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@ =D-350 (Rev. 5-8-81) Ex-Epstein worker faces @ adicate page, name of 3wspaper, city and state.) _ ate: t}2ul20 LO Edition: MOAN? NW & FALL? Batt Po obst By SUSAN. SPENCER-WENDEL Palm Beach Post Staff Writer ruction charges The FBI says he tried to sell information to an agent. critical information from fed- eral agents — an expansive Character: or Classification: Submitting Office: agent’s affidavit, Alfredo Rod- riguez offered to later sell the information for $50,000 — Rodriguez calling it the “Holy Grail” or “Golden Nug- get” — to a government wit- Title: Ey - E Sede ‘ obat.. Ww) Faces ST CHOM Clh 3) Af ay- sent ir to make the buy from Rodriguez. Rodriguez, born in 195, had told police that he worked for Epstein as a butler’ chauffeur, chef and house:nan’ sometimes pick ngs lOSO0l> cover agent and produced a small bound book and several sheets of legal paper, which he told the agent he had tak- en from Epstein’s home while employed there in 2004 and Epstein’ WEST PALM BEACH — list of Epstein victims and Papers A former employee of sex- , witnesses — as investigators listed Palm scandal-plagued Jeffrey Ep- probed the Palm Beach finan- | Beachsex. stein has been charged with cier for sexual exploitation of offender’s obstruction ofjustice after the minors. victims employee seredly withheld According {to ar. FBI Information could have altered case | b> EPSTEIN from 1B affidavit. Rodriguez told agents of witness- ing nude girls whom he believed to be underage at Epstein’s pool area, of knowing that his former employ- er was having sex with underage girls, and of viewing underage por- nography on computers in Epstein’s home. - ; * Special Agent Christina Pryor wrote that later review of the papers and book Rodriguez handed over revealed information “that would have been extremely useful in investigating and prosecuting the case, including names and contact information of material witnesses and additional victims.” “Had those items been produced in response to inquiries of state law enforcement officers or the Special ents, their contents would have ‘been presented to the federal erand _ jury,” Pryor wrote. The information allegedly with- held by Rodriguez may have been a tipping point in the controversial probe of Epstein. Federal prosecu- tors ended up striking an extraor dinary deal with Epstein and his top-flight lawyers: agreeing to recall grand jury subpoenas if Epstein pleaded guilty to prostitution- related felonies in state court, which he ultimately did. Epstein received an 18-month jail sentence. He served 13 months and was allowed to leave the jail most waking hours of the day. An attorney for Rodriguez, Assis- tant Federal Public Defender Dave Brannon, declined to comment on his behalf. An unnamed government witness mentioned in the affidavit is likely one of the attorneys representing women in a gagele of current civil lawsuits against Epstein. ness, who is not named in the affidavit. to Epstein by name, either. undercover FBI agent was 2005. Rodriguez then began counting his $50,000 payoff. He was stopped, detained on the spot and questioned by agents, according to the ‘ See EPSTEIN, 5B > ing ug and cleaning sex toys left bchind after Epstein fin- ished his encounters with the underage girls. According to the affidavit, Rodriguez met the under The affidavit does not refer In early November, an The affidavit outlines how the unnamed witness had deposed Rodriguez, who denied having docu- ments, then received a call from Rodriguez later offering to sell for — $50,000 the “Holy Grail.” “Rodriguez explained that the information contained hundreds of — additional victims and their phone numbers from diverse geographic locations including New York, New Mexico and Paris,” according to the affidavit. Rodriguez is scheduled to be ar raigned in federal court Monday. Also in the affidavit are the reasons Rodriguez cited to the un- named witness for why he withheld the lists from investigators: He con- sidered it his property and should be compensated for it, and he feared the target of the federal investiga- tion, Epstein, would make him dis- appear or otherwise harm him. © susan_spenccr_wendel phoact com 3/E-MYf-] DF edie 2 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_021665