mirror-epstein-docs/results/IMAGES002/DOJ-OGR-00003199.json

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  "full_text": "Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 204-3 Filed 04/16/21 Page 23 of 348\n\nA. September - October 2007: The Case Agents Notify Some Victims about the NPA, but Stop When the Case Agent Becomes Concerned about Potential Impeachment....................................................................................................................207\nB. October 2007: Defense Attorneys Object to Government Victim Notifications...............................................................................................................................210\nC. October - November 2007: The FBI and the USAO Continue to Investigate, and the FBI Sends a Notice Letter to One Victim Stating That the Case is \"Under Investigation\" .............................................................................................................................211\nD. The USAO Informs the Defense That It Intends to Notify Victims by Letter about Epstein's State Plea Hearing and the Resolution of the Federal Investigation, but the Defense Strongly Objects to the Notification Plan ...............212\nE. December 19, 2007: Acosta Advises the Defense That the USAO Will Defer to the State Attorney the Decision Whether to Notify Victims of the State Plea Hearing, but the USAO Would Notify Them of the Federal Resolution, \"as Required by Law\".......................................................................................................................216\nF. January - June 2008: While the Defense Presses Its Appeal to the Department in an Effort to Undo the NPA, the FBI and the USAO Continue Investigating Epstein .............................................................................................................................220\n1. Villafaña Prepares to Contact Victims in Anticipation That Epstein Will Breach the NPA .............................................................................................................................220\n2. The FBI Uses VNS Form Letters to Re-Establish Contact with Victims.............................................................................................................................221\n3. Villafaña, the FBI, and the CEOS Trial Attorney Interview Victims.............................................................................................................................224\n4. February - March 2008: Villafaña Takes Additional Steps to Prepare for a Prosecution of Epstein, Arranges for Pro Bono Attorneys for Victims, and Cautions about Continued Delay .............................................................................................................................227\n5. March - April 2008: Villafaña Continues to Prepare for Filing Federal Charges .............................................................................................................................227\n\nVIII. USAO SUPERVISORS CONSIDER CVRA OBLIGATIONS IN AN UNRELATED MATTER AND IN LIGHT OF A NEW FIFTH CIRCUIT OPINION.............................................................................................................................228\nIX. JUNE 2008: VILLAFAN̄A'S PRE-PLEA CONTACTS WITH THE ATTORNEY REPRESENTING THE VICTIMS WHO LATER BECAME THE CVRA PETITIONERS .............................................................................................................................229\nX. JUNE 2008: EFFORTS TO NOTIFY VICTIMS ABOUT THE JUNE 30, 2008 PLEA HEARING.............................................................................................................................231\nXI. JUNE 30, 2008: EPSTEIN ENTERS HIS GUILTY PLEAS IN A STATE COURT HEARING AT WHICH NO VICTIMS ARE PRESENT.............................................................................................................................234\nXII. SIGNIFICANT POST-PLEA DEVELOPMENTS.............................................................................................................................235\nA. Immediately After Epstein's State Guilty Pleas, Villafaña Notifies Some Victims' Attorneys.............................................................................................................................235\n\nxxi\nDOJ-OGR-00003199",
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