Thank you Audrey. Almost one year ago, when our offices stood before you and announced the arrest of Jeffrey Epstein, I stated that preserving the innocence of children is one of the most important, if not most important responsibilities we carry as adults. Too often, adults in our society have turned a blind eye to the type of criminal behavior that we announced then and allege again with today's indictment. The villains in these outrageous crimes are the adult perpetrators - not the children who are our neighbors, students, vulnerable foster children, and young adults seeking support. Today, we announce the arrest of one of the villains in this investigation. Early this morning, Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested in Bradford, New Hampshire by FBI Special Agents and NYPD detectives from the FBI/NYPD Crimes Against Children Task Force. Our team from New York was assisted by Special Agents assigned to our Boston and Newark, NJ field offices. We have been discreetly keeping tabs on Maxwell's whereabouts as we worked this investigation, and more recently we learned she had slithered away to a gorgeous property in New Hampshire - continuing to live a life of privilege while her victims lived with the trauma inflicted upon them years ago. Ms. Maxwell was arrested without incident. Like Epstein, Ms. Maxwell chose to blatantly disregard the law and her responsibility as an adult, using whatever means she had at her disposal to lure vulnerable youth into behavior they should never have been exposed to and which creates lasting harm. We allege that from at least 1994 through at least 1997, Ms. Maxwell assisted Jeffrey Epstein's abuse of minor girls by helping recruit, entice, groom and abuse children under the age of 18. She befriended the innocent, attempted to normalize sexual abuse, and worked to put victims at ease, aware the entire time of the abuse which would follow. EFTA00165434