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EFTA00224636

correspondence

Page count
92
Pages referenced
EFTA00224636--EFTA00224727
Source dataset
DOJ EFTA Release
Relevance
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§ Summary

U.S. Department of Justice United States Attorney Southern District of Florida First AuLstant U.S. 4liortrty 99 NE thStreti Miam& FL 31132 DELIVERY BY FEDERAL EXPRESS June 3, 2008 Honorable Mark Filip Office of the Deputy Attorney General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20530 Re: Jeffrey Epstein Dear Judge Filip, Jeffrey Epstein was a part-time resident of Palm Beach County, Florida.' In 2006, the Federal Bureau of Investigation began investi tin alle ations that over a two-year period, Epstein paid approximately 28 minor females to come to his house for sexual favors? In July 2006, the matter was presented to AUSA of our West Palm Beach branch office to pursue a formal criminal investigation.

§ Document body

EFTA00224636 -- United States Attorney Southern District of Florida First AuLstant U.S. 4liortrty

Document Summary

FieldValue
EFTA NumberEFTA00224636
Typecorrespondence
Original Date
Page Count92
Pages ReferencedEFTA00224636--EFTA00224727
Source DatasetDOJ EFTA Release
Source Citation
Relevanceunknown
Statusindexed

Content Summary

U.S. Department of Justice United States Attorney Southern District of Florida First AuLstant U.S. 4liortrty 99 NE thStreti Miam& FL 31132 DELIVERY BY FEDERAL EXPRESS June 3, 2008 Honorable Mark Filip Office of the Deputy Attorney General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20530 Re: Jeffrey Epstein Dear Judge Filip, Jeffrey Epstein was a part-time resident of Palm Beach County, Florida.' In 2006, the Federal Bureau of Investigation began investi tin alle ations that over a two-year period, Epstein paid approximately 28 minor females to come to his house for sexual favors? In July 2006, the matter was presented to AUSA of our West Palm Beach branch office to pursue a formal criminal investigation.

Key Excerpts

"a charitable organization benefitting victims of sexual assault," (p. 4, quote)

"offered to provide a restitution fund for the alleged victims in this matter; however, that option was rejected by [our] Office." (p. 5, quote)

"engineered in a way that appears intended to profit particular lawyers in private practice in South Florida with personal relationships to some of the prosecutors involved," (p. 7, quote)

"[w]e will defer to the discretion of the State Attorney regarding whether he wishes to provide victims with notice of the state proceedings, although we will provide him with the information necessary to do so if he wishes." (p. 8, quote)

"strongly believe that the provable conduct of Mr. Epstein with respect to these individuals fails to satisfy the requisite elements of either 18 U.S.C. Section[s] 2422(b) ... or ... 2423(6)." (p. 8, quote)

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Redaction Notes

OCR quality varies across pages. Check for redacted content: ep redacted "EFTA00224636". For documents over 50 pages, significant content may be in attached exhibits rather than the primary filing.

Assessment

Substantial filing (92 pages) with detailed argumentation or attached exhibits.

Document type: correspondence -- Letter between parties or to the court.

Reliability: Tier 1 (Verified) -- Authenticated federal court filing with case number and docket entry.

Action needed: Manual review to assess relevance to active investigations, extract specific findings, and assign relevance rating.

Cross-References

Related filings in CVRA lawsuit: ep search "EFTA00224636"

Search by document number: ep search "Document "

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Enriched 2026-03-01 -- NPA Document Migration

§ Key excerpts05

a charitable organization benefitting victims of sexual assault,

· p4

offered to provide a restitution fund for the alleged victims in this matter; however, that option was rejected by [our] Office.

· p5

engineered in a way that appears intended to profit particular lawyers in private practice in South Florida with personal relationships to some of the prosecutors involved,

· p7

[w]e will defer to the discretion of the State Attorney regarding whether he wishes to provide victims with notice of the state proceedings, although we will provide him with the information necessary to do so if he wishes.

· p8

strongly believe that the provable conduct of Mr. Epstein with respect to these individuals fails to satisfy the requisite elements of either 18 U.S.C. Section[s] 2422(b) ... or ... 2423(6).

· p8
§ Entities mentioned18