Declaration by Epstein's former staff attorney denying role in case, May 2011

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DECLARATION OF BRUCE E. REINHART¶

I, Bruce E. Reinhart, make the following declaration pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1746.¶

1. I am a licensed attorney in solo practice as Bruce E. Reinhart, P.A. My office is located at West Palm Beach, Florida, 33401.

2. I am a member in good standing of the bars of the states of Florida, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. I am also admitted to the practice in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, the U.S. Supreme Court, and several other federal courts.

3. I graduated from Princeton University in 1984 with a B.S.E. in civil engineering cum laude. I graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1987, cum laude. I also served as an Editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

4. After graduating from law school, I served as judicial law clerk to the Honorable Norma L. Shapiro, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

5. In 1988, I began working at the Criminal Division of the United States Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., through the Attorney General’s Honors Program. From 1988-1994, I worked in the Public Integrity Section of the Criminal Division. While working there, I received two Special Achievement Awards for Meritorious Acts and Service from the Department of Justice.

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6. While at the Public Integrity Section, I was involved in investigating and prosecuting people who violated federal conflict of interest and post-employment statutes. I attended multiple training conferences where federal conflicts of interest laws and regulations were discussed.

7. From in or about July 1994 to on or about May 1, 1996, I served as Senior Policy Advisor to the Undersecretary of the Treasury for Enforcement at the United States Department of the Treasury. In that position, I helped the Undersecretary, the Deputy Secretary, and the Secretary of the Treasury to develop law enforcement policies for U.S. Customs, ATF, Secret Service, and IRS Criminal Investigations. I also acted as principal staff liaison to the Deputy Attorney General, the FBI and the other Department of Justice law enforcement agencies. For my service, I was awarded the Undersecretary for Enforcement’s Award for Exceptional Service.

8. I am the former Vice Chair of the Palm Beach County Bar’s Professionalism Committee. I am the former President of the Palm Beach County Chapter of the Federal Bar Association. I currently serve as an Ethics Commissioner on the Palm Beach County Commission on Ethics.

9. From May 1, 1996 to January 1, 2008, I served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of Florida, assigned to the West Palm Beach office. From in or about July 1998 to in or about October 2002, I was a Supervisory Assistant United States Attorney. From October 2002 to January 2008, I was a non-supervisory Assistant United States Attorney handling my own docket of cases.

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10. At all relevant times, the Office had approximately 20 Assistant U.S. Attorneys assigned to the West Palm Beach location. The prosecutor assigned to the Epstein case, , and I were assigned to different sections within the Office. We reported to different supervisors.

11. I did not participate in any way in the Office’s investigation of Epstein. I was not involved in any of the Office’s decisionmaking with regard to the Epstein matter.

12. I never learned any confidential, non-public information about the Epstein matter.

13. In late December 2007, I had an “exit meeting” with , the Office’s ethics officer. As part of that meeting, Mr. reviewed with me the Department of Justice’s post-employment restrictions. Based on our conversation, it was my understanding that I could work on any matter so long as I had not participated in it personally and substantially as a Government employee. I also understood that I could not use non-public Government information for any purpose.

14. After opening my private practice on January 2, 2008, I was retained to represent for purposes of civil depositions in causes of action to which the United States was not a party. At a later time, I was retained to represent several other members of Mr. Epstein’s staff in their civil depositions.

15. After leaving the Office, I did not participate in any of the negotiations over Mr. Epstein’s non-prosecution agreement.

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16. After leaving the Office, I did not communicate with the Office, in person or in writing, about any matters relating to possible criminal charges against Mr. Epstein.

17. Because I did not have any, I did not share non-public confidential information about the Epstein investigation with any of Epstein’s attorneys.

18. Prior to the filing of Plaintiff’s Motion for Finding of Violations of the Crime Victims’ Rights Act, neither Mr. Edwards, nor Judge Cassell, nor anyone on their behalf contacted me to determine if the allegations in Paragraphs 52 and 53 of that Motion were true.

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.¶

Executed on May 3, 2011.¶

Bruce E. Reinhart¶