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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 204-3 Filed 04/16/21 Page 15 of 348 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 0... cececescesesessesevsecsevseensesecnsessesaesseaesneveeeneeseeneeseesaesaesaesaevaesneesteneeseed i I. OVERVIEW OF FACTUAL BACKGROUND 1... ccesecseesneeeeeneeeecneeteeeaeseteaeeaeeseenevereneees i Il. THE INITIATION AND SCOPE OF OPR’S INVESTIGATION..........::cscssesseeseeeneeereneees Vv Il. OVERVIEW OF OPR’S ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK ........ececseceseseeeneeneeneeneeseeneees Vil TV. ISSUES CONSIDERED... ccesesseeeecnseseceseeecseseessesaeesecneverenseseensessesaeseevaesaevaeeneesnenee Vili A. The Negotiation, Execution, and Implementation of the NPA...........ceeeeeeeee Vill B. The District Court’s Conclusion That the USAO Violated the CVRA ...... ix V. OPR’S FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS ....0.. oc cececeeceseseeeesneeseeeeesseseeaesaevaeeneveeeneeseenee ix A. Findings and Conclusions Relating to the NPA ..........ce:cessceesseceeeeeseeeeeeeeneeeeeneesnee ix B. Findings and Conclusions Relating to the Government’s Interactions With VICTIMS... ee ceeeesesseeseeseessecsaecseesseeseesseessecnaessaesaeesaesseesaeenaesaaesaeeseesaeenaeenaesaee i VI. ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT ........ccececsescssessessesseeseseeeseeneesecneeseesaeseesaesaeeaeenears xil CHAPTER ONE: SIGNIFICANT ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS. ....00... cece ecceteeneetereeneeneeeee 1 I. THE FEDERAL AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES 1.0... ceeeeeseeeeeenees 1 A. The Department of Justice, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.................. 1 B. The State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies.............cccceeccesscesseeeeeeeeeneeeeeessneenes 4 Il. THE SUBJECT ATTORNEYS AND THEIR ROLES IN THE EPSTEIN CASE............. 4 ll. JEFFREY EPSTEIN AND HIS DEFENSE ATTORNEYS... ccseseseescseeseeseseseeneeetens 8 A. JSTHEY HSE, scoscrecemsams sosmamencormees smanenina Seca mL STEREOS SENN REN MANN RINO Ma REEE 8 B. Epstein’s Defense Attorneys ..........cccceccesececeeeceereeeneecsceceaeeesnersneesseeceaeenneseneesaeesaeenes 8 CHAPTER TWO: THE NON-PROSECUTION AGREEMENT .........::cecceceseeseseeeeeneeeeeneeneneens 11 PART ONES PACTEAL BACKGIODIN DD op crmmcanien sxammmsanan inmsummcmmoneassen teense SaxmND 11 I. OVERVIEW... cececeesceesseesesseesecnevseeneescensessesaesaevaesnevseenaeseensessesaesaevaeenevseenaeseesaeseesaeeateatens 11 Il. MARCH 2005 — MAY 2006: EPSTEIN IS INVESTIGATED BY THE PALM BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE PALM BEACH COUNTY ST ATH ATTORNEY S GP PICE seme: sememscomcen sancmmeaen stcemnnscnoes Smee RIES 11 A. The Initial Allegations and the PBPD Investigation. .............:eeccessseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 11 B. The State Attorney’s Office Decides to Present the Case to a State Grand JUry......eeecceseseceseceeeeeseeesececsaeeeeeeseeesaeecaeeeeeeeseeesseessaeenseeseeeesaeesnaeeseeeeneeeneees 14 Cc. Florida State Procedure for Bringing Criminal Charges.............::cceccessseeeteeeeeeeee 15 D. PBPD Chief Reiter Becomes Concerned with the State Attorney’s Office’s Handling of the State Investigation and Seeks a Federal Investigation................. 16 Xlll DOJ-OGR-00003191