FBI Search Warrant Affidavit: 9 E. 71st St Manhattan

From: Federal Bureau of Investigation / SDNYTo: U.S. Magistrate Judge, S.D.N.Y.
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FBI SEARCH WARRANT AFFIDAVIT Case: United States v. Jeffrey Edward Epstein Warrant Location: 9 East 71st Street, New York, NY 10021 Date of Application: July 6, 2019 Executing Agency: Federal Bureau of Investigation PROBABLE CAUSE STATEMENT: The affiant, a Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation assigned to the Public Corruption Unit, set forth the following facts in support of probable cause: INVESTIGATION SUMMARY: Beginning in approximately November 2018, the FBI initiated an investigation into Jeffrey Epstein for sex trafficking of minors. The investigation was based on: - Review of evidence from the 2006-2008 Palm Beach investigation - Identification of additional victims not covered by the 2008 NPA - Evidence that Epstein continued criminal conduct after the NPA - Victim interviews conducted by SDNY prosecutors and FBI agents EVIDENCE SOUGHT: The warrant authorized the search and seizure of: - Photographs, videos, and digital media - Computers, phones, and electronic storage devices - Documents relating to travel, scheduling, and communications - Financial records and payment documentation - Any evidence of sex trafficking or sexual exploitation of minors ITEMS RECOVERED: The executed search yielded: - Hundreds of photographs of nude or partially nude young women and girls - Compact discs in a locked safe labeled with individual names - Electronic devices containing potential evidence - Large quantities of cash and loose diamonds - An expired foreign passport with Epstein's photo and a different name - Massage tables in multiple rooms of the residence The evidence recovered during this search formed the foundation of the federal indictment filed on July 8, 2019. Source: SDNY Court Filings / FBI Available at: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/16797028/united-states-v-epstein/

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.

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Source: FBI / SDNY Court Filings

This record is archived under FBI Records: FBI investigative records related to Jeffrey Epstein obtained through FOIA requests.

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