EFTA00191155¶
Villafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS)¶
From: Menchel, Matthew (USAFLS) Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 10:52 AM To: Villafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS); Lourie, Andrew (USAFLS) Subject: Re: Operation Leap Year¶
Marie,¶
You will not have approval to go forward tomorrow with an indictment or to proceed by complaint. Alex has your memo and lefcourt’s letter but he is out of the district at the US Attorney’s conference for the next several days.¶
I’m having trouble understanding - given how long this case has been pending - what the rush is. This is obviously a very significant case and Alex wants to take his time making sure he is comfortable before proceeding.¶
Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld¶
-----Original Message----- From: Villafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS) AVillafana@usa.doj.gov To: Lourie, Andrew (USAFLS) ALourie@usa.doj.gov; Menchel, Matthew (USAFLS) MMenchel@usa.doj.gov Sent: Mon May 14 10:38:15 2007 Subject: Operation Leap Year¶
Good morning: I just received a call that Epstein’s plane is flying from the Virgin Islands to Newark now, so it looks like Epstein is going to show up for his court appearance tomorrow. Can you let me know if the indictment is going tomorrow or, if not, whether we are authorized to proceed by Complaint?¶
Thank you.¶
A. Marie Villafaña Assistant U.S. Attorney 500 S. Australian Ave, Suite 400 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Phone 561 209-1047 Fax 561 820-8777¶
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