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Correspondence · June 20, 2008

DOJ email chain backing federal handling of Epstein case, June 2008

Justice Department email chain in which officials say they reviewed the Epstein case, briefed the DAG, and agree it belongs in federal court, with defense counsel submissions attached.Machine-written summary

EFTA00194204

Villafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS)

From:Sloman, Jeff(USAFLS)
Sent:Friday, June 20, 2008 9:11 AM
To:Roth, John(ODAG)(SMO); Senior, Robert(USAFLS)
Cc:Soffer,Gil M.(ODAG)(SMO)
Subject:Re: Epstein

Thanks John.

----- Original Message -----
From: Roth, John (ODAG) (SMO)
To: Sloman, Jeff (USAFLS); Senior, Robert (USAFLS)
Cc: Soffer, Gil M. (ODAG) (SMO)
Sent: Fri Jun 20 09:01:18 2008
Subject: FW: Epstein

FYI. Gil and I have finished our review. Even if we were to substitute our judgment for yours, we believe that this case is one that is appropriately in federal court. We also see nothing in the conduct of the USAO that gives us any reason to doubt that the case is being handled professionally. We briefed the DAG on it yesterday and he agrees.

The attached late submission throws a slight wrinkle into this, but I think we can still satisfy your timetable. I have asked Starr and Lefkowitz for an electronic version of whatever he is going to send, to be sent this morning. I am going to schedule a telephone conference for this afternoon or this evening to let them know, but I thought you should know so you can start planning. Please don’t reach out to defense counsel until we let them know.

From: Kenneth Starr [mailto:kstarr@kirkland.com]

Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 9:11 PM

To: Roth, John (ODAG)

Cc: Jay Lefkowitz; Ken.Starr@Pepperdine.edu

Subject: Re: Epstein

Dear Mr. Roth,

As you have requested, we are sending our supplemental submissions and binder of materials to the Department for delivery tomorrow. Attached here is our introductory letter.

I will be traveling abroad next week and kindly ask that you contact my colleague in this matter, Jay Lefkowitz, by email or by telephone at 202-446-4970.

Kind regards.

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DOJ email chain backing federal handling of Epstein case, June 2008

Emails and letters

Justice Department email chain in which officials say they reviewed the Epstein case, briefed the DAG, and agree it belongs in federal court, with defense counsel submissions attached.

DOJ Epstein Files, Data Set 9 · June 20, 2008

EFTA00194204 Villafana, Ann Marie C. (USAFLS) <table border="1" <tr <td From:</td <td Sloman, Jeff(USAFLS)</td </tr <tr <td Sent:</td <td Friday, June 20, 2008 9:11 AM</td </tr <tr <td To:</td <td Roth, John(ODAG)(SMO); Senior, Robert(USAFLS)</td </tr <tr <td Cc:</td <td Soffer,Gil M.(ODAG)(SMO)</td </tr <tr <td Subject:</td <td Re: Epstein</td </tr </table Thanks John. <table <tr <td ----- Original Message -----</td </tr <tr <td From: Roth, John (ODAG) (SMO)</td </tr <tr <td To: Sloman, Jeff (USAFLS); Senior, Robert (USAFLS)</td </tr <tr <td Cc: Soffer, Gil M. (ODAG) (SMO)</td </tr <tr <td Se…