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FBI PUBLIC AFFAIRS - DIRECTOR'S AM NEWS BRIEFING MONDAY, JULY 29, 2019 5:00 AM EDT EFTA00161121 EFTA00161122 EFTA00161123 EFTA00161124 EFTA00161125 EFTA00161126 US Subpoenas Jeffrey Epstein's Pilots In Sex-Trafficking Probe. The Wall Street Journal (7/26, Hong, O'Brien, Subscription Publication, 7.57M) reports that federal prosecutors in Manhattan have subpoenaed Jeffrey Epstein's longtime personal pilots as investigators seek to question his employees in his probe on sex-trafficking charges. NYTimes Al Chronicles Epstein's Influence Over Wexner. In a nearly 2,800-word front-page article, the New York Times (7/25, A1, Steel, Eder, Maheshwari, Goldstein, 18.61M) recounts how Jeffrey Epstein "developed an unusually strong hold on" Leslie Wexner, one of the country's most influential corporate titans." The Times says that "within years of meeting Mr. Epstein, Mr. Wexner handed him sweeping powers over his finances, philanthropy and private life, according to interviews with people who knew the men as well as court documents and financial records." Daily Beast Two Jeffreys Saw Different Treatment For Sex Crimes Based On Wealth. A Daily Beast (7/28, Daly, 1.39M) report looks at "a tale of two Jeffreys," Jeffrey Cole and Jeffrey Epstein, saying that their stories embody "the difference great wealth can make when it comes to sex crimes — until it doesn't." The report says that, while reviewing Epstein's 2007 case, "the FBI noted a court document reporting an incident that when agents served Epstein's personal assistant Lesley Groff with a grand jury subpoena, she excused herself, purportedly to check on her child. She is said by the court document to have used the moment to telephone Epstein: Apprehending Epstein in 2019, the report says, "the FBI took great care that Epstein received no warning. He flew unsuspecting on July 6 from Paris to Teterboro and a waiting pair of handcuffs." Florida State Sen. Received Warnings Over Epstein Inquiry Request. The Tamoa Bay (FL) Times (7/26, Brown, Nehamas, Koh, 742K) reports, "Florida Sen. Lauren Book has reached out to Capitol police after receiving an anonymous EFTA00161128 warning connected to her demand for a state inquiry into Palm Beach Sheriff Ric Bradshaw's handling of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein's lenient work release program! EFTA00161129 EFTA00161130