states that he has an imaged copy of EPSTEIN's kitchen counter laptop that has phone

states that he has an imaged copy of EPSTEIN's kitchen counter laptop that has phone messages that he hadn't seen before. An employee was stealing frim EPSTEIN that called the Palm Beach Police Department. EPSTEIN donated $40,000 to help purchase a machine to help PBPD review security footage. He also wrote a check for $90,000 to help them purchase a finger print machine (AFIS terminal). This was around the same time that the first victim had come forward to the PBPD. did not cash this check. It was very common for PBPD to receive donations from the wealthy like this. had one time went out screaming. EPSTEIN donated to the police scholarship fund for children. He donated more than others. asked JERRY GOLDSMITH who EPSTEIN is. GOLDSMITH said that EPSTEIN supports law enforcement and is an important guy. PBPD checked him out and saw a New Yorker article about him. became the police chief in 2001. In the early 2000's, maybe 2003 a call came into the tip line that attractive women were coming in and out of EPSTEIN's house came in. they surveilled EPSTEIN's house and 2 separate women were stopped. They were both students of Palm Beach University, both adults and said that they were working for him. The stepmother of the first victim (vic possibly named ) was the one who made her come forward. The stepmother called and said her daughter is having sex with a man in Palm Beach. They were brought in to the precinct and she said "I'm not the only one, there are other girls doing it". This case was assigned to who interviews a few days later. The case started to grow rapidly. experience inside the house is then corroborated. More surveillance is done on EPSTEIN's house. Some kids are observed, prepubescent with braces and backpacks coming from school. Aviation personnel spoke with PBPD about who is coming and going. One employee said there were dozens of girls in on day. The PBPD then puts together a case and brings it to the State's Attorney's office. At this point believes they were already in communications with the defense. spoke with the states attorney whom he had a good relationship with. was to get a detective and speak with the sex crimes unit on who to use. When the states attorney asked who the case was about says EPSTEIN. The states attorney says that he's never heard of him. Then after he speaks with the defense, the states attorney tells to write EPSTEIN a notice to appear from a misdemeanor (lewd and lascivious behavior). debated on whether to arrest EPSTEIN on probable cause but said it would be problematic with the state's attorney. PBPD tried to keep the case very tight. They would type up their reports and put them on a hard drive which they would put in a safe. They would not impute these reports into the computer. They had sexual battery cases against the co-conspirators. When they presented it they wouldn't approve it. The state's attorneys said the victims were not credible and would show there MYSPACE pages and such. They would refute minute details in the probable cause affidavit. He thinks it was leaked by the attorney's office. thinks the defense attorneys thought they weren't doing enough to talk out of it. This case died at the state level. then writes a letter to the State Attorney to rescue himself. EFTA00153737 After this, private investigators began harassing and playing games with . EPSTEIN had JERRY GOLDSMITH come to and tell him "these girls are just prostitutes, these are just happy endings, these are minor cases". Private investigators began pulling the police officers trash. About 6 months after retires he is contacted by a private investigator who is represents . He tells that he has some safety concerns for him. is told that (EPSTEIN's trainer) recently purchased a townhouse 2 houses over from GC called about a target letter that had received. He told that he doesn't have to worry because EPSTEIN is not in Palm Beach anymore and that he sold his house. states this was not true and it was a weird call. PBPD referred this case to the FBI and introduced the victims to the FBI. Everyone was very motivated. Eventually there was a lack of communication. heard there was a discussion of a plea deal or a non-prosecution. asked to speak to He asked him if he was going to own up to what he promised when he was sworn in. said the defense had him very frustrated with the case. He said that there's a lot of interest from higher up. The state did not want to take it back. It took months to convince them to take it back. It is very disappointing that the system failed in this case. He was told that the non-prosecution would include a fund for counseling and medical. There was a hurry to make this case go away. After giving the $90,000 check, EPSTEIN came back to office. He talked about Harvard donations. EPSTEIN just wanted to know about , it was like he was sixing up. Afterwards walks with EPSTEIN to the lobby and was there. She was like a statue. Palm Beach Country Club is a Jewish country club. A lot of wealthy people are there and they flock together. Mar-a-Lago is a mixture of everyone. TRUMP told that he threw EPSTEIN out of his club. TRUMP called the PBPD to tell him "thank goodness you're stopping him everyone has known he's been doing this". He says people in New York knew he was disgusting. TRUMP says MAXWELL is his operative, she is evil and to focus on her. TRUMP tells that he was around EPSTEIN once when teenagers were present and TRUMP "got the hell out of there". TRUMP was one of the very first persons to call when people found he they were investigating EPSTEIN. No one could explain how EPSTEIN made his money. They knew he worked for Bear Stearns. was told that EPSTEIN was kind of technical guy that would make it happen but you didn't want to know how. None of the victims that PBPD spoke with said they had sexual contact with men other than EPSTEIN while in EPSTEIN's orbit. PRINCE ANDREW was a fixture in Palm Beach and he had no protection while there. has done interviews in the past with 20/20, Dateline and Netflix. People/ victims thought that PBPD was paid off by EPSTEIN which is why went and did these interviews. He felt he needed to defend PBPD. An interior designer told the PBPD that rooms in the Virgin Islands had been decorated for teenage girls. contact the Virgin Island Police Department who were not helpful. EFTA00153738 In the end when EPSTEIN had turned himself in, was not notified and found out from the newspaper. EFTA00153739