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Document DOJ-OGR-00023194

AI Analysis

Summary: The document outlines a series of meetings between the USAO and Jeffrey Epstein's defense team, detailing the topics discussed and the participants involved. It highlights the key events and negotiations leading up to the signing of the NPA and subsequent state plea agreement. The document appears to be part of a larger investigative report or court filing.
Significance: This document provides a detailed account of the interactions between the USAO and Jeffrey Epstein's defense team, shedding light on the negotiations surrounding the Non-Prosecution Agreement (NPA) and state plea agreement.
Key Topics: Meetings between USAO and defense team regarding Jeffrey Epstein's case Negotiations for Non-Prosecution Agreement (NPA) State plea agreement discussions
Key People:
  • Acosta - USAO representative/lead prosecutor
  • Lefkowitz - Defense attorney for Jeffrey Epstein
  • Lourie - USAO representative/assistant to Acosta
  • Villafaña - USAO representative/assistant to Acosta
  • Dershowitz - Defense attorney for Jeffrey Epstein
  • Lefcourt - Defense attorney for Jeffrey Epstein
  • Sanchez - Defense attorney for Jeffrey Epstein
Document Type
Unknown
Date
Unknown
Pages
1
Folder
IMAGES008

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including one called by the USAO to offer the NPA term sheet resolution—and a sixth meeting together with the State Attorney and the lead state prosecutor to discuss the state plea. Acosta attended only one pre-NPA meeting. After the NPA was signed and before Epstein entered his state guilty pleas, the subject supervisors and the defense team had one substantive meeting, one unscheduled meeting on a procedural matter, and a meeting with one defense attorney in preparation for a conference call; in addition, Acosta had the breakfast meeting with Lefkowitz.229 | Date | USAO Participants | Defense Participants | Topic/Purpose | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Pre-NPA | | | | | Feb. 1, 2007 | Lourie / Villafaña | Lefcourt / Sanchez | Defense presents investigation improprieties and federal jurisdiction issues | | Feb. 20, 2007 | Lourie / Villafaña | Lefcourt / Sanchez | Defense presents witness issues | | June 26, 2007 | Sloman / Menchel / Lourie / Villafaña | Dershowitz / Black / Lefcourt / Sanchez | Defense presents legal issues, investigation improprieties, and federal jurisdiction issues | | July 31, 2007 | Sloman / Menchel / Lourie / Villafaña | Black / Lefcourt / Sanchez | USAO presents NPA term sheet | | Sept. 7, 2007 | Acosta / Oosterbaan / Sloman / Villafaña / Villafaña's co-counsel | Starr / Lefkowitz / Sanchez | Defense presents counteroffer | | Sept. 12, 2007 | Lourie / Lourie successor / Villafaña | Lefkowitz/ Lefcourt / Goldberger | Joint meeting with Krischer / Belohlavek re state plea provision of NPA | | Post-NPA | | | | | Oct. 12, 2007 | Acosta | Lefkowitz | Defense discussion of NPA terms and likely appeal to Department | | Nov. 21, 2007 (unscheduled) | Sloman (possibly Acosta) | Lefkowitz (possibly Dershowitz) | Defense discussion of victims' attorney representative procedure | | Dec. 14, 2007 | Acosta / Sloman / Villafaña / another senior AUSA | Starr / Weinberg / Dershowitz / Lefcourt | Defense presents federal jurisdiction issues, legal issues, and request for de novo review | | Jan. 7, 2008 | (1) Acosta / Sloman (2) Acosta / Sloman (conference call) | (1) Sanchez (2) Starr / Lefkowitz/ Sanchez | Defense presents USAO improprieties and “watered-down” resolution | 229 In addition, all of the subjects took phone calls from various defense attorneys, and although numerous documentary records refer to such calls, there may have been others for which OPR located no record.