Epstein Records Show Subpoena Served In Connecticut After 2019 Arrest, DOJ Emails Reveal

CONNECTICUT — Federal investigators discussed serving subpoenas on 10 alleged co-conspirators shortly after the 2019 arrest of Jeffrey Epstein on sex trafficking charges, including one person in Connecticut, according to newly released Justice Department records.

The documents, released Tuesday, are part of roughly 30,000 files posted online under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which was enacted last month. Many of the records were heavily redacted.
An email dated July 7, 2019 — three days after Epstein’s arrest — shows an FBI official in the agency’s New York office asking about the “status of the 10 CO conspirators” in the case. The identities of the sender and recipient were redacted.

A response indicated that investigators had made contact, or were attempting to do so, with several individuals described as co-conspirators. The email referenced Ghislaine Maxwell, who was convicted of sex trafficking in 2021 and sentenced to 20 years in prison, as well as French model scout Jean-Luc Brunel and former Victoria’s Secret CEO Leslie Wexner.

Brunel, an Epstein associate suspected of trafficking girls, was found dead in a Paris prison cell in 2022. Wexner, a longtime Epstein benefactor, has said he severed ties with Epstein in 2007 and has denied knowledge of Epstein’s criminal conduct.

Another email, dated July 9, 2019, provided additional details, stating that six of the 10 alleged co-conspirators had been served with grand jury subpoenas. According to the message, three individuals were served in Florida, one in Boston, one in New York City and one in Connecticut.

“Of the 10 co-conspirators, 3 have been located in FL and served GJ subpoenas; 1 in Boston, 1 in NYC, and 1 in CT were located and served,” the email said. It added that four others had not yet been located, including one described as a wealthy businessman in Ohio.

The same email noted that teams of federal agents and prosecutors planned to conduct interviews with approximately 25 victims across Florida.

The records do not identify the individual served with a subpoena in Connecticut, and no one in the state has been publicly named by law enforcement as part of Epstein’s trafficking network.

Following the release of the documents, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer of New York called on the Justice Department to provide additional details about the individuals investigated as possible co-conspirators.

“Buried in the Epstein files is an email disclosing the Department of Justice was looking into at least 10 possible Jeffrey Epstein co-conspirators,” Schumer said in a statement. “The Department of Justice needs to shed more light on who was on the list, how they were involved, and why they chose not to prosecute.”

Separately, Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut last week criticized the Justice Department after it missed a Dec. 19 deadline to release all remaining Epstein-related files. In a statement, Blumenthal called for an audit of the department’s handling of the records.

"The reason that we are seeing any of this material is because the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s horrific crimes have been so courageous & steadfast—& that’s also why releasing an incomplete selection of the files is so offensive & utterly unacceptable," Blumenthal posted on X.

Justice Department officials have said the review process has been slowed by efforts to redact sensitive information to protect victims of Epstein’s abuse.