The Epstein Network

The power of attorney states that it takes effect on July 30, 1991 and remains in effect until Wexner records written notice of revocation with the Franklin County, Ohio, Recorder.

“shall be in full force and effect on July 30, 1991, and shall remain in effect until such time as I record with the County Recorder of Franklin County, Ohio, written notice of revocation of such authority.”

A notary’s acknowledgment dated the 30th day of July 1991 records that Leslie H. Wexner acknowledged signing the power of attorney.

“BE IT REMEMBERED, that on this 30th day of July ___, 1991, before me the subscriber, a Notary Public in and for said County and State, personally came the above-named LESLIE H. WEXNER who acknowledged the signing of the foregoing Power of Attorney to be his free and voluntary act and deed.”

The court-filed copy of the power of attorney bears a Franklin County Recorder stamp with instrument number 199907290192823, dated 07/29/1999.

“Instr:199907290192823 07/29/1999”

In his deposition, asked whether Epstein had power of attorney over his financial matters, Wexner answered yes, and said Dennis did as well.

“>> And Mr. Epstein did have power of attorney over your financial matters. >> Yeah. As did Dennis.”

Asked about the 1991 power of attorney, Wexner testified that Harold, Jeffrey and Dennis Hersh each had a power of attorney because they needed it to do their work.

“So Harold had a power of attorney, Jeffrey had a power of attorney, Dennis Hersh had a power of attorney because they needed it to do their work.”

CNBC reported that Wexner said he revoked Epstein’s power of attorney in September 2007.

“Wexner said he revoked Epstein’s power of attorney in September 2007, months before Epstein pleaded guilty in Florida to a state charge of soliciting a minor for prostitution.”

CNN reported that George Houraney told the New York Times in 2019 that he raised concerns with Trump about Epstein’s conduct ahead of a 1992 “calendar girl” event, and that the first Trump White House did not comment on that report.

“A Florida-based businessman told the New York Times in a 2019 interview that he raised concerns about Epstein’s conduct ahead of a 1992 “calendar girl” event. “I said, ‘Look, Donald, I know Jeff really well, I can’t have him going after younger girls,’ ” the businessman, George Houraney, said. (The first Trump White House did not comment on that report.)”

Slate, relaying the New York Times interview, reported George Houraney’s account that he fulfilled Trump’s request in 1992 for women to attend a VIP party at a Trump property, arranged for 28 contestants to fly in, and found that the guests at the very first party were Trump and Epstein.

“Florida businessman George Houraney said he was the one who fulfilled Trump’s request in 1992 for the beautiful women to attend a VIP party at the Trump property. “I arranged to have some contestants fly in,” Houraney told the Times in an interview this week. “At the very first party, I said, ‘Who’s coming tonight? I have 28 girls coming.’ It was him and Epstein.” That the party wasn’t really a party at all surprised Houraney. “I said, ‘Donald, this is supposed to be a party with V.I.P.s. You’re telling me it’s you and Epstein?”

The New York Times reported George Houraney’s 2019 account that at the first 1992 ‘calendar girl’ party he organized at Mar-a-Lago, the only guests were Trump and Epstein.

““At the very first party, I said, ‘Who’s coming tonight? I have 28 girls coming.’ It was him and Epstein.””

NBC News reported that its November 1992 archive tape shows Trump partying with Epstein at Mar-a-Lago.

“The November 1992 tape in the NBC archives shows Donald Trump partying with Jeffrey Epstein at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, now a private club, more than a decade before Epstein pleaded guilty to felony prostitution charges in Florida.”

The Washington Post reported that Epstein attended a 1992 party at Mar-a-Lago where he was filmed by an NBC crew making a segment on Trump.

“He attended a party there with NFL cheerleaders in 1992, where he was videotaped by an NBC news crew gathering footage for a segment on Trump.”

Responding to CNN’s 2025 report on archival photos and video of Trump and Epstein, the White House called them out-of-context images of widely attended events.

“These are nothing more than out-of-context frame grabs of innocuous videos and pictures of widely attended events to disgustingly infer something nefarious.”

A New York Daily News gossip item on Nov. 13, 1992 reported word that Trump would have cheerleaders from the Buffalo Bills and Miami Dolphins at Mar-a-Lago that weekend.

“he has the resources to have a good time, namely Mar-a-lago, the Marjorie Merriweather Post mansion on 80 acres in the heart of Palm beach. The other weekend, Trump is said to have had 36 young single women there, including 20 brought by Elite models mogul John Casablancas. And word is that this weekend, he’ll have the cheerleaders from both the Buffalo Bills and the Miami Dolphins on hand for some late-night revelry.”

The pilot’s logbook entry for Apr. 23, 1993 (TEB to PBI, flight 310) lists “JEFFREY” and “DONALD TRUMP” in the passenger remarks.

“JEFFREY, [private individual’s name omitted], DONALD TRUMP”

The pilot’s logbook entry for Apr. 26, 1993 (PBI to TEB, flight 311) lists “DONALD TRUMP” in the passenger remarks; the name before it is illegible on the released scan.

“[illegible], DONALD TRUMP”

The pilot’s logbook entry for Oct. 11, 1993 (PBI to TEB, flight 409) lists “JE, GM, DD, SB, DONALD TRUMP” in the passenger remarks.

“JE, GM, DD, SB, DONALD TRUMP”

The pilot’s logbook entry for Oct. 17, 1993 (PBI to TEB, flight 413) lists the initials “JE, GM, DD, RD” and “DONALD TRUMP” in the passenger remarks.

“JE, GM, DD, RD, [private individual’s name omitted], DONALD TRUMP”

Photographer Dafydd Jones’s archive captions a photo from the Harley Davidson Cafe opening in Manhattan in 1993 as showing Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein.

“Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein, Harley Davidson Cafe opening. Manhattan. 1993.”

CNN reported that Dafydd Jones photographed Trump and Epstein together at the October 1993 opening of the Harley Davidson Cafe in New York.

“A year later in October 1993, high-society photographer Dafydd Jones took photos at the opening of the Harley Davidson Cafe in New York, capturing Trump and Epstein together.”

Snopes reported that the photo was taken by Dafydd Jones on Oct. 19, 1993, at the opening of a Harley Davidson cafe in Manhattan.

“The photo in question was taken by British photographer Dafydd Jones on Oct. 19, 1993, at the opening of a Harley Davidson cafe in Manhattan.”

Dafydd Jones’s archive captions a photo as Jeffrey Epstein at the Donald Trump–Marla Maples wedding at the Plaza Hotel in 1993.

“Jeffrey Epstein at the Donald Trump Marla Maples wedding. Plaza hotel.”

CNN reported that Jones, assigned to photograph Trump’s December 1993 wedding, took a photo of Epstein entering the event.

“Among the photos he took was one of Epstein entering the event.”

The White House told CNN the photos and footage were out-of-context frame grabs of widely attended events.

“These are nothing more than out-of-context frame grabs of innocuous videos and pictures of widely attended events”

The pilot’s logbook entry for May 15, 1994 (PBI to DCA, flight 516) lists “JE, DONALD TRUMP, MARLA” in the passenger remarks.

“JE, DONALD TRUMP, MARLA”

The pilot’s logbook entry for the next leg on May 15, 1994 (DCA to TEB, flight 517) lists “JE, DONALD TRUMP, MARLA” in the passenger remarks.

“JE, DONALD TRUMP, MARLA”

The Wall Street Journal reported, citing former employees, that Maples widely shared concerns about Epstein with Mar-a-Lago staff soon after the club opened in 1995.

“Maples, who married Trump in 1993, widely shared concerns with Mar-a-Lago staff about Epstein soon after the club opened in 1995, according to former employees.”

The Journal reported that Maples told employees something about Epstein was ‘wrong’ and ‘off’ and that she worried about his influence on Trump.

“She told employees that something about Epstein was “wrong” and “off,” and that she worried about his influence on Trump.”

The Journal reported, citing former employees and people close to Maples, that she told Trump she was uneasy about Epstein’s presence and did not want either of them to spend time with him.

“Maples told Trump that she was uneasy about Epstein’s presence and that she didn’t want to spend time with him - and didn’t want Trump to either, according to former employees and people close to Maples.”

The Journal reported that Epstein continued to attend parties and events at Mar-a-Lago, and that Maples’s representatives did not respond to requests for comment.

“But Epstein continued to attend parties and events at Mar-a-Lago. Representatives for Maples didn’t respond to requests for comment.”

A Davidoff Studios photo in Getty Images’ archive is captioned as showing Epstein at a reception in honor of Tony Bennett at Mar-a-Lago on March 19, 1995.

“Portrait of American socialite Jeffrey Epstein (1953 - 2019) and guest pose together during a reception (in honor of Tony Bennett) at the Mar-a-Lago estate, Palm Beach, Florida, March 19, 1995. (Photo by Davidoff Studios/Getty Images)”

The Palm Beach Post reported on March 22, 1995 that Tony Bennett performed Sunday night at Club Mar-a-Lago and was the first performer put on retainer by Donald Trump.

“Fresh from the Grammys, Tony Bennett performed Sunday night at Club Mar-a-Lago. He left Monday with a new title — “artist in residence.” He’s the first performer to be put on retainer by Donald Trump, and as such will perform from time to time.”

The pilot’s logbook entry for Aug. 13, 1995 (PBI to TEB, flight 741) lists the initials “JE, GM” and “DONALD TRUMP” among the passenger remarks.

“JE, GM, [other names omitted], DONALD TRUMP”

The pilot’s logbook entry for Jan. 5, 1997 (PBI to EWR, flight 934) begins its passenger remarks with “JE, GM, DONALD TRUMP”.

“JE, GM, DONALD TRUMP”

A Davidoff Studios photo in Getty Images’ archive is captioned as showing Epstein and Trump posing together at Mar-a-Lago on Feb. 22, 1997.

“Portrait of American financier Jeffrey Epstein (left) and real estate developer Donald Trump as they pose together at the Mar-a-Lago estate, Palm Beach, Florida on February 22, 1997. (Photo by Davidoff Studios/Getty Images)”

CNBC published a Davidoff Studios photo captioned as Epstein and Trump posing together at Mar-a-Lago in 1997.

“In a 1997 photo, Jeffrey Epstein, left, and Donald Trump pose together at the Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla.Davidoff Studios Photography”

A Getty Images archive photo by Thomas Concordia is captioned as showing Trump and Epstein at a Victoria’s Secret Angels event at the club Duvet in New York on April 9, 1997.

“Businessman Donald Trump and financier Jeffrey Epstein attend a Victoria’s Secret Angels event sponsored by Rogers & Cowan at the club Duvet on 21st Street in New York City, New York on April 9, 1997. (Photo by Thomas Concordia/Getty Images)”

A Getty Images archive photo by Sonia Moskowitz is captioned as showing Trump, model Ingrid Seynhaeve and Epstein at the Victoria’s Secret “Angels” party in New York on April 28, 1997.

“American businessman and ex-president Donald Trump, Belgian model Ingrid Seynhaeve, and American businessman Jeffrey Epstein attend the Victoria’s Secret “Angels” party on April 28, 1997 in New York City.”

A Getty Images archive photo by Arnaldo Magnani, dated Oct. 29, 1997, is captioned as Donald Trump out on the town in New York with Ghislaine Maxwell.

“315274 10/29/97 New York City Donald Trump Out On The Town With Ghislaine Maxwell (Photo By Arnaldo Magnani/Getty Images)”

A New York Daily News archive photo by Richard Corkery is captioned as showing Maxwell and Trump at the Ford Modeling Agency and Pantene 50th-anniversary celebration at 142 Mercer Street, dated Oct. 30, 1997.

“UNITED STATES - October 30: The 50th anniversary for both the Ford Modeling Agency and Pantene hair care products. They celebrate together at 142 Mercer Street in Manhattan. Pictured are Ghislaine Maxwell and Donald Trump (Photo by Richard Corkery/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images)”

The New York Daily News printed Richard Corkery’s photo on Oct. 31, 1997 with a caption placing Ghislaine Maxwell and Donald Trump at Ford Models’ 50th-anniversary party in Soho on Wednesday night (Oct. 29).

“sheer delight at Ford Models’ 50th anniversary party in Soho Wednesday night. Heiress Ghislaine Maxwell (above) tries to get Donald Trump to focus on the conversation as models saunter by”

The pilot’s logbook records a Nov. 29, 1998 flight of N908JE from Palm Beach to Teterboro (flight 1185) whose passenger remarks list JE, GM and “GLEN DUBIN”.

“GLEN DUBIN”

Giuffre testified in May 2016 that her Mar-a-Lago records showed she worked at the club in 2000.

“It wasn’t until I found the facts that I worked at Mar-a-Lago in 2000 that I was able to figure that out.”

AP reported that Trump, asked whether Giuffre was one of the Mar-a-Lago employees Epstein poached, demurred and then said Epstein stole her.

“he demurred but then said “he stole her.””

In the same deposition Giuffre said she now knew it was 2000, when she was 16, that she met Ghislaine Maxwell.

“I now know that it was 2000, that I was 16 years old when I met Ghislaine Maxwell.”

A Davidoff Studios photo in Getty Images’ archive is captioned as showing Trump, Melania Knauss, Epstein and Maxwell posing together at the Mar-a-Lago club on Feb. 12, 2000.

“From left, American real estate developer Donald Trump and his girlfriend (and future wife), former model Melania Knauss, financier (and future convicted sex offender) Jeffrey Epstein, and British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell pose together at the Mar-a-Lago club, Palm Beach, Florida, February 12, 2000. (Photo by Davidoff Studios/Getty Images)”

A second Davidoff Studios caption dated Feb. 12, 2000 places Melania Knauss, Prince Andrew and Epstein together at the Mar-a-Lago party.

“Melania Trump, Prince Andrew, Gwendolyn Beck and Jeffrey Epstein at a party at the Mar-a-Lago club, Palm Beach, Florida, February 12, 2000.”

A Davidoff Studios photo in Getty Images’ archive is captioned as showing Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein and Michael Bolton at a party at Mar-a-Lago on Feb. 12, 2000, matching the people in the Palm Beach Post’s Feb. 20, 2000 caption.

“(L-R) Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein, and musician Michael Bolton pose for a portrait during a party at the Mar-a-Lago club, Palm Beach, Florida, February 12, 2000. (Photo by Davidoff Studios/Getty Images)”

The Palm Beach Post’s society column of Feb. 20, 2000 reported that Trump’s girlfriend Melania Knauss was back for his pro-am tennis tournament at Mar-a-Lago.

“That’s right, girlfriend Melania Knauss, who took a temporary back seat to politics, was back for The Donald’s pro-am tennis tournament.”

The column printed a photo captioned as Donald Trump with Melania Knauss and England’s Prince Andrew.

“Above: Donald Trump with Melania Knauss and England’s Prince Andrew”

The same column printed a photo captioned as Ghislaine and Jeffrey Epstein with singer Michael Bolton, whom the column listed among the tournament’s players.

“Left: Ghislaine and Jeffrey Epstein with Michael Bolton”

The column reported that Trump announced Prince Andrew’s presence to the crowd.

“Even when Trump announced England’s Prince Andrew, many in the crowd doubted his presence.”

The column reported that the tournament’s players helped raise $2 million for CaP Cure, a prostate cancer charity.

“They helped raise $2 million for CaP Cure, a charity dedicated to treating and curing prostate cancer.”

The Washington Post reported in 2019 that in February 2000 Epstein and Maxwell attended a celebrity tennis tournament at Mar-a-Lago and brought Prince Andrew, who was photographed with Trump and Melania Knauss.

“In February 2000, Epstein and Maxwell attended a celebrity tennis tournament at Mar-a-Lago. Epstein brought along Prince Andrew, who was photographed with Trump and his then-girlfriend Melania Knauss.”

The London Evening Standard reported in January 2001 that Prince Andrew’s breaks with Maxwell over the previous year included a February 2000 holiday at Mar-a-Lago, and that Epstein had joined them on five breaks, including Mar-a-Lago.

“February 2000: holiday at Mar El Largo Club in Palm Beach with Ghislaine, followed by a trip to New York to attend a fashion show with her.”

The same Evening Standard article reported that Epstein had joined Prince Andrew and Maxwell on five of their breaks in the previous 12 months, including one to Mar-a-Lago.

“Epstein has joined Andrew and Ghislaine on five of their breaks together in the past 12 months — to Mar A Largo, Phuket, Sandringham, Florida and Windsor”

The pilot’s logbook records flight 1336 on May 7, 2000, G-1159B N908JE from Palm Beach (PBI) to St. Thomas (TIST), with ‘JEAN LUC BRUNEL’ written in the remarks alongside ‘JE’ and ‘GM’.

“JEAN LUC BRUNEL”

The logbook records the next leg on May 8, 2000, from St. Thomas to Teterboro (TEB), again with ‘JEAN LUC BRUNEL’ alongside ‘JE’ and ‘GM’.

“JEAN LUC BRUNEL”

A Sygma photo by Rossa W. Cole in Getty Images is captioned as showing Melania Trump, Donald Trump and Ghislaine Maxwell at the Anand Jon fashion show in New York on Sept. 18, 2000.

“Melania Trump, Donald Trump and Ghislaine Maxwell attend Anand Jon Fashion Show on September 18, 2000 in New York City. (Photo by Rossa W. Cole/Sygma via Getty Images)”

A Patrick McMullan photo in Getty Images is captioned as showing Melania Knauss and Donald Trump posing with Ghislaine Maxwell at the Anand Jon fashion show in New York on Sept. 18, 2000.

“Portrait of, from left, future married couple fashion model Melania Knauss (later Melania Trump) and American real estate developer Donald Trump, with British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell as they pose together during attend Anand Jon Fashion Show, New York, New York, September 18, 2000.”

A Daily Mail article dated March 5, 2011, filed as an exhibit in Giuffre v. Maxwell, reported Giuffre (then Virginia Roberts) as saying she was never ‘lent out’ to Clinton, and that Epstein invited two young brunettes to a dinner he gave on his Caribbean island for Clinton shortly after he left office but that, as far as she knew, Clinton ‘did not take the bait’.

“On one occasion, she adds, Epstein did invite two young brunettes to a dinner which he gave on his Caribbean island for Mr Clinton shortly after he left office. But, as far as she knows, the ex-President did not take the bait.”

Virginia Giuffre testified in January 2016 that the first time she met Bill Clinton was on Epstein’s island, which she called Little Saint Jeff’s.

“Where were you the first time you met Bill Clinton? A. On Little Saint Jeff’s, which is the island.”

Giuffre testified that she had a second meeting with Clinton, weeks or months after the first, also on the island.

“You had a second meeting with Bill Clinton? A. Yes. Q. When was that? A. I believe very close together, within weeks if not months. Q. Where was it? A. Little Saint Jeff’s.”

Giuffre testified that she could not date the first meeting beyond placing it toward the end of her time with Epstein.

“I don’t know the exact date. I know it was towards the end of my period with Jeffrey. I’m sorry, I can’t give you a date.”

Describing the second dinner, Giuffre testified that Clinton was never sexually involved with her.

“it was just a dinner and then I didn’t have to do anything with Bill Clinton, he was never sexually involved with me.”

CNN reported that at Clinton’s 2026 deposition Rep. Stansbury read a page from Giuffre’s diary, shared by her family that morning, placing Clinton on the island twice; Clinton said it was not true.

“stansbury shared a page from virginia giuffre’s diary that read, “bill clinton met two times island with two girls ctgm and je.” the former president responded: “it’s not true.” stansbury said giuffre’s family shared the diary with her on the morning of clinton’s deposition.”

Newsweek quoted Giuffre’s 2025 memoir as describing one dinner at which Epstein had Clinton over and she was at the table, without saying where it took place.

“This was a man who’d had former president Bill Clinton over for dinner (I was at the table that night) and who’d hosted Al and Tipper Gore as well (again, I was there).”

In his June 3, 2016 deposition, Epstein’s pilot David Rodgers was taken through flight 57 on Epstein’s Boeing on February 9, 2002, from Miami to White Plains, whose passengers the questioner said included Bill Clinton and four Secret Service agents.

“Q. All right. February 9th, 2002, flight 57 5 on the Boeing. 6 A. Okay. 7 Q. From Miami to White Plains. 8 A. Yes. 9 Q. Your passengers include Bill Clinton, four 10 Secret Service.”

Rodgers testified that this flight was the first time he met Clinton.

“Q. Was that your first time meeting Bill 23 Clinton? 24 A. Yes.”

Asked whether it was the first time Clinton flew with Epstein or Maxwell, Rodgers said that to the best of his knowledge it was the first time his crew had flown him.

“Q. To the best of your knowledge, is that the 7 first time that Bill Clinton flew with Jeffrey 8 Epstein or Ghislaine Maxwell? 9 A. To the best of my knowledge. It was the 10 first time that we had flown him.”

The pilot’s logbook entry for Feb. 9, 2002 (B-727-31 N908JE, MIA to HPN, flight 57) begins its passenger remarks with “BILL CLINTON, 4 SECRET SERVICE”.

“BILL CLINTON, 4 SECRET SERVICE”

Asked who the passengers were on the March 19, 2002 flight from JFK to London Luton, Rodgers began his answer with Bill Clinton, Doug Band and Secret Service agents.

“A. Bill Clinton. Doug Band. Three Secret”

Rodgers testified that on arrival in London the Secret Service told him Clinton wanted to leave that night, and they did.

“As soon as I got to the hotel, I got 13 word from Secret Service that President Clinton 14 wanted to leave that night, so we left that night.”

Clinton’s spokesman said in July 2019 that Clinton took four trips on Epstein’s airplane in 2002 and 2003, including one to Europe.

“In 2002 and 2003, President Clinton took a total of four trips on Jeffrey Epstein’s airplane: one to Europe, one to Asia, and two to Africa, which included stops in connection with the work of the Clinton Foundation”

The pilot’s logbook dates the return leg (EGGW to JFK, flight 76) March 21, 2002, and lists “BILL CLINTON, DOUG BANDS, 10 SECRET SERVICE” and “NAOMI CAMPBELL” among the passenger remarks.

“BILL CLINTON, DOUG BANDS, 10 SECRET SERVICE, JE, GM, [initials omitted], NAOMI CAMPBELL”

The pilot’s logbook entry for March 19, 2002 (B-727-31 N908JE, JFK to EGGW, flight 75) lists “BILL CLINTON, DOUG BAND, 3 SECRET SERVICE” in the passenger remarks.

“BILL CLINTON, DOUG BAND, 3 SECRET SERVICE”

Rodgers testified that after picking up Clinton the plane flew to Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Singapore, and that he believed Clinton gave a speech at each stop.

“Q. Okay. After you pick up President Bill 10 Clinton, where did you fly? 11 A. We went to Hong Kong. 12 Q. Do you know what the purpose was? 13 A. I believe he was giving a speech. 14 Q. All right. And then from there, where did 15 you fly? 16 A. That would be Shenzhen, Japan -- or China. 17 Q. Okay. And do you remember the purpose 18 there? 19 A. Speech. 20 Q. And then where did you fly? 21 A. Singapore. 22 Q. Again, another speech? 23 A. Another speech.”

Clinton’s spokesman said in July 2019 that Clinton took four trips on Epstein’s airplane in 2002 and 2003, including one to Asia.

“In 2002 and 2003, President Clinton took a total of four trips on Jeffrey Epstein’s airplane: one to Europe, one to Asia, and two to Africa, which included stops in connection with the work of the Clinton Foundation”

The pilot’s logbook entry for May 22, 2002 (B-727-31 N908JE, RJTA to VHHH, flight 100) lists “JE, GM” and “PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON, [...] DOUG BANDS” in the passenger remarks.

“JE, GM, [initials omitted], PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON, [name omitted], DOUG BANDS”

In the pilot’s logbook, the four legs after flight 100 (May 23, 2002: VHHH to ZGSZ and ZGSZ to WSSS; May 25: WSSS to VTBD and VTBD to WBSB; flights 101–104) each carry the passenger remark “SAME AS ABOVE”.

“SAME AS ABOVE”

The logbook records flight 1570 on June 21, 2002, G-1159B N909JE from Palm Beach to Exuma (MYEF), with ‘JEAN LUC BRUNEL’ in remarks that also list ‘JE’ and ‘GM’.

“JEAN LUC BRUNEL”

The logbook records flight 1573 on June 23, 2002 from Exuma to Teterboro, with ‘JEAN LUC BRUNEL’ on the second line of remarks that also list ‘JE’ and ‘GM’.

“JEAN LUC BRUNEL”

Giuffre’s statement of contested facts in Giuffre v. Maxwell, citing pilot David Rodgers’s log (GIUFFRE007111), states that on June 21, 2002 flight #1570 carried Epstein, Maxwell, Jean Luc Brunel and Giuffre, among others, from Palm Beach to George Town, Bahamas (MYEF).

“On June 21, 2002, Ms. Giuffre appears on flight #1570 with Epstein, Maxwell, Sarah Kellen, Cindy Lopez and Jean Luc Brunel from PBI (Palm Beach, FL) to MYEF (George Town, Bahamas)”

Giuffre’s statement of contested facts in Giuffre v. Maxwell, citing pilot David Rodgers’s log (GIUFFRE007111), lists Jean Luc Brunel among the passengers with Epstein and Maxwell on flight #1570 from Palm Beach to George Town, Bahamas (MYEF) on June 21, 2002.

“and Jean Luc Brunel from PBI (Palm Beach, FL) to MYEF (George Town, Bahamas)”

Rodgers testified that after picking Clinton up in Morocco in July 2002, the plane flew to the Azores for fuel and then to JFK.

“Q. Where do you take Bill Clinton? 18 A. We went to the Azores for a fuel stop and 19 then we went to JFK. Kennedy, New York.”

The pilot’s logbook entry for July 13, 2002 (B-727-31 N908JE, GMME to LPAZ, flight 122) lists “JE, GM” and “PRESIDENT CLINTON, DOUG BANDS” with “8 SECRET SERVICE” in the passenger remarks.

“JE, GM, [initials omitted], PRESIDENT CLINTON, DOUG BANDS, [name omitted], 8 SECRET SERVICE”

The pilot’s logbook entry for the next leg on July 13, 2002 (LPAZ to JFK, flight 123) lists “PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON, DOUG BAND” and “8 SECRET SERVICE” in the passenger remarks.

“JE, GM, [initials omitted], PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON, DOUG BAND, [name omitted], 8 SECRET SERVICE”

New York magazine reported in 2002 that Epstein flew Clinton on a weeklong tour of South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Rwanda and Mozambique on his Boeing 727, after Clinton’s advance man Doug Band pitched the idea, with Kevin Spacey and Chris Tucker along.

“the boeing 727, in which he took clinton to africa, and, for shorter jaunts, a black gulfstream, a cessna 421, and a helicopter to ferry him from his island to st. thomas). clinton had organized a weeklong tour of south africa, nigeria, ghana, rwanda, and mozambique to do what clinton does. so when the president’s advance man doug band pitched the idea to epstein, he said sure. as an added bonus, kevin spacey, a close friend of clinton’s, and actor chris tucker came along for the ride.”

New York magazine dated the trip to late September 2002, noting that the New York Post’s Page Six had reported it.

“ever since the post’s “page six” ran an item about the president’s lateseptember visit to africa with kevin spacey and chris tucker - on his new benefactor’s customized boeing 727 - the question of the day has been: who in the world is jeffrey epstein?”

The Independent reported on Sept. 26, 2002, while the trip was under way, that Clinton, Kevin Spacey and Chris Tucker were being flown around Africa on a private plane belonging to Epstein.

“Accompanying the former president are the Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey and his fellow thespian Chris Tucker, whose films, which include the excellent Rush Hour and equally impressive Rush Hour II, were inexplicably passed over for honours at the Academy Awards. The trio are being flown around on a private plane belonging to the retail tycoon Jeffrey Epstein.”

Clinton’s spokesman said in July 2019 that Clinton took four trips on Epstein’s airplane in 2002 and 2003, two of them to Africa; the statement gives no dates for each trip.

“In 2002 and 2003, President Clinton took a total of four trips on Jeffrey Epstein’s airplane: one to Europe, one to Asia, and two to Africa, which included stops in connection with the work of the Clinton Foundation”

The pilot’s logbook entry for Sept. 21, 2002 (B-727-31 N908JE, JFK to LPAZ, flight 136) lists “PRESIDENT WILLIAM J. CLINTON”, “KEVIN SPACEY, CHRIS TUCKER” and “JE, GM” in the passenger remarks.

“PRESIDENT WILLIAM J. CLINTON, [illegible], KEVIN SPACEY, CHRIS TUCKER, JE, GM,”

The logbook records flight 133 on Sept. 3, 2002, B-727-31H N908JE from Paris-Le Bourget (LFPB) to JFK, with ‘JEAN LUC BRUNEL’ in the remarks listing ‘JE’ and other passengers.

“JEAN LUC BRUNEL”

The logbook records flight 159 on Nov. 22, 2002, B-727-31H N908JE from Paris-Le Bourget to Copenhagen (EKCH), with ‘JEAN LUC BRUNEL’ in the remarks listing ‘JE’ and other passengers.

“JEAN LUC BRUNEL”

An email sent on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2002, addressed “Dear G!” and signed “Love, Melania”, mentioned a New York magazine story about “JE”.

“Nice story about JE in NY mag. You look great on the picture.”

The Oct. 23, 2002 email asked how Palm Beach was and asked the recipient to call when back in New York.

“How was Palm Beach? I cannot wait to go down. Give me a call when you are back in NY.”

A reply from “G. Max” quoting the Oct. 23, 2002 email began “Sweet pea” and said she was unlikely to have time to meet but would try to call.

“Sweet pea - thanks for your message. Actually plans changed again and I am now on my way back to NY. I leave again on Fri so I still do not think I have time to see you sadly. I will try and call though.”

CNN reported that on Apr. 9, 2026 Melania Trump characterized the 2002 email as “casual” and a “polite reply.”

“On Thursday, Melania Trump characterized the email as “casual” and a “polite reply.””

In the court-filed copy, Maxwell’s message is headed ‘Re: HI!’ and quotes the Oct. 23, 2002 ‘Dear G!’ email beneath the line ‘At 03:40 PM 10/23/2002 -0400, you wrote:’, so the ‘Dear G!’ email came first and Maxwell’s message was the reply.

“At 03:40 PM 10/23/2002 -0400, you wrote:”

In her April 9, 2026 statement, Melania Trump described the email as her reply to Maxwell and as casual correspondence.

“My email reply to Maxwell cannot be categorized as anything more than casual correspondence.”

A Getty Images editorial photo by Thos Robinson (Patrick McMullan) is captioned as showing Ghislaine Maxwell, Naomi Campbell, Donald Trump and Melania Knauss at the Dolce & Gabbana opening in New York on Nov. 11, 2002.

“NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 11: (L-R) Ghislaine Maxwell, Naomi Campbell, Donald Trump and Melania Knauss attend Dolce & Gabbana Opening at Dolce & Gabbana on November 11, 2002 in New York City. (Photo by Thos Robinson/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)”

Snopes reported that weeks after the Oct. 2002 email exchange, Knauss and Trump appeared in a photo with Maxwell and Naomi Campbell at a Dolce & Gabbana opening, according to the Getty Images caption.

“Weeks after the email exchange, on Nov. 11, Melania Knauss and Donald Trump appeared in a photo with Maxwell and British model Naomi Campbell while attending the opening of a Dolce & Gabbana location, according to the image’s caption on Getty Images, a reputable photojournalism database.”

CNN reported that in April 2026 Melania Trump said she never had a relationship with Epstein or Maxwell.

““To be clear, I never had a relationship with Epstein or his accomplice, (Ghislaine) Maxwell.””

The Wall Street Journal reported that the Mar-a-Lago spa banned both Epstein and Maxwell in 2003, and that Trump and Epstein continued to cross paths afterward.

“Trump and Epstein continued to cross paths after the spa banned Epstein and Maxwell in 2003.”

The Wall Street Journal reported that, according to some former employees, a Mar-a-Lago manager sent Trump a fax relaying the spa employee’s allegations and urging him to ban Epstein, and Trump told the manager it was a good letter and said to kick him out.

“A manager sent Trump a fax relaying the employee’s allegations and urged him to ban Epstein, some of the former employees said. Trump told the manager it was a good letter and said to kick him out.”

The Wall Street Journal reported that the employee disclosed the house call to the club’s human resources team, according to one former employee, and that the incident was not reported to Palm Beach police, according to former employees and police.

“The beautician disclosed the house call to the club’s human resources team, one of the former employees said. The incident wasn’t reported to Palm Beach police, according to the former employees and police.”

The Journal reported that White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt disputed its reporting as “fallacies and innuendo” and restated the White House account that Trump did nothing wrong and kicked Epstein out of Mar-a-Lago “for being a creep.”

“White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday that the Journal was “writing up fallacies and innuendo in order to smear President Trump.” “No matter how many times this story is told and retold, the truth remains: President Trump did nothing wrong and he kicked Jeffrey Epstein out of Mar a Lago for being a creep,” Leavitt said in a text message.”

The Wall Street Journal reported, citing former Mar-a-Lago and Epstein employees, that the Mar-a-Lago club sent spa employees, usually young women, to Epstein’s nearby mansion for massages, manicures and other spa services.

“The club was also sending spa employees—usually young women—to Epstein’s nearby mansion for massages, manicures and other spa services, according to former Mar-a-Lago and Epstein employees.”

The Wall Street Journal reported, citing former employees, that Epstein was not a dues-paying member but Trump told staff to treat him like one, that Maxwell booked spa appointments for him, and that the house calls stopped in 2003 after an 18-year-old beautician reported to managers that he had pressured her for sex.

“Epstein wasn’t a dues-paying member of the club, but Trump told staff to treat him like one, the employees said. Epstein had an account at the spa where his companion, Ghislaine Maxwell, booked appointments on his behalf.They came to a halt in 2003, after an 18-year-old beautician returned to the club from a house call to Epstein and reported to managers that he had pressured her for sex, former employees said.”

Forbes, summarising the Journal’s report, said a manager reported the beautician’s accusation to Trump, who agreed Epstein should be banned from the spa’s services; he was banned in 2003, and the incident was never reported to Palm Beach police.

“After a manager reported the accusation to Trump, the president agreed Epstein should be banned from using spa services and he was banned in 2003, the Journal reported, though the incident was never reported to Palm Beach police.”

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told the Journal the report did not change the administration’s position that Trump did nothing wrong and kicked Epstein out of Mar-a-Lago “for being a creep,” Forbes reported.

“White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told the Journal in a text message the revelation about the 18-year-old spa employee does not change the administration’s narrative that “President Trump did nothing wrong and he kicked Jeffrey Epstein out of Mar a Lago for being a creep.””

Forbes noted that ‘The Grifter’s Club’ (2020) says club registries showed Epstein was a member until October 2007, while the Journal reported he was not a member at the time of the 2003 incident.

“A footnote in the book says its authors reviewed club registries and found Epstein was a member until October 2007, though the Journal this week reported he was not a member at the time of the 2003 incident.”

Epstein’s former Palm Beach house manager testified in 2009 that he once drove Maxwell to Mar-a-Lago, which he called Donald Trump’s residence, and waited in the car while she had what he thought was a facial or massage.

“I drove Ms. Maxwell to Mar-a-lago, Donald Trump’s residence. And I wait in the car while Ms. Maxwell got a -- I think it was a facial or massage.”

Fox News reported that author James Patterson, a Mar-a-Lago member, said in July 2019 that the head of the club’s spa told him Epstein was inappropriate with some of the younger women there, and that she went to Trump, who threw Epstein out of the club.

““She said she went to Trump and he threw him out of the club.””

The Wall Street Journal wrote that Trump has given a variety of answers about when and why he cut Epstein off from Mar-a-Lago and then ended their friendship.

“Trump has given a variety of answers about when and why he cut Epstein off from Mar-a-Lago and then ended their friendship altogether.”

The Daily Beast reported that, asked about the WSJ story, the White House pointed it to Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt’s comments to the Journal, which accused the paper of ‘writing up fallacies and innuendo in order to smear President Trump.’

“When reached for comment about the story, the White House pointed the Daily Beast to comments Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt made to the Wall Street Journal, accusing them of “writing up fallacies and innuendo in order to smear President Trump.””

The Journal said the beautician’s allegations and the spa’s house calls to Epstein had not been previously reported.

“The beautician’s allegations, and the Mar-a-Lago spa’s practice of dispatching workers to Epstein’s home, have not been previously reported.”

The Wall Street Journal reported that it identified four other Mar-a-Lago employees listed in Epstein’s address book, which the FBI obtained in 2009.

“The Wall Street Journal identified four other Mar-a-Lago employees who were listed in Epstein’s address book, which was obtained by the FBI in 2009.”

Epstein’s former executive assistant, Lesley Groff, told House Oversight she never scheduled Mar-a-Lago employees to come to Epstein’s home for spa services and had never heard of the practice the WSJ reported.

“So did you ever schedule any appointments for Mar-a-Lago or through Mar-a-Lago for Mar-a-Lago employees to come to Epstein’s home and provide any sort of spa services? Ms. Groff. No. Mr. Garcia. So, as far as your work is considered through The Wall Street Journal -- we’ve seen The Wall Street Journal reporting that there was actually women being brought in from Mar-a-Lago. That’s something that you had no interaction with and never heard about, correct? Ms. Groff. That is correct.”

Asked who might have connected Mar-a-Lago spa workers with Epstein, Groff said she would think Maxwell was with him in Palm Beach but did not know for sure.

“I would think Ms. Maxwell was with him in Palm Beach, but I don’t know that for sure.”

The logbook records a March 25, 2003 flight on B-727-31H N908JE from Palm Beach to JFK (flight 187) listing ‘JE, GM JEAN LUC BRUNEL’.

“JE, GM JEAN LUC BRUNEL”

The pilot’s logbook records a March 21, 2003 flight on G-1159B N909JE from Palm Beach (PBI) to Nassau (MYNN) with ‘JEAN LUC BRUNEL’ in the passenger remarks, which also list ‘JE’ and ‘GM’.

“JEAN LUC BRUNEL”

The logbook records flights on April 2, 5 and 6, 2003 from St. Thomas (TIST) to São Paulo (SBGR), on to Geneva (GVAC) and to Paris-Le Bourget (LFPB), flights 189–191, each listing ‘JEAN LUC BRUNEL’ with ‘JE’ and ‘GM’.

“JEAN LUC BRUNEL”

The pilot’s logbook records a March 20, 2003 flight of G-1159B N909JE from Teterboro to Palm Beach whose remarks include JE, GM and a name ending “LUC BRUNEL”; the first word of the name is smudged.

“[illegible] LUC BRUNEL”

The logbook records flight 198 on May 20, 2003, B-727-31H N908JE from Rome (LIRA) to Madrid (LEMO), with ‘JEAN LUC BRUNEL’ and ‘GM’ among the passengers listed with ‘JE’.

“JEAN LUC BRUNEL”

The logbook records flight 199 on May 21, 2003 from Madrid (LEMO) to JFK with the remarks ‘JE, JEAN LUC BRUNEL’.

“JE, JEAN LUC BRUNEL”

Pilot logbook GX-662-R records a July 2, 2003 flight of N908JE from JFK to Palm Beach (flight 207) whose remarks include the initials “JLB”.

“JLB”

The “JLB” on the July 2, 2003 row is probably Jean-Luc Brunel, since the same logbook writes “JEAN LUC BRUNEL” in full on rows in Jan. 2004 and then uses “JLB” days later; the row itself does not give the name.

The pilot’s logbook entry for Nov. 6, 2003 (UNNT to VHHH, flight 229) lists “DOUG BAND, 4 SECRET SERVICE PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON” in the passenger remarks.

“DOUG BAND, 4 SECRET SERVICE PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON”

The pilot’s logbook entry for Nov. 4, 2003 (B-727-31H N908JE, EBBR to ENGM, flight 225) lists “JE” and “DOUG BAND GM, 4 SECRET SERVICE PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON” in the passenger remarks.

“DOUG BAND GM, 4 SECRET SERVICE PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON”

The pilot’s logbook entry for Nov. 5, 2003 (ENGM to UNNT, flight 228) lists “DOUG BAND, 4 SECRET SERVICE PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON” in the passenger remarks.

“DOUG BAND, 4 SECRET SERVICE PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON”

The pilot’s logbook entry for Nov. 9, 2003 (VHHH to ZUUU, flight 230) lists “DB, IRA MAGAZINER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON 4 SECRET SERVICE” in the passenger remarks.

“DB, IRA MAGAZINER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON 4 SECRET SERVICE”

The pilot’s logbook entry for the next leg on Nov. 9, 2003 (ZUUU to ZBAA, flight 231) lists “PRESIDENT CLINTON” in the passenger remarks.

“PRESIDENT CLINTON”

The pilot’s logbook records flight 1686 from St. Thomas (TIST) to Palm Beach (PBI) on Jan. 2, 2004 aboard the G-1159B N909JE, with ‘JEAN LUC BRUNEL’ written in the remarks alongside ‘JE’ and ‘GM’.

“JEAN LUC BRUNEL”

The same page records flights 1689 (PBI to Teterboro, Jan. 5, 2004) and 1690 (Teterboro to PBI, Jan. 8, 2004) on N909JE, with ‘JE’ and ‘JLB’ among the passengers.

“JLB”

The pilot’s logbook records flight 1693 from St. Thomas to Teterboro on Feb. 2, 2004 (N909JE), listing ‘JE’ and ‘JLB’ among the passengers.

“JLB”

The logbook records flight 257 from JFK to Palm Beach on Apr. 2, 2004 (N908JE), listing ‘JE’ and ‘JLB’.

“JLB”

The logbook records flight 1726 from Teterboro to Palm Beach on Jul. 15, 2004 (N909JE), listing ‘JE’ and ‘JLB’.

“JLB”

The logbook records flight 269 from Prague (LKPR) to Paris-Le Bourget (LFPB) on May 12, 2004 aboard N908JE, listing ‘JE’, ‘GM’ and ‘JLB’.

“JLB”

The pilot’s logbook records flight 246 from JFK to Paris-Le Bourget (LFPB) on Feb. 12, 2004 and flights 247–248 from LFPB to Bangor (BGR) and on to JFK on Feb. 17, 2004, aboard N908JE, each listing ‘JE’, ‘GM’ and ‘JLB’ among the passengers.

“JLB”

CBS12 reported that two slips in the message book seized from Epstein’s Palm Beach house record that a “Donald Trump” called, with a New York phone number.

“There are two messages that read a “Donald Trump” called, followed by a phone number with a New York area code.”

The Post wrote that it is unclear whether Trump was calling about the auction of the Gosman house.

“It’s unclear whether Trump was trying to negotiate over the auction of the Gosman house.”

The Palm Beach Post reported that the two Trump messages are undated but appear among images dated between Nov. 11 and Nov. 20, 2004.

“They are not dated but appear in a long number of images dated between Nov. 11 and Nov. 20, 2004.”

The Post noted that appearing on Epstein’s message pads is not evidence of wrongdoing.

“Being on Epstein’s message pads is not evidence of any wrongdoing.”

The Palm Beach police report records that in the October 20, 2005 search of Epstein’s house, a phone message book found near a house phone in the kitchen was taken into evidence.

“The kitchen was searched and taken into evidence was a phone message book that was located near a house phone.”

The police report explains that the seized message books kept a carbon copy of each message after the top copy was torn off.

“The telephone message books have a duplicate copy (Carbon Copy) which, once a phone message is written into the book, the top copy is then torn on the perforated edge and the carbon copy is left in the book.”

The Palm Beach Post reported that the message pads seized from Epstein’s house in 2005 ranged in dates from 2002 to 2005 and contained two messages from Trump.

“Amid the messages, which ranged in dates from 2002 to 2005, were two left for Epstein from Donald Trump.”

The Wall Street Journal’s examples of Trump and Epstein crossing paths after the 2003 spa ban were their competition in the late-2004 bankruptcy auction and two calls from Trump in Epstein’s message book that month.

“They were in fierce competition for a Palm Beach property up for grabs in bankruptcy in late 2004, and Epstein’s message book showed two calls from Trump the month of the auction, which Trump won.”

CBS News reported that a 2019 grand jury presentation in the DOJ’s December 2025 release includes a message for Epstein credited to Trump, with a call time of 5:18 and no date or stated reason.

“The call time is recorded as 5:18, but the message is not dated.”

The Post reported that Trump won the auction with a bid of $41.35 million.

“The judge allowed the other bidder, Mark Pulte, to proceed, but Trump outbid him, too, with an offer of $41.35 million.”

The Washington Post reported that on November 15, 2004, bidders and lawyers gathered at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in West Palm Beach for the auction.

“On Nov. 15, 2004, the bidders, their representatives, and a small cavalry of lawyers representing the creditors and the Gosman family gathered in a courtroom at the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in West Palm Beach.”

According to the Post’s account of the auction transcript, Epstein opened at $37.25 million and dropped out after his $38.6 million bid was topped.

“The bidding began with Epstein’s offer of $37.25 million, but he dropped out after his bid of $38.6 million was topped.”

PolitiFact, published by PBS NewsHour, reported that Trump outbid Epstein and bought the mansion for $41.35 million.

“Trump outbid Epstein, securing the 62,000-square-foot mansion for $41.35 million.”

The Post wrote that it is unclear whether Trump and Epstein were in contact after the sale.

“It is unclear whether Trump and Epstein were in contact after the house sale.”

The Palm Beach Daily News reported that Trump submitted the winning bid of $41.35 million for Abe Gosman’s oceanfront compound on Monday, Nov. 15, 2004.

“Donald Trump, a mega-developer in the Big Apple, nibbled again at Palm Beach on Monday when he submitted the winning bid of $41.35 million for Abe Gosman’s oceanfront compound.”

Trump told the Palm Beach Daily News he would not live in the Gosman house because he already lived at Mar-a-Lago, and described the purchase as not a very big deal for him.

“I won’t be living there, because I already live in the best house in America . . . Mar-a-Lago. I’m the largest developer in New York, so this isn’t a very big deal for me.”

The Palm Beach Post reported that before the auction began, the judge dismissed an objection from Epstein’s lawyer, who argued that Trump was not a qualified bidder because of a title-insurance condition in his contract.

“The auction began at exactly noon after Judge Steven Friedman dismissed an objection from an attorney representing money manager Jeffrey Epstein. The lawyer argued unsuccessfully that Trump was not a qualified bidder because his contract stipulated that he would not close on the sale unless title insurance was in place beforehand.”

The Palm Beach Post reported that Epstein opened the bidding at $37.25 million, $250,000 above Trump’s initial offer, while Trump listened by conference call.

“With Trump listening via conference call, Epstein began the bidding at $37.25 million — $250,000 higher than Trump’s initial offer.”

The Palm Beach Post reported that Epstein bowed out at $38.6 million and Pulte dropped out at $41.1 million.

“until Pulte dropped out at $41.1 million. Epstein, a part-time Palm Beach resident, bowed out at $38.6 million.”

The Palm Beach Post quoted Trump, speaking from his New York office after the auction, as saying nobody was going to outbid him.

““Nobody was going to outbid me,” the brash developer-turned-TV-personality said from his New York office.”

In February 2005 Trump told the Palm Beach Daily News he would have bid up to $65 million, describing the auction as a brief showdown with Epstein and Mark Pulte; the paper reported that Trump Properties LLC closed on the purchase on Jan. 7, 2005.

“Trump Properties LLC closed on the deal Jan. 7. “I would have gone up to $65 million,” Trump said recently, recapping the pace of his brief showdown with two other bidders: Wall Street financier Jeffrey Epstein and Palm Beach County developer Mark Pulte.”

The clerk’s recording stamp shows the deed was recorded in Palm Beach County on Jan. 7, 2005, with an amount of $41,350,000.

“RECORDED 01/07/2005 13:59:36 Palm Beach County, Florida AMT 41,350,000.00”

The Palm Beach Daily News reported the day after the auction that Judge Steven Friedman presided over bidding by Trump and two others, including Wall Street financier Jeffrey Epstein, a part-time Palm Beach resident.

“Judge Steven Friedman presided over the bidding by Trump and two other parties, Wall Street financier Jeffrey Epstein, a part-time Palm Beach resident”

The Palm Beach Daily News reported that Trump, listening by conference call, bid $37 million to open and Epstein bid $36 million.

“Trump, who listened via conference call and was represented by attorney Raymond Royce, bid $37 million to open. Epstein bid $36 million.”

A trustee’s deed made Jan. 6, 2005 conveyed the property from Joseph J. Luzinski, trustee of Abraham Gosman’s Chapter 7 bankruptcy estate, to Trump Properties LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

“THIS INDENTURE, made this 6th day of January, 2005, between JOSEPH J. LUZINSKI, TRUSTEE FOR THE CHAPTER 7 ESTATE OF ABRAHAM D. GOSMAN (the “Grantor”), whose mailing address is c/o Development Specialists, Inc., 200 South Biscayne Boulevard, Suite 900, Miami, Florida 33131, and TRUMP PROPERTIES LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Grantee”)”

The deed states the sale was made under a Dec. 2, 2004 order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida authorizing the trustee’s sale of the Gosman residence, in Case No. 01-30953-BKC-SHF.

“Order Authorizing Trustee’s Sale of Gosman Residence Free and Clear of Liens, Claims and Encumbrances and Granting Other Relief issued by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida (West Palm Beach Division) in Case No. 01-30953-BKC-SHF on December 2, 2004”

The Palm Beach Post reported on Sept. 27, 2004, before the auction, that Epstein had made a $36 million bid for Abe Gosman’s Palm Beach estate, subject to a bankruptcy judge’s acceptance.

“If a bankruptcy judge accepts money manager Jeffrey Epstein’s $36 million bid for former health-care honcho Abe Gosman’s Palm Beach estate, the deal will bring the storied property full circle, in a way.”

Inferred: the Palm Beach Daily News’s $36 million figure for Epstein matches his September 2004 stalking-horse offer, which the paper itself reported, while the Palm Beach Post’s $37.25 million describes his bid at the Nov. 15 auction; the two published accounts of the opening bids describe different stages rather than contradicting each other, pending the auction transcript.

The Palm Beach Daily News reported in September 2004 that the bankruptcy judge had accepted a $36 million offer from Epstein for the Gosman property.

“The judge denied a motion to approve a $250,000 “breakup fee” for Krasker, and accepted a $36 million offer from financier Jeffrey Epstein, who owns a house on El Brillo Way.”

The paper quoted the bankruptcy trustee, Joseph Luzinski, as saying the judge confirmed Epstein as the ‘stalking-horse bidder’ and that the court would set a date for a court-supervised auction, possibly by mid-November.

“The judge “confirmed Epstein as the ‘stalking-horse bidder’ and now we’ll conduct marketing to see if anyone wants to outbid. The court will set a final date for a court-supervised auction,” possibly by mid-November, Luzinski said.”

DOJ’s OPR states that the Palm Beach Police Department began investigating Epstein in 2005.

“The Palm Beach (Florida) Police Department (PBPD) began investigating Jeffrey Epstein in 2005”

The 2007 NPA recites that the City of Palm Beach Police Department and the State Attorney’s Office had investigated Epstein’s conduct.

“IT APPEARING that the City of Palm Beach Police Department and the State Attorney’s Office for the 15th Judicial Circuit in and for Palm Beach County”

An FBI report of a 2019 interview with a former Palm Beach police chief records his statement that none of the victims the department spoke with said they had sexual contact with men other than Epstein while in Epstein’s orbit.

“None of the victims that PBPD spoke with said they had sexual contact with men other than EPSTEIN while in EPSTEIN’s orbit.”

The FBI report records that the interviewee became Palm Beach police chief in 2001.

“became the police chief in 2001.”

A text search of the 96-page Palm Beach police incident report released by DOJ (EFTA00007157) finds no mention of Mar-a-Lago, Trump or a club; the report’s redactions and scan quality mean this search cannot rule out an unreadable mention.

The CVRA plaintiffs’ January 2015 brief states that flight records produced by Dershowitz for a Feb. 3, 2005 flight from Columbus (CMH) to Palm Beach (PBI) show Jean Luc Brunel on board with Epstein.

“and Jean Luc Brunel, on board were three “females.””

The pilot’s logbook (GX-662-R) records flights 317 (JFK to CMH) and 318 (CMH to PBI) on Feb. 3, 2005 aboard the Boeing N908JE, with the passenger initials ‘JE’ and ‘JLB’ among others.

“JLB”

Because the flight records name Jean Luc Brunel on the Feb. 3, 2005 CMH–PBI leg that the logbook records with ‘JLB’, ‘JLB’ in this logbook most likely denotes Brunel. Edwards’s statement of facts says Epstein’s probation file also used ‘JLB’ for him.

The logbook also records ‘JLB’ with ‘JE’ on N909JE flights 1748–1749 on Jan. 1, 2005, from St. Thomas (TIST) to TQPF (Anguilla) and on to Palm Beach.

“JLB”

Asked whether he stayed on Epstein’s island from the night of Feb. 18 through Feb. 21, 2005, Staley answered that he did, along with the Dubin family.

“So you stayed on his island -- A On his island, yes, along with --”

Staley told House Oversight he believed he went to the island three times, one of them only to change to a helicopter.

“i believe three times, although one occasion was literally to get on his island into the helicopter and left”

Summers’s spokesperson told the Boston Globe that Summers and his wife made a brief visit of less than a day to Epstein’s island during their December 2005 honeymoon.

“they made a brief visit of less than a day to Mr. Epstein’s island”

CNN reported that Summers’s spokesperson said he spent less than a day on the island on his 2005 honeymoon.

“whose spokesperson said he spent “less than a day” on the island while on his honeymoon in 2005”

NPR reported that, along with a submarine trip, the workshop’s scientists took a short boat ride for a barbecue picnic on Epstein’s island.

“Along with the submarine, the scientists took a short boat ride for a barbecue picnic on Epstein’s 70-acre island.”

NPR reported that Peebles remembers being met on the island by someone he described as a guide.

“Peebles said he remembers being met at the island by someone he described as “a guide,” who cautioned the physicists, “Don’t go wandering off into the island.””

NPR reported that in a 2017 text Epstein wrote that Hawking came to his island and said his dream was to go diving.

“In a 2017 text message chain, Epstein said, “when hawking came to my island. and said his dream was to go diving”

NPR reported that a Hawking family spokesperson said any insinuation of inappropriate conduct by him is wrong.

““Any insinuation of inappropriate conduct on his part is wrong and far-fetched in the extreme,” the spokesperson wrote.”

The St. Thomas Source reported that Hawking and Krauss, the coordinator, were among the physicists meeting on St. Thomas.

“will be renowned theoretical physicists Stephen Hawking and Lawrence Krauss, the event’s coordinator”

NPR reported that the March 2006 workshop was funded by Epstein and brought together around 20 top physicists.

“The submarine ride capped a nearly weeklong gathering funded by Epstein. It brought together around 20 of the world’s top physicists”

NPR reported that Princeton’s Jim Peebles attended the workshop and, like MIT’s Alan Guth, did not remember Epstein as much of a presence.

“Neither Guth nor Princeton University’s Jim Peebles, who also attended, remembered Epstein as much of a presence.”

NPR reported that the physicists stayed at the Ritz-Carlton, St. Thomas.

“The physicists stayed at the luxurious Ritz-Carlton, St. Thomas and had dinners and lunches each day at the hotel.”

The St. Thomas Source reported in March 2006 that the workshop was sponsored by the J. Epstein Virgin Islands Foundation and Case Western Reserve University’s cosmology center.

“The event is sponsored by the J. Epstein Virgin Islands Foundation and the Center for Education and Research in Cosmology and Astrophysics at Case Western Reserve University”

The 2019 FBI report of the former Palm Beach police chief’s interview records that Trump called the police department and said ‘thank goodness you’re stopping him, everyone has known he’s been doing this’.

“TRUMP called the PBPD to tell him “thank goodness you’ re stopping him, everyone has known he’s been doing this”.”

The same report records that Trump was one of the very first people to call when it became known that the police were investigating Epstein.

“TRUMP was one of the very first people to call when people found out that they were investigating EPSTEIN.”

ABC News reported, citing a source familiar with the timing, that the call came in July 2006, around when details of the police investigation became public.

“The alleged call from Trump came in July 2006, around the time the details of the police investigation became public, according to a source familiar with the timing.”

A Justice Department official told ABC News the department was not aware of any corroborating evidence that Trump contacted law enforcement.

““not aware of any corroborating evidence that the President contacted law enforcement 20 years ago.””

Asked whether the call happened, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said she did not know, and repeated that Trump had kicked Epstein out of Mar-a-Lago.

“Look [that] phone call that may or may not have happened in 2006. I don’t know the answer to that question.”

CNN reported, citing the Miami Herald, that the former chief, Michael Reiter, was police chief at the time of the call, which appears to have occurred around 2006.

“He was the Palm Beach police chief at the time of the call, which appears to have occurred around 2006, according to the Herald.”

CNN reported that the former Palm Beach police chief told the Miami Herald he gave the FBI interview the document records in 2019.

“The document — a written record of an FBI interview that a former Palm Beach County police chief told the Miami Herald he gave in 2019”

CNN reported that Leavitt said she could not confirm the call but argued that, if it happened, it corroborates Trump’s account that he had a falling-out with Epstein in the early 2000s.

“White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Tuesday said she could not confirm whether the call happened, but argued that if it did, it “corroborates” Trump’s account that he had a falling out with Epstein in the early 2000s and cut ties with the financier.”

DOJ’s OPR states that a Palm Beach County grand jury indicted Epstein on July 19, 2006, for felony solicitation of prostitution under Florida Statute § 796.07.

“a Palm Beach County grand jury indicted Epstein, on July 19, 2006, for felony solicitation of prostitution in violation of Florida Statute § 796.07.”

The 2007 NPA recites that the State Attorney’s Office had charged Epstein by indictment with solicitation of prostitution under Florida Statutes § 796.07.

“IT APPEARING that the State Attorney’s Office has charged Epstein by indictment with solicitation of prostitution, in violation of Florida Statutes Section 796.07;”

The Palm Beach Post reported that Epstein was picked up at his El Brillo Way home at 1:45 a.m. on Sunday, July 23, 2006, and released hours later on $3,000 bond.

“Manhattan money manager Jeffrey Epstein, 53, was picked up at his home on El Brillo Way at 1:45 a.m. He was released hours later on $3,000 bond.”

The clerk’s handwritten notes and witness log for the July 19, 2006 grand jury session title it a ‘Crimes against Children Investigation’; the released notes record testimony times but not the vote or the charge returned.

“Grand Jury Crimes against Children Investigation”

CBS News reported that the prosecution was criticized for asking the testifying victims to acknowledge they had committed prostitution and for pointing to some victims’ drug use and shoplifting.

“The prosecution has been criticized for their questioning of the victims during the 2006 proceedings, including asking them to acknowledge they had committed prostitution with Epstein. Prosecutors also pointed out that some of the victims had past issues such as drug use and shoplifting.”

In an email forwarding the prosecution memorandum dated May 1, 2007, quoted by OPR, USAO manager Andrew Lourie wrote that the state had intentionally torpedoed the case in the grand jury, which is why it was brought to the federal office.

“The state intentionally torpedoed it in the grand jury so it was brought to us.”

The released grand jury transcript shows Assistant State Attorney Lanna Belohlavek asking a testifying witness whether she was aware she had committed a crime; the witness answered that she had not known it was a crime at the time.

“MS. BELOHLAVEK: You aware that you committed a crime? THE WITNESS: Now I am. I didn’t know it was a crime when I was doing it.”

The transcript shows prosecutors questioning the State Attorney’s investigator, Jensen Ross, about a testifying witness’s MySpace page, including whether she wrote about drugs, alcohol and shoplifting.

“And on there does she also talk about doing drugs and drinking alcohol?”

The DOJ OPR report cites the 2006 state indictment as State v. Epstein, case 2006CF9454AXX, dated July 19, 2006.

“Indictment in State v. Epstein, 2006CF9454AXX”

In a Sept. 22, 2006 JPMorgan email on the ‘Red-Dot Memo’ for client YHS, LLC, the reviewer wrote that she had two internet articles, one describing Epstein and individuals he is affiliated with, and that if the bank retained him he should be flagged as high risk based on his business, its secrecy and the individuals he is commonly associated with.

“I have 2 articles from the internet. One describes him and individuals he is affiliated with, and the second article discusses the investigation. Investigation and accusations aside, if we retain, I think he should be flagged as high risk based upon his “business”, the secrecy surrounding it, and the individuals he is commonly associated with.”

A Palm Beach Post article included in the exhibit reported that Epstein was said to have befriended Larry Summers, Alan Dershowitz, Donald Trump and Mort Zuckerman.

“Epstein is said to have befriended former Harvard President Larry Summers, prominent law Professor Alan Dershowitz, Donald Trump and New York Daily News Publisher Mort Zuckerman”

Judge Rosenberg’s July 2025 order states that the federal grand juries in the Epstein investigation were convened in West Palm Beach in 2005 and 2007.

“The federal grand juries were convened in West Palm Beach in 2005 and 2007.”

The order records the government’s position that the Florida federal grand jury proceedings were only investigations, unlike the New York proceedings, which produced an indictment.

“the Florida Federal Grand Jury Proceedings were merely grand jury investigations, whereas the New York Federal Proceedings resulted in an indictment and a criminal proceeding.”

CBS News reported that the December 2025 release included April 2007 grand jury testimony in which a 21-year-old woman said she had brought several fellow high-school students to Epstein.

“The files released Saturday included grand jury testimony from April 2007 in which a 21-year-old woman testified that she brought several fellow high schoolers to Jeffrey Epstein.”

CBS News reported that the same witness testified she set up appointments for the girls through Ghislaine Maxwell.

“The woman said she would go through Maxwell to set up appointments with the girls, and once an appointment was made, she would drive the girls to the house.”

CBS News reported that an FBI agent told the 2007 grand jury that the state investigation had identified more than 25 girls, most of them under 18.

“In the state investigation there were over 25 girls identified and more than a majority would have been under the age of 18”

CBS News reported that when a grand juror asked in 2007 whether Epstein coerced the girls, the FBI agent struggled to answer and cited their pay.

“Asked by a grand juror in 2007 if Epstein coerced the girls he abused, an FBI agent struggled to answer, citing their pay, a transcript made public Saturday shows.”

Judge Marra’s opinion records that by May 2007 the U.S. Attorney’s Office had drafted an 82-page prosecution memorandum and a 53-page indictment of Epstein.

“By May of 2007, the Office had drafted an 82-page prosecution memorandum and a 53-page indictment outlining numerous federal sexual offenses committed by Epstein.”

OPR’s full report states that a prosecution memorandum dated May 1, 2007 supported a proposed 60-count federal indictment of Epstein.

“supporting a proposed 60-count indictment that charged Epstein with various federal crimes relating to sexual conduct with and trafficking of minors.”

ABC News reported that the 2007 prosecution memo sought approval for charges against Epstein and against others, their identities redacted, who may have facilitated his crimes.

“seeking approval for the proposed extensive charges against the wealthy financier, as well as others whose identities are redacted who may have facilitated his crimes”

The AP reported that the 2007 draft federal indictment, released in 2026, indicated prosecutors were preparing to charge three of Epstein’s personal assistants as well as Epstein.

“The draft indicated prosecutors were preparing to charge not just Epstein but also three people who worked for him as personal assistants.”

ABC News quotes the 2007 prosecution memo as proposing to present a sealed indictment to the grand jury on May 15, 2007.

“For these reasons, we would like to present a sealed indictment to the Grand Jury on May 15, 2007.”

The AP reported that, apart from Epstein and Maxwell, U.S. prosecutors never charged anyone else in connection with Epstein’s abuse.

“U.S. prosecutors never charged anyone else in connection with Epstein’s abuse.”

The draft’s caption lists charges under 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 2423(e), 2423(d), 1591(a)(2), 2422(b), 2423(b) and 1591(a)(1), and Count 1 charges a conspiracy running from at least 2001 through about October 2005.

“From at least as early as 2001, the exact date being unknown to the Grand Jury, through in or about October 2005, in Palm Beach County, in the Southern District of Florida, and elsewhere, the defendants,”

The court-filed copy of the unfiled draft indictment (EFTA01703108) names Epstein and three other defendants, whose names DOJ redacted, and describes them as people Epstein employed to perform, among other things, services as personal assistants.

“Defendant JEFFREY EPSTEIN employed defendants , a/k/a “ and to perform, among other things, services as personal assistants.”

An August 3, 2007 U.S. Attorney’s Office letter to defense counsel, reproduced in the OPR report, restated that at the July 31, 2007 meeting the office required at least a two-year state prison term.

“As we explained at our meeting on July 31, 2007, the Office believes that the federal interest will not be vindicated in the absence of a two-year term of state imprisonment for Mr. Epstein.”

OPR states that at a July 31, 2007 meeting with Epstein’s attorneys, the U.S. Attorney’s Office offered to end its investigation if Epstein pleaded guilty to state charges, served at least two years, registered as a sex offender and agreed to a way for victims to obtain damages.

“At a July 31, 2007 meeting with Epstein’s attorneys, the USAO offered to end its investigation if Epstein pled guilty to state charges, agreed to serve a minimum of two years’ incarceration, registered as a sexual offender, and agreed to a mechanism through which victims could obtain monetary damages.”

In August 2007, believing Epstein’s new defense lawyers would likely take the case to Washington because he had not met them, Acosta wrote to Sloman and Lourie that the matter would end up in the Department anyhow if they did not meet the defense and that he would rather keep it in his office; he told OPR the resulting meeting was not a negotiation but a chance for the defense to present its federalism arguments.

“This will end up [in the Department] anyhow, if we don’t meet with them. I’d rather keep it here. Bringing [the CEOS Chief] in visibly does so. If our deadline has to slip a bit to do that, it’s worth it.” Acosta told OPR that the meeting “was not a negotiation,” but a chance for the defense to present their federalism arguments.”

On July 18, 2007, about two weeks before the USAO presented its proposed terms to the defense, CEOS Chief Oosterbaan emailed USAO managers Sloman, Menchel and Lourie that CEOS agreed with the line prosecutor’s legal analysis and that her charging decisions were legally sound.

“As we opined to Andy [Lourie] back in May, [CEOS] agree[s] with her legal analysis. Her charging decisions are legally sound.”

OPR found that contemporaneous emails give no rationale for proposing two years as the opening position and nobody it interviewed could recall how that decision was made; Acosta offered OPR an explanation, but OPR found no contemporaneous evidence supporting it.

“The contemporaneous emails make no mention of any rationale for the decision to propose two years as the government’s beginning negotiating position, and nobody with whom OPR spoke was able to recall how the decision was made. As discussed below, Acosta did offer OPR an explanation, but OPR was unable to find contemporaneous evidence supporting it.”

The defense’s September 2007 draft agreement, filed as Exhibit 16, limited the promise not to charge others to specific named persons (redacted in the filed copy; the petitioners’ statement of facts names four individuals) or any employee of a named entity (redacted; given as ’N.E.S.’ in the petitioners’ statement of facts); it contains no ‘any potential co-conspirators’ wording.

“Epstein’s fulfilling the terms and conditions of the Agreement also precludes the initiation of any and all criminal charges which might otherwise in the future be brought against [redacted] or any employee of [redacted] for any criminal charge that arises out of the ongoing federal investigation as described above”

The victims’ statement of facts dates this defense draft to about Sept. 16, 2007 and says it extended immunity to certain co-conspirators, quoting the named-persons provision.

“On about September 16, 2007, Epstein’s counsel provided a proposed NPA to the Government that extended immunity from federal prosecution not only for Epstein, but also to”

The district court’s 2019 opinion, citing stipulated facts, states that on about Sept. 16, 2007 Epstein’s counsel gave the government a proposed NPA extending immunity from federal prosecution to certain co-conspirators as well as Epstein.

“Epstein’s counsel provided a proposed NPA to the government that extended immunity from federal prosecution not only to Epstein, but also to certain co-conspirators.”

OPR found that the line prosecutor told her supervisors she had included language the defense requested about not prosecuting other people, saying she did not think it hurt the government, and that no record shows anyone objected.

“she had included language that defense counsel had requested “regarding promises not to prosecute other people,” and commented, “I don’t think it hurts us.” There is no documentation that Lourie, the West Palm Beach manager, or anyone else expressed disagreement with Villafaña’s assessment.”

The line prosecutor told OPR she did not consider that Epstein might be trying to protect unnamed people, and that no one, including the FBI case agents, raised that concern.

“She did not consider the possibility that Epstein might be trying to protect other, unnamed individuals, and no one, including the FBI case agents, raised that concern.”

The line prosecutor told OPR that, apart from the women named in the NPA, the investigation had found no evidence of other potential co-conspirators, so she did not think the clause would cover anyone; she conceded she had not caught that it could be read as broadly as it later was.

“apart from the women named in the NPA, the investigation had not developed evidence of “any other potential co-conspirators. So, . . . we wouldn’t be prosecuting anybody else, so why not include it? . . . I just didn’t think that there was anybody that it would cover.” She conceded, however, that she “did not catch the fact that it could be read as broadly as people have since read it.””

First Assistant U.S. Attorney Sloman told OPR it never occurred to him that the clause was aimed at any of the high-profile people linked with Epstein; Acosta did not recall the provision.

“Sloman told OPR that it never occurred to him that the reference to potential co-conspirators was directed toward any of the high-profile individuals who were at the time or subsequently linked with Epstein. Acosta did not recall the provision or any discussions about it.”

OPR found that a Sept. 21, 2007 defense draft of the NPA kept the promise not to charge Epstein’s four female assistants and extended it to “any potential co-conspirators” for any charge arising from the federal investigation; OPR notes this language had evolved from similar language the line prosecutor had put in the USAO’s earlier draft federal plea agreement.

“This defense draft retained the provision promising not to criminally charge Epstein’s four female assistants and unnamed employees of the specific Epstein-owned corporate entity, but also extended the provision to “any potential co-conspirators” for any criminal charge arising from the ongoing federal investigation. This language had evolved from similar language that Villafaña had included in the USAO’s earlier proposed draft federal plea agreement.”

On September 24, 2007, Epstein and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida entered a non-prosecution agreement deferring federal prosecution in favor of prosecution by the State of Florida.

“On September 24, 2007, Epstein and the Office formally reached an agreement whereby the United States would defer federal prosecution in favor of prosecution by the State of Florida.”

As quoted by the court, the NPA stated the United States would not charge any potential co-conspirators of Epstein, naming four individuals.

“the United States also agrees that it will not institute any criminal charges against any potential co-conspirators of Epstein”

As quoted by the court, the NPA anticipated that the agreement would not be made part of any public record.

“The parties anticipate that this agreement will not be made part of any public record.”

The court found that until the NPA was concluded on September 24, 2007, the Office never conferred with victims about it or told them one was under consideration.

“the NPA was concluded—the Office never conferred with the victims about a NPA or told the victims that such an agreement was under consideration.”

OPR’s full report states that on December 7, 2007, Epstein’s defense sent the U.S. Attorney’s Office a one-sentence affirmation of the NPA and its addendum, signed by Epstein.

“the defense transmitted to the USAO a one-sentence “Affirmation” of the NPA and its addendum, signed by Epstein.”

According to OPR, the affirmation re-affirmed both the NPA and an addendum dated October 30, 2007.

“The Affirmation read: “I, Jeffrey E. Epstein do hereby re-affirm the Non-Prosecution Agreement and Addendum to same dated October 30, 2007.””

The non-prosecution agreement provides that federal prosecution in the Southern District of Florida would be deferred in favor of prosecution by the State of Florida, on the authority of U.S. Attorney R. Alexander Acosta.

“THEREFORE, on the authority of R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, prosecution in this District for these offenses shall be deferred in favor of prosecution by the State of Florida”

The NPA required Epstein to plead guilty to the pending Palm Beach County indictment for solicitation of prostitution and to a state information charging solicitation of minors to engage in prostitution, an offense requiring sex-offender registration.

“In addition, Epstein shall plead guilty to an Information filed by the State Attorney’s Office charging Epstein with an offense that requires him to register as a sex offender, that is, the solicitation of minors to engage in prostitution, in violation of Florida Statutes Section 796.03”

The NPA required Epstein to make a binding recommendation for a 30-month state sentence: consecutive county-jail terms of 12 and 6 months followed by 12 months of community control.

“Epstein shall make a binding recommendation that the Court impose a thirty (30) month sentence to be divided as follows”

The NPA’s text provides that, if Epstein fulfilled its terms, the United States would not bring criminal charges against any potential co-conspirators of Epstein.

“the United States also agrees that it will not institute any criminal charges against any potential co-conspirators of Epstein”

The NPA’s text states the parties anticipated the agreement would not be made part of any public record.

“The parties anticipate that this agreement will not be made part of any public record.”

DOJ’s Office of Professional Responsibility reports that negotiations between the U.S. Attorney’s Office and Epstein’s attorneys culminated in the signing of the NPA on September 24, 2007.

“ultimately negotiating the terms of a state-based resolution of the federal investigation, which culminated in the signing of the NPA on September 24, 2007.”

The OPR report independently describes the NPA’s sentencing term as a binding recommendation of 18 months in county jail followed by 12 months of community control.

“The NPA required Epstein to make a binding recommendation that the state court sentence him to serve 18 months in the county jail followed by 12 months of community control”

The OPR report states that under the NPA the U.S. Attorney’s Office agreed to forgo federal prosecution in the Southern District of Florida of Epstein, four named co-conspirators and ‘any potential co-conspirators.’

“the USAO agreed to end its investigation of Epstein and to forgo federal prosecution in the Southern District of Florida of him, four named co-conspirators, and “any potential co-conspirators.””

An Addendum to the NPA modified paragraph 7 so that the United States could assign selection of the attorney representative for identified individuals to an independent third party, subject to the good-faith approval of Epstein’s counsel.

“The United States has the right to assign to an independent third-party the responsibility for consulting with and, subject to the good faith approval of Epstein’s counsel, selecting the attorney representative for the individuals identified under the Agreement.”

As quoted by the court, defense counsel’s follow-up letter referred to the meeting as ‘our October 12 meeting’ and thanked Acosta for a commitment made there.

“I also want to thank you for the commitment you made to me during our October 12 meeting”

OPR did not find evidence that the October 2007 breakfast meeting led to the NPA, which had already been signed, or to any other significant decision benefiting Epstein.

“OPR did not find evidence establishing that Acosta’s “breakfast meeting” with one of Epstein’s defense counsel in October 2007 led to the NPA, which had been signed weeks earlier, or to any other significant decision that benefited Epstein.”

Judge Marra’s opinion records that U.S. Attorney Acosta met Epstein’s defense counsel for breakfast in October 2007.

“U.S. Attorney Acosta then met with Lefkowitz for breakfast”

The New York Post’s Page Six reported on Oct. 15, 2007 that the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach had confirmed a web site report that Epstein had been banned there.

“Meanwhile, the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach last night confirmed a Web site report that Epstein has been banned there.”

The same Oct. 15, 2007 New York Post item reported that Epstein denied being banned from Mar-a-Lago and said he had recently been invited to an event there.

“Epstein denies he is banned from Mar-a-Lago and says, in fact, he was recently invited to an event there.”

An Oct. 23, 2007 JPMorgan email forwarding the bank’s Epstein relationship review lists an attachment named ‘Epstein - 101507 Post article’ and notes that Epstein had hit the front page of the NY Post.

“He hit the front page of the NY Post the other day”

The same Oct. 15, 2007 Page Six item quoted an unnamed source alleging that Epstein used the Mar-a-Lago spa to try to procure girls, that he tried to get a masseuse about 18 years old to do things, and that after her father found out Epstein was not allowed back.

““He would use the spa to try to procure girls. But one of them, a masseuse about 18 years old, he tried to get her to do things,” a source told us. “Her father found out about it and went absolutely ape-[bleep]. Epstein’s not allowed back.””

Inferred: the reason Page Six printed in October 2007 (a Mar-a-Lago spa masseuse about 18 whom Epstein ‘tried to get … to do things’) matches the incident the Wall Street Journal dates to 2003 (an 18-year-old spa beautician who reported he pressured her for sex) in age, workplace and conduct, though Page Six calls her a masseuse and the Journal a beautician; Page Six gave no date for it, and neither source links the two accounts.

OPR’s full report states that on November 28, 2007, Epstein defense counsel Kenneth Starr requested, by letter, a meeting with Fisher.

“On November 28, 2007, Starr requested, by letter, a meeting with Fisher.”

OPR states that Epstein’s defense counsel obtained review by DOJ’s Criminal Division and then the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, mainly on federal jurisdiction.

“They also sought and obtained review by the Department’s Criminal Division and then the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, primarily on the issue of federal jurisdiction”

Judge Marra’s opinion records that from January 2008 Epstein’s obligations under the NPA were delayed while he sought higher-level review within the Justice Department.

“In January of 2008, any requirement that Epstein carry out his obligations under the NPA was delayed while he sought higher level review within the Justice Department.”

The Criminal Division’s May 15, 2008 review letter to Epstein’s lawyer, copied to AAG Fisher and DAAG Mandelker, concluded that a federal prosecution would not be improper and that Acosta would not abuse his discretion by authorizing one.

“we conclude that federal prosecution in this case would not be improper or inappropriate.”

The same letter rejected the defense’s federalism argument, calling the commercial sexual exploitation of children a federal concern even when the conduct is local.

“Simply, the commercial sexual exploitation of children is a federal concern, even when the conduct is local”

OPR records that on Nov. 16, 2007, nearly two months after the NPA was signed, Epstein’s lawyer Kenneth Starr called the office of Criminal Division head Alice Fisher about Epstein, and that Lourie, by then Fisher’s principal deputy and chief of staff, returned the call at her request.

“On November 16, 2007, Epstein attorney Kenneth Starr called the office of Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Alice Fisher and left a message that he was calling regarding Epstein.”

Judge Marra’s opinion records that on about November 30, 2007, U.S. Attorney Acosta wrote to one of Epstein’s defense attorneys.

“On about November 30, 2007, U.S. Attorney Acosta sent a letter to one of Epstein’s defense attorneys, Kenneth Starr”

As quoted by the court, Acosta’s letter said he was directing prosecutors not to issue victim notification letters until that Friday, to give the defense time to review its options.

“I am directing our prosecutors not to issue victim notification letters until this Friday at 5 p.m., to provide you with time to review these options with your client.”

As quoted in OPR’s full report, the letter asked for a written decision by December 7, 2007 on whether the defense would reaffirm or unwind the NPA.

“We expect a written decision by [December 7, 2007] at 5 p.m., indicating whether the defense team wishes to reaffirm, or to unwind, the Agreement.”

OPR’s full report dates Acosta’s seven-page letter to Starr, which contains the Dec. 7 deadline, to December 4, 2007.

“In his seven-page letter, sent to Starr on December 4, 2007, Acosta wrote”

OPR’s full report records that Acosta sent a reply letter to Lefkowitz dated November 30, 2007.

“In a November 30, 2007 reply letter to Lefkowitz, Acosta did not address the substance of Lefkowitz’s arguments”

The copy of Acosta’s letter to Kenneth Starr filed as Exhibit 86 responds to Starr’s November 28 letter; its first page shows no date line.

“I write in response to your November 28th letter, in which you raise concerns regarding the Non-Prosecution Agreement between this Office and your client, Mr. Epstein.”

Acosta’s letter to Starr asked for a written decision by ‘this Friday at 5 p.m.’ on whether the defense would reaffirm or unwind the NPA.

“We expect a written decision by this Friday at 5 p.m., indicating whether the defense team wishes to reaffirm, or to unwind, the Agreement.”

OPR records that Epstein’s lawyers’ Dec. 5, 2007 letter strongly urged Acosta to withhold the victim-notification letter until they could discuss the matter with Criminal Division head Alice Fisher.

““strongly urg[ed]” Acosta to withhold the notification letter until after the defense was able “to discuss this matter with Assistant Attorney General Fisher.””

OPR records that on Dec. 7, 2007 First Assistant U.S. Attorney Sloman told the line prosecutor, who had asked to send the letters, to hold them.

“Sloman responded to Villafaña’s request with an email instructing her to “Hold the letter.””

Sloman told OPR his instruction was the product of speaking to someone, though he could not say definitively whom.

“the product of me speaking to somebody,” although he could not be definitive as to whom”

OPR found no documentation, beyond a later Sloman letter, that Criminal Division DAAG Sigal Mandelker played a role in deferring victim notice; neither Acosta nor Mandelker recalled discussing it.

“neither Acosta nor Mandelker recalled discussing the issue of victim notification, and OPR found no other documentation indicating that Mandelker played a role in the deferral decision.”

In a June 3, 2008 letter to Deputy Attorney General Mark Filip, quoted by OPR, Sloman wrote that Acosta had consulted Criminal Division DAAG Sigal Mandelker, who advised him to propose deferring notification to the State Attorney’s Office.

“Acosta again consulted with DAAG Mandelker who advised him to make the following proposal [to defer notification to the State Attorney’s Office].”

Mandelker told OPR she had no memory of advising Acosta to defer notification and that the correspondence from the period shows the language came from Acosta or his team, not from her.

“demonstrates that all of the referenced language came from Mr. Acosta and/or his team, and that I did not provide, suggest, or edit the language.”

OPR records that in his Dec. 19, 2007 letter to defense counsel Acosta said the USAO would defer to the State Attorney’s discretion on notifying victims about Epstein’s state plea hearing.

“Acosta informed the defense that the USAO would defer to the State Attorney’s discretion the responsibility for notifying victims”

OPR found that Acosta personally resolved the notification dispute with the defense in that letter.

“Acosta personally involved himself by resolving the notification dispute with defense counsel in his December 19, 2007 letter.”

OPR found no evidence that Acosta acted for the purpose of excluding victims from the plea hearing.

“OPR did not find evidence that Acosta acted for the purpose of excluding victims from the plea hearing”

Wexner wrote in 2019 that by early fall 2007 it was agreed that Epstein should step back from managing his personal finances.

“by early fall 2007, it was agreed that he should step back from the management of our personal finances.”

A revocation recorded in Franklin County, Ohio on Dec. 27, 2007 states that Leslie H. Wexner revoked the July 30, 1991 power of attorney appointing Jeffrey E. Epstein as his attorney-in-fact; it is dated and notarized Dec. 20, 2007.

“I, LESLIE H. WEXNER, hereby revoke the Power of Attorney made by me on July 30, 1991, appointing JEFFREY E. EPSTEIN, as my attorney-in-fact”

OPR’s full report states that on January 10, 2008 the FBI’s victim specialist mailed form notification letters to 14 victims.

“On January 10, 2008, the FBI victim specialist mailed VNS generated victim notification letters to 14 victims articulating the eight CVRA rights”

Judge Marra’s opinion records that FBI letters sent on January 10, 2008 told recipients the case was currently under investigation and asked for their patience.

“This case is currently under investigation. This can be a lengthy process and we request your continued patience while we conduct a thorough investigation.”

OPR found no evidence that Acosta or the two prosecutors it names knew the letters’ content until the letters were produced for the CVRA litigation.

“OPR found no evidence that Acosta, Sloman, or Villafaña was aware of the content of the letters until the USAO received them from the FBI for production for the CVRA litigation.”

Brad Edwards’s statement of undisputed facts asserts that Brunel visited Epstein on approximately 67 occasions while Epstein was in jail, citing Epstein’s jail visitor log as Exhibit GG.

“Edwards learned that Brunel is also someone that visited Epstein on approximately 67 occasions while Epstein was in jail. See Epstein’s jail visitor log attached as Exhibit “GG.””

The USVI’s expert quotes JPMorgan’s February 2011 Global Security & Investigations due-diligence report on MC2 as stating that Brunel was a frequent passenger on Epstein’s jet and often visited Epstein in jail; the bank’s report summarized media research.

“In addition, Brunel was a frequent passenger on Epstein’s private jet and often visited Epstein in jail.”

DOJ’s OPR states that on June 23, 2008, the Office of the Deputy Attorney General told defense counsel the Deputy Attorney General would not intervene.

“After reviewing submissions by the defense and the USAO, on June 23, 2008, the Office of the Deputy Attorney General informed defense counsel that the Deputy Attorney General would not intervene in the matter.”

Judge Marra’s opinion records that on June 23, 2008, the line prosecutor told defense counsel that the Deputy Attorney General had completed his review and found federal prosecution appropriate, giving Epstein until June 30, 2008 to comply with the NPA.

“stating that the Deputy Attorney General had completed his review of the Epstein matter and “determined that federal prosecution of Mr. Epstein’s case [wa]s appropriate.”

The Deputy Attorney General’s office wrote that it would not intervene and that, even substituting its own judgment for the U.S. Attorney’s, it believed federal prosecution of the case was appropriate.

“Even if we were to substitute our judgment for that of the U.S. Attorney, we believe that federal prosecution of this case is appropriate.”

According to the court’s findings, Epstein pleaded guilty to state-law solicitation of prostitution charges on June 30, 2008.

“That same day, Epstein pled guilty to state law solicitation of prostitution charges.”

The OPR report states that on June 30, 2008, Epstein pleaded guilty in state court to felony solicitation of prostitution and, under the NPA, to procurement of minors to engage in prostitution.

“on June 30, 2008, he appeared in state court and pled guilty to the pending state indictment charging felony solicitation of prostitution and, pursuant to the NPA, to a criminal information charging him with procurement of minors to engage in prostitution.”

According to OPR, the state court immediately sentenced Epstein to consecutive jail terms of 12 and 6 months, followed by 12 months of community control, consistent with the NPA.

“the court immediately sentenced Epstein to consecutive terms of 12 months’ incarceration on the solicitation charge and 6 months’ incarceration on the procurement charge, followed by 12 months of community control.”

The Palm Beach Post reported the day after the plea that Epstein, 55, pleaded guilty on Monday (June 30, 2008) to felony solicitation of prostitution and procuring a person under 18 for prostitution, and would serve 18 months in jail followed by a year of house arrest.

“Epstein, 55, pleaded guilty Monday to felony solicitation of prostitution and procuring a person under the age of 18 for prostitution. After serving 18 months in jail, he will be under house arrest for a year.”

An emergency petition to enforce the Crime Victims’ Rights Act was filed in the Southern District of Florida on July 7, 2008, opening case 9:08-cv-80736.

“Case 9:08-cv-80736-KAM Document 1 Entered on FLSD Docket 07/07/2008”

The filing is titled a victim’s petition for enforcement of the Crime Victims’ Rights Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3771.

“VICTIM’S PETITION FOR ENFORCEMENT OF CRIME VICTIM’S RIGHTS ACT”

DOJ’s OPR states that on July 7, 2008, a victim identified as ‘Jane Doe’ filed an emergency petition alleging the government violated the CVRA by resolving the Epstein investigation without consulting victims.

“On July 7, 2008, a victim, identified as “Jane Doe,” filed in federal court in the Southern District of Florida an emergency petition alleging that the government violated the Crime Victims’ Rights Act (CVRA), 18 U.S.C. § 3771, when it resolved the federal investigation of Epstein without consulting with victims”

The statement cites pages from Epstein’s probation file as showing Jean Luc Brunel, identified there as ‘JLB’, staying at Epstein’s house during that period.

“see also pages from Epstein’s probation file evidencing Jean Luc Brunel (JLB) staying at his house during that relevant period of time attached Exhibit “JJ”.”

Edwards’s statement of facts asserts that Brunel’s attorney told Edwards in January 2009 that Brunel had left the country for France with no plans to return, and that this was untrue because Brunel was staying with Epstein in West Palm Beach.

“Eventually Kudman informed Edwards in January 2009 that Brunel had left the country and was back in France with no plans to return. This information was untrue; Brunel was actually staying with Epstein in West Palm Beach.”

In interrogatory answers in her defamation suit against Maxwell (S.D.N.Y. 15-cv-7433), the accuser said she worked at Mar-a-Lago as a locker room attendant for the spa area and that records produced in the case identify the date of that employment as 2000.

“worked at Mar a Lago as a locker room attendant for the spa area. Records produced in this case identify the date of employment as 2000, and she recalls being there in the summer.”

The 2009 complaint alleges that the plaintiff was working as a changing-room assistant at the Mar-a-Lago Club when, in or about the summer of 1998 and at fifteen, she was recruited there by Ghislaine Maxwell, who lived, traveled, socialized and worked with Epstein.

“Plaintiff was working as a changing room assistant at The Mar-A-Lago Club in Palm Beach making approximately $9 an hour when she was first lured into Defendant’s sexually exploitative world. In or about the summer of 1998, when Plaintiff was merely fifteen years old while attending to her duties at Mar-A-Lago, Plaintiff was recruited by Ghislaine Maxwell, who lived, traveled, socialized, and worked with Defendant.”

The complaint alleges that Epstein asked the plaintiff to quit her job at the Mar-a-Lago Club and travel with him to earn much more money while learning the massage profession.

“Defendant asked Plaintiff to quit her job at The Mar-A-Lago Club and travel with him to earn much more money while learning the massage profession.”

NBC News reported that Trump, speaking to reporters, said of an Epstein accuser that he thought she worked at the spa and that Epstein “stole her,” adding that she had no complaints about “us.”

““I think she worked at the spa,” Trump said. “I think so. I think that was one of the people. He stole her, and by the way, she had no complaints about us, as you know, none whatsoever.””

CNN reported, citing the accuser’s 2016 deposition, that Maxwell’s approach came shortly after she began working at Mar-a-Lago in 2000, about two or three weeks.

“Maxwell’s approach came shortly after she began working at Mar-a-Lago in 2000 – only about two or three weeks. This exchange comes from her 2016 deposition”

CNN reported that the accuser said she was 16 and it was a summer job.

“said she was 16 and it was a summer job”

A 2016 filing by the plaintiff’s lawyers in the accuser’s defamation suit against Maxwell (S.D.N.Y. 15-cv-7433) refers to her meeting the defendant, Maxwell, in the summer of 1999 while working at Mar-a-Lago, a club in Palm Beach, before turning to documents produced in the litigation.

“that she met Defendant in the summer 1999 when she was working at Mar-a-Lago, a club in Palm Beach, Florida. Based on documents produced pursuant to litigation,”

The same 2016 filing says she learned that, instead, she met the defendant, Maxwell, at the Mar-a-Lago club in 2000.

“learned that, instead, she met Defendant at the Mar-a-Lago club in 2000.”

DOJ’s OPR report states that on September 18, 2009, a state court judge unsealed the copy of the NPA that had been filed in the state case.

“On September 18, 2009, a state court judge unsealed the copy of the NPA that had been filed in the state case.”

The circuit court heard Epstein’s motion to stay disclosure of the non-prosecution agreement and its addendum at a hearing on June 26, 2009.

“THIS MATTER came before the Court at a hearing on June 26, 2009, on Jeffrey Epstein’s Motion to Stay the Disclosure of the Non-Prosecution Agreement and the Addendum thereto.”

The circuit court denied the motion to stay and directed the clerk to make the documents available for disclosure at noon on Thursday, July 2, 2009, stating it intended to give Epstein and his attorney an opportunity to have its orders reviewed by the 4th DCA.

“The Motion to Stay is denied. 2. The Clerk of Court shall make the documents available for disclosure at noon on Thursday, July 2, 2009. It is the intent of the Court to give the Defendant, Mr. Epstein, and his attorney an opportunity to have this Court’s orders reviewed by the 4th DCA.”

The Fourth District Court of Appeal granted Epstein’s emergency motion to review the June 26, 2009 order denying a stay, and stayed the June 25, 2009 order granting the motion to unseal pending its further order.

“ORDERED FURTHER that this court grants petitioner’s Emergency Motion to Review the Order June 26, 2009, that denies the motion for stay. The June 25, 2009, order granting the motion to unseal is stayed pending further order of this court.”

The Palm Beach County circuit court order in State of Florida v. Epstein records that a hearing on the pending sealing, intervention and unsealing motions was conducted on June 25, 2009.

“A hearing was conducted on these matters on June 25, 2009.”

The circuit court found that neither the State of Florida, the U.S. Government nor Epstein had presented sufficient evidence to warrant sealing the documents held by the court.

“Neither the State of Florida nor the U.S. Government nor Mr. Epstein have presented sufficient evidence to warrant the sealing of documents currently held by the Court.”

The circuit court order denied the motions to seal the court records, granted the motions to intervene, and granted the motion to unseal the documents.

“The Motions to seal the Court records are denied. 3) The Motions to intervene are granted. 4) The Motion to unseal the documents is granted.”

The order provided that the originals would not be disclosed and that the judge would inspect the documents in camera and redact the names of any underage victims so that they would be indicated by initials.

“The originals will not be disclosed, however the undersigned will do an in-camera inspection and redact the names of the underage victims, if any, so their identity will be indicated by their initials.”

The order stayed disclosure of the sealed documents at least until 9:00 a.m. on June 26, 2009, when the court would hear Epstein’s motion to stay disclosure of the non-prosecution agreement and addendum pending review.

“The disclosure of the sealed documents shall be stayed at least until June 26, 2009, at 9:00 a.m., at which time the Court will hear “Epstein’s Motion to Stay Disclosure of Non-Prosecution Agreement and Addendum Pending Review”.”

Circuit Court Judge Jeffrey J. Colbath signed the order on the 25th day of June, 2009.

“DONE AND ORDERED in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, Florida this 25 day of June, 2009. JEFFREY J. COLBATH Circuit Court Judge”

DOJ’s OPR states that after victims and news media sued in Florida courts for release of the NPA copy filed under seal in the state court file, a state judge in September 2009 ordered it made public.

“After victims and news media filed suit in Florida courts for release of the copy of the NPA that had been filed under seal in the state court file, a state judge in September 2009 ordered it to be made public.”

PolitiFact reported that Palm Beach Circuit Judge Jeffrey Colbath ordered the agreement unsealed in June 2009, that Epstein’s lawyers appealed, and that the Fourth District Court of Appeal upheld the decision in September 2009, when the agreement was unsealed.

“Palm Beach Circuit Judge Jeffrey Colbath ordered the agreement unsealed in June 2009. Epstein’s lawyers appealed, and the Fourth District Court of Appeal in September 2009 upheld Colbath’s decision to unseal the agreement and it was unsealed that month.”

Palm Beach Newspapers, Inc., publisher of The Palm Beach Post, was an appellee in Fourth District Court of Appeal case No. 4D09-2554, decided Sept. 2, 2009.

“Palm Beach Newspapers, Inc., d/b/a The Palm Beach Post, Appellees. No. 4D09-2554. District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District. Sept. 2, 2009.”

In Epstein v. State (No. 4D09-2554), the Fourth District Court of Appeal’s per curiam opinion treated the petitioner’s certiorari petition as a full appeal and affirmed.

“We treat petitioner’s petition for writ of certiorari as a full appeal and affirm.”

The Palm Beach Post reported on Sept. 19, 2009 that the agreement was unsealed on Friday after attorneys for some victims and the Post sought its release, giving the first public look at the deal.

“Unsealed on Friday after attorneys for some of Epstein’s victims and The Palm Beach Post sought its release, it offers the first public look at the deal Epstein’s high-powered legal counsel brokered on his behalf.”

NPR reported in 2019 that Epstein served 13 months in county jail on the state charges and was granted work release.

“The financier served just 13 months in county jail and was granted work release”

DOJ’s OPR states that on July 22, 2009, Epstein was released from custody to a one-year term of home detention and registered as a sexual offender with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

“On July 22, 2009, Epstein was released from custody to a one-year term of home detention as a condition of community control, and he registered as a sexual offender with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.”

ABC News reported that an email dated Oct. 14, 2009, with the subject line ‘Trump’, went from Epstein’s defense lawyer Jack Goldberger to Epstein.

“The subject line reads “Trump.”The date is Oct. 14, 2009.The email is from criminal defense attorney Jack Goldberger to his client, Jeffrey Epstein”

ABC News reported that the email says Trump’s attorney Alan Garten arranged a 20-minute phone conference between Trump and ‘Brad’ in place of a deposition, and that the rest of the message is redacted.

““Spoke to Alan Garten, Trump’s attorney [redaction],” Goldberger wrote. “Garten arranged a 20 minute phone conference with Trump and Brad in lieu of a depo.. Following was discussed:”The rest of the message is entirely redacted by a big black rectangle.”

Rep. Maxwell Frost read into the Congressional Record on March 5, 2026 an Epstein file he described as Epstein forwarding to Maxwell an email from Jack Goldberger, which answers the question whether Epstein was ever expelled from Mar-a-Lago: no, not a member, may have been a guest, never asked to leave.

“JE ever expelled from Mar-a-Lago? No. He was not a member. May have been a guest. Never asked to leave.”

The email as read by Rep. Frost says that ‘Brad’ had earlier talked to a Mar-a-Lago manager, Bernd Lembcke, who confirmed Epstein was never asked to leave the club.

“Brad had also previously talked to a manager at Mar-a-Lago. Bernd Lembcke confirmed JE never asked to leave Mar-a-Lago.”

The email as read by Rep. Frost follows the note ‘Mark Epstein said Trump on JE plane is true’ with a first-person answer: ‘I’ve been on a lot of planes, may have been on his plane. No young girls on plane.’ The text read does not name the speaker.

“Mark Epstein said Trump on JE plane is true. I’ve been on a lot of planes, may have been on his plane. No young girls on plane.”

ABC News reported Rep. Jamie Raskin’s account that the document contains a summary Epstein’s lawyers gave Epstein of what Trump said during the call.

“According to Raskin, the document contains a summary that Epstein’s lawyers provided Epstein about what Trump said during the call about Epstein”

ABC News reported Raskin’s account that the unredacted email quotes Trump as saying Epstein was not a member of the Mar-a-Lago club but a guest, and had never been asked to leave.

““Epstein’s lawyers synopsized and quoted Trump as saying that Jeffrey Epstein was not a member of his club at Mar-a-Lago, but he was a guest at Mar-a-Lago, and he had never been asked to leave.”

CNN separately reported Raskin’s paraphrase of the 2009 email chain: that Epstein’s lawyers quoted Trump as saying Epstein was a guest, not a member, and had never been asked to leave.

““Epstein’s lawyers synopsized and quoted Trump as saying that that Jeffrey Epstein was not a member of his club at Mar-a-Lago, but he was a guest at Mar-a-Lago and he had never been asked to leave.”

A Justice Department official told ABC News the redacted portion was a privileged communication between Epstein and his lawyer.

“A Justice Department official told ABC News that the redacted portion of the 2009 email was a privileged communication between Epstein and his lawyer.”

Rep. Dan Goldman told the House on March 18, 2026 that a document he displayed had been redacted to the public but shown unredacted to Congress.

“I will just show that this document here was redacted to the public. It was unredacted to Congress”

Brad Edwards told ABC News in 2019 that Trump’s lawyer offered a telephone conference in which Trump would tell him what he knew, with or without a deposition.

““His lawyer called the very next day and said, ‘Look, I’ll set up a telephone conference,” Edwards said. “‘And Donald Trump will tell you everything that he knows. You can take his deposition if you want to. You don’t have to take his deposition either. Nothing to hide here.’””

Edwards recalled in 2019 that Trump told him girls were always around Epstein but that, in the public places where Trump socialized with him, they did not appear to be underage.

““And Trump did always say, ‘Look, yes, girls were always around him. In the public places where I socialized with him, they did not appear to be underage,’” Edwards recalled.”

Forbes reported that in his memoir Brad Edwards wrote that in their 2009 call Trump described Epstein as a ‘business acquaintance’ whom he had last seen at a business meeting at Epstein’s home before the abuse allegations became public.

“Bradley J. Edwards, a lawyer who represented Epstein victims, wrote in his memoir that he spoke with Trump by phone about Epstein in 2009, with Trump describing the financier as a “business acquaintance” and saying he had last seen him at a business meeting at Epstein’s home before sexual abuse allegations against Epstein had become public.”

ABC News said it had not seen the unredacted email and could not independently confirm Raskin’s account.

“ABC News has not seen the unredacted document, and cannot independently confirm Raskin’s account of its contents.”

Rep. Dean’s reading of the unredacted passage at the June 2026 hearing includes the line that ‘Brad’ talked to Mar-a-Lago manager Bernd Lembcke, who confirmed Epstein was never asked to leave.

“Brad had also talked to manager of Mar-a-Lago, Bernd Lembcke. Lembcke con fi rmed, JE never asked to leave Mar-a-Lago.”

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche responded at the hearing that the passage was redacted not for victims’ names but because it is a privileged communication between counsel.

“the reason why that was redacted is because that’s, um, a privileged communication between counsel.”

At a June 2, 2026 House Appropriations subcommittee hearing, Rep. Madeleine Dean said she had viewed the unredacted email from Jack Goldberger dated Wednesday, October 14, 2009, subject ‘Trump’, and then read its redacted passage aloud.

“So, I took a look at this email from Jack Goldberger, Wednesday, October 14, 2009. The subject is Trump.”

Edwards wrote in 2020 that Lembcke would neither confirm nor deny the rumor.

“Mr. Lembcke would neither confirm nor deny the rumor.”

Edwards wrote in his 2020 memoir that Trump paused before saying something along those lines happened but that he could not recall the exact details.

“He paused before saying that something along those lines happened but that he could not recall the exact details”

Edwards wrote that Trump referred him to Mar-a-Lago manager Bernd Lembcke.

“referred me to his Mar-a-Lago manager, Bernd Lembcke”

At the June 2, 2026 hearing, Rep. Dean said that the President had lied about being on Epstein’s plane and that the unredacted files prove it.

“what is true is that the president has lied about being on Epstein’s -- Epstein’s plane, and the unredacted files prove that.”

Edwards said at the same press conference that he talked to Trump back in 2009.

“talked to President Clinton, I’m sorry, President uh Trump back in 2009”

Speaking at a September 2025 press conference, victims’ lawyer Brad Edwards said Trump helped his investigation in 2009 by getting on the phone and telling him things that helped, and that the investigation was not looking into Trump.

“he helped me. He got on the phone. He told me things that were helping our investigation. And now our investigation wasn’t looking into him, but he was helping us then.”