diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010477.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010477.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1b456a89d21ac3e650118d547ed7a4ea42bd1358 --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010477.txt @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +JAMES +PATTERSON +& JOHN CONNOLLY WITH TIM MALLOY +FILTHY +RICH +A POWERFUL BILLIONAIRE, +THE SEX SCANDAL THAT UNDID HIM, AND ALL +THE JUSTICE THAT MONEY CAN BUY: +THE SHOCKING TRUE STORY OF JEFFREY EPSTEIN +HOUSEOVERSIGHT010477 \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010520.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010520.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0fba606ae1ec6e73d84da8b3e97ce004865b58d1 --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010520.txt @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +So in a sense we failed to get +ein would call a news program +em to order the program's traffic +nething about the man's arro- +178 +CHAPTER 47 +Mary: July 2006 +n June 29, assistant state attorney Lanna Belohlavek told +pastie Recary the despite his prove ios, he case +would be going to a grand jury after all. One had been +convened for July 19. On July 12, Recarey spoke with Mary's stepmother, who said +that she still hadn't heard from the state attorney's office. This, +too, was odd, since Recarey knew... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010523.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010523.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..bf6d6c7835dc36bb649cc654f66290421341230e --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010523.txt @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +CHAPTER 48 +Michael Reiter: July 2006 +F +Once again, Chief Reite +took the extraordinary stel +prosecutor's office. At the time, the federal y +Florida was a Republican +Reiter recalls being presen +and remembers Acosta's der +be the prosecution, to the +who takes advantage of th +sex crimes. Disgusted with F +recalls thinking he'd found 1 +In Acosta, the chief saw +from confronting a man u +connections. But it turned out that Ac +Starr's high-powered multir +And while Acosta had a ster +clerking for future... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010526.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010526.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b8bd401041d0a634333b1bf3d8c9f1c62a9e49e2 --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010526.txt @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +TTERSON +y in Palm Beach who either made +ers who relayed them to me that I +nvestigation that we did, which is +then refer it to the FBI after the +aid in the deposition. Early on +w, this is an individual [whom] I +icial capacity and in his official +wasn't the only one to pressure +ments from a variety of different +ad people tell me, hey, he's a Palm +gating a Palm Beacher?" Reiter +d people that said it was an unfa- +ask the state attorney to remove +fer it to the FBl.....1 had plenty of +as a... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010529.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010529.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..92b6ea5bcb1d037681019781e236124ec44f2bc6 --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010529.txt @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +He +had a famous Republican, Bill Clinton's nemesis, Ken Starr, work- +ing the other side. And just to make sure they'd covered the bases, +Epstein's team also recruited Roy Black—the lawyer who'd +cleared William Kennedy Smith of rape and kept Rush Limbaugh +out of prison for his alleged illegal drug use — and Jay Lefkowitz, +a defense attorney who'd worked with US attorney R. And so in September, the US attorney's office reached a for- +mal agreement with Epstein's team: the United States... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010530.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010530.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..10964eec729dc76b86d1d8e0f5295d897e542053 --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010530.txt @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +He +nton's nemesis, Ken Starr, work- +ke sure they'd covered the bases, +Roy Black—the lawyer who'd +if rape and kept Rush Limbaugh +il drug use— and Jay Lefkowitz, +with US attorney R. Alexander +§ attorney's office reached a for- +team: the United States would +or of prosecution by the state of +ent (NPA) was drafted; among +that he would not be prosecuted +ida for felony offenses involving +rls. (By that point, thirty known +Instead it allowed him to plead +or solicitation of prostitution and +prostitution.... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010532.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010532.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6cd2c8b0cb823b513a20a34128f0ee330877798f --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010532.txt @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +The "government +'in the dark' so that it could enter +ned to prevent the victims from +ould argue, in documents filed on +onths, the lawyers claimed, from +signed, on September 24, 2007, +in's bidding, [had] concealed the +" and continued to do so until the +190 +FILTHY RICH +moment that Epstein had to plead guilty in court, which he +finally did June 30, 2008. In the interim, according to their lawyers, Epstein's victims +were only told, "This case is currently under investigation." +A lawsuit that... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010533.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010533.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1b2970a12c1319d83d83bcff2cfef822706632b1 --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010533.txt @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +In February of 2008, a Virginia woman who went by the alias +Jane Doe #2 brought a fifty-million-dollar lawsuit against Epstein. He maintains his principal home in New York and also +owns residences in New Mexico, St. The allegations herein concern Epstein's conduct while at his +lavish estate in Palm Beach." The complaint continued: +Upon information and belief, Epstein has a sexual preference +and obsession for underage minor girls. Upon information and belief, Jeffrey Epstein carried out +his... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010534.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010534.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b3e8d819ec41bab69aae3c8863acc84d6bba6c33 --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010534.txt @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +TERSON + +to settle out of court with his +a woman who went by the alias +1-dollar lawsuit against Epstein. +le claimed, Epstein was fifty-two +and her complaint, which was +world an early glimpse of what +of his secret world, looked like +loney manager with a secret cli- +Ilionaires, the lawsuit alleged +dous wealth, power and influ- +al home in New York and also +o, St. Thomas and Palm Beach, +rn Epstein's conduct while at his +e complaint continued: +Epstein has a sexual preference +inor girls. In or... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010535.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010535.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c09d45623fe648329b58a6506741b87821084822 --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010535.txt @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +Consistent with the foregoing plan and scheme, Jane Doe +was recruited to give Epstein a massage for monetary com- +pensation. Jane was brought to Epstein's mansion in Palm +Beach. Once at the mansion, Jane was introduced to Sarah +Kellen, who led her up the flight of stairs to the room with the +massage table. In this room, Epstein told Jane to take off her +clothes and give him a massage. As a result of this encounter with Epstein, Jane experi- +enced confusion, shame, humiliation and embarrassment,... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010536.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010536.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f1eb83e216ddd2a59baa8114f6e18e04f7bb2b2d --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010536.txt @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +[TERSON +lascivious and sexual acts, +sching the girl's vagina. +ng plan and scheme, Jane Doe +1 massage for monetary com- +to Epstein's mansion in Palm +lane was introduced to Sarah +tof stairs to the room with the +pstein told Jane to take off her +ge. After a short period +owel and rolled over exposing +masturbate and he sexually +ted the assault, Jane was then +room and go back down the +› Epstein. The young girl who +by Epstein for bringing Jane to +iter with Epstein, Jane experi- +tation and... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010537.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010537.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3fee6da889cb4cbc7855ea39cc7bd26850c6c8af --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010537.txt @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +JAMES PATTERSON +"It's the Icarus story, someone who flies too close to the sun," +that journalist said in reference to "the agony" of Epstein's legal +"ordeal." +"Did Icarus like massages?" Epstein responded. But after Epstein's indictment, there were no more boasts. For the most part, he kept silent in public and retreated into his +Eyes Wide Shut world. And when the New York Times did manage +to get him to speak on the record, he spoke like a chastened man. James, Epstein likened +himself to the... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010538.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010538.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..483f1ed3e1626cc1a2a66db47219e065bff8eeff --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010538.txt @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +TERSON +who flies too close to the sun," +o "the agony" of Epstein's legal +pstein responded. +it, there were no more boasts. +in public and retreated into his +the New York Times did manage +he spoke like a chastened man. James, Epstein likened +liver after he washes ashore on +intended consequences," he said. +ze had a few more things to say: +wealth. There are unexpected +but not your mind...." +e'd signed with the prosecutor's +tein had come to admitting his +sprinkled throughout the story. +iors of... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010539.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010539.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ba8b6334865b3245d2926cd39d2bd2ba27c57b75 --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010539.txt @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +CHAPTER 52 +Jeffrey Epstein: June 30, 2008 +The Palm Beach County Main Detention Center is on the +west side of Lake Worth Lagoon, which separates West +Palm Beach from the island of Palm Beach. Epstein's +home on El Brillo Way is five miles to the east. It's fitting, somehow, that this jail —which is the jail Epstein +ends up in, after turning himself in to the local sheriff-lies in +between the two points. The detention center's inmates, their families, and their law- +yers call it the Gun Club, a... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010540.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010540.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1e113445eb08ec923da16fd29759641a784190c3 --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010540.txt @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +Jeffrey Epstein could have posted bail for every single inmate +in the Gun Club. But that's just one of the ways in which Epstein is unlike his +fellow inmates. Luckily for Epstein, Ric Bradshaw, the sheriff in charge of +local jails, transfers Epstein to the infirmary, where he spends +exactly one night before being transferred seven miles up the +road to a much smaller, safer location: the Palm Beach County +Central Detention Center — or, as it's known, the Stockade. "It's not somewhere we'd put a... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010541.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010541.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3873abe43b23704bcbfc07dea0cbf06a5350c352 --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010541.txt @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +ITTERSON +ing their way to the courthouse, +nder, and an appearance before +soner, if only they can make bail. +ley — or at least collateral —and, +is often what lands people in jail +rosted bail for every single inmate +ays in which Epstein is unlike his +pedophile now. Even a famous one. +tend to fare poorly in jail. +iradshaw, the sheriff in charge of +o the infirmary, where he spends +ig transferred seven miles up the +location: the Palm Beach County +t, as it's known, the Stockade. +it a serial killer,"... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010542.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010542.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6c798e84459a2a0a9b29d08f1cd867f6ede7d8cd --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010542.txt @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +JAMES PATTERSON +fit the category we have to ensure the general population is not +going to take their anger out on." +Although he understands that Epstein is a sex offender +and has a sense of the scope of his alleged crimes, Bradshaw's +also aware that the actual conviction was for a "low-level felony." +At the request of Epstein's attorneys—a request that is con- +firmed by a court order —Epstein is quickly granted "work +release." +What it means in practice is that six days a week, for up to +sixteen... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010543.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010543.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f523753ff1b1bd4650ccdc64eaf7727abf40f5e8 --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010543.txt @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +'ATTERSON +sure the general population is not +1." +that Epstein is a sex offender +of his alleged crimes, Bradshaw's +viction was for a "low-level felony." +ttorneys—a request that is con- +pstein is quickly granted "work +is that six days a week, for up to +ch day, Epstein is allowed to leave +a designated driver in a car ear- +any one of three places: his lawyer +lowntown West Palm Beach, the +e foundation that he's established, +ly. +t he wears, it could be argued that +with two of his own jets... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010544.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010544.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0653d4453fe2931d917e92ce053bad36fac0f724 --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010544.txt @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +CHAPTER 54 +Jeffrey Epstein: June 30, 2008-July 21, 2009 +FI +fraudster named Arnold Pr +had been commuted by Bill +left office. "Epstein appears to have +while in jail," Acosta would +eral public. "Although the ter +are a matter appropriately lef +eral authorities, without dor +while in state custody undern +And, of course, Epstein's : +by taxpayers. +ccording to Sheriff Ric Bradshaw, the treatment Jeffrey +Epstein received in the Stockade was not preferential. Like Epstein, Goodman was allowed visitors.... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010545.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010545.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1d78328df9de1d04a3de3e331c32ab0ee41b5e13 --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010545.txt @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +CHAPTER 54 +:008-July 21, 2009 +c Bradshaw, the treatment Jeffrey +≥ Stockade was not preferential. By +'t wrong. +o mogul John Goodman killed a +Irunk. But Goodman's +effrey Epstein's. I to have visited Epstein in jail more +1 Kellen also visited Epstein in the +il artist named Igor "Houdini" Zino- +was a disbarred lawyer and financial +204 +FILTHY RICH +fraudster named Arnold Prosperi, whose own prison sentence +had been commuted by Bill Clinton on the day before Clinton +left office. But even US attorney... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010546.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010546.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..7d4483b46c49c1f5d35d919086130aa49403afbc --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010546.txt @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +Alexander Acosta's letter to the general public, +March 20, 2011 +To whom it may concern: +I served as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida +from 2005 through 2009. Over the past weeks, I have read +much regarding Mr. The Epstein matter was originally presented to the +Palm Beach County State Attorney. Palm Beach Police +alleged that Epstein unlawfully hired underage high- +206 +school females to provic +massages. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010547.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010547.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c705952192e248af64ad9e41eec72e880d6ffd06 --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010547.txt @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +CHAPTER 55 +er to the general public, +ir the Southern District of Florida +Over the past weeks, I have read +ey Epstein. Some appears true, +thought it appropriate to provide +o caveats: (i) under Justice Depart- +discuss privileged internal com- +ment attorneys and (ii) I no longer +I documents, and as the matter is +precision of memory is reduced. +was originally presented to the +te Attorney. Palm Beach Police +lawfully hired underage high- +206 +FILTHY RICH +school females to provide him sexually lewd and... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010548.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010548.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..bee6fc0aff2c65819e9318eaa39caef1a7d1d1da --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010548.txt @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +JAMEs PATTERSON +Kennedy Smith. The prosecutors presented Epstein a +choice: plead to more serious state felony charges (that +would result in 2 years' imprisonment, registration as a +sexual offender, and restitution for the victims) or else +prepare for a federal felony trial. Epstein hired an army of +legal superstars: Harvard Professor Alan Dershowitz, for- +mer Judge and then Pepperdine Law Dean Kenneth Starr, +former Deputy Assistant to the President and then Kirk- +land & Ellis Partner Jay... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010549.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010549.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9161487a6e65de0da16de0b971c251698e2bcd50 --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010549.txt @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +I use the word assault inten- +this case was more aggressive +prosecutors in my office, had +Ir. Epstein hired an army of +rofessor Alan Dershowitz, for- +dine Law Dean Kenneth Starr, +o the President and then Kirk- +Lefkowitz, and several others, +o had formerly worked in the +in the Child Exploitation and +Justice Department. Defense +i meeting with me to challenge +terms previously presented by +meeting with Mr. The +let with defense counsel in Fall +he office's position: two years, +n, or trial. +months,... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010550.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010550.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c1430f8f0bbf418409cc1b04cda0a99d113dc6a9 --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010550.txt @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +But they were not +known to us at the time. Our judgment in this case, based +on the evidence known at the time, was that it was better +to have a billionaire serve time in jail, register as a sex +offender, and pay his victims restitution than risk a trial +with a reduced likelihood of success. Although the terms of confinement in a state +prison are a matter appropriately left to the State of Flor- +ida, and not federal authorities, without doubt, the treat- +ment that he received while in state... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010551.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010551.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0a00811aa108a836ba8d99d5df30e61eaff4750b --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010551.txt @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +I supported that +on the state law as it then stood +i the time, I would support that +hile in state custody, likewise +hat the office should have been +rms of confinement in a state +priately left to the State of Flor- +rities, without doubt, the treat- +le in state custody undermined +nce. +ve that the prosecution should +iliation for the defense's tactics. +ften failed to negotiate in good +concessions as part of a negotia- +d, only to change their minds, +sition to Washington. The inves- +lives of... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010552.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010552.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0565edfd364711e611835b22aa4b679992211a7d --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010552.txt @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +JAMES PATTERSON +we know much more today about his crimes because vic- +tims have come forward to speak out. Some may disagree +with prosecutorial judgments made in this case, but +those individuals are not the ones who at the time +reviewed the evidence available for trial and assessed the +likelihood of success. Alexander Acosta +Former U.S. Attorney +Southern District of Florida +212 +HOUSEOVERSIGHT010552 \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010553.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010553.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f827b22c9ed014e00aa16a6905f34845ddae9c0b --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010553.txt @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +PATTERSON +7 about his crimes because vic- +speak out. Some may disagree +lents made in this case, but +t the ones who at the time +ilable for trial and assessed the +Respectfully, +R. Alexander Acosta +Former U.S. Attorney +Southern District of Florida +212 +PART VI +Aftermath +HOUSEOVERSIGHT010553 \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010554.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010554.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..903557564fecd0bf9818389637c37c39aee3e74c --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010554.txt @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +CHAPTER 56 +Jeffrey Epstein: July 2009 +effrey Epstein walks out of the Stockade on July 21, 2009, +having served less than thirteen months of his eighteen-month +sentence. But from now on, Epstein, who is fifty-six, will carry the +mark of a level 3 sex offender —level 1 being the lowest, and +level 3 indicating the highest possible risk of a future criminal +act of a sexual nature. Every ninety days, Epstein will have to check in with the +authorities. Every year, the New York City Police... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010555.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010555.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1440f9b8ef8f5be716f69d9c4371a54256677f4a --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010555.txt @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +JAMES PATTERSON +approval, on his own planes to New York and to Little Saint Jeff's, +where the locals have taken to referring to Epstein's 727 as the +Lolita Express. There are other restrictions, of course, that Epstein is sup- +posed to abide by. The +full list includes two Escalades, six Suburbans, two Ford F-150s, +two Harley-Davidsons, a Land Rover, a Hummer H2, a thirty- +four-foot JVC boat, and a thirty-five-foot Donzi powerboat. Three of his five planes turn out to be registered to a... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010556.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010556.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1205916480ae2e5a7f3cf23e7b759bb3fa1b7603 --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010556.txt @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +'ATTERSON +New York and to Little Saint Jeff's, +referring to Epstein's 727 as the +s, of course, that Epstein is sup- +rovide the state of Florida with a +oats, and airplanes he owns. The +, six Suburbans, two Ford F-150s, +1 Rover, a Hummer H2, a thirty- +five-foot Donzi powerboat. +rn out to be registered to a com- +ter, Epstein is legally obliged to +it. This is a restriction he'll get +ychologist submit a report to law +from accessing pornography on +etworking for sexual purposes. +will be no Bangbros,... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010557.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010557.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fd059b42afc5c49b54b96550141745ff597570a9 --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010557.txt @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +JAMES PATTERSON +Jeffrey Epstein. The list included locations in Califor- +nia, Paris, New Mexico, New York, and Michigan. The papers +also included the names, addresses, and phone numbers of +famous individuals —Henry Kissinger, Mick Jagger, Dustin Hoff- +man, Ralph Fiennes, David Koch, Ted Kennedy, Donald Trump, +Bill Richardson, Bill Clinton, and former Israeli prime minister +Ehud Barak among them. But informa- +tion pertaining to the girls would have bolstered the state's case +against Jeffrey... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010558.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010558.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4f9d8a6d3f3dc24b9ac4e6ca5dd837bc8379f494 --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010558.txt @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +PATTERSON +ately, he tried to sell the informa- +rage girls and the places where +list included locations in Califor- +York, and Michigan. The papers +dresses, and phone numbers of +issinger, Mick Jagger, Dustin Hoff- +och, Ted Kennedy, Donald Trump, +and former Israeli prime minister +st at all damning. But informa- +ould have bolstered the state's case +by withholding it from the Palm +guez had committed a crime. +would say that the papers were an +them, he believed, Epstein would +ed the money. And so a... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010559.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010559.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a393993f8b7709c44a589da2edff08853c335a9e --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010559.txt @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +The items that Rodriguez had attempted to sell to the +UCE for $50,000.00 were reviewed by an agent familiar with +the underlying criminal investigation. Had those items been produced in +response to the inquiries of the state law enforcement officers +or the FBI Special Agents, their contents would have been +presented to the federal grand jury. Following his release, Alfredo Rodriguez was arrested again. But unlike Epstein, Alfredo Rodriguez served his +time in a federal prison and did not ask for,... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010560.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010560.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b36c0523dd6099accdca3ce7d4e2bf35ca35cac3 --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010560.txt @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +CAÑON +Lame Offices +ALLRED, MAROKO & GOLDBERG +A PARTNERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL CORPORATIONS +6300 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD +SUITE 1500 +LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90048 +FAX +www.amglaw.com +OF COUNSEL +MARÍA G. DIAZ +E-MAIL: +June 19, 2019 +VIA FEDERAL EXPRESS & EMAIL +Mr. Scott Link +Link & Rockenbach, PA +1555 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd., Suite 930 +West Palm Beach, FL 33401 +Re: +Dear Mr. Link, +We represent +with reference to her claims against Jeffrey Epstein +for childhood sexual abuse which occurred in New York City when... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010561.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010561.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2ebbc765c9dc47b82e0b957e9d43aed5dcd1ca81 --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010561.txt @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +Scott Link +June 19, 2019 +Page 2 +wanted to leave +She learned about a talent search for models and persuaded her +mother to take her. At age sixteen, +moved to New York City to model. She worked with top tier +clients and for DNA Modeling Agency, a well-known agency representing supermodels such as +Linda Evangelista and Natalia Vodianova. +was very innocent and inexperienced prior to meeting Mr. The director of a perfume campaign, Fabian +Barron, wanted a kiss at the end of the commercial as a finale... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010562.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010562.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..70cced7a1919550ae3ccb40ca43f930793f4f36f --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010562.txt @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +Scott Link +June 19, 2019 +Page 3 +confided to him that she had never even had a boyfriend. He told her +everything would fall into place, "just keep doing what you are doing, work hard and stay +focused." She told Mr. Epstein that she preferred to abstain from sex until she was married. He said, +"I was going to give it to the masseuse anyway, so you take it and pay +for your car service or something." +Mr. He invited her to stay at one of his apartments close to him on the Upper East Side. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010563.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010563.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..63948eae4552a19494f010cd1f038b80ad920c16 --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010563.txt @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +Scott Link +June 19, 2019 +Page 4 +thought this is what it must feel like to become a woman. She was both +thrilled and ashamed. She followed the path that Mr. Epstein set out for her because he said if +she trusted him and did what he told her to do, everything would go according to his plan and her +career would soar. When she was +with him, she felt like everything was right because of how much love and care she received +from him. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010564.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010564.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..47fea9a952d3fb930ddc9293777e8f4736a3c05d --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010564.txt @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +Scott Link +June 19, 2019 +Page 5 +had been victimized. At the vulnerable age of 16, Mr. Epstein made +himself the center of her existence and the master of her world. She could not talk about her years with Mr. Epstein because she +was consumed with shame. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010565.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010565.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..88f237a667307bf53e8f2c0e72b558087272ae57 --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010565.txt @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +Scott Link +June 19, 2019 +Page 6 +The sexual abuse Mr. Epstein inflicted upon +left irreparable psychological +scars. She has struggled and continues to struggle with her ability to maintain healthy +relationships with men and in general. Please contact us within ten days of this letter to advise whether Mr. Very truly yours, +ALLRED, MAROKO & GOLDBERG +Show alled +HOUSEOVERSIGHT010565 \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010566.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010566.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2ab3e3e4f7260029633c3ce31b64f55aa8a18089 --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010566.txt @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 15TH +JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR PALM +BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA +Case No.:50 2009 CA 040800XXXXMBAG +JEFFREY EPSTEIN, +Plaintiff, +VS. EDWARDS, individually, +Defendants, +STATEMENT OF UNDISPUTED FACTS +Defendant Bradley J. Each of the following facts is numbered separately and individually to +facilitate Epstein's required compliance with Fla. Sexual Abuse of Children By Epstein +Defendant Epstein has a sexual preference for young children. Deposition of +Jeffrey Epstein, Mar.... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010567.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010567.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..52164aef40f38b5f53827894e345ac514a544434 --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010567.txt @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +Epstein repeatedly sexually assaulted more than forty (40) young girls on +numerous occasions between 2002 and 2005 in his mansion in West Palm Beach, Florida. Epstein abused many of the girls dozens if not +hundreds of times. Epstein Depo. at 109 ("Q: How many times have you engaged in oral sex +with females under the age of 18?" A: [Invocation of the Fifth Amendment]); Deposition of Jane +Doe, September 24, 2009 and continued March 11, 2010, at 527 (minor girl sexually abused at +least 17 times by... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010568.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010568.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..adb916c44388de25a587ff2f56b3a4830cf52b77 --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010568.txt @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +She brought him between 20 and 30 underage females); Deposition of Jane Doe #4, date +(hereinafter "Jane Doe #4 Depo") (Deposition Attachment #5) at 32-34, and 136 (she describes +first being taken to Epstein at 15 years old, "Being fingered by him, having him use a vibrator on +[me], grabbing my nipples, smelling my butt, jerking off in front of me, licking my clit, several +times."). At all relevant times Edwards has had a good faith basis to conclude and did +conclude? that Epstein was able to... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010569.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010569.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5bd93b691d56ff12eecd26355c6aa9fad548bb65 --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010569.txt @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +As S.G gave Epstein a +massage, Epstein turned around and masturbated. In the report, S.G. admitted +seeing Jeffrey Epstein's penis and stated she thought Epstein was on steroids because he was a +"really built guy and his wee wee was very tiny." Id. at 15. The exact number of minor girls who Epstein assaulted is known only to Epstein. In addition to the deposition excerpts from +two of his many victims above about the number of underage girls brought to Epstein and the +Palm Beach incident report,... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010570.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010570.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..dbeefd32554b93642c91446161426f00ff9dd6bc --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010570.txt @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +At all relevant times Edwards has had a good faith basis to believe and did in fact +believe that, more specifically, Epstein's attorneys knew of Epstein's scheme to recruit minors for +sex and also knew that these minors had civil actions that they could bring against him. In fact, +there was much communication between Epstein's attorneys and the United States Prosecutors in +a joint attempt to minimize Epstein's civil exposure. Attorney Marie Villafaña sent an email (attached hereto as Exhibit... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010571.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010571.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b41a3d31e7279ec80d050bbc5de39df4f1397731 --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010571.txt @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +minor females that the United States Attorney's Office recognized as a victim. Epstein Depo., Attachment #1, at 17 +("Q: Did you ... ever engage in any sexual conduct with L.M.?" A: [Invocation of the Fifth +Amendment].); see also Epstein Depo., April 14, 2010, Attachment #6, at 456 ("Q: LM was an +underage female that you first abused when she was 13 years old; is that correct?" A: [Invocation +of Fifth Amendment].) +8. See +Epstein Deposition, February 17, 2010, at 11-12, 30-31... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010572.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010572.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..eef3bb267e216daa940edd9cd487cf75749c1eee --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010572.txt @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +W. perform oral sex on him and was to +perform sex acts on Nadia Marcinkova (Epstein's live-in sex slave) in Epstein's presence. See +Plaintiff Jane Doe's Notice Regarding Evidence of Similar Acts of Sexual Assault, filed in Jane +Doe v. Epstein, No. 08-cv-80893 (S.D. Fla. 2010), as DE 197, (hereinafter "Rule 413 Notice") +(Exhibit "E"); Jane Doe Depo., Attachment #2, at 379-380; L.M. Epstein engaged in one or +more of the following acts with her while she was a minor at his house - topless or... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010573.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010573.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1b657545e394b6962960bb7c0dfafaae0f8ea948 --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010573.txt @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +was at Epstein's home on multiple occasions. Epstein engaged in one or more of the following +acts with her while she was a minor at his house - topless or completely nude massage on +Epstein; Epstein used a vibrator on her vagina; Epstein masturbated in her presence; Epstein +ejaculated in her presence; Epstein touched her breast or buttock or vagina or the clothes +covering her sexual organs; was made to perform sex acts on Epstein; made to perform sex acts +on Nadia Marcinkova in Epstein's... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010574.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010574.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..02d2e3b5fca736e4b4648266c12c9e508deba6b0 --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010574.txt @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +Epstein's household employees, Mr. Alfredo Rodriguez, +saw +numerous underage girls coming into Epstein's mansion for purported "massages." +See +Rodriguez Depo. at 242-44 (Deposition Attachment #8). Rodriguez was aware that "sex toys" +and vibrators were found in Epstein's bedroom after the purported massages. Alfredo Rodriguez took a journal from Epstein's computer that reflected many of +the names of underage females Epstein abused across the country and the world, including +locations such as... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010575.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010575.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3f4257993d400af695f7c83fb313e4663dd4232e --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010575.txt @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +See, e.g., Journal, Exhibit F, at 85 (Donald Trump); +at 9 (Bill Clinton phone numbers listed under "Doug Bands"). Federal Investigation and Plea Agreement With Epstein +19. Attorney's Office in the Southern +District of Florida learned of Epstein's repeated sexual abuse of minor girls. Epstein's aggressive +witness tampering was so severe that the United States Attorney's Office prepared negotiated +plea agreements containing these charges. Nesbitt Kuyrkendall and Jason +Richards traveled to the... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010576.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010576.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..41f8e7460c6d65a0731d21d074315827b86a1e99 --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010576.txt @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +appearance before the grand jury in the Southern District of Florida. Epstein was aboard his privately owned civilian +aircraft in Miami in the Southern District of Florida. Epstein became concerned that the FBI would +try to serve his traveling companion, Nadia Marcinkova, with a similar grand jury +subpoena. Epstein then redirected his +airplane, making the pilot file a new flight plan to travel to the US Virgin Islands +instead of the New York City area, thereby keeping the Special Agents... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010578.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010578.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3c170a8942211ec207263806c7752441b49ba47f --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010578.txt @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +Attorney's +Office for the Southern District of Florida. Under the agreement, Epstein agreed to plead guilty +to an indictment pending against him in the 15h Judicial Circuit in and for Palm Beach County +charging him with solicitation of prostitution and procurement of minors for prostitution. See Non-Prosecution Agreement (Exhibit "K"). +27. Part of the Non-Prosecution Agreement that Epstein negotiated was a provision in +which the federal government agreed not to prosecute Epstein's... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010579.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010579.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..573be401deb6f532e648bdc2695ae0d372b8e25b --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010579.txt @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +block federal prosecution of Epstein. In 2008, Edwards believed in good faith that criminal prosecution of Epstein was +extremely important to his clients E.W. and L.M. and that they desired to be consulted by the +FBI and/or other representatives of the federal government about the prosecution of Epstein. The letters that they had received around January 10, 2008, suggested that a criminal +investigation of Epstein was on-going and that they would be contacted before the federal +government... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010580.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010580.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b6900bece70a21d90f434a1e56fc1e3b208f7ba4 --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010580.txt @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +Edwards, Esq. at 91 - 2, 94 (hereinafter "Edwards Affidavit") (Exhibit +"N"). +32. On June 13, 2008, attorney Edwards agreed to represent E.W.; on July 2, 2008, +attorney Edwards agreed to represent Jane Doe; and, on July 7, 2008, attorney Edwards agreed to +represent L.M. in connection with the sexual assaults committed by Epstein and to insure that +their rights as victims of crimes were protected in the criminal process on-going against Epstein. In mid June of 2008, Edwards contacted AUSA... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010581.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010581.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c2d77b11e5c34309cb8ca4e389c9a14b43e9a0f6 --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010581.txt @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +On Friday, June 27, 2008, at approximately 4:15 p.m., AUSA Villafaña received a +copy of Epstein's proposed state plea agreement and learned that the plea was scheduled for 8:30 +a.m., Monday, June 30, 2008. See Edwards Affidavit, Exhibit "N", at 16. +36. Under the Crime Victims' Rights Act (CVRA), 18 U.S.C. § 3771, victims of +federal crimes - including E.W. and L.M. - are entitled to basic rights during any plea +bargaining process; including the right to be treated with fairness, the right to... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010582.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010582.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..05a86e729842b0db2e1b8e56407423076ef9d537 --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010582.txt @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +See Hearing Transcript, July 11, 2008 +(Exhibit "Q"). +39. Edwards learned that Jane Doe felt so strongly that the plea bargain was +inappropriate that she made her own determination to appear on a television program and +exercise her First Amendment rights to criticize the unduly lenient plea bargain Epstein received +in a criminal case. +40. Epstein's Entry of Guilty Pleas to Sex Offenses +41. Ultimately, on June 30, 2008, in the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit in Palm Beach +County, Florida, defendant... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010583.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010583.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1aa6ca91fba852ac71d622f09cb5e34f6be9370c --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010583.txt @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +During the course of his guilty pleas on June 30, 2008, Palm Beach +Circuit Court Judge Deborah Dale Pucillo ordered Epstein "not to have any contact, direct or +indirect" with any victims. The federal court stated that it "finds it necessary to state clearly that Defendant +is under this court's order not to have direct or indirect contact with any plaintiffs ..." Order, +Case No. 9:08-cv-80119 (S.D. Fla. 2008), [DE 238] at 4-5 (emphasis added); see also Order, +Case No. 9:08-cv-80893, [DE 193] at... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010584.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010584.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8ce8323375044b7f2c52318e60813bb20b0e4ef3 --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010584.txt @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +On September 11, 2008, at the request of his client L.M.., Brad Edwards filed a civil +suit against Jeffrey Epstein to recover damages for his sexual assault of L.M. Listing the amount of damages sought in the complaint was in accord with other +civil suits that were filed against Epstein (before any lawsuit filed by Edwards). Epstein (Exhibit "W") (filed by Herman and Mermelstein, PA). +48. At about the same time as Edwards filed his three lawsuits against Epstein, other +civil attorneys were... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010585.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010585.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..69d74254413d1cd188ce235112f3280221812e0b --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010585.txt @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +See Jeff Epstein Sued for "Repeated Sexual Assaults" on Teen, New York +Post, +October +17, +2007, +by Dareh +Gregorian, +link +at: +http://www.nypost.com/p/news/regional/item44zlWyLUFH7R1OUtKYGPbP;jsessionid=6CA3 +EBF1BEF68F5DE14BFB2CAA5C37EO. Edwards's three complaints against Epstein contained less detail about sexual +abuse than (as one example) a complaint filed by attorney Robert Josephsberg from the law firm +of Podhurst Orseck. See Complaint, Jane Doe 102 v. As recounted in +detail in this... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010586.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010586.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..64ee9a6d635934333eaff49552898e5d4c677343 --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010586.txt @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +Epstein's Obstruction of Normal Discovery and Attacks on His Victims +53. He sent standard discovery requests to Epstein +about his sexual abuse of the minor girls, including requests for admissions, request for +production, and interrogatories. See Edwards Affidavit, Exhibit "N", at 1111-19 and 25. An example of Epstein's refusal to answer is attached as Composite Exhibit "Z" +(original discovery propounded to Epstein and his responses invoking 5th amendment). +54. During the discovery phase of the... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010587.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010587.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..539277ad4b5b0295f46f3c18d7a87ac16d202502 --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010587.txt @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +fabricating cases of a sexual nature fleecing unsuspecting Florida investors and others out of +millions of dollars for cases of a sexual nature with--I'd like to answer your questions; however if +I--I'm told that if I do so, I risk losing my counsel's representation; therefore I must accept their +advice." Epstein deposition, March 8, 2010, at 106 (Deposition attachment #10). +56. When Edwards had the opportunity to take Epstein's deposition, he only asked +reasonable questions, all of which... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010588.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010588.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5d955c1d72fb0c05863f241b0cc236fa9de64854 --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010588.txt @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +Reinhart had previously been an Assistant United States +Attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida when Epstein was +being investigated criminally by Reinhart's office. Reinhart left the United States Attorney's +Office and was immediately hired by Epstein to represent Epstein's pilots and certain co- +conspirators during the civil cases against Epstein. For example, Edwards learned through deposition that Ghislaine Maxwell +was involved in managing Epstein's... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010589.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010589.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..97a51e398e4ed65c4d30ebdfafe342e40643a150 --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010589.txt @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +In reasonable reliance on this and other information, Edwards served Maxwell for +deposition in 2009. See Deposition Notice attached as Exhibit "BB." Maxwell was represented +by Brett Jaffe of the New York firm of Cohen and Gresser, and Edwards understood that her +attorney was paid for (directly or indirectly) by Epstein. On June 29, 2010, one day before +Edwards was to fly to NY to take Maxwell's deposition, her attorney informed Edwards that +Maxwell's mother was deathly ill and Maxwell was... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010590.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010590.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..390ae98ff56d866857c2b9e2ce9423b89b708552 --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010590.txt @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +Edwards that Brunel might have been procuring two eight-year-old girls for Epstein to sexually +abuse. According to widely circulated press reports reviewed by Edwards, Brunel is in his +sixties and has a reputation throughout the world (and especially in the modeling industry) as a +cocaine addict that has for years molested children through modeling agencies while acting as +their agent - conduct that has been the subject of critical reports, books, several news articles, +and a 60 Minutes... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010591.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010591.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b1c8082eb68f1f1bf7adc57c4111d842b122d221 --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010591.txt @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +In view of this information suggesting Brunel could provide significant evidence +of Epstein's trafficking in young girls for sexual abuse, Edwards had Brunel served in New York +for deposition. See Notice of Deposition of Jean Luc Brunel attached hereto as Exhibit "II." +Before the deposition took place, Brunel's attorney (Tama Kudman of West Palm Beach) +contacted Edwards to delay the deposition date. This information was untrue; Brunel was actually staying with Epstein in West Palm Beach.... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010592.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010592.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8777c422006a44eb0bb1660459c8bb8afd355d04 --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010592.txt @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +See Jane Musgrave, Victims Seeking Sex offender's Millions See Painful Pasts +Used +Against +Them, +Palm +Beach Post News, +Jan. 23, +2010, +available at +http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/crime/victims-seeking-sex-offenders-millions-see-painful- +pasts-192988.html attached hereto as Exhibit "LL." +Edwards Pursues Other Lines of Discovery +69. Because of Epstein's thwarting of discovery and attacks on Edwards's clients, +Edwards was forced to pursue other avenues of discovery. See Edwards Affidavit,... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010593.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010593.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..80d89c0cc19b30296893f06c367af576f34677bf --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010593.txt @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +The flight logs showed Clinton +traveling on Epstein's plane on numerous occasions between 2002 and 2005. See Flight logs +attached hereto as Exhibit "MM." Clinton traveled on many of those flights with Ghislaine +Maxwell, Sarah Kellen, and Adriana Mucinska, - all employees and/or co-conspirators of +Epstein's that were closely connected to Epstein's child exploitation and sexual abuse. The +documents clearly show that Clinton frequently flew with Epstein aboard his plane, then +suddenly stopped -... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010594.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010594.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..accf8bfc2b7ef3ab109327f893ec8b7127f5c247 --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010594.txt @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +Jeffrey enjoys his social life." Jeffrey Epstein: International Moneyman of Mystery; He's pals +with a passel of Nobel Prize-winning scientists, CEOs like Leslie Wexner of the Limited, +socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, even Donald Trump. But it wasn't until he flew Bill Clinton, Kevin +Spacey, and Chris Tucker to Africa on his private Boeing 727 that the world began to wonder +who he is. By Landon Thomas Jr. (See article attached hereto as Exhibit "NN") (c) Trump +allegedly banned Epstein from his... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010595.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010595.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9945f969ce002c44ca3756546c0dd09185bf1633 --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010595.txt @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +Epstein, By Vicky Ward on January, 2005 in Published Work, Vanity Fair (See +article attached as Exhibit "O0"); (c) Epstein's housekeeper Alfredo Rodriguez testified that +Dershowitz stayed at Epstein's house during the years when Epstein was assaulting minor +females on a daily basis; (d) Rodriguez testified that Dershowitz was at Epstein's house at times +when underage females where there being molested by Epstein (see Alfredo Rodriguez +deposition at 278-280, 385, 426-427); (e) Dershowitz... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010596.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010596.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8fed4e91044c95ac8f1c3585797b2bc6efdfafe3 --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010596.txt @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +Epstein's complaint alleges that Edwards provided notice that he wished to take +the deposition of Tommy Mattola. Mattola's deposition was set by +the law firm of Searcy Denny Scarola Barnhart and Shipley. See Edwards Affidavit, Exhibit "N" +at 116. +74. Epstein's housekeeper and one of the only +witnesses who did not appear for deposition with an Epstein bought attorney, Alfredo Rodriguez, +testified that David Copperfield was a guest at Epstein's house on several occasions. Richardson was properly... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010597.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010597.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e0b637cf6465b54c023aff081598a097f6bb9a13 --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010597.txt @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +See Edwards Affidavit, Exhibit "N" at 918. +76. See Jane Doe 102 Complaint, Exhibit "B." Accordingly, Edwards pursued +discovery to confirm these allegations. +77. Discovery of the pilot and flight logs was proper in the cases brought by Edwards +against Epstein. Jane Doe filed a federal RICO claim against Epstein that was an active claim +through much of the litigation. Although Judge Marra dismissed +the RICO claim at some point in the federal litigation, the legal team representing +Edwards'... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010599.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010599.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..45ee8a7b339466849c1f8a9e7ca1c5584c317da0 --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010599.txt @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +• He (Epstein) had gone to jail in Florida for soliciting prostitution for no reason; +• If the same thing (i.e., sexual abuse of minor girls) had happened in New York, he +(Epstein) would have received only a $200 fine; +• Bradley J. Edwards was the one causing all of Epstein's problems (i.e., the civil +suits brought by Jane Doe and other girls); +• L.M. came to him as a prostitute and a drug user (i.e., came to Epstein for sex, +rather than Epstein pursuing her); +• All the girls suing him are only... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010600.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010600.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0e93826cbbae0872cc628ad69932f0918aa379a0 --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010600.txt @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +Epstein's Harassment of Witnesses Against Him +82. Attorney's Correspondence, Exhibit "C" - Indictments drafted by Federal Government +against Epstein; and Edwards Affidavit, Exhibit "N" at 111. +83. Despite three no contact orders entered against Epstein (see Exhibit C, supra), +Edwards learned that Epstein continued to harass his victims. For example, Jane Doe had a trial +set for her civil case against him on July 19, 2010. Epstein +detailing the event, including Fisten Affidavit attached to... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010601.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010601.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..786eadd4d8d8f4388a410c0f8b93e113e48d950f --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010601.txt @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +See Preceding Undisputed Facts. Because of the +outrageousness of Epstein's sexual abuse of minor girls, Edwards reasonably expected that +Epstein would also be liable for punitive damages to the girls. See Complaint, 149 (referring to "Palm Beach +Billionaire"); see also Epstein Deposition, February 17, 2010, at 172-176 (Deposition +Attachment #7) (taking the Fifth when asked whether he is a billionaire). See Edwards Affidavit, Exhibit "N" at 919. +85. The settlement amounts are highly probative in... \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010602.txt b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010602.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..96bf0d6e1176785ec0d8b63b69755e3968ed070c --- /dev/null +++ b/extracted/summaries/house-oversight-nov/10/house-oversight-010602.txt @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +From in or about 2005, through in or about November 2009, Scott Rothstein +appears to have run a giant Ponzi scheme at his law firm of Rothstein, Rosenfeldt and Adler P.A. +("RRA"). This Ponzi scheme involved Rothstein falsely informing investors that settlement +agreements had been reached with putative defendants based upon claims of sexual harassment +and/or whistle-blower actions. Rothstein, No. 9-60331-CR-COHN (S.D. It has been alleged that among other cases that Rothstein used to lure... \ No newline at end of file