Tag - Kenneth Starr

Snapshot Full name: Alice Stevens Fisher Profession: Attorney, former senior Justice Department official, and corporate defense lawyer Relevant government position: Assistant Attorney General for the United States Department of Justice Criminal Division from 2005 through May 23, 2008 Current professional role: Partner and General Counsel at Latham and Watkins in Washington, according to the firm’s ... Read more

Snapshot Full name: Ann Marie Christine Villafana Professional name: A. Marie Villafaña, often printed without the accent Epstein case role: Assistant United States attorney in the Southern District of Florida and lead line prosecutor in the federal investigation of Jeffrey Epstein Core prosecution work: Worked with FBI agents, interviewed survivors and witnesses, expanded the investigation, ... Read more

The Lawyers, Prosecutors, Justice Department Officials, and Reputation Network That Helped Create, Preserve, and Defend the Non-Prosecution Agreement EpsteinWiki Enablers Series This article is part of the EpsteinWiki Enablers series, which documents the lawyers, government officials, advisers, investigators, institutions, and reputation managers whose actions helped Jeffrey Epstein avoid accountability, preserve favorable legal outcomes, defend his ... Read more

Overview American Freakshow’s article, The Epstein Lawyers Association, by Nina Burleigh and Katie Chenoweth, examines the legal circle that protected, advised, represented, or operated near Jeffrey Epstein and the broader Epstein class. The article is not only about lawyers who appeared in court for Epstein. It is about the legal machinery around power. That machinery ... Read more

Snapshot Evidence identification: EFTA01615451 Page stamps: EFTA01615451 through EFTA01615454 Document type: Four page iMessage rendering Message date: November 21, 2018 Platform: iMessage Displayed timezone: UTC plus 0000 Named participant: Steve Bannon Other participant: Redacted in this rendering, but identified as Jeffrey Epstein through matching forensic exports from the account jeeitunes@gmail.com and related message records Principal ... Read more

The West Palm Beach criminal defense lawyer served as one of Jeffrey Epstein’s principal Florida attorneys during the investigation that ended in the secret 2007 federal nonprosecution agreement, the June 2008 state guilty pleas, the extraordinary work release period, and years of survivor litigation. The public record shows aggressive defense advocacy, continuing communications, and repeated ... Read more

Snapshot Kathryn H. Ruemmler, commonly known as Kathy Ruemmler, is an American lawyer who served as White House Counsel to President Barack Obama, led the white collar defense practice at Latham & Watkins, and later became chief legal officer and general counsel of Goldman Sachs. Released records document a sustained relationship between Ruemmler and Jeffrey ... Read more

Snapshot Jay Phillip Lefkowitz is an American attorney, former senior litigation partner at Kirkland & Ellis, former White House official, and former United States Special Envoy for Human Rights in North Korea. Lefkowitz became one of the most consequential attorneys on Jeffrey Epstein’s defense team during the 2007 negotiations that ended the federal investigation in ... Read more

Michael Wolff did not simply interview Jeffrey Epstein from a safe distance and publish what he learned. The released correspondence shows a relationship that became far more entangled. Wolff defended Epstein to reporters. He monitored journalists investigating him. He forwarded press inquiries to him. He discussed ways to “neutralize” critics. He advised Epstein on how ... Read more

The former judge and independent counsel used his prestige and access to attack the prosecution, resist survivor notification, and press senior Justice Department officials for repeated review Jeffrey Epstein did not face the federal indictment that prosecutors had prepared in South Florida. He received a confidential nonprosecution agreement, pleaded guilty to two state offenses, served ... Read more