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Perversion of Justice: Epstein's Wealth, Legal Strategy, and Powerful Connections (File 022210)

A 2019 Virgin Islands Daily News article examining Jeffrey Epstein's financial assets, business dealings, and his aggressive legal defense strategy employing prominent Republican attorneys during federal investigations.

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This March 1, 2019 newspaper article from the Virgin Islands Daily News details Epstein's extensive real estate holdings, including properties in Palm Beach, New Mexico, and a private island in the Virgin Islands, along with questions about the source of his wealth. The article highlights his connections to prominent figures including former President Clinton, and examines his legal defense strategy, which included hiring high-profile Republican attorneys Kenneth Starr and Jay Lefkowitz from Kirkland & Ellis, as well as U.S. attorney Bruce Reinhart. The piece discusses federal civil lawsuits filed against Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell regarding organized underage sex activities, and documents disputes between Reinhart and victims' lawyers regarding his representation and access to confidential information.

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Friday, March 1, 2019
PERVERSION OF JUSTICE
The Virgin Islands Daily News 13
The home of Jeffrey Epstein has a large waterfront footprint in the Town of Palm Beach, not far from PresidentTrump's Mar-atago,
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theentire block on 7Ist Street ben,. Fifth and
Maoism avenues.
lie also owns a 10.000.acre ninch, named
,orro," in New Mexico. a private island called
"Litde St James', the Virgin Islands, die $13
million house th Pa. Beach. a Gulfstream jet
and, at one point, owned a Boeing 727.
/le has never teen in die Forbes 400 list of the
wealthieA American, lantely becau.se the ma,
zine has never been able to determine die source
or the size °fins nealth.
He has been dogged by questions about his
financial dealthgs. A former businths runner.
Steven Hoffenbag. sued him in 2016. claim-
ing that Epstein was thc manernind behind a
S500 million Pormi scheme that I w.
imprisoned for in 1995.
Floffenberg saved 18 years for the scam, but
he later thopped the lawsuit against Epstein.
In August. nvo of Floffenberg, former inves-
tors relandled t. lawsuit ageing Epstein, but the
case was dropped in October.
Epstein and h, associate. British-born socialite
Ghislaine Maxnell. were also accused in a 2015
federal civil suit of organizing underage sex par-
ti. on his private plane. nicknamed 'The Lolita the lawsuit that she was Epstein, -madam,
Expres,- and at Epstein, vatic. homes The suit filed by victim Vizginia Roberts. was
Maxwell. who h. necer been charged with settled in 2017.
wrongdoing. has denied allegations made in h vas Epstein's contacts mi. poncerful and
Jeff rey Epstein
famous people that first propelled him into the
public spotlight In 2002, he flew forrter Presi-
dent Bill Clinton, wtor Kthin Space, cornethan
Chris Tucker and others to Soith Africa on his
prnate jet as part of a fact-finding AIDS mission
in support of the Clinton Foundation.
But Epstein. a Clinton doithr who contrthuted
hundreds of thousands of dollars to Democratic
candidates and causes, realind that h,Ctmo-
aatic connections weren't going to help him in
2006. wIrn thc federal prosecutor vas Acosta,
a conservative Republican appointed dating the
Gm, W Buth administration.
All-star attorneys
tactic: hire Mc most aggressive and
politically contra. lawijus that his money
could buy.
At t. top of his lin, Kenneth Starr, a Repub.
bean icon because of h, pursuit of Bill Clinton
during thc Whitcwater investigation, vthich led
to the impeac.tent (but not conviction) of the
pr.ident after it was reveakd he'd had sex with a
>our. White House intern
Lice Acosta. Starr had worked at t. presti-
gious law finn Kirkland & Ellis. Epstein also
tapped Jay Lefkowitz, also of IGthland, who
%corked as a domestic policy adviser and later as
a special envoy to North Korea during the George
W. Bush presider,
Epstein aho hi. Bruce Reinhart then an
assistant U., attorney in Pal...leach.
Reinhart. now a U.S.
magistrate.. t. U.S.
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rcprcscnting Epstein,
employees on Jan. 2, 2008,
`ItritIg7.rtes:;C:t was
named in thc Crime Vieth,
Rights Act lawsuit, which ac-
cused him of violating Justice Kenn. Starr
Department policies by switching side, implythg
that . leveraged inside intimation a.ut Ep-
stein, imrstigation to ctury favor with Epstein.
Reinhart, a sworn declaration attached
to die Crime Victims' Rights Act case. deri.
the alleption, saying he did not participate in
Etanein'scrintinal case and -never leaned any
confidential. non-pubbc infomution about the
Epstein matter-
Thc tJ.S. Attorney, Office has since disputed
that saying in court papers that he d. possess
confidential information about the case.
Contacted for this story, Reinhart. in an
email. said he never represented Epstein — only
Epstein, pilots; his scheduler, Sarah Kellen; and
Nadia Marcinkova, described by some victims
as Epstein, sm slave. Reinhart also pointed out
that a complaint filed against him by victims"
lawyer Paul Cassell was dianissed by the
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