FD-1057 (Itcv. 5-8-10) UNCLASSIFIED FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Electronic Communication Title: CU) Florida Trip Request CC: From: NEW YORK NY-C20 Contact: Approved By: Drafted By: °MOM/WORD tnol Melt. ea* fl at, • • a Men tent° , ll. b) • f t al. OS •Ic ..... •)•.1 Date: 03/15/2019 Case ID #: 31E-NY-3027571 (U) EPSTEIN, JEFFREY; CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING Synopsis: (U) Request approval for NY agent and TFO to travel to West Palm Beach, FL to conduct victim/witness interviews. Details: FBI New York requests permission for SA and TFO to travel from 3/18/19 to 3/22/19 to West Palm Beach, FL and Fort Lauderdale, FL to conduct victim and witness interviews in caption case. Approximately three to six interview approaches will be conducted on 3/19/19 and 3/20/19 in Palm Beach, FL. Approximately anywhere from four to eight victim interviews on 3/21/19 and 3/22/19 will be organized through the victims' attorneys in Fort Lauderdale. SA and TFO will be traveling with AUSA and AUSA from the Southern District of New York (SDNY). VCAC HQ will cover the cost of travel under EAN 457356.1 for SA and TFO on this trip. By way of background, the SDNY contacted FBI NY regarding JEFFREY EPSTEIN, who invited minors into his residences, one of which was located in Manhattan, and paid them to provide massages to him which turned sexual in nature, then paid the minors hundreds of dollars. UNCLASSIFIED EFTA00269443