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Extraction Summary

19
People
4
Organizations
2
Locations
3
Events
4
Relationships
6
Quotes

Document Information

Type: Email / forwarded email
File Size: 3 MB
Summary

This document is an email (likely from Jeffrey Epstein to Leon Black, forwarded to Melanie Spinella) dated November 15, 2016. The sender harshly criticizes the recipient's management of their family office, estate, and staff (specifically naming Brad Wechsler, Joslin, and Josh Castrucci), while referencing complex financial strategies involving tax planning, art foundations, and a 'foreign funds repatriation plan' potentially impacted by 'Donald' (likely Trump). The text includes a list of high-level financial action items at the top and uses offensive language to describe the recipient's children and the state of their affairs.

People (19)

Name Role Context
Leon Recipient
Addressed as 'Leon' (likely Leon Black). Being advised/criticized on estate, tax, and staffing issues.
Melanie Spinella Email Recipient
Received the forwarded email.
Brad Wechsler Associate/Employee
Criticized as 'never up to the task', described as a 'step sideways'.
Barry Potential Hire/Trustee
Mentioned as a potential replacement or trustee.
Eileen Former Employee
Former staff member, criticized.
Tom Former Employee
Former staff member.
Ralph Lerner Associate/Lawyer
Mentioned as a 'hand pick' of Leon.
John Staff
Mentioned in office operations.
Joe Staff
Mentioned in office operations.
Joslin Employee (Tax)
Described as 'crazy', hired for tax, salary capped at 250k.
Lisa Bookkeeper
Suggested hire for bookkeeping.
Ada Staff
Mentioned regarding direction of staff.
Carlyn Associate
Recommended by the sender, involved in a 'fuck up'.
Joshn Castrucci Employee
Likely Josh Castrucci. Sender claims they advised against hiring him ('YOU SHOULD NOT HIRE HIM').
Donald Politician (Implied Trump)
Mentioned in relation to 'foreign funds repatriation plan' and 'eviscerating any reason' to use it (Nov 2016 context).
Eva Unknown
Mentioned in top notes ('eva goes').
Regan Unknown
Mentioned in top notes.
Ben Family member (implied)
Mentioned in context of 'children accounting ie bens house'.
Gigi Unknown
Mentioned in top notes ('paper gigi').

Organizations (4)

Name Type Context
Phaidon
Sale mentioned in top notes.
Artspace
Survivability discussed.
Jet Aviation
Mentioned in context of 'redone jet aviation redo'.
House Oversight Committee
Document footer indicates this is evidence from a House Oversight investigation.

Timeline (3 events)

2014 (approximate)
Leon interviewed Brad.
Unknown
2016-01
Breakdown/Incident involving Joslin.
Unknown
2016-11
Discussion of foreign funds repatriation plan affected by Donald (Trump) election/policy.
Unknown
Sender Donald (referenced)

Locations (2)

Location Context
Mentioned regarding 'foreign disclosures' and 'foreign funds repatriation'.
Accounting context.

Relationships (4)

Sender (Epstein) Advisor/Client Leon (Black)
Sender advises on hiring, tax structures, and estate planning; criticizes Leon's decisions.
Leon Employer/Employee Brad Wechsler
Leon interviewed Brad; Sender criticizes Brad's performance working for Leon.
Sender Hostile/Critical Joslin
Sender calls him 'crazy joslin' and claims to have augmented his compensation.
Sender Political/Strategic Donald
Sender mentions a repatriation plan affected by Donald's policies.

Key Quotes (6)

"Congragulations on biting the bullet. at least 18 months late"
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"Brad wechsler was never up to the task"
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"Joshn castrucci, in your eyes , was also my doing , though email after email said , I take no responsibility for him,and iYOU SHOULD NOT HIRE HIM .!!!"
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"My time is complicated by Donald's potentially eviscerating any reason for anyone to use the foreign funds repatriation plan that i had put together."
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"You have a bomb of colored string that your retarded children have formed"
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Quote #5
"paper gigi ( E )trust to avoid gift tax."
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Full Extracted Text

Complete text extracted from the document (4,212 characters)

pay a bill ) eva goes. outsource as much as possible. . bookkeeping systems built from scratch,
airplane restructure, boat . same, new grats. phaidon sale , decide on artspace survivability, regan, . do
the kids really want these? , children accounting ie bens house.etc. re do estate for new facts. redo
loans, trading accounts activity, . gaming -foreign- disclosures. . BRH TRA re thinks . household and
construction architects. . redone. art partnership , choice of paintings. . re do structure of consultants.
tax re family office. . decide if investments are a realistic option in the next three years.. insurance.
operations. airplane , etc. . art foundation , private . max charity contributions. financial reports. still
waiting. ? on line banking, . tax planning, family office deductions ( profit center ) . airplane certificate,
redone jet aviation redo. . paper gigi ( E )trust to avoid gift tax. .
Date: Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 6:13 AM
Subject: Fwd:
To: Melanie Spinella <[REDACTED]>
Leon, Congragulations on biting the bullet. at least 18 months late , but I m encouraged and glad for
you. When you interviewed Brad two years ago you asked that i not tell him what a disaster lay before
him. what would you like me to tell Barry? '
There is a HUGE amount of work to be done in the next 9 -12 months. mostly the exact same work
that i outlined in my email of 2 years ago. now complicated by years of mess on top. ( you can send it
again if you like ) . Brad wechsler was never up to the task . sorry, I realize I have been saying the very
same thing for a long time. he was a not a step up from Eileen but a step sideways. in the beginning
there was Eileen and Tom and Ralph Lerner. all your hand picks. then brad. john, Joe. . joslin was
chosen from a pool of 2 people. each that would be limited by a salary of 250k. ( yes i personally
augmented his comp in order to get him ) I did say hire both Lisa to do the bookkeeping and joslin tax,
He complained for over a year , re his direction by eileen and ada , and then brad. His breakdown was
not a surprise after months and moths of warnings. Though disabled, he ran your office this year. with
john and joe. He ran amok, and as i told you he rarely failed to remind me in our conversations that you
told him that he works for you and not for me and that brad needs to pays him .
. Asking me who to hire , estate attny tax people etc. :
I have taken heat for years over the fact that i gave you no more than carlyns name, . no follow up
questions no interactions , not even one single question asked of me re her work. ( that was Eileen _)
but somehow carlyns fuck up was my doing. . when i told you that i thought Eileen wasn't up to the
task, you bellowed that i was talking out of both sides of my mouth. . You told me this year , that by
trying to protect you from crazy joslin, I had in essence fired him and it was my responsibility to do his
work. it then turns out that he didn't consider himself fired at all he just received less money. and
continued to make a really dangerous mess. . Joshn castrucci, in your eyes , was also my doing , though
email after email said , I take no responsibility for him,and iYOU SHOULD NOT HIRE HIM .!!! , , your
response was that was my opinion was only because i didn't trust him. then to add insult to injury last jan
you told me he was gone. however he too is still there, and a waste of money and space.
My time is complicated by Donald's potentially eviscerating any reason for anyone to use the
foreign funds repatriation plan that i had put together. . however as you are aware I have some decisions
to make re my time allocation in the next year or two. so at least for a few weeks I am unable to commit
much time and make any future plans to guide you in the redoing of your procrastination produced
mess.
That being said , the tasks at hand are the following.
You have a bomb of colored string that your retarded children have formed , It has to be very carefully
unwound , even the substitution of Barry for your next trustee, needs a careful focus on procedure.s It
would be much preferable if Wechsler was not his replacement. do you have any person you trust ??! . I
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