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Case 22-1426, Document aye ke 3536038, Page25 of 258 Case 1:20-cr-00330-AJN Document 204-3 Filed 04/16/21 Page 23 of 348 A. September — October 2007: The Case Agents Notify Some Victims about the NPA, but Stop When the Case Agent Becomes Concerned about Potential Impeachment... eeceeeceseseceeceeseeeeeescesseceneeacecsecenesenesaeceseeenecaneeseeenees 207 B. October 2007: Defense Attorneys Object to Government Victim Notifications... eee ssessecsecsecseeseesersessesseceesesesseeseesecnecuscaassaesaeesseaseaeeaeeaeseneetees 210 C. October — November 2007: The FBI and the USAO Continue to Investigate, and the FBI Sends a Notice Letter to One Victim Stating That the Case is “Under Investigation” ...........ccecssceessececseeeteteneseeeneteneeeeeeeenees 211 D. The USAO Informs the Defense That It Intends to Notify Victims by Letter about Epstein’s State Plea Hearing and the Resolution of the Federal Investigation, but the Defense Strongly Objects to the Notification Plan........... 212 E. December 19, 2007: Acosta Advises the Defense That the USAO Will Defer to the State Attorney the Decision Whether to Notify Victims of the State Plea Hearing, but the USAO Would Notify Them of the Federal Resolution, “as Required by Law’... ecescecesseesecereecesseceneeenecaecenesenecaeeeeeenees 216 F. January — June 2008: While the Defense Presses Its Appeal to the Department in an Effort to Undo the NPA, the FBI and the USAO Continue Investigating Epstein ...........cesseccsseeseceeeeeececeseeeeesaneesesenesacessecenteseeens 220 1. Villafafia Prepares to Contact Victims in Anticipation That Epstein Will Breach the NPA ...... cc cseecesceessceeeencececeeeeseecaeceneeeneceeeeseenees 220 2s The FBI Uses VNS Form Letters to Re-Establish Contact with VICTIMS oe eee eteeecnecnecncesceseeseseeeeeceeeeaeeseesessecuecaecuassassaeeeeesseseeeeeeeaeeaeeaeen 221 35 Villafafia, the FBI, and the CEOS Trial Attorney Interview Victims......224 4, February — March 2008: Villafafia Takes Additional Steps to Prepare for a Prosecution of Epstein, Arranges for Pro Bono Attorneys for Victims, and Cautions about Continued Delay ................. 227 5. March — April 2008: Villafafia Continues to Prepare for Filing Federal Charges .0.......:ceccsscssssssceesceeseceneescesseceeeeacecaecenesenecaeseneeeeecaseeseeenees 227 VIII. USAO SUPERVISORS CONSIDER CVRA OBLIGATIONS IN AN UNRELATED MATTER AND IN LIGHT OF A NEW FIFTH CIRCUIT OPINION... eee eens 228 IX. JUNE 2008: VILLAFANA’S PRE-PLEA CONTACTS WITH THE ATTORNEY REPRESENTING THE VICTIMS WHO LATER BECAME seston 229 X. JUNE 2008: EFFORTS TO NOTIFY VICTIMS ABOUT THE JUNE 30, 2008 PLEA HEARING Wu... eecceccsssscesceescecsseseeecssesceecusccesecaecsesecnecaesecsesassecnecassecnecassasaceasensass 231 XI. JUNE 30, 2008: EPSTEIN ENTERS HIS GUILTY PLEAS IN A STATE COURT HEARING AT WHICH NO VICTIMS ARE PRESENT... eeeeeeseeseeeeeee 234 XIl, SIGNIFICANT POST-PLEA DEVELOPMEN TS wv sess: avn cxaves aonvn coxnvin aaxuas conan menwnin ceva 235 A. Immediately After Epstein’s State Guilty Pleas, Villafafia Notifies Some ViGtiTiS’ AMOPICYS ccsssvenawscennanes comsenanenss cnansvasinsees cause sopsune coeur woneewepauneaarenecunewmnnes 235 XX1 DOJ-OGR-00021197