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Larry Visoski October 15, 2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 61 Q. What's your understanding between the relationship of Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein? A. I don't really know. Q. All right. So when you say you're guessing that and know or are associated with Jeffrey Epstein, that guess is being made on the -- with the observation that they have been frequent flyers with Jeffrey Epstein on more than hundreds of flights on his private plane? A. Yes, that's what I'm basing it on. Q. And do you know where is staying these days? A. No. Q. Do you know what car she's driving these days? A. No, I don't. Q. Okay. Do you know if she's living with Jeffrey Epstein these days? A. I don't know that. Q. Do you know how met Jeffrey Epstein? A. I don't. Q. Were you on an international flight bringing her into the country from some other country at any time? A. I don't know. 3527-003 Page 61 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009736 EFTA00159543
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Larry Visoski October 15, 2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 62 MR. REINHART: Can we clarify? You mean with Mr. Epstein or -- MR. EDWARDS: No. BY MR. EDWARDS: 0. Did you ever bring from some foreign country into the United States? A. I'd have to look at the log books, honestly. Q. That's not something you remember? A. No. I mean, she -- I think she's been on Europe trips with us, and I think she's returned from Europe with us, but I could not say that honestly. Q. On this recent helicopter flight with and Jeffrey Epstein, did you talk with them during that flight? A. No. Q. Where did the flight go from? And obviously, it landed in Miami, but where did you leave from? A. West Palm Beach. Q. And did and Jeffrey Epstein arrive together? A. You know, I don't remember. I was out at the helicopter and I think they both started walking up. So I don't know if they came separately or not. I was already at the helicopter. Q. How long is that flight from Palm Beach to 3527-003 Page 62 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009737 EFTA00159544
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Larry Visoski October 15, 2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 63 Miami? A. Twenty-five minutes. Q. And did they talk to one another during that flight? A. No. Q. They were both completely silent during that flight? A. Yes. Q. Okay. Is that typical when they are on flights together, especially with the helicopter, where you're in pretty close quarters, that they would abstain from speaking to one another? MR. CRITTON: Form. THE WITNESS: Yeah, it would be typical. It's very noisy and communicating in a helicopter is, you know, not that comfortable. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Over the last five or six years that you have known or been familiar with , have you heard her and Jeffrey Epstein conversing with one another? A. I've heard them conversing, but if you ask me what they had said, I could say it -- I wouldn't even know what they had said to each other. I've seen them talking to each other. 3527-003 Page 63 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009738 EFTA00159545
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Larry Visoski October 15, 2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 64 Q. But you don't remember a single specific conversation between Jeffrey Epstein and A. An honest answer, no. Q. Okay. And the same for ; have you seen or have you seen Jeffrey Epstein speak with A. I've seen him speak with her, yes. Q. Can you tell me a single specific conversation that you have overheard between Jeffrey Epstein and A. One thing that comes to mind would be make sure we have Oreo cookies on the airplane. It would be something completely nonchalant. Q • Okay. And do you know or have reason to know of any employment relationship between and Jeffrey Epstein? A. I have no knowledge of any of that. Q. Do you know if works for Jeffrey Epstein? A. I do not know. Q. Do you know if schedules massages for Jeffrey Epstein? A. I have no idea. Q • Has Jeffrey Epstein ever indicated to you that 3527-003 Page 64 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009739 EFTA00159546
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Larry Visoski October 15, 2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 65 he is fascinated or infatuated or appreciates or loves or likes massages? A. I have no knowledge of that. Q. All right. How about Ghislaine Maxwell, has she ever talked to you about massage therapy or have you ever overheard her talking about that? A. No. Q. You certainly read the papers over the last couple of years, correct? A. Not on my top ten list. I mean, I've read a couple articles, but I'm not one to focus on that so much as some people would. Q. Okay. When the investigation about Jeffrey Epstein came about, the criminal investigation -- you're aware that's what I'm talking about, right? A. That was last year? Q. Well, it was a couple years ago. A. Right, okay. Q. Did you speak with Jeffrey Epstein about that investigation? A. No. Q. Were you told not to speak with him about that investigation? A. I think we knew ourselves that we weren't -- it wouldn't be proper to even bring it up. 3527-003 Page 65 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_OYX0740 EFTA00159547
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Larry Visoski October 15, 2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Q. All right. When you read in the newspapers ehe allegations that Mr. Epstein was involved with numerous underage girls for sexual reasons, were you surprised? A. I didn't believe it. Q. Do you believe it today? 66 A. I don't believe it. Q. You don't believe that Jeffrey Epstein was involved with underage girls in a sexual way? MR. CRITTON: Form. THE WITNESS: You're asking for my opinion, and I don't think my opinion is relevant in that matter. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. I think it's relevant. Can you just tell me whether today you believe that Jeffrey Epstein has engaged in sex with underage girls? MR. CRITTON: Form; speculation, irrelevant, always. THE WITNESS: It's irrelevant. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. I need an answer. A. I don't believe he had sex with underage women. Q. Or engaged in any sexual acts with underage 3527-003 Page 66 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009741 EFTA00159548
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Larry Visoski October 15, 2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 67 women? MR. CRITTON: Form. THE WITNESS: No. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. You think that this is just a story that a bunch of underage women have made up? A. Speculation. MR. CRITTON: Objection. Now it's argumentative. Who gives a darn what he thinks one way or another? If he has personal knowledge -- MR. EDWARDS: You're objecting to the form? MR. CRITTON: It's argumentative. MR. EDWARDS: You're objecting to the form? MR. CRITTON: Yes. MR. EDWARDS: Okay. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Is that something that you believe that a bunch of women -- some of which know each other, some don't, some of which have been on the airplane and some which haven't -- made this up, that Jeffrey Epstein engaged in some sexual conduct with them? MR. CRITTON: Form. THE WITNESS: What I believe doesn't matter in this case, does it? 3527-003 Page 67 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009742 EFTA00159549
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Larry Visoski October 15, 2009 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 68 BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. I need an answer. Do you believe it? Do you believe these girls made this up? MR. CRITTON: Form. MR. REINHART: I'm going to instruct him not to answer. Move on. MR. EDWARDS: Is there a privilege that we're asserting? MR. REINHART: No, it's irrelevant. It's harassment and not likely to lead to discoverable evidence. MR. EDWARDS: I'm going to put on the record right now that it is -- we are allowed discovery into a RICO count. We are also allowed discovery into the intent of Mr. Epstein in developing a criminal enterprise designed to sexually exploit and sexually abuse underage girls. We believe that in doing so, he associated intentionally with people of similar beliefs that sex with underage girls is okay, and that there have been many discussions with this witness, as well as many other witnesses with -- to insure his protection from law enforcement that they not answer these specific questions. And thus, the opinions and beliefs of all of these witnesses that we are 3527-003 Page 68 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_UHK0743 EFTA00159550
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Larry Visoski October 15, 2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 69 alleging associated with this criminal enterprise are certainly reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence. And if you're still instructing the witness, based on that proffer, not to answer any of these questions, I'm going to continue to ask the questions and you can instruct him not to answer and we can go to the Court. MR. REINHART: My response is to his opinion whether people making allegations in this case are colluding or making up a story is irrelevant to what you just said. So I am going to instruct him not to answer any question that goes to his opinion of someone else's motivation or the truth of facts to which he has no knowledge. So yes, I'm instructing him not to answer. MR. CRITTON: Let me add in my part, is that I think -- you're certainly not only capable to ask questions with regard to what his personal knowledge is, and if he knows something or he has reasonable basis for it; certainly you are entitled to that information. I think you've asked those questions and he's given you straightforward answers as to what he knew or what he didn't know under those circumstances. And as to what his 3527-003 Page 69 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009744 EFTA00159551
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Larry Visoski October 15, 2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 70 thoughts are on something which he has no factual basis or even an assumption to know one way or another is irrelevant. That's ultimately for a fact-finder in this case. While it's interesting, it's argumentative and I don't think he's -- I mean, do it on a question-by-question basis. If he has knowledge, that's great, but to argue your case with this witness or any other witness doesn't serve a purpose and I think is, you know -- I think it's not a good use of our time, I'll put it that way. But you know, you can go ahead and ask. MR. EDWARDS: I can ask the question and if the witness is being instructed not to answer, we'll let a judge decide whether he needs to answer the question and whether it's discoverable or not. MR. REINHART: Absolutely. Make your record. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Do you have any reason to believe that Jeffrey Epstein engaged in sexual activity with underage women? A. I have no reason to believe. Q. Okay. So as you sit here today, based on your 18 years of knowledge, experience and observation of Jeffrey Epstein, is it your belief that he has not had sex or engaged in sexual activity with underage women? 3527-003 Page 70 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009745 EFTA00159552
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Larry Visoski October 15, 2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 71 A. It's an opinion, and I believe that he has not. Q. Okay. Isn't it true that at some point in time you learned that Jeffrey Epstein has -- strike that. MR. CRITTON: When you ultimately get to a good place to break, will you let us know? MR. EDWARDS: Let's break now. (A break was had at 11:28 a.m.) BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. All right. Eighteen years of being a pilot for Jeffrey Epstein and in terms of being able to name somebody that you would say you've observed with Jeffrey Epstein and would classify that person as Jeffrey Epstein's friend, can you name anybody? A. ; just people that we see routinely on the airplane. Q. That's people you see routinely in the last five to ten years, right? A. Yes. Q. Prior to that time, anybody that you've noticed as Jeffrey Epstein's friend may be Ghislaine Maxwell? A. What time frame? Q. Is that a person that at some point in time 3527-003 Page 71 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_ONX0746 EFTA00159553
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Larry Visoski October 15, 2009 72 would classify as Jeffrey Epstein's friend? 2 3 4 5 A. I would classify it. I don't know if it's true. Q. But that's only because they were on the airplane together? 6 I A. Yes. 7I Q. Do you know what Jeffrey Epstein does for a 8 living in your 18 years of observing and talking with 9 Jeffrey Epstein? 10 A. No. 11 Q. No idea? 12 A. No. 13 Q. Ever asked him? 14 A. No, actually. 15 0. Ever been curious? 16 A. Sure. 17 Q. Ever done anything to satisfy that curiosity? 18 A. If you mean Google it, not really, actually. 19 I mean, I really have not. 20 Q. Okay. So in 18 years of traveling and being 21 the pilot and driving -- and taking this person, Jeffrey 22 Epstein, from one property in New York to New Mexico and 23 Florida and around the world, you have no idea what he 24 does in terms of how he makes money? 25 A. No, sir. 3527-003 Page 72 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009747 EFTA00159554
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Larry Visoski October 15, 2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 73 Q. I was produced this flight log -- tell me if I'm using the wrong term. What is this called, this book that I've been provided by Dave Rogers? A. I've never seen that book. Q. I'll let you see it. I don't know that it was always in a book, so maybe that's why you haven't seen it. Tell me what we're looking at. A. Well, judging with the name at the bottom, I believe this is Dave's flight log, log book. Q. I didn't know if it was called a flight log. A. Pilot log book, how's that? That's the appropriate name. Q. It was marked as Composite Exhibit 1 in Roger's deposition, as indicated by the exhibit sticker. We'll mark it the same in your deposition as well. MR. CRITTON: Why don't you refer to it as his? MR. EDWARDS: Fine. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. It's the pilot log book of Dave Rogers? A. Yes. Q. And the years provided in this book are 2002 through 2005; I can represent that to you. I'm going to ask you about certain people that David Rogers wrote down as being on the airplane and I want to ask you if 3527-003 Page 73 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009748 EFTA00159555
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Larry Visoski October 15, 2009 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 74 you know who they are. This person right here is It seems like she flew on numerous flights. Do you know who that is? A. No. I heard the name, but I don't know who that is. Q. All right. Is that somebody that you remember seeing on any of the flights that you were on? A. What year are we talking about here? I don't remember. Q. Well, this is January 2002. You'd probably know how to read this book a little bit better than me, so I don't know. A. He keeps his a lot more current, so I know the name. If she walked in here right now, I would probably look right through her, to be honest. Q. Do you know what affiliation or relationship she had with Jeffrey Epstein? A. No. Q. Okay. There are various -- each row I'm told by David Rogers is a different flight and it indicates where it takes off from and where it lands, et cetera. There's a lot of other information, especially over on this side of the page that I'm not familiar with, nor do I need to be. A. Right. 3527-003 Page 74 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009749 EFTA00159556
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Larry Visoski October 15, 2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 75 Q. But it's evident that the plane is being used, at least for this time period, January of 2002 through 2005, on a fairly regular basis. I mean, we're looking at January 6th, 11th, 13th, 13th, 14th, right? A. Uh-huh. Q. I mean, is that something that you would say accurately reflects the amount of use of Jeffrey Epstein's planes? A. Yes. Q. So he travels quite frequently? A. Yes. Q. right? And he travels with many different people, MR. CRITTON: Form. THE WITNESS: Yes. MR. CRITTON: Can I ask one question? I was wondering what happened, who has possession of now what's the original Exhibit No. 1 of Mr. Rogers' deposition? Did you retain it? MR. REINHART: The actual book itself? MR. EDWARDS: The court reporter took it, right? MR. CRITTON: The one marked as an exhibit, did you keep that? MR. REINHART: This is it. 3527-003 Page 75 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009750 EFTA00159557
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Larry Visoski October 15, 2009 1 2 3 4 $ 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 76 MR. EDWARDS: This is it? MR. CRITTON: Who took it from the deposition the other day? MR. EDWARDS: I have this one right now. MR. REINHART: That's the only copy? MR. EDWARDS: Okay. MR. CRITTON: So you took the original? MR. EDWARDS: Apparently. It has the original sticker. MR. CRITTON: When I say "the original," the original copy. Would you have someone recreate what you've got and send it to us so we have it? MR. EDWARDS: Sure. In fact, why don't I wait until I get the whole thing and I'll copy all the pages and send it to you instead of piecemeal. MR. HOROWITZ: You mean before the transcript comes? MR. EDWARDS: We can copy it. MR. CRITTON: If you give it to me, I'll copy it and send it back to you. MR. REINHART: I have a copy. It just doesn't have the exhibit sticker on. MR. EDWARDS: That's what was told to me the other day, that's why I took it. MR. CRITTON: I want something -- I just don't 3527-003 Page 76 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009751 EFTA00159558
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Larry Visoski October 15, 2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 77 want to -- if you give me a copy, I'll put a sticker on it. MR. REINHART: Or just copy the page that has the exhibit sticker on it. MR. CRITTON: Sorry. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Like on this flight, we have "JE." I'm assuming that's Jeffrey Epstein, correct? A. Yes, I'll assume. Q. "GM," Ghislaine Maxwell, right? A. Yes. Q. , A. I would assume. Q. I mean -- okay. And then this name, do you recognize that person, A. Never heard it. Q. And then A. Yes. Q. You've heard that name? A. I've heard the name. Q. Not sure who that is, though? A. No. O. There's only one, two, three, four, five, six people on that flight? A. Uh-huh. 3527-003 Page 77 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009752 EFTA00159559
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Larry Visoski October 15, 2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 78 Q. That's pretty typical of the amount of passengers that you would have on a flight? A. It varied, sure. Q. Okay. But it varied between -- if we look a few lines down, Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell were the only two passengers. Certainly there were flights like that as well, right? A. Mm-hmm. Q. And so it varied from having one or two people to six or seven people, right? A. Yes. Q. What's the most people that you remember traveling on any of Jeffrey Epstein's airplanes? A. Twenty-five. Q. Okay. That would be a rarity, wouldn't you say? A. Oh, yeah. Q. Because I've looked through this log. I haven't seen any place where there were 25, but there are lines that have maybe eight or nine people listed. A. Right. Q. Let's see. There's a flight from January 15th sorry, January 17th, January 20th and January 22nd of 2002 that all had . That doesn't serve to refresh your recollection as to who 3527-003 Page 78 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009753 EFTA00159560
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Larry Visoski October 15, 2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 that is, does it? A. No. Q. Okay. Do you know what the purpose of her 79 being on the airplane flight along with Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and would be? A. No. Q. Okay. Do you know how it comes about that gets on that flight? How does she even know there's a flight available? A. I don't know. Q. All right. Well, let's go down to somebody that we may all know a little bit better. February 9th, 2002, there's a flight that has Bill Clinton, four Secret Service agents and then instead of listing names or initials or anything else, it's just listed as two males, one female, Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, and I forget who Dave Rogers told me "AP" is. Do you remember who that is? A. No. Q. Okay. Either way, how is it that someone like Bill Clinton gets on a Jeffrey Epstein flight? MR. CRITTON: Form. THE WITNESS: I don't know. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Do you know before the flight takes off that 3527-003 Page 79 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009754 EFTA00159561
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Larry Visoski October 15, 2009 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 80 Bill Clinton's going to be a passenger on the flight? A. Yes. Q. And how do you know? How do you get that information? A. The day before I'd get a phone call from, say, saying we're leaving tomorrow going to wherever, and sometimes she'll say who's going, sometimes she won't. On a case where President Clinton would be on board, we would put a little extra catering on board or do that little extra TLC to the aircraft. Q. If it's leaving -- this says it's leaving from MIA and where is it landing? A. HPN I believe is White Plains. Q. Okay. Do you remember that flight? A. I remember being on it. Q. Well, I mean, if you look through here, obviously you had Bill Clinton on the airplane ten or twenty times, right? A. Yeah. He's my main focus. I remember him being on the aircraft, sure. Q. Do you remember him being on the airplane with younger girls? MR. CRITTON: Form. THE WITNESS: No. 3527-003 Page 80 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009755 EFTA00159562