EFTA00206426¶
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:12 PM¶
Subject: FW: jeffrey epstein prosecution -CONTACT FROM NEWSWEEK Importance: High¶
— This just arrived. Why do they always wait until 2 minutes before their deadline to contact us???? I did not fail to call her back, I referred the matter to you. Can you please handle this. Making clear that all allegations raised by Epstein’s team were investigated by DOJ and found to be completely meritless. You might also add that Epstein had previously made false allegations against the Palm Beach Police Chief.¶
I would love to know how they got the letter, but they probably will not tell you their source.¶
-----Original Message-----¶
From: Aitken, Lee [mailto:]¶
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:07 PM¶
To: . (USAFLS)¶
Subject: jeffrey epstein prosecution¶
Dear Ms.¶
I am an editor at both Newsweek and the Daily Beast website. I left a phone message last week but have not received a call back. Now we are facing a deadline for posting on the Daily Beast tonight, so I’d like to give you another chance to respond to our query. We have obtained a five-page letter you wrote to attorney Jay Lefkowitz on December 13, 2007 protesting charges of misconduct on your part and laying out several details about your interactions with Jeffrey Epstein’s legal team. Your co-signer, Alex Accosta, has already acknowledged the viiidity of this letter, but I would also like you to confirm that it came from your office. If you have any further comment to make about it or facts to add about this case I would love to hear back from you right away. We plan to post a story about the negotiations behind the Non-Prosecution agreement at 8 pm this evening.¶
Thank you for your time and prompt attention, Lee Aitken¶
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(USAFLS)¶
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Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:31 PM¶
Subject:¶
FW: jeffrey epstein prosecution -CONTACT FROM NEWSWEEK¶
Importance:¶
High¶
And even more good times.¶
-----Original Message-----¶
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:12 PM¶
EFTA00206427¶
(USAFLS);¶
Subject: FW: jeffrey epstein prosecution -CONTACT FROM NEWSWEEK Importance: High¶
— This just arrived. Why do they always wait until 2 minutes before their deadline to contact us???? I did not fail to call her back, I referred the matter to you. Can you please handle this. Making clear that all allegations raised by Epstein’s team were investigated by DOJ and found to be completely meritless. You might also add that Epstein had previously made false allegations against the Palm Beach Police Chief. His tactics are limited to (1) influence/persuasion or (2) intimidation. (1) didn’t work on me, so they tried (2).¶
I would love to know how they got the letter, but they probably will not tell you their source.¶
-----Original Message-----¶
From: Aitken, Lee [mailto:]¶
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:07 PM¶
To: . (USAFLS)¶
Subject: jeffrey epstein prosecution¶
Dear Ms.¶
I am an editor at both Newsweek and the Daily Beast website. I left a phone message last week but have not received a call back. Now we are facing a deadline for posting on the Daily Beast tonight, so I’d like to give you another chance to respond to our query. We have obtained a five-page letter you wrote to attorney Jay Lefkowitz on December 13, 2007 protesting charges of misconduct on your part and laying out several details about your interactions with Jeffrey Epstein’s legal team. Your co-signer, Alex Accosta, has already acknowledged the viiidity of this letter, but I would also like you to confirm that it came from your office. If you have any further comment to make about it or facts to add about this case I would love to hear back from you right away. We plan to post a story about the negotiations behind the Non-Prosecution agreement at 8 pm this evening.¶
Thank you for your time and prompt attention, Lee Aitken¶
From:¶
Fernandez, Aida I. (USAFLS) afernandez@usa.doj.gov¶
Sent:¶
Tuesday, March 22, 2011 12:59 PM¶
To:¶
(USAFLS)¶
Subject:¶
Telephone call¶
Telephone call fm John Pasanti, Daily Business Review re: Epstein filing of 3/21/2011. I referred him to .¶
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Thursday, March 24, 2011 5:09 PM¶
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Cc:¶
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Subject:¶
RE: jeffrey epstein prosecution -CONTACT FROM NEWSWEEK¶
I understand why you want that, and I would love to include it, but that is beyond the response DOJ gave to Conchita. I will have to run this by them.¶
EFTA00206428¶
Any other thoughts before I send this to DOJ??¶
Please add the capitalized language (below).¶
Proposed SDFL (non)response:¶
As you know from your communications with the DOJ’s Office of Public Affairs, the defense in this case asked for an independent DOJ review of all facts, circumstances and allegations surrounding this prosecution. The Office of the Deputy Attorney General did in fact review the case, which is not uncommon, and determined that NO MISCONDUCT OCCURRED AND THAT prosecutorial discretion in the case appropriately rested with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.¶
If you agree, I need to run this by DOJ. DOJ already provided the following comment — but ours is slightly different (ergo, the need to run it by them) DOJ response: The Office of the Deputy Attorney General did review the case, which is not uncommon, and determined that prosecutorial discretion in the case appropriately rested with the U.S. Attorney’s Office. (Off the record, note “review” would be the appropriate word, not “negotiate”.) In terms of a boss, the U.S. Attorneys’ Offices report through the Office of the Deputy Attorney General (at the time, Mark Filip was the DAG.)¶
-----Original Message-----¶
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 4:12 PM¶
Subject: FW: jeffrey epstein prosecution -CONTACT FROM NEWSWEEK Importance: High¶
— This just arrived. Why do they always wait until 2 minutes before their deadline to contact us???? I did not fail to call her back, I referred the matter to you. Can you please handle this. Making clear that all allegations raised by Epstein’s team were investigated by DOJ and found to be completely meritless. You might also add that Epstein had previously made false allegations against the Palm Beach Police Chief.¶
I would love to know how they got the letter, but they probably will not tell you their source.¶
Assistant U.S. Attorney¶