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FD.302 (Rev. S.II•10) -1 of 4 - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dan:amity 09/10/202' JANUSZ BANASIAK (BANASIAK) was interviewed at over WEBEX audio on 9/27/2021 by AUSA AUSA and Det . After being advised of the identity of the interviewing Agents and the nature of the interview, BANASIAK provided the following information: BANASIAK was interview in 2007 by FBI and states he had a lawyer then. Currently not represented. Fine continuing talking today without lawyer. BANASIAK started working for EPSTEIN in 2005 around February or March. He stopped working for EPSTEIN in 2017. BANASIAK stopped working because he found another job. It was a mutual separation. EPSTEIN hired another person. BANASIAK worked for EPSTEIN in his Palm Beach house. Very often BANASIAK was taken to New York City to work for EPSTEIN while another couple that worked for EPSTEIN would be on vacation. In 2005 BANASIAK was taking care of EPSTEIN's property. He would make sure everything was working around the house, the pool, the air condition systems, clean driveway, get house ready for EPSTEIN, make sure gardeners are there. He would get the cars ready and make sure there was gas in them. In 2005 BANASIAK would report to MAXWELL for the first 2-3 years working there. MAXWELL was involved with everything, organizing EPSTEIN's schedule and making sure BANASIAK knew when they were coming or if things needed to be brought to the house. BANASIAK did not have a problem with MAXWELL. She made decisions right way. If BANASIAK needed something from her MAXWELL got Imustigati4mon 09/27/2021 Hen SOD—NY-3027571 at New York, New York, United States (Phone) Datedralled 09/29/2021 by This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the 1:131.1t is the properly of the Fill and is loaned to your agency; il and lb contents am not to be dis0ibutd outside your agency. 3507-012 Page I of 4 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00006865 EFTA00158450 FD302a (Re". $8.10) SOD-NY-3027571 confinugio„rm.302or (U) Interview of JANUSZ BANASIAK .o„ 09/27/2021 page 2 of 4 it right away. BANASIAK had a good working relationship with her. There were rules for the house. MAXWELL introduces BANASIAK to these in the. She said EPSTEIN likes exotic flowers. BANASIAK bought food and flowers before EPSTEIN came. MAXWELL says EPSTEIN doesn't like roses, he likes exotic flowers. BANASIAK would answer the phone and was told that he cannot tell the people if EPSTEIN was at the house. BANASIAK was to take a message and pass along. GM mentioned the house has to be clean and nice and cars full of gas and clean. When guests were in the house they would with luggage and BANASIAK would bring the luggage to their rooms. BANASIAK wasn't involved in talking to the guests. BANASIAK did not talk to or engage in conversation with them. BANASIAK doesn't remember the rules about talking to the guests but BANASIAK wanted himself to keep his distance because he is the worker and they are different style of people. Yes there was a household manual. There was some manual for the maids on how to prepare the beds, clean bathrooms and maintain the house. BANASIAK would recognize this if he saw it. There were young women coming to give massages at the house during EPSTEIN's stay almost every day. These phone calls and EPSTEIN's BANASIAK and give name of massage. appointments were scheduled by his assistant. BANASIAK picked up some assistants would call a particular person coming at certain time for A few times some of the massage girls called the house if they weren't able to make their appointment on those certain scheduled times and BANASIAK would take a message with their numbers for EPSTEIN. BANASIAK didn't have access to those numbers otherwise. Yes there was a contact book. There was small books with all the numbers for those people inside of them. They held the numbers for those girls. It was a square black book for people he has contact with, famous people too, CLINTON, TRUMP and others. BANASIAK thinks there was a couple books in the 3507-012 Page 2 of 4 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00006866 EFTA00158451 FD•302a (Rev. 5.8.10) 50D-NY-3027571 conthwalion ormme or (U) Interview of JANUSZ BANASIAK ,on 09/27/2021 .fts, 3 of 4 house, each house has this kind of book, seen in New York also. The book was square, about 6 inches by 6 inches, 3 inches thick maybe, with names and numbers inside. BANASIAK thinks the cover was a hard black cover. BANASIAK never used this book. BANASIAK saw it on the desk next to the phone or next to the bed, there was a few of them lying around. BANASIAK thinks it was used for EPSTEIN or his assistants to use to call the number that EPSTEIN asked them to call. It was used for the house workers if they needed contacts. BANASIAK didn't see any other address books in the house. MAXWELL tells BANASIAK in beginning to take messages. He is to answer the phone and ask for their name and take their number and say that they will get a call back. These messages were taking in a message book. It was a message book that you buy that makes 2 copies. You take a message out and put on kitchen counter. At some point those books were kept in the house in one of the desks, BANASIAK believes. If BANASIAK saw the message pads again he would recognize his handwriting and probably some others. Of course he would recognize the books. BANASIAK would also recognize the black books. BANASIAK does not recall phone calls from MAXWELL about the girls coming for massage. BANASIAK thinks he got the calls from his other assistants. MAXWELL was inside the house when people would come for massages in the beginning. After a few years she stepped aside from her engagement with scheduling and coming to palm beach. After maybe 2-3 years MAXWELL didn't come as often. When BANASIAK first started working there around 2005 MAXWELL would go around the town. Sometimes BANASIAK would drive her, sometimes she would drive herself. BANASIAK used pool, went to dinner and played tennis at mar- a-lago. Massage appointments would happen in the beginning almost every day. Not sure what MAXWELL would do at this time. BANASIAK was living in a small house on the property at this time and didn't see what was going on. BANASIAK would let the people in and let them know they had guests. BANASIAK wasn't even sure what they were doing during certain periods of time inside the house. BANASIAK does not recall a time when anyone asked him to gather up things in 3507-012 Pagc 3 of 4 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00006867 EFTA00158452 FD•302a (Re". 5* I0) 50D—NY-3027571 conthwalk„rm302 or (U) Interview of JANUSZ BANASIAK .o„ 09/27/2021 •pygr 4 of 4 the house. BANASIAK got phone calls from his assistants when they were away from the house, sometimes about picking up show tickets. BANASIAK is asked about computers being in the house in 2005? He recalls one day called him and told him that a man was coming to the house to take all the desktop computers from the house. She said he would come later on that day or next day and that this person is coming to take computers. BANASIAK met him, let him in the house and he took 3-4 computers from the house. BANASIAK is not sure if he took anything else. Maybe he took some kind of disc or software connected to the computer also. He asked BANASIAK to stay away and he would do it by himself so BANASIAK lead him to the rooms and he took computers. BANASIAK's sense at the time was this man works for EPSTEIN. BANASIAK doesn't think this person mentioned what his position was in the organization. BANASIAK is not sure why he was taking computers but BANASIAK assumed it was for replacement or upgrade but they never told him BANASIAK was just guessing that. worked for EPSTEIN. She would report to him. She was his assistant. She worked full time for EPSTEIN. was the more experienced of the 2 assistants ( other assistant). BANASIAK is willing to talk to the government again. Reporters and a production company has called BANASIAK a few months ago but he declined to talk with them. 3507-012 Page 4 of 4 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00006868 EFTA00158453