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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 81 BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Okay. Do you know what his relationship was with Jeffrey Epstein? A. No. Q. Do you know if they were friends? A. Assuming. Q. But you're assuming why? Just because he's on his plane? A. Yeah. Q. Okay. So you assume that the people that are listed on here are friends of Jeffrey Epstein's and that's why they are riding on his plane? A. I'm speculating. Q. I'm just not familiar with the -- because I've never been on a private flight -- with the manner in which you go about getting on one of these flights. I mean, you have to, I guess, know that Jeffrey Epstein has a plane, that it's going from a destination that you are at and want to go to, and that it's available and those kind of things. Can you tell me, enlighten me -- A. Well, it's not publicly offered, no. It would be no different than you jumping in your car and knowing you're going to the mall. I mean, it's not public information, you know, where planes are coming to and from, and you don't put your name out there to get 3527-003 Page 81 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009756 EFTA00159563
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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 82 onboard a flight. Q. Does Jeffrey Epstein charge these people as passengers? A. I don't know. Q. Okay. Are these people such as Bill Clinton, does that mean that Bill Clinton called or somebody affiliated with Jeffrey Epstein to get on the plane or that Jeffrey Epstein called Bill Clinton and asked do you want a ride? MR. CRITTON: Form; predicate. THE WITNESS: I have no idea. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. No idea? A. No idea whatsoever. Q. Joe Pagano, do you know who that is? A. Yes. Q. What's his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, or what was it back in February -- sorry, March 17th of 2002, when he and and Jeffrey Epstein and Todd and one female were on this flight? A. I don't know to what extent or what his relationship is. He just was a passenger on the airplane. Q. Okay. And the next day -- sorry, two days later on the 19th of March, Bill Clinton flies again, 3527-003 Page 82 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009757 EFTA00159564
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Larry Visoski October 15, 2009 83 this time with Doug Band, three Secret Service agents, Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and . Do 3 you remember that flight? 4 A. Where did we go? 5 0. Starts in JFK. 6 A. Right. 7 Q. Where is that? 8 MR. CRITTON: Do you have a date? 9 MR. EDWARDS: March 19th, 2002. 10 THE WITNESS: EGGW I believe is Luton, 11 England. 12 BY MR. EDWARDS: 13 Q. Okay. Do you remember flying to England? 14 A. I do remember flying to England. I just don't 15 remember that trip. What airplane were we in? We were 16 in the Boeing. 17 Q. Do you remember the purpose of the trip? 18 A. No. 19 Q. Do you know who Doug Band is? 20 A. I heard he's Clinton's, how would you say, 21 assistant. I mean, I've seen that in the newspaper, 22 seen it on CNN. 23 Q. Okay. Did you ever hear that Doug Band and 24 Ghislaine Maxwell were together, even for a day or a 25 night? 3527-003 Page 83 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFFA_00009758 EFTA00159565
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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 84 A. No. Q. Did you ever hear that Doug Band and Ghislaine Maxwell were the people attributed to introducing Bill Clinton and Jeffrey Epstein? MR. CRITTON: Form. THE WITNESS: I don't know. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. All right. There's another flight here on January -- I can't read this upside down. Maybe it says May A. Looks like. Q. 22nd, 2002. Again, with President Bill Clinton, Can you tell me who and are? A. I don't remember. Q. Would you know them if you saw them? A. Probably not because the names don't even ring a bell. Q. All right. And then there are plenty of flights, many of flights where Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and are the primary passengers, or at least are some of the passengers on the flights, correct? A. Mm-hmm, yes. Q. And still, as you sit here, you being the 3527-003 Page 84 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009759 EFTA00159566
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Larry Visoski October 15, 2009 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 85 pilot of these flights, you're not sure what their relationship is or whether any of them were socially connected in any real way? MR. CRITTON: Form. THE WITNESS: No. When you're flying the airplane, there's a lot more going on than passengers' relations. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q • All right. You remember this person, , are you familiar with her at all? A. I remember the name, that's it. Q. What do you think her relationship is to Jeffrey Epstein? A. No idea. MR. CRITTON: What date are you on, Brad? MR. EDWARDS: Oh, sorry. I am at June 21st, 2002. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. That's not somebody that you specifically remember? A. Mm-mm, no. Q. No? Is that somebody that you think was a regular flyer for any period of time in Jeffrey Epstein's life? A. Not a regular. 3527-003 Page 85 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009760 EFTA00159567
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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 86 Q. Okay. Jean Luc Brunel, is that a name that you know? A. Yes. Q. How do you know that name? A. Only because it's a unique name and his attire is very unique. So you remember certain things. So I know he who that is. Q. Do you know what he does? A. No. Q. Do you know his association with Jeffrey Epstein, if any? A. No, I don't know what the relationship is. Q. Have you ever heard of him owning or running or managing a modeling company? A. I have seen that in the paper a few years back. Q. Okay. Other than seeing it in the paper, have you ever talked to Jean Luc Brunel or Jeffrey Epstein about owning or running or managing a modeling company? A. No. Q. Do you know if Jeffrey Epstein's affiliated with the modeling company that's owned, run or managed by Jean Luc Brunel? A. No, I have no idea. Q. And seeing that this is a flight now, that 3527-003 Page 86 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009761 EFTA00159568
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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 87 we're referring to the same flight on June 21st of 2002, that includes Jean Luc Brunel, , Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, -• those are the passengers of this flight, does that serve to jog your memory as to who is? A. No. I mean, you see how frequently we fly. I mean, it's -- the passengers in the back are so far removed from an operation of commanding an airplane like that, it's nothing that sticks in your head. Q. And you as the pilot, is there any way that you would know what's going on in the back of the airplane? A. No. My concerns are all on the cockpit. MR. CRITTON: Brad, the last one that you mentioned, was that the same date, June 21st, '02? MR. EDWARDS: Yes. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. There's another name here that I was going to ask you do you know. June 23rd, 2002, are you familiar with that name? A. No. Q. Also on the same flight with Jean Luc Brunel. That doesn't help to jog your memory either, right? A. No. Q. That's somebody that you remember as a 3527-003 Page 87 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009762 EFTA00159569
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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 88 frequent passenger? A. Who are you referring to? Q. A. No. Q. Dr. Jarecki, is that somebody that you remember flying? A. I know the name. He may have been on the airplane once or twice. I'm guessing only. Q. Do you remember meeting him? A. Yes, I have met him. Q. Do you remember his purpose for being on the airplane? A. No, sir. Q. Amanda Venaro, do you remember her purpose for being on the airplane? A. No. MR. REINHART: Can we get a date? MR. EDWARDS: I was asking him if he remembered Amanda Venaro. I wasn't referring to a specific flight. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. You don't remember her being on the flight? A. I don't remember the name. Q. Me showing you the flight isn't going to jog the memory? 3527-003 Page 88 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009763 EFTA00159570
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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 89 A. No. The name that would launch it first -- MR. CRITTON: Could I ask you a question? You have the original exhibit marked at the deposition. It looks like it's been highlighted. MR. EDWARDS: I highlighted it. MR. CRITTON: Oh, okay. So you've highlighted the original exhibit that's marked for the deposition? I just want the record to reflect that. MR. EDWARDS: Yeah. MR. CRITTON: Okay. Thank you. MR. EDWARDS: At the time I highlighted it I didn't realize I was holding on to the original exhibit. I didn't realize that until you just pointed that out. MR. CRITTON: I've noticed that. MR. EDWARDS: So now when I give it to you, I'm giving you my work product as well. I don't see how this works against you, but anyway. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Melissa Stall, is that a name that you remember? A. No. Q. Okay. And then Jean Luc Brunel is somebody who I noticed flew relatively frequently, so is that why 3527-003 Page 89 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009764 EFTA00159571
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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 90 you -- that name jogs your memory a little better than some of these other people? A. He dresses uniquely. Q. In what way? A. Just loud clothes, so something that you would remember, that's all. Q. Do you know his role in Jeffrey's life? A. No. Q. Ever heard that he is affiliated with Jeffrey Epstein because they both have a sexual attraction to underage girls? MR. CRITTON: Form. THE WITNESS: You're making an assumption on that. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Have you ever heard that? MR. REINHART: He's asked you if you ever heard that. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. If your answer is no, it's no. A. I'm sorry, I thought you said they did. No, I have not. Q. Okay. I keep highlighting this name, , just because it looks like somebody that's regularly flying on the airplane. But the more that you 3527-003 Page 90 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009765 EFTA00159572
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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 91 see her name, that doesn't change your opinion as to whether or not you remember her or what -- A. I remember the name, you know, that's all. Q. Do you remember about what age she was when she was flying on the airplane? A. No. Q. This could be somebody who is 50 years old or ten years old, for all you know? MR. CRITTON: Form. THE WITNESS: Yes. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Okay. A. I mean, I would only be guessing at an age. Q. Yeah, but I mean, you don't remember her at all. So you don't -- A. I remember the name, exactly. Q. Other than the name? A. Right, yes, sir. Q. But you can't even come close to putting a face with that name? A. I mean, no. I mean, if you said draw her picture with -- I couldn't come close to even getting it. Q. Okay. You remember this flight where President Clinton, Kevin Spacey and Chris Tucker, 3527-003 Page 91 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009766 EFTA00159573
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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 Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell? A. Yes. Q. From JFK to what is this, LPAZ? A. LPAZ, that is -- Q • South Africa or something? 92 A. No, it's the Azores Islands, Santa Maria. Q. Do you know the purpose of that trip? A. That was a fuel stop. Q. Okay. And do you know why Chris Tucker and Kevin Spacey were on that airplane? A. No. Q. Did you talk to them? A. They came up in the cockpit and said hello. So they conversed, nothing more. Q. Another name that is on here a few times, I'm specifically referring right now to the dates of September 23rd and 24th of 2002, is Ron Burkle. Do you <now who that is, Ron Burkle? A. I know what that is, yes. I didn't realize he was on our airplane. Q. Right now that is the first time that you remember Ron Burkle being on your airplane? A. Yeah. Q. You don't know the purpose for him being on that airplane? 3527-003 Page 92 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009767 EFTA00159574
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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 A. No. Granted, I'm seeing this for the first time, so I'm trying to -- Q. Let me ask you that. Because this was given to me at a deposition of Dave Rogers, who I understand was the chief pilot for Mr. Epstein, and now you're the cheap pilot, but you always kind of worked in tandem, correct? A. Sure; we complemented each other. Q. And you both worked for the same company that 93 flies Jeffrey Epstein's airplanes, right? A. Yes. Q. So I was of the presumption, which may have been -- I may have been misled here, or I may have, you know, misunderstood the purpose behind this book or how it was created. I thought that you had probably seen this before at some point in time? A. Oh, no. Q. Did you know that Dave Rogers was keeping this book? A. No. I know he keeps a pilot log book. Q. Okay. But you didn't know he was keeping the names of the people who were on the airplane? A. No. It's not required, so I mean, it's.. . Q. So today is the first time that you are learning that the names of the people that are on the 3527-003 Page 93 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009768 EFTA00159575
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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 94 airplane was kept by Dave Rogers? A. Yes, in his log book. Q. Okay. And it's my understanding when you fly back into the country through Customs, you have to report the people that are on the airplane, right? A. Yes. Q. And who would create that document or call that information into Customs? A. Whoever the captain was for the day. Q. At times would that be you? A. Yes. Q. Okay. And at times when you would come into the country with passengers -- well, not at times. Didn't you also have to report their date of birth? A. Sure. Q. At times weren't there also people that you would bring in from other countries into the United States that were under the age of 18? A. Yes. Q. And at some times those were flights that included Jean Luc Brunel and girls that were under the age of 18, right? MR. CRITTON: Form. THE WITNESS: I don't remember those flights. 3527-003 Page 94 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009769 EFTA00159576
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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 95 BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Okay. You don't remember which flights it would have been where there would have been girls under the age of 18? MR. CRITTON: Form. THE WITNESS: Well, I would have to look at the flight logs. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. It's not illegal to have somebody under the age of 18 on a flight anyway, right? A. No, not at all. Q. Were you ever aware that you, as pilot, were transporting girls under the age of 18 who were supposed to be models? MR. CRITTON: Form. THE WITNESS: I had no knowledge. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Okay. You never knew who the people on the airplane were, what their purpose was, their role with Jeffrey A. Q. A. Q. A. Epstein or Jean Luc Brunel? No. All right. Do you know No, I don't remember that name. I remember the name. 3527-003 Page 95 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009770 EFTA00159577
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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 96 Q. She flew frequently at least for a period of time. Do you remember that? A. Yes. Q. Is that somebody that you thought was familiar with the modeling industry or related to the modeling industry? A. No. Q. Okay. And these people, did Jeffrey Epstein ever tell you how he was associated with any of them? A. No. Q. Did you ever wonder how he was associated with any of them? A. No, never interested. Q. And on several of these -- on most of these, the names or initials of the people that are on the flight are listed. Do you know on the occasions where it lists generically two females or three females or six females, do you know why that was done? A. Just because we didn't know our -- the person's name. We tried to do the best we could to keep the records. Q. When you say "we tried to do the best that we could" -- A. Dave and I. Q. Okay. But the first time that you learned 3527-003 Page 96 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_0000977I EFTA00159578
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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 97 that he kept anybody's names was today, right? A. Well, I didn't know he kept them in his log book. We would fill out the passenger manifest as we're -- having passengers' names in your pilot log book, he's probably the only person in the world that does that. Q. Okay. A. So when you were mentioning putting the names down, when you said female or male, you know, I was referring to the passenger manifest. Q. For each of these same flights, then, that we're referring to out of this log book that was marked as Composite Exhibit 1 in Dave Rogers' deposition, am I understanding you correctly, then, there would also be a passenger manifest for each of these flights? A. Yes. Q. Now, where would I find the passenger manifest? Who keeps that documentation? A. Corporate -- our corporate office. Q. Which is whom? A. Up in New York, Darren Indyke. Q. At what corporation is that, though? A. NES, LLC, I guess. MR. REINHART: Do you know for sure? THE WITNESS: I don't know for sure. I mean, 3527-003 Page 97 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFFA_00009772 EFTA00159579
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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 when you say -- we would just send them up to New York. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Did you ever keep a copy of them? A. No. Q. Why did you keep a passenger manifest? 98 A. Just for tracking of -- to have the times on there for -- MR. REINHART: Can I confer with him on one thing before you ask a question? MR. EDWARDS: Yeah, yeah. (Off the record discussion.) MR. REINHART: Mr. Edwards, let him amend his prior answer. I think he misunderstood the question. MR. EDWARDS: I don't know what question we're amounting the answer to. MR. REINHART: Let me clarify this way: As the passenger manifests, they are corporate documents of either JEGE or Hyperion Air, whatever company owns the plane. Mr. Visoski has physical custody of them. He retains them but they're not his documents. They're the corporate documents. So they're not in New York. THE WITNESS: Those are the ones that I have 3527-003 Page 98 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009773 EFTA00159580
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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 99 at the airport office that I had turned into counsel that has the passenger names on them. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. Okay. A. It's called a passenger manifest. Q. Okay. MR. REINHART: Right. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. The passenger manifest, just so I understand exactly what that is, tell me. Tell me in your own words. A. It's departure time, the city, the landing time exactly and the passengers that would have been on that flight. Q. And at times on that passenger manifest would you list also generically female or male? A. Yes. That was the document I was referring to stating that if we didn't know a person, we did not go out of our way to find out a name. We just put in to account for how many people were on the aircraft at that time. Q. Who is currently in the custody or control -- sorry. Who currently maintains or has possession of the passenger manifest from 1998 through the present, through today for those airplanes that you flew related 3527-003 Page 99 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFFA_00009774 EFTA00159581
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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 25 100 to Jeffrey Epstein? A. I currently have, which counsel has now, 2005, I believe, until the present time. And the records previous to that I believe were turned into counsel with the previous investigation with Jack Goldberger's office, I believe. I believe they maintain those records. Q. When you say "turned into counsel," there are a lot of counsel involved here. A. Jack Goldberger's office, I believe. Q. When you say "the previous investigation," you're talking about the criminal investigation? A. Exactly, yes, sir. Q. And you're aware in that criminal investigation, obviously, that Jeffrey Epstein pled guilty to certain charges, correct? A. From what I read, yes. Q. Well, you did visit him in jail, right? A. Yes. We didn't talk about that. Q. Okay. You know in order to go to jail, though, you have to be convicted of some crime, right? MR. CRITTON: Form; argumentative. THE WITNESS: Yes. BY MR. EDWARDS: Q. It wasn't like he was visiting the jail and 3527-003 Page 100 of 227 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00009775 EFTA00159582