EFTA00074185.pdf

U.S. Department of Justice United States Attorney Southern District of New York The Silvio!. FloIlo Building One Saint Andrew's Plaza New York, New York 10007 MEMORANDUM TO: Acting Chief Financial Officer Executive Office of U.S. Attorneys FROM: Geoffrey S. Berman U.S. Attorney, Southern District of New York SUBJECT: Foreign Travel for AUSAs and DATE: January 23, 2020 This memo is intended to re uest a royal for the planned foreign travel of and Assistant nited States Attorneys in the Southern District of New York. AUSAs will be traveling to Stockholm, Sweden, to interview a potential witness in connection with an investi ation into ossible violations of 18 U.S.C. § 2423, among other offenses. AUSAs will travel between February 3 (overnight) and February 7, 2020. I has approved this request.' In connection with the investigation of criminal conduct undertaken by Jeffrey Epstein and certain of his associates, we are investigating whether certain individuals undertook actions within the United States that involved the transportation of minors for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual activity. The witness we intend to interview is a citizen and resident of Sweden and currently is unable to travel due to medical issues, but would be a potentially valuable witness in our investigation. Specifically, the witness is the relative of a victim in the investigation, and may be able to significantly corroborate the victim as well as provide additional relevant information, including information required to meet certain elements of the crime(s) being investigated. Given the critical importance of the witness, and the need to fully debrief the witness over a one-day interview, and potential) a subse uent follow-u interview the following day, it is necessary for each of AUSAs to travel to Stockholm to participate in the interview. (originally approved this trip for January 27 through 31st, but approval timelines necessitated rescheduling to the following week. EFTA00074185 High Threat Security Overseas Seminar ("HTSOS") training is required for the requested travel to Sweden. AUSA has completed HTSOS training, and AUSAs and =will complete the HTSOS training. AUSAs therefore request permission to travel to Sweden. EFTA00074186