EFTA00023234.pdf

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This document contains a series of internal emails from the U.S. Attorney's Office (SDNY) between March and May 2019 regarding travel approvals for the 'United States v. Epstein' investigation (Case 2018R01618). The emails detail logistics for prosecutors traveling to West Palm Beach and Fort Lauderdale to conduct meetings and interviews with victims. Specific details include flight itineraries on JetBlue and Delta, hotel stays at the Hilton West Palm Beach, and discussions regarding reimbursement for cancellation fees incurred due to conflicting work and personal schedules.

People (3)

Name Role Context
Redacted Legal Assistant, Public Corruption
Employee at U.S. Attorney's Office (SDNY) handling travel logistics and reimbursements.
Redacted Assistant U.S. Attorney
SDNY Prosecutor requesting travel approval for United States v. Epstein investigation.
Budget Admins Administrative
Forwarded information regarding credit card refunds.

Timeline (2 events)

2019-05-28 to 2019-05-30
Meetings and interviews with victims for United States v. Epstein investigation.
West Palm Beach, Florida
Assistant U.S. Attorneys (SDNY) Victims
2019-05-30
Personal Wedding Trip
San Francisco, CA
Assistant U.S. Attorney

Relationships (1)

SDNY Prosecutors Investigative/Legal Victims (unnamed)
Emails discuss traveling to Florida specifically to interview victims for the Epstein case.

Key Quotes (4)

"United States v. Epstein, 2018R01618, an investigation relating to enticement of minors for sexual activity"
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"way our victims have asked to schedule our meetings for our Florida trip"
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"we could do the interviews with all the victims we'd like to meet with"
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"request permission to travel for approximately three days next week for meetings and interviews in West Palm Beach, Florida"
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From: [Redacted]
To: [Redacted]
Subject: FW: travel approval request
Date: Tue, 28 May 2019 14:21:26 +0000
Importance: Normal
Thanks for clarifying [Redacted]. I've forwarded the info to [Redacted] and Budget Admins since I wouldn't be able to approve refunds for personal credit cards.
[Redacted]
U.S. Attorney's Office (SDNY)
Legal Assistant, Public Corruption
[Redacted]
From: [Redacted]
Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2019 10:04 AM
To: [Redacted]
Subject: RE: travel approval request
To clarify, the cancelled trip was a long-scheduled personal trip. Because of the work travel scheduled for this week, I had to cancel my outbound personal travel flight, and I was charged $100 for that cancellation (which I paid for personally). I'm just wondering if that's reimbursable because I wouldn't have been charged that fee if it wasn't for the work trip I now am going on this week.
thanks,
[Redacted]
From: [Redacted]
Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2019 09:49
To: [Redacted]
Subject: RE: travel approval request
Just a quick question regarding the cancelled trip for this Thursday (5/30/19). Was this trip booked through CWT by phone or online? If either scenario, I'll need the cancelled record locator to see if it's refundable, and ask them to send me a document stating it was refunded to your government travel card. Thanks.
[Redacted]
U.S. Attorney's Office (SDNY)
Legal Assistant, Public Corruption
[Redacted]
From: [Redacted]
Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2019 2:31 PM
To: [Redacted]
Subject: FW: travel approval request
Hi [Redacted],
I have a trip scheduled for this week that just got final approval late Friday night, so I made reservations on E2 this weekend and wanted to let you know in case you need to do things for authorization and/or if you want to consolidate the reservations (unfortunately I couldn't figure out how to do everything together so ended up with three different reservations—I'm sorry about that!).
Because I had a previously-scheduled trip to San Francisco on this Thursday, [Redacted] approved my second leg flight to go straight there (rather than coming back to NYC). The reservations I made are:
Tuesday, May 28, flight from LGA to PBI
- JetBlue, departing 1:27 p.m. (arriving 4:25 p.m.)
Tuesday, May 28, hotel in West Palm Beach
- Hilton West Palm Beach, from May 28 to May 30
Thursday, May 30, flight from PBI to SFO (with layover in ATL)
- Delta, departing 5:30 a.m. (arriving ATL at 7:12 a.m., departing ATL at 8:10 a.m.) arriving SFO at 10:22 a.m.
If these need to be canceled and re-booked as one itinerary, that's totally fine, I just didn't want to wait until the day before to at least make the reservations.
Last question is, I had to cancel my New York to San Francisco flight previously scheduled for Thursday morning (because there were no flights late enough to be after our final interviews in Florida on Wednesday, or early enough to get me back to New York on Thursday) which incurred a $100 cancellation fee. Is it possible to be reimbursed for that?
Please let me know if any questions at all, apologies again for any inconvenience, and thanks as always.
[Redacted].
From: [Redacted]
Sent: Friday, May 24, 2019 21:24
To: [Redacted]
Cc: [Redacted]
Subject: Re: travel approval request
Approved
Sent from my iPad
On May 24, 2019, at 7:21 PM, [Redacted] > wrote:
[Redacted] -- I have previously-scheduled travel to San Francisco next Thursday for a wedding, and the way our victims have asked to schedule our meetings for our Florida trip, there's no flight back to New York after we expect the interviews to end on Wednesday (so I couldn't get back to NYC to catch my Thursday morning flight). Is it permissible for me to just book the second leg of the work trip straight to San Francisco, rather than back to New York? I'd have to take a 5:30 a.m. flight but that way we could do the interviews with all the victims we'd like to meet with. Sorry for any inconvenience but wanted to check — thank you!
From: [Redacted]
Sent: Friday, May 24, 2019 16:01
To: [Redacted]
Subject: RE: travel approval request
Thanks [Redacted] — have a great weekend.
From: [Redacted]
Sent: Friday, May 24, 2019 15:55
To: [Redacted]
Cc: [Redacted]
Subject: Re: travel approval request
All approved.
Sent from my iPad
On May 24, 2019, at 2:57 PM, [Redacted] > wrote:
[Redacted],
Again in connection with the Epstein investigation, we'd like to please request permission to travel for approximately three days next week for meetings and interviews in West Palm Beach, Florida. As of now we tentatively expect to fly down Tuesday night and return on Wednesday or Thursday (and will keep the timeframe as short as scheduling allows).
Unfortunately we're still trying to pin down timing for interviewing the victims, so depending on the timing it will either be me and [Redacted] or [Redacted] and [Redacted], but we wanted to ask for permission now either way so we weren't doing it super last minute after the holiday on Tuesday. And also same as last time, we'd like to ask permission to reserve a conference room at the hotel for the interviews, please.
thanks very much,
[Redacted].
From: [Redacted]
Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2019 20:57
To: [Redacted]
Subject: RE: travel approval request
Thank you
From: [Redacted]
Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2019 20:46
To: [Redacted]
Cc: [Redacted]
Subject: Re: travel approval request
Approved
Sent from my iPad
On Apr 3, 2019, at 8:02 PM, [Redacted] > wrote:
For the same case as below, United States v. Epstein, 2018R01618, an investigation relating to enticement of minors for sexual activity, [Redacted] and I would like to please request permission to travel for approximately three days next week for meetings and interviews in West Palm Beach, Florida. As of now we tentatively expect to fly down Tuesday night and return on Friday, though we will shorten the timeframe if scheduling allows.
Please let us know if any other information would be helpful, and thanks very much.
[Redacted].
From: [Redacted]
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2019 18:32
To: [Redacted]
Cc: [Redacted]
Subject: travel approval request
[Redacted],
[Redacted] and I would like to please request permission for travel for United States v. Epstein, 2018R01618, an investigation relating to enticement of minors for sexual activity, for two days of meetings and interviews in West Palm Beach and/or Fort Lauderdale, Florida. As of now we're hoping to fly down next Wednesday night and return on Saturday.
Please let us know if any other information would be helpful, and thanks as always.
[Redacted].
Assistant U.S. Attorney
Southern District of New York

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