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This document is a page from an Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) report, filed on May 25, 2021, analyzing the government's handling of the Epstein Non-Prosecution Agreement (NPA). OPR concludes that while the decision to delay notifying victims about the NPA in 2008 was not professional misconduct, the government's lack of transparency and poor communication led victims to feel ignored and ill-treated. This conduct created a public misimpression of collusion with Epstein's counsel and undermined confidence in the agreement.
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| Name | Role | Context |
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| Epstein | Subject of a Non-Prosecution Agreement (NPA) |
Mentioned in relation to his victims, his counsel, and the NPA made with the government.
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| Epstein's victims | Victim |
The group of individuals who were not properly notified about the NPA and felt ill-treated by the government.
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| victims' attorneys | Attorney |
Legal representatives for Epstein's victims who had conversations with the government in 2008.
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| Epstein's counsel | Legal Counsel |
Mentioned in the context of a perceived collusion with the government to keep the NPA secret.
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| Name | Type | Context |
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| OPR | Government agency |
The entity that conducted the analysis and concluded on the government's handling of the Epstein NPA case.
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| the Department | Government agency |
Likely referring to the Department of Justice, which had expectations of forthrightness and sensitivity in treating v...
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The government decided to postpone notifying victims about the terms of the NPA and omitted this information during interviews and conversations.
2008
The government conducted interviews with victims and had discussions with their attorneys, failing to reevaluate the strategy of withholding information about the NPA.
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The government's lack of transparency and inconsistent messages led to victims feeling confused, ill-treated, ignored, and frustrated.
The government's actions gave the misimpression to victims and the public that they had colluded with Epstein's counsel to keep the NPA secret.
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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 293-1 Filed 05/25/21 Page 313 of 349
OPR concludes that the decision to postpone notifying victims about the terms of the NPA after it was signed and the omission of information about the NPA during victim interviews and conversations with victims’ attorneys in 2008 do not constitute professional misconduct. Contemporaneous records show that these actions were based on strategic concerns about creating impeachment evidence that Epstein’s victims had financial motives to make claims against him, evidence that could be used against victims at a trial, and were not for the purpose of silencing victims. Nonetheless, the failure to reevaluate the strategy prior to interviews of victims and discussions with victims’ attorneys occurring in 2008 led to interactions that contributed to victims’ feelings that the government was intentionally concealing information from them.
After examining the full scope and context of the government’s interactions with victims, OPR concludes that the government’s lack of transparency and its inconsistent messages led to victims feeling confused and ill-treated by the government; gave victims and the public the misimpression that the government had colluded with Epstein’s counsel to keep the NPA secret from the victims; and undercut public confidence in the legitimacy of the resulting agreement. The overall result of the subjects’ anomalous handling of this case understandably left many victims feeling ignored and frustrated and resulted in extensive public criticism. In sum, OPR concludes that the victims were not treated with the forthrightness and sensitivity expected by the Department.
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