U.S. Department of Justice United States Attorney Southern District of New York The Silvio I. Motto Building One Saint Andrew's Plaza New York. New York 10007 MEMORANDUM To: Case File, USvEpstein, 2018R01618 From: Subject: Search Warrant Responsiveness Review Protocol for Image and Video Files from Epstein Devices Date: October 19, 2020 This memorandum is intended to memorialize the protocol for conducting a responsiveness review of image and video files obtained pursuant search warrants in the above-referenced investigation. BACKGROUND In July of 2019, the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI") executed multiple search warrants on the New York residence of Jeffrey Epstein. During those searches, the FBI seized dozens of electronic devices. Pursuant to the warrants authorizing those searches, the FBI extracted data from those electronic devices. In August of 2019, the FBI executed a search warrant on the Virgin Islands residence of Jeffrey Epstein. During that search, the FBI seized approximately dozens of additional electronic devices. The FBI subsequently obtained a warrant authorizing the search of those devices. During the initial review of data from the devices seized during the New York and the Virgin Islands searches, the FBI and U.S. Attorney's Office identified materials relevant to its investigation of Ghislaine Maxwell. On June 26, 2020, the FBI obtained a new warrant (the "Warrant") authorizing review of the data from a total of 62 devices seized from both the New York and Virgin Islands searches of Epstein's residence (the "Devices"). Following the issuance of the Warrant, the FBI provided the U.S. Attorney's Office with copies of all documents extracted from the Devices. The U.S. Attorney's Office then began conducting a privilege review of those documents, some of which has been completed and some of which remains ongoing. Upon completion of the privilege review, the AUSAs responsible for the prosecution have been