Memorandum SubjectDate Re: Jeffrey Epstein Investigation First Assistant U.S. Attorney July 26, 2011 I. Introduction This memorandum summarizes the conflict of interest related to the investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI") of additional crimes committed by Jeffrey Epstein ("Epstein"). The memo begins with a brief overview of the original investigation of Epstein, dubbed "Operation Leap Year"; summarizes the resolution of Operation Leap Year by the Southern District of Florida; and addresses the events following the resolution of Operation Leap Year, including the basis for the conflict. Lastly, the memo briefly addresses the additional crimes that the FBI wants to investigate. II. "Operation Leapt" The investigation of Jeffrey Epstein initially was undertaken by the City of Palm Beach Police Department in response to a complaint received from the parents of a 14-year-old girl, from . Whenand another girl began fighting at school because the other girl accused f being a prostitute, one of the school pr. intervened. The principal searche purse and found $300 cash. The principal asked here the money came from. initially claimed that she earned the money working at ' " which no one believed. hen claimed that she made the money selling drugs; no one believed that either. finally admitted that she had been paid $300 to give a massage to a man on Palm Beach island. parents approached the Palm Beach Police Department ("PBPD") about pressing charges. PBPD began investi atin the recipient of the massage, Jeffrey Epstein, and and PBPD identified 27 girls who went to Epstein's house to perform "massage services" (not including one licensed massage therapist). The girls' ages ranged from 14 years' old to 23 years' old. Some girls saw Epstein only once and some saw him dozens of times. The "massage services" performed also varied. Some girls were fully clothed while they massaged Epstein; some wore only their underwear; a