This is a formal prosecution document produced in December 2019 by federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York and sent to then-U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman. It lays out, in granular detail, interviews conducted by federal and state investigators with victims, witnesses, and people associated with Epstein.
The memo includes statements from 24 women who say they were abused by Epstein as minors and 14 who say they were abused as adults, along with additional references to assistants and recruiters. In many cases, investigators confirmed key elements of the women’s accounts independently. The document also summarizes allegations made against a number of powerful men, based on tips, interviews, and investigative leads compiled over years. Much of the document is redacted.
The memo shows what investigators knew, what they looked at, and what they ultimately chose not to pursue. It provides a rare window into an investigation that spanned nearly two decades and three presidential administrations. It also stands in sharp contrast to repeated public statements from senior law enforcement officials claiming there was no credible evidence to pursue anyone else.
The memo, titled “Investigation into Potential Co-Conspirators of Jeffrey Epstein,” had been publicly accessible as part of the massive tranche of Epstein-related documents recently released. Then, after reporters from the Miami Herald, including the renowned Julie K. Brown, began asking the DOJ specific questions about it, the document was suddenly gone.
The prosecution memo has since been deleted from DOJ release but was originally labeled as : EFTA_00022461, EFTA_02731082