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Subject: 5113/21 Videoconference with Counsel for Bill Richardson Date: Thu, 13 May 2021 16:08:07 +0000¶
5/13/21 Videoconference (WebEx)¶
Steven Cozen Stephen Miller Barry Boss (Counsel for Bill Richardson)¶
AUSAs¶
- Provided background on Richardson’s history of public service
- Background re Epstein and GM
- o Never attended parties hosted byJE or GM
- o Never discussed topic of massages with JE or GM
- o Never received a massage from anyone connected to JE or GM
- o Never met any women through JE or GM
- o Never met
- o Never travelled on JE’s private airplane
- o Met JE/GM a few times during political campaigns in NM
- o JE donated to BR’s political campaigns; returned donation when could and otherwise donated to charity
- Polygraph examination in March 2021 by Barry Colvert; BR was asked if ever had intimate physical contact with El or if ever engaged in sexual act with Nand BR said no; results of examination were not indicative of deception on one scale; on another scale probability of deception is less than .01 and probably of deception on another scale was less than .001
- August 2019 —Judge Preska unsealed passages from May 3, 2016 deposition in which named BR as person GM directed her to have sex with
- “Catastrophic” impact on reputation, finances, and humanitarian efforts (e.g., lost speaking opportunities, lost Board opportunities, lost Netflix deal, impact on Richardson Center for Global Engagement to do its work)
- Requesting that can represent that BR is neither subject nor target of investigation and SDNY does not intend to call him as a witness
Assistant United States Attorney United States Attorney’s Office Southern District of New York One St. Andrew’s Plaza New York, New York 10007¶