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Remarks as Pre ared for Delivery by 
Assistant Director in Charge 
FBI New York Field Office 
Jeffrey Epstein Arrest 
July X, 2019 
Preserving the innocence of children is the most important 
responsibility we carry as adults. Failing them, in any way, is not an 
option. 
And yet there are some who blatantly disregard this golden rule, using 
whatever tools they have at their disposal to lure children into a life of 
which they should never be exposed. 
As we allege today, Jeffrey Epstein is one of those people. 
As of x a.m., he is under arrest.../At X p.m., as he was X, we placed 
him under arrest. Epstein has been charged with one count each of sex 
trafficking and sex trafficking conspiracy. 
For at least a three year period, from 2002-2005, he is alleged to have 
sexually exploited and abused dozens of minor girls at his homes in 
New York City and Palm Beach, Florida. 
The girls were recruited in a variety of ways, usually by employees of 
Epstein and victim recruiters themselves. 
• The victim recruiters and the girls they found typically received 
hundreds of dollars in cash. 
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The estimated dozens of victims were as young as 14 years old at the 
time of recruitment. 
• Children who were made to give Epstein massages while they 
were nude or partially nude. 
• Children who were asked to engage in direct and indirect sex acts 
for money. 
• Children who were enticed to do all of this at the hands of a man 
more than or nearly three times their age. 
Those who have been victimized by child sexual predators are 
frequently haunted by memories of these crimes well into adulthood, 
and often for the rest of their lives. They bear the burden of someone 
else's criminal behavior. 
As an FBI agent, and as a father first, I stand among many who make 
it our mission to put child predators behind bars where they belong; to 
listen to every child who feels they've been exploited; and to advocate 
for the most vulnerable among us. 
Today I'm asking ev…
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