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Jes Staley And The Transcripts From His Epstein Related Trip To Congress (Part 19) (9/9/26) · The Vault: The Epstein Files

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  Speaker 1: What's up everyone and welcome to another episode of the
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  Speaker 1: Epstein Chronicles. In this episode, we're picking up where he
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  Speaker 1: left off with the Jess Daly transcript from his trip
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  Speaker 1: to Congress. Question, in the email you write, quote, I
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  Speaker 1: realized the danger in sending this email, but it was
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  Speaker 1: great to be able today to give you in New
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  Speaker 1: York City a long heartfelt hug. To my friend, thanks Jess.
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  Speaker 1: When you wrote, quote, I realized the danger in sending
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  Speaker 1: this email, what did you mean by that? Answer, again,
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  Speaker 1: maintaining a relationship with a convicted felon was a dangerous
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  Speaker 1: thing to do, and in hindsight, I regret it. Question,
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  Speaker 1: so you weren't referring to all him violating his house
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  Speaker 1: arrest by being in New York? Answer, no, I think
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  Speaker 1: he was in New York under house arrest. Question, were
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  Speaker 1: you ever aware of him violating the terms of his
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  Speaker 1: house arrest? Answer, I was not. Question, okay, thank you.
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  Speaker 1: I have a few more questions for you about visits
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  Speaker 1: to Mr. Epstein's properties and a few clarifications. You said
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  Speaker 1: earlier that you never went to Mr. Epstein's Palm Beach home.
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  Speaker 1: Is that correct? Answer, correct. Question, you said earlier that
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  Speaker 1: you went to Mr. Epstein's ranch in New Mexico once, correct? Answer, correct. Question,
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  Speaker 1: did you spend the night? Answer, no. Question, so you
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  Speaker 1: were in Albuquerque for, I think you said a business meeting, correct? Answer, yes. Question,
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  Speaker 1: and then you drive to the ranch? Answer, I had
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  Speaker 1: a driver drive me to the ranch. Question, and I
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  Speaker 1: think you said it was about an hour? Answer, I
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  Speaker 1: think so. Question, so you had someone drive you to
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  Speaker 1: the ranch. That's about an hour. And then you said
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  Speaker 1: you went horseback riding too. Took a shower and then
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  Speaker 1: you went to the hot tub. And then you had
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  Speaker 1: someone drive you back somewhere else that evening. Answer, the
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  Speaker 1: same driver who drove me to the airport and I
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  Speaker 1: flew home. Question, how many hours would you say you
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  Speaker 1: spent at Zorro Ranch? Answer, an hour, maybe an hour,
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  Speaker 1: hour and a half. Question, so it was an hour
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  Speaker 1: of travel time each way and an hour to an
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  Speaker 1: hour and a half at the ranch. Answer right. Question,
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  Speaker 1: that's a lot of travel time for very little time
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  Speaker 1: spent at the ranch. Answer, for a whole day? No,
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  Speaker 1: an hour again. It was described to me as the
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  Speaker 1: largest ranch in New Mexico. I had the time. Didn't
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  Speaker 1: seem that special. Question, I would like to introduce as
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  Speaker 1: Minority Exhibit AE an email between Leslie Groff and Mr.
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  Speaker 1: Epstein from October 30th, 2009. Bates number is EFTA 02434380. Question,
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  Speaker 1: in the email, Ms. Groff writes, quote, Jeffrey just wanted
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  Speaker 1: you to know that Jess is all set and organized
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  Speaker 1: to stay at the ranch tomorrow night. Is your testimony
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  Speaker 1: that you did not spend the night at the ranch? Answer, yes. Question,
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  Speaker 1: why do you think Ms. Groff was under the impression
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  Speaker 1: that you were going to spend the night? Answer, I
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  Speaker 1: don't know. Question I would like to introduce as Minority
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  Speaker 1: Exhibit AF, an email chain between you and Mr. Epstein
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  Speaker 1: from October 18th and 19th, 2009. The bait's number is EFTA. 0-1-3-0-0-2-9-5. Question.
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  Speaker 1: In the first email, Mr. Epstein writes, quote, London when?
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  Speaker 1: And you respond, quote, Could I swing by your house
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  Speaker 1: in London on the afternoon of the 27th? Answer. Yes. Question.
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  Speaker 1: Did Mr. Epstein have a house in London? Answer. Yes. Question.
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  Speaker 1: Where was it? Answer. I don't remember. Question. You have
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  Speaker 1: no recollection. You spend a lot of time in London, correct? Answer. Yeah. Question.
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  Speaker 1: But you have no recollection where his house in London was. Answer,
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  Speaker 1: I never went to his house, but I think it
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  Speaker 1: may have been on Mayfair, but I don't really know. Question,
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  Speaker 1: do you remember if it was a standalone house or
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  Speaker 1: a townhouse or an apartment? Answer, no. This says it's
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  Speaker 1: a house, but I don't know. Question, are you aware
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  Speaker 1: that Mr. Epstein had at least four flats in Kensington
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  Speaker 1: and Chelsea that he used to house women that he trafficked? Answer, no. Question,
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  Speaker 1: could you have been referring to those flats here? Answer,
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  Speaker 1: I was referring to his house in London. Question, why
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  Speaker 1: would you have wanted to swing by? Answer, because again,
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  Speaker 1: I thought it was one of the larger houses in
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  Speaker 1: London and it would be interesting to see. Question, in
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  Speaker 1: all the years that you were friends with Mr. Epstein
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  Speaker 1: and all the time you spent in London, you never
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  Speaker 1: went to his house? Answer, no, because when I was...
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  Speaker 1: He gets cut off. We're going to go off record.
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  Speaker 1: They come back on. Mr. Ashworth, the majority does not
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  Speaker 1: have any further questions at this time. I understand the
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  Speaker 1: minority has a handful more questions that they're going to
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  Speaker 1: go through and then we'll be finishing up. Thank you.
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  Speaker 1: We'll go off the record. Oh, of course, the GOP
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  Speaker 1: has nothing to ask daily, right? Bunch of clowns. Question.
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  Speaker 1: I'd like to ask you some questions about Mr. Epstein's Island,
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  Speaker 1: Little St. James. You said today that you went twice,
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  Speaker 1: once in 2005 and once in 2015, correct? Answer. And
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  Speaker 1: that I transited through it a third time. Question. And
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  Speaker 1: what year was that? Answer, I don't recall. Question, okay,
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  Speaker 1: I'd like to introduce as Minority Exhibit AG four flight
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  Speaker 1: manifests from February 2005. These manifests indicate that you, your wife,
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  Speaker 1: your two daughters, flew from JFK to the Virgin Islands
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  Speaker 1: on Mr. Epstein's private plane on February 18, 2005. You
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  Speaker 1: were joined by Mr. Epstein, Glenn Maxwell, and three young
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  Speaker 1: women who work for Mr. Epstein, among other things. These
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  Speaker 1: manifests also indicate that you, your wife, and your two
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  Speaker 1: daughters flew from the Virgin Islands to Palm Beach on Mr.
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  Speaker 1: Epstein's private plane on February 21, 2005. And at the
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  Speaker 1: same time, three young women who worked for Mr. Epstein
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  Speaker 1: accompanied you. Finally, there's a manifest showing you, your wife,
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  Speaker 1: and your two daughters flying from Palm Beach to Teterboro,
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  Speaker 1: New Jersey on Mr. Epstein's private plane on February 22, 2005.
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  Speaker 1: We'll go off the record briefly to give you time
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  Speaker 1: to review the manifest. Question. If you, your wife, and
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  Speaker 1: your daughter flew to the Virgin Islands on February 18th
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  Speaker 1: and then did not fly back until February 21st, did
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  Speaker 1: you stay on Mr. Epstein's island between the 18th and
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  Speaker 1: the 21st? Answer. I apologize. I don't see the name
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  Speaker 1: of my family nor myself on the passenger manifest. Question. Sure.
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  Speaker 1: The manifests are confusing. If you look at the first page,
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  Speaker 1: you'll see the date of the flight is February 18th
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  Speaker 1: and the trip number is 322. Answer. Right. Question. You
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  Speaker 1: can see Mr. Epstein is the first passenger. He's listed
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  Speaker 1: as number one. If you go down to number 12,
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  Speaker 1: it says Jeff. It then says female guest. Female, female. Answer, yup. Question,
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  Speaker 1: if you flip the next page, about halfway down the page.
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  Speaker 1: Not quite. It says February 18th, 2005. Flight 322. James Daly,
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  Speaker 1: Miss Daly, redacted and redacted. Answer, okay. Question, so what
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  Speaker 1: we believe. because these are the same flights on the
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  Speaker 1: same date, is that Jeff is a typo, and that
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  Speaker 1: should say Jeff. Answer, right. Question, and that the three
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  Speaker 1: female guests are your family members. Answer, okay. Question, so
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  Speaker 1: did you and your family stay on Mr. Epstein's island
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  Speaker 1: between February 18th and February 21st? Answer, as I said,
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  Speaker 1: my wife and I visited the family and visited Epstein,
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  Speaker 1: and this sort of confirms that. Question, so you stayed
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  Speaker 1: on his island. Answer, on his island, yes. Question, from
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  Speaker 1: the night of the 18th through the 21st? Staley, along
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  Speaker 1: with the Dubins, yes. Question, that's different from what you
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  Speaker 1: had testified to previously, correct? Answer, no. Why? How so? Question,
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  Speaker 1: I believe you told the Financial Conduct Authority that you
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  Speaker 1: spent a single night on Epstein's Island with your wife. Answer,
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  Speaker 1: I thought it was a single night. But this implies
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  Speaker 1: that it was two nights or three nights. Question. You
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  Speaker 1: did testify before the Financial Conduct Authority that you recall,
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  Speaker 1: this is according to their decision, that you recall visiting Mr.
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  Speaker 1: Epstein's island with your wife and spending the night there
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  Speaker 1: in 2005 or 2006. So it appears it was your
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  Speaker 1: whole family and it was more than one night, correct? Answer.
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  Speaker 1: It appears that way, yes. Question. It also appears that
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  Speaker 1: the three young women who worked for Mr. Epstein also
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  Speaker 1: stayed on the island with you because they were on
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  Speaker 1: the flight there on the 18th and then They're on
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  Speaker 1: the flight back on February 21st. Answer, yeah. I wouldn't
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  Speaker 1: characterize Sarah Kellan as a young woman. I recognize Redacted.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know who Redacted is. Question, did you and
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  Speaker 1: your family socialize with these women? Answer, no. Question, did
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  Speaker 1: you engage in sexual activity with these women? Answer, no. Question,
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  Speaker 1: other than the people listed on the manifest in the
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  Speaker 1: first page of the exhibit, was anyone else on the island? Answer,
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  Speaker 1: I don't even know whether all these people were on
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  Speaker 1: the island. I just remember my wife, my family, and
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  Speaker 1: the Duvins were on the island. Question, and do you
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  Speaker 1: remember anyone else on the island who wasn't necessarily on
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  Speaker 1: the flight to the island? Answer, no, except for the
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  Speaker 1: people that worked there. Question, the manifest show that you
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  Speaker 1: fly from Virgin Islands to Palm Beach on February 21st
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  Speaker 1: and then from Palm Beach to Teterboro on February 22nd.
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  Speaker 1: So it appears that you also spent the night in
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  Speaker 1: Palm Beach. Is that correct? Answer, that's what this appears
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  Speaker 1: to show. I don't recall that. but that's what this
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  Speaker 1: appears to show. Question, do you remember where you stayed
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  Speaker 1: when you spent the night in Palm Beach? Answer, no. Question,
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  Speaker 1: would you have stayed at Mr. Epstein's home in Palm Beach? Answer, no. Question,
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  Speaker 1: you're confident that you would not have stayed at his home? Answer,
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  Speaker 1: very confident. Question, why is that? Answer, if I was
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  Speaker 1: traveling with my whole family, I wouldn't stay at someone's
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  Speaker 1: house like that. Question, I'd like to introduce this minority exhibit, A.H.
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  Speaker 1: Two emails from you to Mr. Epstein on January 15th 2010.
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  Speaker 1: The Bates numbers are EFTA 01300416 and EFTA 01821546. In
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  Speaker 1: the first email you say, arrived at your harbor, someday
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  Speaker 1: we have to do this together. In the second email
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  Speaker 1: you say, quote, that was cool. And Mr. Epstein responds, yep,
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  Speaker 1: great seeing you. And again, both of these are from
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  Speaker 1: the same day. Was this another trip to Mr. Epstein's island? Answer, no,
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  Speaker 1: I believe this was me arriving on my boat. He
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  Speaker 1: owned a marina in St. Thomas. And I believe I
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  Speaker 1: was talking about me sailing, I believe, when he said
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  Speaker 1: his harbor. I believe it was to the marina. Question
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  Speaker 1: in the second email, which again is from January 15th.
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  Speaker 1: You say, that was cool. Answer, uh-huh. Question, do you
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  Speaker 1: know what you're referring to? Answer, no. Question, if you
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  Speaker 1: were just arriving at Mr. Epstein's marina, would you have
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  Speaker 1: seen him? Answer, possibly. He may have come over and
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  Speaker 1: looked at my boat. Question, so when he said, yup,
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  Speaker 1: great seeing you, is it possible that he was at
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  Speaker 1: the marina? Answer, yeah, it's possible. Question, is it also
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  Speaker 1: possible this was an instance in which you visited Little St. James? Answer,
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  Speaker 1: I don't think so because it says arrived at your harbor.
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  Speaker 1: And again, I think the harbor refers to the harbor
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  Speaker 1: in St. Thomas where he owns a marina, but I'm
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  Speaker 1: not sure. All right, folks, we're going to wrap up
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  Speaker 1: right here. And in the next episode, we're going to
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  Speaker 1: finish up with the Jess Staley transcripts from his trip
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  Speaker 1: to Congress. All the information that goes with this episode
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  Speaker 1: can be found in the description box.