FBI Vault Part 01 of 02: Interview Summaries & Memos
From: Federal Bureau of Investigation / FOIATo: Public Record
Vault Part 01FD-302s178 Pages
FBI FOIA VAULT — JEFFREY EPSTEIN (PART 01 OF 02)
Released: 2019
Pages: 178
The FBI released its first batch of Epstein-related records through the FOIA Vault, the Bureau's online repository of previously released records. This release contained 178 pages of documents from the FBI's investigation.
CONTENTS:
- Investigative summaries from the Palm Beach investigation
- Interview notes and witness statement summaries
- Inter-agency correspondence (FBI, SDFL, Palm Beach PD)
- Case management documents
- Memoranda related to the investigation timeline
- Partially redacted investigative reports
REDACTIONS:
Substantial portions were redacted under FOIA exemptions including:
- (b)(6) and (b)(7)(C): Personal privacy
- (b)(7)(A): Interference with enforcement proceedings
- (b)(7)(D): Confidential source information
The release provided the first publicly available FBI internal documents from the Epstein investigation and confirmed the scope of federal investigative activity.
Source: FBI FOIA Vault
Available at: https://vault.fbi.gov/jeffrey-epstein/jeffrey-epstein-part-01-of-02
The Epstein Case in 2019
The year 2019 was the most consequential in the Epstein case. In July, Epstein was arrested by the FBI on federal sex trafficking charges in the Southern District of New York. He was found dead in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center on August 10, 2019, in a death ruled a suicide by the medical examiner but disputed by independent pathologist Dr. Michael Baden. The documents from 2019 are among the most extensive in the archive, including the indictment, bail hearing transcripts, autopsy reports, Bureau of Prisons records, and the beginning of the Maxwell investigation.
All 2019 documents in the timeline →