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Extraction Summary

17
People
4
Organizations
0
Locations
9
Events
2
Relationships
3
Quotes

Document Information

Type: Government report (likely doj opr report)
File Size: 681 KB
Summary

This document is a page from a DOJ OPR report detailing a chronology of meetings between the US Attorney's Office (USAO) and Jeffrey Epstein's defense team regarding the Non-Prosecution Agreement (NPA). It includes a table listing specific dates between February 2007 and January 2008, participants from both sides (including Acosta, Dershowitz, Starr, and Black), and the purpose of each meeting, such as discussing investigation improprieties, the NPA term sheet, and state plea provisions. The text specifically notes Alex Acosta's limited attendance at pre-NPA meetings and mentions a breakfast meeting between Acosta and defense attorney Jay Lefkowitz.

People (17)

Name Role Context
Acosta US Attorney (USAO)
Attended specific high-level meetings, including breakfast with Lefkowitz
Lourie USAO Participant
Attended multiple negotiation meetings
Villafaña USAO Participant
Attended multiple negotiation meetings
Sloman USAO Participant
Attended multiple negotiation meetings
Menchel USAO Participant
Attended meetings in June and July 2007
Oosterbaan USAO Participant
Attended Sept 7, 2007 meeting
Lefcourt Defense Attorney
Epstein defense team, attended almost all listed meetings
Sanchez Defense Attorney
Epstein defense team, attended almost all listed meetings
Dershowitz Defense Attorney
Epstein defense team, attended June 26 and Dec 14 meetings
Black Defense Attorney
Epstein defense team, attended June 26 and July 31 meetings
Starr Defense Attorney
Epstein defense team, attended Sept 7, Dec 14, and Jan 7 meetings
Lefkowitz Defense Attorney
Epstein defense team, had breakfast meeting with Acosta
Goldberger Defense Attorney
Epstein defense team, attended Sept 12 meeting
Krischer State Official
Attended joint meeting regarding state plea provision
Belohlavek State Official
Attended joint meeting regarding state plea provision
Weinberg Defense Attorney
Epstein defense team, attended Dec 14 meeting
Epstein Defendant
Subject of the NPA and state plea discussions

Timeline (9 events)

Dec. 14, 2007
Meeting: Defense presents federal jurisdiction issues, legal issues, and request for de novo review
Unknown
Feb. 1, 2007
Meeting: Defense presents investigation improprieties and federal jurisdiction issues
Unknown
Feb. 20, 2007
Meeting: Defense presents witness issues
Unknown
July 31, 2007
Meeting: USAO presents NPA term sheet
Unknown
June 26, 2007
Meeting: Defense presents legal issues, investigation improprieties, and federal jurisdiction issues
Unknown
Nov. 21, 2007
Unscheduled Meeting: Defense discussion of victims’ attorney representative procedure
Unknown
Sloman Acosta (possibly) Lefkowitz Dershowitz (possibly)
Oct. 12, 2007
Meeting: Defense discussion of NPA terms and likely appeal to Department
Unknown
Sept. 12, 2007
Joint meeting with Krischer / Belohlavek re state plea provision of NPA
Unknown
Sept. 7, 2007
Meeting: Defense presents counteroffer
Unknown

Relationships (2)

Acosta Professional/Negotiation Lefkowitz
Had a breakfast meeting together; met on Oct 12, 2007 regarding NPA terms.
USAO Cooperation Krischer
Joint meeting regarding state plea provision of NPA.

Key Quotes (3)

"Acosta attended only one pre-NPA meeting."
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"Defense presents USAO improprieties and “watered-down” resolution"
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Quote #2
"Acosta had the breakfast meeting with Lefkowitz."
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Quote #3

Full Extracted Text

Complete text extracted from the document (2,510 characters)

Case 22-1426, Document 77, 06/29/2023, 3536038, Page184 of 258
SA-182
Case 1:20-cr-00330-AJN Document 204-3 Filed 04/16/21 Page 182 of 348
including one called by the USAO to offer the NPA term sheet resolution—and a sixth meeting together with the State Attorney and the lead state prosecutor to discuss the state plea. Acosta attended only one pre-NPA meeting. After the NPA was signed and before Epstein entered his state guilty pleas, the subject supervisors and the defense team had one substantive meeting, one unscheduled meeting on a procedural matter, and a meeting with one defense attorney in preparation for a conference call; in addition, Acosta had the breakfast meeting with Lefkowitz. 229
[Table]
Date | USAO Participants | Defense Participants | Topic/Purpose
Pre-NPA
Feb. 1, 2007 | Lourie / Villafaña | Lefcourt / Sanchez | Defense presents investigation improprieties and federal jurisdiction issues
Feb. 20, 2007 | Lourie / Villafaña | Lefcourt / Sanchez | Defense presents witness issues
June 26, 2007 | Sloman / Menchel / Lourie / Villafaña | Dershowitz / Black / Lefcourt / Sanchez | Defense presents legal issues, investigation improprieties, and federal jurisdiction issues
July 31, 2007 | Sloman / Menchel / Lourie / Villafaña | Black / Lefcourt / Sanchez | USAO presents NPA term sheet
Sept. 7, 2007 | Acosta / Oosterbaan / Sloman / Villafaña / Villafaña’s co-counsel | Starr / Lefkowitz / Sanchez | Defense presents counteroffer
Sept. 12, 2007 | Lourie / Lourie successor / Villafaña | Lefkowitz/ Lefcourt / Goldberger | Joint meeting with Krischer / Belohlavek re state plea provision of NPA
Post-NPA
Oct. 12, 2007 | Acosta | Lefkowitz | Defense discussion of NPA terms and likely appeal to Department
Nov. 21, 2007 (unscheduled) | Sloman (possibly Acosta) | Lefkowitz (possibly Dershowitz) | Defense discussion of victims’ attorney representative procedure
Dec. 14, 2007 | Acosta / Sloman / Villafaña / another senior AUSA | Starr / Weinberg / Dershowitz / Lefcourt | Defense presents federal jurisdiction issues, legal issues, and request for de novo review
Jan. 7, 2008 | (1) Acosta / Sloman (2) Acosta / Sloman (conference call) | (1) Sanchez (2) Starr / Lefkowitz/ Sanchez | Defense presents USAO improprieties and “watered-down” resolution
229 In addition, all of the subjects took phone calls from various defense attorneys, and although numerous documentary records refer to such calls, there may have been others for which OPR located no record.
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