EFTA00015219.pdf

"I am the Section Chief of the Record/Information Dissemination Section... I joined the FBI in September 2011"

"On August 28, 2017, Plaintiffs, through counsel, filed their First Amended Complaint with the United States District Court for the Southern District o"

"By electronic FOIA dated April 20, 2017, Plaintiff Robertson submitted a FOIPA request to the FBI"

"Jeffrey Epstein was arrested on July 6, 2019, on federal charges for the sex trafficking of minors."

"Assistant United States Attorney in SDNY"

"By letter dated December I, 2017, the FBI released additional responsive records to Plaintiffs."

"The Central Records System ("CRS") is an extensive system of records... maintained by the FBI"

"RIDS conducted a search reasonably calculated to locate records responsive to Plaintiffs' request, specifically documents relating to FBI's investigat"

"child prostitution investigation of Jeffrey Epstein"

"Author: CGM"

"Reviewed: TLC 3/10/21"

"details of the AUSA's prosecutorial strategy and the inner workings of how the AUSA planned to build the legal framework to support an indictment of J"

"responsive records herein were compiled in furtherance of the FBI's investigation of criminal child prostitution involving Jeffrey Epstein"

"the records were exchanged within Department of Justice (i.e., between the FBI and U.S. Attorney's Office)... at the direction of an AUSA"

"responsive records herein were compiled in furtherance of the FBI's investigation of criminal child prostitution involving Jeffrey Epstein"

"ARREST OF MR. EPSTEIN ON JULY 6, 2019"

"public court documents from Epstein's criminal case"

"agencies that have cooperated with—and provided information and records to—the FBI in this ongoing investigation"

"investigative procedures are conducted within the appropriate FBI and DOJ guidelines"

"The FBI released 46 pages to Plaintiffs of public source material not posing an investigative harm"

"maintaining the investigation/investigative activities related to the child prostitution investigation of Jeffrey Epstein"

"FBI protected the names and identifying information of FBI Special Agents (SAs)"

"FBI protected the names and identifying information of FBI Special Agents (SAs) and Victim Specialists"

"identifying information of local law enforcement employees... aided the FBI in the law enforcement investigative activities"

"FBI personnel were responsible for conducting, supervising, and/or maintaining the investigation/investigative activities related to the child prostit"

"Victim Specialists... provide as a critical link between the SAs and the victims for the Victim Assistance Program (VAP)"

"Here, law enforcement authorities provided specific detailed information of value to the FBI, that is singular in nature, concerning Jeffrey Epstein."

"Here, law enforcement authorities provided specific detailed information of value to the FBI, that is singular in nature, concerning Jeffrey Epstein."

"The FBI utilized this surveillance operation to obtain investigative intelligence relevant to the investigation of Jeffrey Epstein."

"FD-515s are submitted at various stages of an investigation to report important events such as an arrest, conviction, sentencing, asset seizure, and d"

"MICHAEL G. SEIDEL Section Chief ... Federal Bureau of Investigation"

"MICHAEL G. SEIDEL Section Chief Record/Information Dissemination Section"

"Court Order issued by the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida in Case Number 08-mj-08068-LRJ."

"The FBI has withheld 38 pages in full per a Court Order issued by the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida in Case Number"

"Record/Information Dissemination Section Information Management Division Federal Bureau of Investigation"

"Information Management Division Federal Bureau of Investigation"

"Federal Bureau of Investigation Winchester, Virginia"

"The first-party FOIPA request sought main and cross-referenced records from January 1, 2000, to November 25, 2012, on Jeffrey Epstein."

"To ensure all responsive records were located from within the CRS, RIDS conducted a supplemental search utilizing the search term Jeffrey Epstein"

"The FBI began processing documents in response to Plaintiffs' request long before Mr. Epstein was arrested in 2019."

"July 6, 2019, arrest of Mr. Epstein"

"the FBI asserted Exemption 3... to protect names, images, and identifying information of minor children victims and witnesses within the child prostit"

"Specifically, the FBI protected information regarding legal strategy and evidence gathering conducted by the FBI SAs... at the direction of an AUSA, i"

"FBI has described the types of responsive records from the pending investigative files, which are being withheld in full"

"documents provided to the FBI by state and local law enforcement agencies"

"Author: CGM"

"the FBI protected the names and identifying information of personnel from non-FBI, federal government agencies who provided information to or otherwis"

"personnel from non-FBI, federal government agencies who provided information to or otherwise assisted the FBI in its investigation of Jeffrey Epstein"

"individuals who were interviewed, and/or provided information by other means, to the FBI during the course of its investigation of Jeffrey Epstein"

"Numerous confidential sources report to the FBI on a regular basis; they provide information under express assurances of confidentiality"