Re: travel approval request (Hotel Options)

and I would like to please request permission for travel for United States v. Epstein, 2018R01618, an investigation relating to enticement of minors for sexual activity, for two days of meetings and interviews in West Palm Beach and/or Fort Lauderdale, Florida. As of now we're hoping to fly down next Wednesday night and return on Saturday.

Please let us know if any other information would be helpful, and thanks as always.

Assistant U.S. Attorney
Southern District of New York

For the same case as below, United States v. Epstein, 2018R01618, an investigation relating to enticement of minors for sexual activity, and I would like to please request permission to travel for approximately three days next week for meetings and interviews in West Palm Beach, Florida. As of now we tentatively expect to fly down Tuesday night and return on Friday, though we will shorten the timeframe if scheduling allows.

Please let us know if any other information would be helpful, and thanks very much.

Again in connection with the Epstein investigation, we'd like to please request permission to travel for approximately three days next week for meetings and interviews in West Palm Beach, Florida. As of now we tentatively expect to fly down Tuesday night and return on Wednesday or Thursday (and will keep the timeframe as short as scheduling allows).

Unfortunately we're still trying to pin down timing for interviewing the victims, so depending on the timing it will either be me and or and but we wanted to ask for permission now either way so we weren't doing it super last minute after the holiday on Tuesday. And also same as last time, we'd like to ask permission to reserve a conference room at the hotel for the interviews, please.

thanks very much,

Again in connection with the Epstein investigation (2018R01618), we'd like to please request permission to travel next week for a victim interview in Los Angeles. As of now we tentatively expect to fly down Wednesday and return no later than Friday (and will keep the timeframe as short as scheduling allows). The trip will be some combination of me, M, and/or as previously. And also same as last time, we'd like to ask permission to reserve a conference room at the hotel on Thursday for the interview, please.

thanks very much,

Similar to prior requests in connection with the Epstein investigation (2018R01618), we'd like to please request permission to travel next week for an interview in West Palm Beach on November 4. It will just be me and and we'll travel some combination of the 3rd to the 5th. And also same as last time, we'd like to ask permission to reserve a conference room at the hotel on that Monday for the interview, please.

thanks very much,

Similar to prior requests in connection with the Epstein investigation (2018R01618), we'd like to please request permission for the team to travel next week for an interview (or possibly interviews) in Los Angeles on December 16 and/or 17. We expect to be traveling, respectively, some combination of the 15th to the 18th. Also similar to prior trips, we'd like to request approval to get a conference room for one of those days.

thank you,

Similar to prior requests in connection with the Epstein investigation (2018R01618), but with an added international element, we'd like to please request permission for the team to travel next week for an interview near Stockholm, Sweden, next week on January 29th and/or 30th. We expect to be traveling, respectively, some combination of the 27th (overnight) to the 31st, depending on when the interview ends up being scheduled, and we'll put final dates on our formal applications. Also similar to prior trips, we'd like to request approval to get a conference room for one of those days at a hotel for the interview itself.

Also based on our discussion earlier we'll be mindful of looking for domestic (or domestic-flagged) carrier flights, as well as the costs of any alternatives, in looking at possible specific bookings. Thanks as always for your help and input on that.

thank you,

Hi

For this trip, could you please help with booking flights? If you could please book the following refundable ticket, that would be very much appreciated:

• Monday, 2/3, 8:15 p.m. departure from JFK, landing at 2:25 p.m. in Stockholm on 2/4, with a layover in London (American Airlines)

• Thursday, 2/6, 11:40 a.m. departure from Stockholm, landing at 7:30 p.m. at JFK, with a layover in London (American Airlines)

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Thanks!

similar request from me for the same trip, if you could please book the following refundable tickets —

• Monday, 2/3, Delta, 6:40 p.m. departure from JFK, landing at 11:55 a.m. in Stockholm (ARN) on 2/4, with a layover in Paris

• Friday, 2/7, Delta, 12:45 p.m. departure from Stockholm (ARN), landing at 9:55 p.m. at JFK, with a layover in Paris

Note that it appears this set of flights is only available in premium economy but those seats are cheaper than any other flights on those days in regular economy seating. Please let me know if e2 or EOUSA says we have to fly regular economy (and therefore spend more money) and I can look at other flight times.

Separately, could you also please take a look at hotel options in downtown Sweden that are within the per diem allowance? We generally need to be in this area, downtown:

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I looked for a long time and literally didn't see anything at $196 or below, so if you could please take a look and let us know three or four options, we can take a look at those.

thanks very much,

Good morning all,

I've searched previously in anticipation of your trip to Stockholm, Sweden between the original dates between 1/27 — 1/31/20,and a few were within per diem, but those same hotels now are either sold out, or over per diem. I've screen

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captured a few of the hotels that popped up in my search this morning. I've hid the sold out hotels within the Stockholm area.

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In my opinion, the best hotel option is Sheraton Stockholm Hotel that's about $66 over per diem. Since it's out of our control, we'll need to book a hotel over per diem. If you agree that I should reserve the Sheraton Stockholm Hotel, I'll inform • of the issue so we could get approval to reserve a hotel over per diem and fill out the forms to give to him to sign. In the meantime, I'll see if I could reserve your preferred flights so they don't get sold out either.

Thanks for informing me.

What do you guys think? The Sheraton seems pretty standard, located in city center, and it should be easy to get a conference room there.

Or if you'd rather stay somewhere less standardized, the Hotel Kung Carl is also in the city center, seems well reviewed, and has meeting rooms.

If I were going with M, she would for sure insist on the Kung Carl (since it's more fun), but honestly given all the insanity of this trip already — and the fact that the photos for those rooms look extremely varied — I would have no problem at all doing the Sheraton. It's central, it's right on the water, and it'll be comfortable. Thoughts?

Sure

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On Jan 24, 2020, at 2:23 PM, [redacted] wrote:

Sheraton it is