This document is an internal email chain from July 16, 2019, between Assistant United States Attorneys in the Southern District of New York. The emails discuss a legal filing and quote a specific defense argument explaining Jeffrey Epstein's possession of an expired Austrian passport. The defense claims Epstein acquired the passport in the 1980s for personal protection against hijackers while traveling in the Middle East as an affluent Jewish man.
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| Jeffrey Epstein | Defendant |
Subject of the defense filing regarding an Austrian passport.
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| Redacted Sender (Email 1) | Assistant United States Attorney |
Instructs recipient to file and circulate the filing.
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| Redacted Sender (Email 2) | Assistant United States Attorney |
Provides the text of the defense's explanation for the passport.
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United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York (Sender/Recipient organization)
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| Southern District of New York |
Jurisdiction listed in signature
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| The Government |
Refers to the prosecution
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Office location
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Origin of the passport mentioned
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Region cited as reason for obtaining the passport
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"Eighth, as for the Austrian passport the government trumpets, it expired 32 years ago."Source
"Epstein — an affluent member of the Jewish faith — acquired the passport in the 1980s, when hijackings were prevalent, in connection to Middle East travel."Source
"The passport was for personal protection in the event of travel to dangerous areas, only to be presented to potential kidnapers, hijackers or terrorists should violent episodes occur."Source
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