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Hey , gave me a call and advised his unit has pros memos drafted for Maxwell and They will likely be submitted to the SDNY Exec Staff for final approval late this week or early next week.

I know we are not in a position to compose a Grand Jury or even to have arraignments on new complaints barring something that is a significant threat to sa i However, this is Epstein and everything has been different with this case. Therefore, it is possible together with the ADIC, would like to move forward with arrests.

Can you please check with the case team to be sure Maxwell's location hasn't changed.

Thanks,

Acting Assistant Special Agent in Charge

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I have been in touch with the prosecution team several times this week. attorneys have proposed that she plead guilty to misprision of a felony, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 4, which is concealing a federal crime (here, the crime of sex trafficking). It's very similar to obstruction, and would have to admit that she had knowledge of the commission of the underlying crime, and that she both failed to notify authorities and took some affirmative step to conceal the crime. This charge has a range of 0 to 5 years prison, guidelines ranging from 2 to 5. In my opinion the likely outcome will be probation. My team and the prosecution team are all on the same page that this is a good idea. Before I reen light SDNY to have the FBI endorsement I wanted to make sure this is good up the chain w . Also, this plea is not likely to take place for 2 months, as SDNY believes the victims should have a right to weigh in on the plea and possibly be present for it. Certainly it will not happen during this pandemic.

As far as Maxwell, there is a prosecution memo pending approval at SDNY that you mentioned in your email. As per SDNY, we would not be charging Maxwell until late Spring/early summer. My team and SDNY are both in total agreement on this, as arresting her during this pandemic would be problematic for many reasons. If Sweeney wants to push for an arrest right away we should have an internal discussion about it first.

Let me know if you have any questions.

SSA-FBI
New York

Ok thx

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Acting Assistant Special Agent in Charge

On Apr 10, 2020 11:18 AM, 'a wrote: Thanks =, I will keep you posted on updates. As far as Maxwell, we've done all we can at this time to determine her whereabouts, we still believe she's holding up with her boyfriend in that exclusive town in Massachusetts. We did phone analysis and she was found to be contacting businesses in that area. On occasion her phone would hit on an ip address coming back to that area as well. We have silent hits on her travel, which have been negative thus far. We've been in touch with the RA up in Boston and they determined that a pole cam, surveillance, etc would not be effective due to the remote location of the residence. The SSRA was hesitant to approach the PD for fear of Maxwell finding out and taking off. We discussed the idea of using this time during the pandemic to send a team to do a surveillance up there but decided against it. She's likely just hunkering down up there during the pandemic just like everybody else. I just don't believe there's any reason to get overly aggressive, especially since this is not likely to happen for another 2 months. When we get closer to making the arrest we can start getting more aggressive, work with the local PD and go up on her phone with a GPS warrant. That's the plan.

Thanks
SSA [Redacted]
FBI New York