Subject: RE: Draft Indictment¶
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 13:57:20 +0000¶
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Yes – finishing up within the hour.¶
Sent: Friday, June 14, 2019 9:54 AM¶
To: (USANYS) <¶
Subject: RE: Draft Indictment¶
Yeah, I was going to make the same research suggestion. Can you send me your comments when you can? Assuming I’m doing the next round want to make sure I understand yours so I can ensure team addressed them.¶
Sent: Friday, June 14, 2019 9:53 AM¶
To: (USANYS) <¶
Subject: RE: Draft Indictment¶
I went to speak to about that and the option of charging it that way and superseding later – it is much preferable to it this way if we can because we do not want to charge a single victim count – both not to put it all on and to not suggest our case is that narrow.¶
gut is that we can, but in my comments I asked the team to do some research on the unit of prosecution.¶
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Sent: Friday, June 14, 2019 9:51 AM¶
To: (USANYS) <¶
Subject: RE: Draft Indictment¶
Also, on Count 1, are we sure we can charge a single count covering all conduct? I presume we plan to supersede, so this may be moot, but it’d be embarrassing to stumble out of the gate if we have to charge each person trafficked as a separate substantive…¶
Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2019 10:57 PM¶
Subject: Re: Draft Indictment¶
Good — you may have to be the one to help get it there. Will loop you in if chain continues.¶
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On Jun 13, 2019, at 10:35 PM, (USANYS) < > wrote:¶
I agree with this.¶
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On Jun 13, 2019, at 10:19 PM,¶
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Thanks. Let’s chat tomorrow — I do think this is too sparse. I understand the concerns and they are right ones, but more needs to be done to (i) instill public confidence in the significance and seriousness of this case in light of the prior history: and (ii) relatedly, to give Geoff more to work with at a press conference to further that end. It is a balance, and there are definitely steps we should take to protect the victims (esp those who remain truly anonymous), but I think we’ll need to bulk up a bit.¶
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On Jun 13, 2019, at 9:47 PM,¶
Attached is a draft indictment for your review. We tried to keep the facts sparse, both to protect the victims and to avoid publicizing details that will help us vet new witnesses later on if the details remain confidential.¶
Thanks—¶
Assistant United States Attorney Southern District of New York One Saint Andrew’s Plaza New York, NY 10007¶
<2019-06-13, Epstein Indictment.docx>¶
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