Lawyers discussed plea bargaining before Epstein’s death, says British newspaper

The financier’s lawyers Jeffrey Epsteinconvicted of sexual crimes, discussed the possibility of a cooperation agreement with the FBI weeks before his death. This is what documents about the case revealed this Friday (30), according to the British newspaper The Guardian.

“On July 29, 2019, the FBI met with Epstein’s lawyers, who, in very general terms, discussed the possibility of a resolution of the case and the possibility of cooperation from the defendant,” states a document from the agency.

The possibility of Epstein’s cooperation was also mentioned in other published documents. “The defense did not make a specific proposal and did not indicate what the nature of Epstein’s cooperation would be, if any,” another memo said.

In all, .

This is the largest amount of information released by the US government about the case.

In addition to the revelation about Epstein’s proposed collaboration, the documents made public showed a .

In an anonymous complaint, a woman reported that her friend was abused by the current president of the United States. The facts narrated by the anonymous complaint were not corroborated by other elements of the investigation.

In another document published by the Department of Justice, tycoon Elon Musk set a date to visit Jeffrey Epstein’s island. In exchanging emails with the financier, the businessman asked when the “wildest parties” took place.

*With information from Estadão Conteúdo