EFTA00013555.pdf

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U.S. Department of Justice 
Washington, D.C. 20530 
June 23, 2008 
Jay Lefkowitz, Esq. 
Kenneth Starr, Esq. 
Kirkland and Ellis LLP 
777 South Figueroa Street 
Los Angeles, CA 90017 
Gentlemen: 
This Office has completed a thorough review of the U.S. Attorney's handling of the matter 
involving your client, Jeffrey Epstein. We have received and reviewed your letters of May 19, 
June 3 and June 19, 2008, the attachments to the June 19 letter, as well as your submissions to 
the Criminal Division and the U.S. Attorney's Office. Additionally, we have reviewed an 
extensive set of materials provided by the U.S. Attorney's Office and conferred with a number of 
highly experienced Department attorneys about this matter. The Deputy Attorney General has 
also been briefed. 
As you know, the Department of Justice vests considerable discretion in its U.S. Attorneys, and 
the Deputy Attorney General will intervene in only the most unusual of circumstances. We do 
not believe such intervention is warranted here. Even if we were to substitute our judgment for 
that of the U.S. Attorney, we believe that federal prosecution of this case is appropriate. 
Moreover, having reviewed your allegations of prosecutorial misconduct, and the facts 
underlying them, we see nothing in the conduct of the U.S. Attorney's Office that gives us any 
reason to alter our opinion. 
Sincerely, Itm 
Senior Associate Deputy Attorney General 
cc: 
Alex Acosta 
EFTA00013555
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