Witness claims he was told Bill Clinton and Prince Andrew appeared on Epstein flight manifests by Russ Adler, but admits never seeing the documents

1 Q. Okay. And do you remember what Adler told 2 you specifically about the Epstein case that helped 3. you have a basis of information to sell it to the 4 investors? s) A. Other than him telling me that it was a 6 billionaire pedophile, other than him telling me about 7 the flight manifest, ] don't have a specific 8 recollection of what else he told me. g Q. Did you actually look at the flight manifest fl10 atsometime, Mr. Rothstein? 11 A. Yes, sir. 12 Q. And what was it about those flight manifests 13 _ that you felt would help you pitch the Epstein case to 14 the investor? 15 A. I don'tremember who specifically was on it, 16 but] remember it looking juicy. 17 Q. You don't know who was on it? #18 A. 1 don't recall. 19 Q. Did you add any names to that manifest at 20 any time? 21 A. J] had -- you mean physically write names on 22 there? 23 Q. Any way you want to interpret -- did you -- 24 not physically write any names on the manifest, but 25 did you tel] the investors that there were names on 1 the manifest that were actually not on the manifest? 2 A. | told the investors that there were other 3. people that appeared on manifests, ] don’t recall 4 whether it was that manifest or other manifests, and ! 2 got the names of those people from Russ Adler. 6 Whether or not they actually appeared on the manifest 7 or another manifest, ] do not know. 8 Q. What names did you get from Russ Adler? : A. Russ Adler told ms Bill Clinton flew on 10 Epstein's plane and that Prince Andrew flew on 11 Mr, Epstein’ s plane. 12 Q. And is it your testimony today that you fi3 never looked at the manifest to see whether Bill 14 — Clinton or Prince Andrew's name were really on the f15 manifest that you were going to use to pitch the [16 investors? 17 A. It was my understanding they didn't have all 18 the manifests. 19 Q. Okay. Did you ever ask for the manifests 20 that purportedly had the name of Bill Clinton or 21. Prince Andrew on it? Az A. 1 probably did, but I don't have a specific 23 recollection one way or the other. 24 Q. When you say you didn't have all the 25 manifests, were all the manifests in your office -- Page 107 Oe WNhNHr CUO DA nDUOBWNYPeEF OH DAA OB WN KF GAGGENAU RENO aE GENRES EY RTD ESE Ni AIC PSE OL RED RNR BE A ETM RIS OEE RMR NRG MRNAS SUT SMR AT TAM NAS SGU RAE PT RER ERE ROTRTIN OESTRONE ALARA RINT RN YI Ge ee Per NONNNNDNF PE PEP BEBE LO ALANAANNO 1 2 3 4 A 5 . 6 7 9 210 fl #12 #13 e14 & £15 £16 #19 221 122 $23 24 25 were all the manifests within the Jaw firm of RRA and you simply didn't have them in your office? A. Thave no idea one way or the other. Q. Okay. A. J] did not have them. Q. You were told by Russel] Adler that you didn't have -- that you physically didn't have all the manifests, correct? A. That's correct. Q. But you don't know whether they were in the building somewhere, these other supposed manifests? A. lThave no idea one way or the other. Q. You never asked for proof that Bill Clinton or Prince Andrew's name were on a manifest somewhere? A. ] didn't say that. 1 may very well have asked Adler or Ken Jenne to find the other manifests. Q. Were you ever shown a manifest with the name Bill Clinton or the name Prince Andrew on them? A. ] do not recall one way or the other whether ] saw that or not. ] remember Adler telling me about it and then me repeating that information to the investors based upon Mr. Adler's representations to me. Q. Now, you testified that you were told that the Epstein cases were "legitimate cases. Do you Page 108 remember that testimony you gave this morning? A. Yes. Q. And you remember your testimony that you were told they were legitimate cases by both Russ Adler and Brad Edwards, do you remember that? A. I never said that Mr. Edwards or Mr. Adler said, "Scott, these are legitimate cases." ] didn't question them as to their legitimacy. Q. You did testify that you talked to Brad Edwards about the Epstein cases; is that correct? MR. SCAROLA: No, counsel, that is a misrepresentation of the earlier testimony. MR. GOLDBERGER: No, it’s not. BY MR. GOLDBERGER: Q. Did you talk to Brad Edwards about the eps cases? I do not recall one way or the other. That_ was my prior testimony, that's stil] my ‘testimony. /. don't --1 do notrecall. Q. We'll Jet the record speak -- A. I know] spoke to Adler about it. Q. We'll let the record speak for itself. Your testimony, as ] am questioning you now, is that you do not recall whether you spoke to Brad Edwards about the Epstein cases; is that correct? i! Page 109 28 (Pages 106 to 109) FRIEDMAN, LOMBARDI & OLSON 305-371-6677 5ed93085-0554-447{-bcdd-ca2d8fe94idf HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_017517