UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT QF FLORIDA

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RE: OPERATION LEAP YEAR

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TESTIMONY

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Federal Grand Jury 07-103
Federal Building

U.S. Courthouse

| West Palm Beach, Florida

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

APPEARANCES:

nited States Attorney

Foreperson

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The sworn testimony of SPECIAL AGENT
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Federal Grand Jury, West Palm Beach Division,
Federal Building, U.S. Courthouse, Palm Beach
County, State of Florida, on Tuesday, April 24,
2007.

Paula E. Angelocci, Certified Court

Reporter and Notary Public, State of Florida,

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(Witness enters the Grand Jury Room.)

THE FOREPERSON: You do solemnly swear

that the testimony vou give will be the
truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the

truth, so help vou God?

| THE WITNESS: I do.

THE FOREPERSON: Thank you. Please be

seated.

EXAMINATION

Q Special Agent } would you

| Just remind the grand jurors who you are and who

| you work for?

a special agent with the FBI and I work here in

Palm Beach.

Q Special Agent | can you tell

| the grand jurors who will be appearing before them

this afternoon?

A One of our victims, ) who was a

minor at the time that she met Mr. Epstein.

Q And have you previously testified about
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A Yes, I have.

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Q Did you attempt to interview her? She's
going to be coming in, and she is not a minor

anymore, so what is her full name?

A Her name is [| and I did
attempt to interview ] and Bc:

interviewed by Palm Beach Police Department and
because of the statements she provided to the
police department, she felt as if she needed a

lawyer. So when I attempted to interview her, we

|ended up going through her lawyer.

Q And just so the grand jury has a little
bit of background, the interview with the Palm
Beach Police Department was guite some time ago?

A Yes, it was, in the fall of "05.

Q And when Ms. | EERE that
conversation with the police, she was very

forthcoming?

A Yes, she was.

Q Fully cooperative?

I! Yes.

Q And what happened in the middle of that

interview with the police?

A The police just let IE know that she

could be charged because Bl o:ouont some of the

girls to Mr. Epstein and the police -- she was

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| very cooperative, but the police at that point had
to ret [JH know that what she had done that she
could be facing charges.

Q And that was after they had told her
earlier that she didn't need an attorney present,

correct?

A Exactly.

Q Okay. So this happens to her with the

Palm Beach Police Department and did the Palm

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Beach Police actually present or propose charging
a They did get a probable cause affidavit

against BB
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Q And is that why Ms. BE her

attorney were concerned about her testimony here?

A Tes.

Q Now was a subpoena issued for +.

on behalf of this grand jury?

A Yes, it was.
Q And before Ms. ee comply with
that, did she -- did her attorney request some

sort of order?
A Yes.

Q And what did he ask for?
A

He asked for immunity for Bl

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0 And let me show you the order, that is a
sealed order in these grand jury proceedings. Now
the immunity that has been provided for Ms. ee
keeps her statements that are made here from being
used against her?

A Yes, 1t does.

Q It doesn't -- if she commits perjury and
she lies to the grand jury, can she still be
charged?

A Yes, she can.

Q Okay. Could you read that? I know it
is only two pages. |

A Sealed order, on application of the

‘United States Attorneys for the Southern District

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of Florida and it appearing to the satisfaction of
the court that EE been called to
testify and to provide other information before
the United States District Court, the Southern
District of Florida, including a grand jury
impaneled therein.

And number two, that in a judgment of

the said United States Attorneys, I

refused to testify and provide other information

on the basis of her privilege against self

incrimination.

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And that number three, in the judgment
of the United States Attorneys, the testimony and
other information cron made necessary
to the public interest.

And number four, that the aforesaid
application has been made with the approval of the
Assistant Attorney General in charge of the
criminal division of the Department of Justice or
a duly designated acting Assistant Attorney
General pursuant to the authority vested in him by
Title 18, United States Code, Section 6003, and
Title 28, Code of Federal Regulations, Section
0.175 and D.132, small a.

Now, therefore, it is ordered pursuant
to Title 18, United States Code, Section 6002,
a 0 give testimony and provide other
information which she refuses to give or to
provide on the basis of her privilege against self
incrimination as to all matters about which she
may be interrogated before said United States
District Court including a grand jury impaneled
therein as well as any subsequent proceeding or
trial.

However, no testimony or other

information compelled under this order or any

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information directly or indirectly derived from

such testimony or other information may be used

against any criminal case except
prosecution for perjury giving a false statement
or otherwise failing to comply with this order.

It is further ordered that this order

shall be sealed in accordance with said Federal

Regulations Criminal.

Q Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure.

A Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure, it
abbreviated, 6, little ee, 6, except that a copy
this order shall be provided to counsel for the
United States who may disclose the existence of
the order to members of the grand jury, to the
witness, to the counsel for the witness, and to
law enforcement officers engaged in the

investigation pending before the grand jury.

Those persons may review the order, but

may not retain a copy of the order nor may it

disclose the existence of the order to any others.

Done and ordered the 16th day of April 2007, at

West Palm Beach, Florida. The United States

District Judge Donald M. middlebrook., || N

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Q All right. So has a copy or has this

document been shown to counsel for Ms. I:

A Yes, 1t has.
A Yas.

Q And will Ms. ne be here this

afternoon?

A Yes, she will.
Q Have you had a chance to sit with her?
A Yes, we have.
Q And she has been very forthcoming?
A She's, very cooperative.
(2 Qkay.
MS. F I don't have any further
questions for the witness. Do you have any
questions? All right. Seeing no questions,

You are excused and I think that right now
You are set to come back at 1:15. How does
1:30 sound? Is that all right?

THE FOREPERSON: Fine.

(Witness was excused.)

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CERTIFICATE OF REPORTER

I, Paula E. Angelocci, Certified Court
Reporter and Notary Public, do certify that the
transcript is a true and correct transcription of
my stenotype notes of the testimony of

the Federal Grand Jury, West Palm Beach, Florida.

OCCI, CSR #4869
t Reporter

PAULA E. ANGE
Certified Co

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