Subject: FW: question for a Vox story

From: Subject: FW: question for a Vox story Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 15:11:00 +0000 I'll just tell her assault of a minor is not a federal statue. From: Anna North - Sent: Friday, August 16, 2019 10:39 AM To: Subject: Re: question for a Vox story Yes, to clarify, what I'm asking is why the US Attorney's office brought sex trafficking and conspiracy charges specifically, rather than other criminal charges (sexual assault, for example). On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 10:34 AM Biase, Nicholas (USANYS) < wrote: Hi, sorry for the delayed response. I'm not sure if I completely understand your inquiry. Is it a matter of illegal conduct over a certain timeframe? Or why we charged sex trafficking and conspiracy, rather than other criminal charges? Thanks. From: Anna North <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 16, 2019 10:29 AM To: Subject: Re: question for a Vox story Just wanted to follow up on this -- I actually have a little more time on this story if your office has any response, will be working on it until about noon today. On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 10:42 AM Anna North <[email protected]> wrote: Hi and thanks for talking on the phone just now. As I mentioned, I'm working on a story looking at what the Jeffrey Epstein case says (and doesn't say) about the larger issues of sex and human trafficking in America. I'm wondering if there's anything the US Attorney's office can tell me about why sex trafficking charges, specifically, were brought against Epstein this year -- the allegations seem to point to a variety of possible criminal charges so I'm just wondering what led the US Attorney to brio trafficking charges specifically. If you can shed any light on this, you can reach me here or at and I'll be working on my story till about 5 PM eastern today. Thanks very much, Anna North Senior Reporter, Vox.com Vox.com is part of Vox Media, home of SB Nation EFTA00095048 The Verge. Polygon. Recode. Eater and Curbed. Visit The Goods by \:)x Vox.com's new section on consumer culture. Anna North Senior Reporter Iii Vox.com is part of Vox Media. home of SB Nation, The Verge. Polygon, Recode, Eater. and Curbed. Visit The Goods by Vox Vox.com's new section on consumer culture. Anna North Senior Reporter rr Vox.com is part of Vox Media, home of SB Nation. The Verge. Polygon. Recode. Eater. and Curbed. Visit The Goods by Vox Vox.com's new section on consumer culture. EFTA00095049