CEOS |
Previously provided materials to, furnished materials to Roth.
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| Criminal Division front office |
Received materials.
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Timeline (11 events)
June 3, 2008
Sloman sent a lengthy letter to the Deputy Attorney General detailing negotiations with Epstein's counsel, the NPA, and claims of professional misconduct. Documents included a prosecution memorandum, proposed charging documents, the NPA, and Acosta's December 19, 2007 letter.
N/A
Ongoing (undated, prior to Villafaña's message)
Review of the Epstein matter was ongoing in the Office of the Deputy Attorney General.
Office of the Deputy Attorney General
Undated (during review)
State Attorney Krischer informed USAO's West Palm Beach manager that a resolution for Epstein's case, involving a 90-day jail term, had been reached with Epstein's local defense attorney Jack Goldberger.
West Palm Beach (USAO)
Undated (subsequent to Villafaña's message)
Villafaña and her supervisor engaged in phone and email exchanges with Krischer and Epstein's counsel to demand compliance of the state plea with the NPA terms.
N/A
Undated (upon learning of resolution)
Villafaña reacted to the resolution of Epstein's case by writing to her supervisor, expressing disbelief and sarcastically suggesting throwing Epstein a party.
N/A
Locations (1)
| Location | Context |
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USAO's manager is located here.
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Relationships (13)
negotiations with Epstein's counsel culminating in the NPA.
Krischer and Epstein's local defense attorney Jack Goldberger had arrived at a resolution.
Villafaña wrote to her immediate supervisor; Villafaña and her immediate supervisor later had phone and email exchanges.
Villafaña and her immediate supervisor later had phone and email exchanges with Krischer.
Villafaña and her immediate supervisor later had phone and email exchanges ... with Epstein's local counsel.
Starr's letter was handled by John Roth.
Roth also told OPR; Roth explained to OPR.
John Roth
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discussed matter with
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Deputy Attorney General
Roth discussed the matter ... with the Deputy Attorney General.
Epstein wanted a meeting to argue for relief. We didn't give him a meeting.
Key Quotes (10)
""an enormous amount of material""Source
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""Please tell me that you are joking. Maybe we should throw him [Epstein] a party and tell him we are sorry to have bothered him.""Source
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Quote #2
"“we will consider it a breach of the agreement and proceed accordingly.""Source
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Quote #3
""dead letter""Source
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Quote #4
""mission""Source
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Quote #5
"“[W]e heard an appeal.... [Epstein] wanted a meeting to argue for relief. We didn't give him a meeting and we didn't give him [any] relief.""Source
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Quote #6
""felt that it was a sympathetic appeal.""Source
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Quote #7
""ludicrous""Source
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Quote #8
""just seemed unserious.""Source
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Quote #9
""Someone really needs to talk to Barry.""Source
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Quote #10
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