EFTA00028317

DIGITALLY RECORDED

1 2 3 4 DIGITALLY RECORDED 5 SWORN STATEMENT 6 OF 7 MICHAEL THOMAS 8 9 OIG CASE #: 10 2019-010614 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 19 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 20 JUNE 17, 2021 21 22 23 24 25 RESOLUTE DOCUMENTATION SERVICES Agoura Hills, CA 91301 Phone: EFTA00113577 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 1 APPEARANCES: 2 3 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 4 BY: 5 BY: 6 7 8 WITNESS: 9 MICHAEL THOMAS 10 11 12 OTHER APPEARANCES: 13 14 DOUGLAS MITCHELL, ESQ. 15 MONTEL FIGGINS, ESQ. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 EFTA00113578 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 3 1 MR. : The recorder is on. My 2 name is . I'm a senior 3 Special Agent with the U.S. Department of 4 Justice Office of the Inspector General, New 5 York Field Office and these are my credentials. 6 This interview with Federal Bureau of Prisons 7 employee Michael Thomas is being conducted as 8 part of an official U.S. Department of Justice 9 Office of th

90A-NY-3151227 Serial 64

90A-NY-3151227 Serial 64 FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) •1 of 1. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of entry 08/28/2019 On August 16, 2019, at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) III , New York, NY, Special Agent (SA) , SA , TFO , OIG Investigator and MCC Lt. interviewed LEONARDO FERNANDEZ, MCC Inmate #86824-054. After being advised of the identities of the agents and the purpose of the interview, FERNANDEZ provided the following information: On Friday (August 09, 2019), FERNANDEZ was housed in Cell 218 on L-TIER of the Special Housing Unit within MCC. He received a visit from his girlfriend, TYRELYSHANTI CRIAG, that day. He was suspected of receiving contraband at the visit and was placed in the dry room for approximately 25 hours. FERNANDEZ was then moved to K tier Cell 111. FERNANDEZ last day being housed in L Tier was Friday (August 9, 2019) prior to his visit. FERNANDEZ remembers that JEFFREY EPSTEIN would be in legal from approximately 9am to 9pm and he was

EFTA00035970

DIGITALLY RECORDED

1 DIGITALLY RECORDED SWORN STATEMENT OF OIG CASE #: 2019-010614 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OCTOBER 13, 2021 RESOLUTE DOCUMENTATION SERVICES 28632 Roadside Drive, Suite 285 Agoura Hills, CA 91301 Phone: EFTA00061927 2 APPEARANCES: OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL BY: BY: WITNESS: OTHER APPEARANCES: NONE EFTA00061928 3 1 : How are you? 2 : Good. 3 : Hey. Thanks for taking the 4 time. I also have Senior Special Agent 5 on the line also. 6 : Okay. 7 : Hi, sir. How're you 8 doing? 9 : Good. Good. 10 : Okay. , thank you 11 very much for taking the time out of your day - 12 - 13 : Yeah. 14 : -- to speak with me. 15 : Right. 16 : As I mentioned to you 17 yesterday, my name is . And I am 18 a Special Agent with the Department of Justice, 19 Office of the Inspector General. 20 : All right. 21 : Also on the phone is DOJ/OIG 22 Senior Special Agent . As I 23 believe you are aware, we - the OIG is 24 conducting

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U.S. Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons Reentry Services Division Washington, DC 20534 May 14, 2020 MEMORANDUM FOR REGIONAL DIRECTOR NORTHEAST REGION FROM: SUBJECT: Assistant Director Reentry Services Division Institution Response Psychological Reconstruction Inmate Epstein, Jeffrey (Reg. No. 76318-054) I have reviewed your Institution Response, dated January 27, 2020, to the Psychological Reconstruction of an inmate suicide at MCC New York. The corrective actions and plans for implementation in your response are appropriate. Please thank your staff for their efforts in addressing the recommendations outlined in the Psychological Reconstruction Report. If you have questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me at cc: , MCC New York SDN\100017728 EFTA00121398 PSYCHOLOGICAL RECONSTRUCTION OF INMATE DEATH This is an interim report, due to an inability to gather all necessary data. Formal interviews were not conducted as a part of this recon