EFTA00030491.pdf

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People
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Organizations
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Locations
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Events
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Document Information

Type: Witness preparation / interview report (fbi/doj)
File Size: 3.03 MB
Summary

This document is a report from an August 16, 2021, witness preparation interview with a pilot who worked for Jeffrey Epstein. The witness identifies Epstein and Maxwell in photos, discusses the fleet of aircraft (G2B, Boeing 727, G4, helicopters), and confirms Maxwell's role as 'second in charge.' The witness notes that flight records pre-1999 were turned over to Epstein's attorneys in 2006 and provides timeline estimates for Epstein's acquisition of various properties and aircraft.

People (6)

Name Role Context
Jeffrey Epstein Subject
Owner of properties and aircraft; identified in photo #7.
Ghislaine Maxwell Associate / Pilot
Identified in photo #16; described as 'second in charge' under JE; flew JE's helicopter at least 30 times; had a desk...
[Redacted Witness] Witness / Pilot
Interviewee; employed by JE; flew helicopters with GM; signed confidentiality agreements.
[Redacted Female 1] Subject of Photo #5
Witness identified photo #5 as a 'bad picture of her'.
[Redacted Female 2] Passenger
Witness recalls meeting her late 1990s/early 2000s; associated with the G2 aircraft.
[Redacted Female 3] Passenger
Witness recalls meeting her late 1990s; associated with the Boeing aircraft.

Organizations (1)

Timeline (2 events)

2006 (approx)
Flight records turned over to JE's attorney.
Unknown
[Redacted Witness] JE's Attorney
2021-08-16
Witness preparation interview.
Unknown
AUSA Detectives Witness

Relationships (3)

Jeffrey Epstein Professional/Hierarchy Ghislaine Maxwell
GM was second in charge under JE; shared office space.
[Redacted Witness] Employment Jeffrey Epstein
Witness flew JE's helicopters; signed confidentiality forms.
[Redacted Witness] Co-pilot/Passenger Ghislaine Maxwell
Flew together in helicopter 30+ times.

Key Quotes (4)

"GM was second in charge under JE above JE's other employees."
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"In JE's office, JE had his own separate office; GM had a desk in the office but not her own separate office room."
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"does not recall being told any rules for him or other pilots regarding how to interact with passengers on JE's planes."
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"confirmed that he does not have any flight records for JE's planes from before 1999. All were turned over to JE's attorney in or about 2006."
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August 16, 2021 [REDACTED] prep
AUSA [REDACTED]
Det. [REDACTED]
Attorneys [REDACTED] & [REDACTED]
• [REDACTED] shown photobook containing 20 photographs. Asked to see if recognize anyone in the book. Instructed that just because someone is in the book, does not mean [REDACTED] knows them or that they have anything to do with this case. Instructed just to look and see if [REDACTED] recognizes anyone.
o 1 — DNR (do not recognize)
o 2 — DNR
o 3 — DNR
o 4 — DNR
o 5 — [REDACTED] (bad picture of her)
o 6 — DNR
o 7 — Jeffrey Epstein
o 8 - DNR
o 9 - DNR
o 10 - DNR
o 11 - DNR
o 12 - DNR
o 13 - DNR
o 14 - DNR
o 15 - DNR
o 16 - Ghislaine Maxwell (bad picture of her; [REDACTED] recalls her having longer hair)
o 17 — DNR
o 18 - DNR
o 19 - DNR
o 20 - DNR
• [REDACTED] shown additional photographs and asked if he recognized them:
o 1 — Little St. James
o 2 - Big House at Zorro Ranch
o 3 — 9 E 71st Street
o 4 — Building in Paris where JE’s apartment was
o 5 — DNR (looks somewhat like GM’s townhouse, but can’t be sure)
• [REDACTED] did not know how old [REDACTED] was when he met her. He believes she looked like she was in her 20s, but he had no idea of her actual age.
• [REDACTED] did not know how old [REDACTED] was when he met her. He believes she looked like she was in her 20s, but he had no idea of her actual age.
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• [REDACTED] confirmed that he does not have any flight records for JE’s planes from before 1999. All were turned over to JE’s attorney in or about 2006.
• [At this point, AUSAs [REDACTED] & [REDACTED] joined] Prepared for trial testimony. [REDACTED] previously undisclosed, clarifying, or different recollections below.
o JE had the G2B from approximately 1994 through approximately 2012 or 2013. G2B was silver with burgundy strip at first, then painted black. Inside had burgundy carpet.
o JE had the Boeing form approximately 2000 through approximately 2017
o JE bought the G4 in approximately 2012 or 2013
o JE bought firs helicopter in approximately 1999 or 2000. Between approximately 1999 and the mid-2000s, GM flew JE’s helicopter at least 30 times. [REDACTED] would be in the helicopter with GM. To [REDACTED] knowledge, JE owned all the helicopters, GM never owned any of the helicopters. [REDACTED] also flew JE’s helicopters.
o [REDACTED] does not recall being told any rules for him or other pilots regarding how to interact with passengers on JE’s planes. [REDACTED] does remember having to sign confidentiality forms, which [REDACTED] understood meant he could not write a book about his employment.
o GM seemed to like [REDACTED] and was nice to [REDACTED]. [REDACTED] remembers GM as a nice person. [REDACTED] reported to GM, and GM was second in charge under JE above JE’s other employees. In JE’s office, JE had his own separate office; GM had a desk in the office but not her own separate office room.
o During initial meeting with SDNY, [REDACTED] may have had trouble remembering which [REDACTED] he met first ([REDACTED] or [REDACTED]), but in thinking about the context in which he saw those two passengers since then, [REDACTED] has remembered that he only saw [REDACTED] on the G2 (not the Boeing) and he only saw [REDACTED] on the Boeing (not the G2). That recollection helped [REDACTED] confirm in his own mind that he met [REDACTED] first and [REDACTED] second.
o Over time [REDACTED] knew GM, her hair length varied from about shoulder length to shorter cuts.
o JE primarily took the Concord to go to Paris in the 1990s.
o [REDACTED] visited JE’s home in Columbus, OH
o [REDACTED] recalls that JE purchased the 71st Street NY residence in approximately the mid-1990s (recalls it was 7 stories); the Palm Beach residence in approximately the early 1990s; the NM ranch in approximately 1996 or the late 1990s (recalls it had approximately 11,000 acres); Little St. James in approximately the 2000s; and the Apartment in Paris in approximately the 2000s.
o [REDACTED] recalls meeting [REDACTED] in approximately the late 1990s/early 2000s
o [REDACTED] recalls meeting [REDACTED] in approximately the late 1990s
[Page 3: Aerial Photograph of Little St. James]
[Page 4: Aerial Photograph of Zorro Ranch]
[Page 5: Photograph of building exterior, likely 9 E 71st St]
[Page 6: Photograph of building exterior, likely Paris apartment]
[Page 7: Photograph of building entrance, likely 9 E 71st St]

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