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Case 22-1426, Document 79, 06/29/2023, 3536060, Page27 of 93 14 A. Relevant Facts In 2005, the Palm Beach Police Department in Florida opened an investigation into Epstein on the complaint of the parents of a fourteen-year-old girl. The Palm Beach Police ultimately brought the investi- gation to the Federal Bureau of Investigation in West Palm Beach, which in turned opened an investigation with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern Dis- trict of Florida “USAO-SDFL’). (SA3). That investiga- tion culminated in a draft sixty-page indictment pro- posing to charge Epstein for the sexual abuse of multi- ple victims. (SA3). In 2007, the USAO-SDFL and Epstein entered into a non-prosecution agreement (“NPA”). (A.173). The agreement was signed “on the authority of R. Alexan- der Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida.” (A.175). Under the terms of the NPA, Epstein agreed to plead guilty in a pending Flor- ida state case and to receive a sentence of at least eighteen months’ imprisonment and twelve months’ community control. (A.176). He also consented to juris- diction in the Southern District of Florida for civil suits involving victims specified by the USAO-SDFL, among other terms. (A.177). In exchange, USAO-SDFL agreed to defer “prosecution in this District.” (A.175). Once Epstein completed his half of the bargain, the NPA provided that “no prosecution” for the offenses then under investigation by “the Federal Bureau of In- vestigation and the U.S. Attorney’s Office ... will be instituted in this District.” (A.175). The NPA also provided that, if Epstein complied with the agreement, “the United States also agrees DOJ-OGR-00021674