EFTA00103996

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

## MEMORANDUM

<table border="1"><tr><td>TO:</td><td>Jonathan Pelletier

Acting Chief Financial Officer

Executive Office of U.S. Attorneys</td></tr></table>

<table border="1"><tr><td>FROM:</td><td>Geoffrey S. BermanU.S. Attorney,Southern District of New York</td></tr></table>

SUBJECT: Foreign Travel for AUSAs



DATE: January 23, 2020

This memo is intended to request approval for the planned foreign travel of , and Assistant United States Attorneys in the Southern District of New York. AUSAs, and will be traveling to Stockholm, Sweden, to interview a potential witness in connection with an investigation into possible violations of 18 U.S.C. §2423, among other offenses. AUSAs, and will travel between February 3 (overnight) and February 7, 2020. Ed Tyrrell has approved this request. $^{1}$

In connection with the investigation of criminal conduct undertaken by Jeffrey Epstein and certain of his associates, we are investigating whether certain individuals undertook actions within the United States that involved the transportation of minors for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual activity. The witness we intend to interview is a citizen and resident of Sweden and currently is unable to travel due to medical issues, but would be a potentially valuable witness in our investigation. Specifically, the witness is the relative of a victim in the investigation, and may be able to significantly corroborate the victim as well as provide additional relevant information, including information required to meet certain elements of the crime(s) being investigated.

Given the critical importance of the witness, and the need to fully debrief the witness over a one-day interview, and potentially a subsequent follow-up interview the following day, it is necessary for each of AUSAs , and to travel to Stockholm to participate in the interview.

1 Ed Tyrrell originally approved this trip for January 27 through 31st, but approval timelines necessitated rescheduling to the following week.

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High Threat Security Overseas Seminar (“HTSOS”) training is required for the requested travel to Sweden. AUSA has completed HTSOS training, and AUSAs and will complete the HTSOS training.

AUSAs , and therefore request permission to travel to Sweden.