PATTERSON Firtuy Ricu -ately, he tried to sell the informa- ee * rage girls and the places where Two months later, on October 28, the lawyer called Rodriguez, list included locations in Califor- who insisted once more on being paid for the information. The ‘York, and Michigan. The papers | lawyer told him that an associate would be in touch. ldresses, and phone numbers of J What the lawyer knew and Rodriguez did not know was that ‘issinger, Mick Jagger, Dustin Hoff- 4 fi the associate in question was an undercover employee (UCE) of och, Ted Kennedy, Donald Trump, i 4 the FBI. A few days later, on November 2, the UCE calls Rodri- and former Israeli prime minister § —guez and sets up a meeting, which takes place the following day. a: | “During the meeting, Rodriguez produced a small bound yt at all damning. Epstein made a 9 4 book and several sheets of legal pad paper containing handwrit- nation for future use. But informa- M4 "ten notes,” Special Agent Pryor would say in her statement. She ould have bolstered the state’s case a 4 continues: by withholding it from the Palm a 4 ruez had committed a crime. ES 3 Rodriguez explained that he had taken the bound book from would say that the papers were an a q his former employer’s residence while employed there in them, he believed, Epstein would a 5 2004 to 2005 and that the book had been created by persons a q working for his former employer. Rodriguez discussed in ed the money. And so a few weeks 3 3 detail the information within the book and identified import- e Stockade, he approached a lawyer j ’ ant information to the UCE. In addition, Rodriguez admitted of Epstein’s masseuses. He had thed 7 he had previously lied to the FBI. Rodriguez asked the UCE golden nugget.” The names of hun-j _ about the $50,000, took possession of the money, and began ad been abused by Epstein. _ counting it. z in no uncertain terms that he wé : i Rodriguez was then detained for Obstruction of Official ie had over to the authorities. By q P