U.S. Department of Justice
United States Attorney
Southern District of New York
The Silvio J. Mollo Building
One Saint Andrew's Plaza
New York, New York 10007
February 6, 2020
Interlochen Center for the Arts
4000 Highway M-137
Interlochen, MI 49643
Attn: Jeffrey Jocks, Esq.
jjocks@sondeeracine.com
Re: Grand Jury Subpoena
Please be advised that the accompanying grand jury subpoena has been issued in connection with an official criminal investigation of a suspected felony being conducted by a federal grand jury. The Government hereby requests that you voluntarily refrain from disclosing the existence of the subpoena to any third party. While you are under no obligation to comply with our request, we are requesting you not to make any disclosure in order to preserve the confidentiality of the investigation and because disclosure of the existence of this investigation might interfere with and impede the investigation.
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.
Very truly yours,
GEOFFREY S. BERMAN
United States Attorney
By: [REDACTED SIGNATURE]
Assistant United States Attorney
Southern District of New York
(212) 637-2324
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Grand Jury Subpoena
United States District Court
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
TO: Interlochen Center for the Arts
4000 Highway M-137
Interlochen, MI 49643
Attn: Jeffrey Jocks, Esq.
jjocks@sondeeracine.com
GREETINGS:
WE COMMAND YOU that all and singular business and excuses being laid aside, you appear and attend before the GRAND JURY of the people of the United States for the Southern District of New York, at the United States Courthouse, 40 Foley Square, Room 220, in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, New York, in the Southern District of New York, at the following date, time and place:
Appearance Date: February 21, 2020 Appearance Time: 10 a.m.
to testify and give evidence in regard to alleged violations of federal criminal law, including:
18 U.S.C. § 2423(a)
and not to depart the Grand Jury without leave thereof, or of the United States Attorney, and that you bring with you and produce at the above time and place the following:
SEE ATTACHED RIDER. Personal appearance is not required if the requested records are (1) produced by on or before the return date to Special Agent [REDACTED] Federal Bureau of Investigation, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY 10278, telephone (212) 384-1000, [REDACTED]; and (2) accompanied by an executed copy of the attached Declaration of Custodian of Records.
Failure to attend and produce any items hereby demanded will constitute contempt of court and will subject you to civil sanctions and criminal penalties, in addition to other penalties of the Law.
DATED: New York, New York
February 6, 2020
GEOFFREY S. BERMAN
United States Attorney for the
Southern District of New York
[REDACTED SIGNATURE]
Assistant United States Attorney
One St. Andrew's Plaza
New York, New York 10007
Telephone: 212-637-2324
Ruby J. Krajick
Clerk of Court
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RIDER
(Grand Jury Subpoena to Interlochen Center for the Arts dated February 6, 2020)
Please provide any and all records reflecting any and all donation(s), tuition payment(s), and/or any other financial contribution(s) or payment(s) made to Interlochen Center for the Arts, including to Interlochen Arts Camp and/or to Interlochen Arts Academy, by the following individuals, (including any entities associated with the below individuals):
• Jeffrey Epstein
• Ghislaine Maxwell
Please also provide any and all records reflecting dates when Jeffrey Epstein and/or Ghislaine Maxwell visited the campus of Interlochen Arts Camp and/or Interlochen Arts Academy.
N.B.: Personal appearance is not required if the requested records are (1) produced by on or before the return date to Special Agent [REDACTED] Federal Bureau of Investigation, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY 10278, telephone (212) 384-1000, [REDACTED]; and (2) accompanied by an executed copy of the attached Declaration of Custodian of Records. PLEASE PROVIDE IN ELECTRONIC FORMAT IF POSSIBLE.
IMPORTANT: REQUEST FOR NON-DISCLOSURE
Due to the ongoing nature of the investigation, it is requested that you do not disclose any information relating to this Grand Jury subpoena request to any third party.
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EFTA00020848
Declaration of Custodian of Records
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746, I, the undersigned, hereby declare:
My name is ______________________.
(name of declarant)
I am a United States citizen and I am over eighteen years of age. I am the custodian of records of the business named below, or I am otherwise qualified as a result of my position with the business named below to make this declaration.
I am in receipt of a Grand Jury Subpoena, dated February 6, 2020, and signed by Assistant United States Attorney [REDACTED], requesting specified records of the business named below. Pursuant to Rules 902(11) and 803(6) of the Federal Rules of Evidence, I hereby certify that the records provided herewith and in response to the Subpoena:
(1) were made at or near the time of the occurrence of the matters set forth in the records, by, or from information transmitted by, a person with knowledge of those matters;
(2) were kept in the course of regularly conducted business activity; and
(3) were made by the regularly conducted business activity as a regular practice.
I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
Executed on ______________________.
(date)
______________________
(signature of declarant)
______________________
(name and title of declarant)
______________________
(name of business)
______________________
(business address)
Definitions of terms used above:
As defined in Fed. R. Evid. 803(6), "record" includes a memorandum, report, record, or data compilation, in any form, of acts, events, conditions, opinions, or diagnoses. The term, "business" as used in Fed. R. Evid. 803(6) and the above declaration includes business, institution, association, profession, occupation, and calling of every kind, whether or not conducted for profit.
EFTA00020849
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