10 11 12 13 18 19 20 21 22 DIGITALLY RECORDED SWORN STATEMENT OF OIG CASE #: 2019-010614 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL AUGUST 5, 2021 RESOLUTE DOCUMENTATION SERVICES 28632 Roadside Drive, Suite 285 A ra Hills, CA 91301 e: EFTA00111434

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LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 1 APPEARANC 3 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL co wo i=) 2 OTHER APPEARANCES: 3 NONE oO co EFTA00111435

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LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 3 1 MR. Ee : The recorder is on. My 2 name is | a. and I am a senior U.S. Department of Ww n ve] o is] pb wu bh fw Q oO 5 ct + + a ct a i) 4 Justice, Office of the Inspector General. New 5 York Field Office. And these are my 8 MR. a : This interview with wo i=) nN ive) Fs) Is being conducted as 4 part of an official U.S. Department of Justice, 5 Office of the Inspector General, D¢ oO investigation. Today’s date is Augu it) 5 90271 st 5, 2021, 7 and the time is 12:59 p.m. s interview is 8 being conducted at the Metropolitan 9 Correctional Center, or MCC, located in New DC 21 Special Agent | a. This interview 22 will be recorded by me, SSA | a. bh 07) 23 Could everyone plea identify themselves for 24 the record, and spell your last name? To start, 25 again, I am DOJ/OIG EFTA00111436

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LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 4 Agent mn) wu a] 0) =| oO io ioe) oO Thank you. And oo vestigation into wo »stein, and the oluntarily prov 2 questions. Will you agree to a voluntar 23 interview with the DO we’re just EFTA00111437

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LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 going to read this form. It’s just in regards to voluntary interviews. Everybody that, you know, gets these. United States Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General, Warnings and Assurances to Employee Requested to Provide Information on a Voluntary Basis. “You are being asked to provide information as part of an investigation being conducted by the Office of the Inspector General. This investigation is being conducted pursuant to the Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended. This investigation pertains to job performance failure and security failure. This is a voluntary interview. Accordingly, you do not have to answer questions. No disciplinary action will be taken against you if you choose not to answer questions. Any statements you furnish may be used as evidence in any future criminal proceedings, or agency disciplinary proceedings, or both.” And the waiver section says, "I understand the Warnings and Assurances stated above and I am willing to make a statement and answer questions. MS. a: Okay. MR. a : No promises or threats EFTA00111438

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LIMITED OFFICIAL USE on 1 have been made to me, and no pressure or 2 coercion of any kind has been used against me.” 3 So, you can take a second, if you want, to 4 review it. I did just read it verbatim, but -- 5 MS. aa: That’s okay. 6 MR. a : -- it says employee 7 signature there, if you agree, and then, 8 employee’s name, and just print right down 9 there. 10 Ms. QR: Okay. 11 MR. Ee : And then, we can fill out 2 the rest of the form. 3 MS. aa: Do you have a pen? 4 (Indiscernible *00:02:51) opposite. 15 MR. a : Thank you very much for 16 signing. This is, again, | FY and 7 T I am signing as the signature of the Office of 8 the Inspector General, Special Agent. Now I'm 9 printing my name. I'm writing in the time as 20 1:00 p.m. And it is again -- 21 MR. ae: August 5th. 22 MR. QJ: | -- 08/5/2021. at mcc, New 23 York. Special Agent FY a. could you EFTA00111439

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LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 7 1 MR. Ee : -- as the witness, and 2 print your name, please. MR. ae : This is | a. I'm 4 signing as simply witness. MR. a : Did you understand that ies) w 6 form? 4 8 Do you understand 9 v2? 9 y? 10 yeah, yeah. You could stop 2 3 4 You don’t have to 5 our questions. Before starting, I’d like to 16 place you under oath. Ms. a. can you raise your right hand? Do you swear to Les] rt iu) be bh the truth and nothing but the truth during 9 this interview? 20 Ms. BR: v 21 MR. ae : Thank you. Please let me 22 know if you don’t understand any of my o o 23 questions, and I’1l rephrase or ask ina 24 different way. EFTA00111440

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LIMITED OFFICIAL 1 MR. MJ: 39 what is 4 MR. a : And where is that? what is your date of birth? current home Oo) 12 MR. a : And what is your current 13 cell phone number? I J = H im 0) t ss) a Coll 21 MR. a : What college? Criminal law. ine] o in oO ho N = oO 5 Oo 1) 25 MR. a : And criminal law? EFTA00111441

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LIMITED ies) w co io ioe) co OFFICIAL USE where is Monroe College located? A Jerome, 2008? Yeah. One of those two. that down bec It’s in the Bronx. At Fordham. t Fordham? yeah. When did So, I'm going to turn think that’s ing to pick - hear what you’re saying - up. MR. EFTA00111442

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LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 10 1 2008 is when you think you finished? MR. a : What did you do prior 4 working for the B¢ A U ies) ct i?) wi th What do you mean? 6 MR. a : Did you have an 7 employment prior to working for the 8 MS. a: Oh, no. 10 like, your first job? 1 a: Oh. Well, I was working at 2 like, with makeup 3 5 after that, this 16 7 Do you have any 8 military service? 21 with the Federal Bureau of Prisons? 23 MR. a : How many? 24 MS. aa: But, like, how long I’ve been EFTA00111443

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LIMITED ies) w oO wo i=) N ive) oO co No Nm No ion) OFFICIAL USE 11 Wo Mm-hmm. And do you remember your December 7, 2008. Okay. And do you remember when you graduated from BOP training? Like, the year? MS. aa: I know it was in March because it was Irish, and I went to bar. And that’s w all I can remember. that’s '09, yeah, about March MR. ae : And what is your - again - your current position with the BO MS. aa: I'm a general maintenance. MR. Ee : And what does that MS. ia: General maintenance, we work, some of us, we do floors, walls, do maintenance plumbing, painting, you name it. EFTA00111444

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LIMITED ies) w fos) ive) oO oo OFFICIAL USE 12 MR. Ee : So, basically -- MS. a: A little bit of everything. MR. a : -- almost a description. n the MS. JM: yeah. My boss is calling me. MR. a : You know, by the title, general maintenance, any general Maintenance o Ph So, the maintenance of And are you familiar with MS. ia: I don’t recall. MR. ae : Yes. Do you know if he was housed at the MCC in July and August of July and August. Okay. And what in July and August of 2019? position at the MCC MS. a: The same position. EFTA00111445

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LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 13 1 (Indiscernible MR. a : The same position. MS. ies) 5 you been in that position? 6 MS. a: I’ve been in this 7 this is 2021 - I got promoted to that in 8 February. I don’t remember the It’s 9 February 12th to the 19th. 12 MR. QM: -- cight before th c Ww = K i) o 14 MR. ae : What was your position c co = oO ini ny } 5 Q MH oO R t J 0) Mh fu a } bt bh rt a 19 department. 21 promotion. What is your grade level? EFTA00111446

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LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 14 1 five? 2 MS. a: Yes. Eight. Step five. ies) a Okay. Did you have any 4 interactions or involvement with Epstein during Ww a PB. uw w ct w wu ct ct za oO 7 MR. a : No. Did you even see 8 him? 9 MS. aa: I did see him. But, you know, 10 not see him close by, but probably if I dida 1 job in Nine South, but other than that, no. like, speak with him -- 5 MR. a : -- or say hello or you didn't, ive) 16 anything? So, when where 7 would you have seen him at? Sorry. 8 MS. aa: On Nine That’s the only 9 place -- 20 MR. QJ: 0h, Nine South. 22 MR. ae : I'm sorry. I wasn’t sure EFTA00111447

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LIMITED co wo co OFFICIAL USE 15 MR. a : Okay. © you know if you worked at the MCC on August 9th and 10th of MR. a : If you worked at the MCC. was found in a cell. MS. a: I don’t recall if I worked that Friday, but I know for sure, August 10th, that Saturday, I did not work. MS. ia: Those are my off days. MR. ae : But would you have typically worked on the Fridays? Monday through Friday? Monday through Friday. MR. ae : Okay. So, do you believe you probably worked on that Friday? MS. aa: Yeah, I probably worked. Sth. Okay. EFTA00111448

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LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 16 1 And during that time, do you remember what your 2 duties and responsibilities would have been, if ies) you acting 5 don’t recall if I was acting 6 ay, for Mr. a. my boss. if I did. If he was here fos) ° be Ww Fs) And what was your 14 position? What sition? I'm sorry. 17 Okay. Is he one who also 20 works ant from EFTA00111449

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LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 17 w ~] wo 10 11 “I will be out of the office on Monday, August 5th through Friday, August 9th. I will have limited phone and email access. Acting for me MS. QJ: 9 Mm-hon. MR. QJ: -- on Monday, 8/5, and ” Tuesday, 8/6, and she can be reached at - And then, it says a phone number. “And/or via radio track four. Wednesday through Friday, Mr. QR GMM: «(Phonetic Sp. *00:09:10) will be acting, and he can be reached at -”. It says a phone number. “And/or track four, via ” a] adio. So, it doesn't say that you were acting for him, but do you remember, at all, acting for him on that Monday and Tuesday of 8/5 and 8/6, by chance? MS. BR: No. MR. SR: 30? MS. a: I don’t remember anything like that. MR. a : And would you act regularly for Mr. a. back then? MS. Ha: Yes. MR. a : Yes. Okay. And do you have any reason to believe you were not acting EFTA00111450

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LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 18 w ~] ive) for him? MS. Ha: That was two years ago. I don’t really -- MR. QJ: 0h, absolutely. MS. Ha: -- remember that. I mean, you know, if I did, I would be, like, yes, I did, but I don’t remember. MR. a : Sure. MS. i: Almost receiving the emails, or MR. Ee : And I don’t expect you to. Here, just so you know that -- MS. a: Thank you. MR. ae : -- you could look at it just to make sure. Maybe that will help jog m your memory. When you’re an acting for Mr. WM. specifically back in August, what would that mean? What was your duties and responsibilities be for when you’re acting for him? MS. a: So, it will be, like, any ca i] e of an emergency. Especially plumbing, that we have, a lot of plumbing situation, the whole entire building. Everybody calls for a. | is not here. I'm the one that responds, EFTA00111451

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LIMITED ies) w oO wo i=) N ive) oO co wo No Nm No ion) and I have my other foremans. I will do the work. They do the work. So, we'll work together. MS. aa: Anything that happens. Like, 5 So, emergencies -- MS. || : You know? MR. a : -- with regards to | K 0) 1) MS. aa: It’s a facility only. ’ o fs] MR. Ee : Right. Okay. So, would if there were problems with the ct J 0] Qa wu a 0) ini a] n | 0 wu 3 oO al wu e - would that fall under your purview, when you were acting as the faciliti MS. QM: well, if 1 was a problem, situation with cameras, yes. MS. a: But, of course, I would acting, there definitely call my executive, then. You know, and ask them to, whatever situation, but at wo Manager? EFTA00111452

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LIMITED ioe) w io ioe) its) OFFICIAL USE 20 that being, I never had a situation with cameras. wu MR. MS. Since I’ve been, like, if I act. I don't know. I do recall tt had a situation -- MR. MR. a : And what was his MS. a: His position is a Comtech. problem with the phones, radios, or cameras -— EFTA00111453

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LIMITED ies) w co io ioe) co OFFICIAL USE 21 MS. a: Well, he works with the Okay. Are you aware that the cameras were not working properly within 10th of 2019? MR. Ee : Oh, you don’t even know - MR. Ee : -- that now? in the news. No. MS. ia: Telemundo? No. | would have been ras if th onsible for fixing the cam down? oO EFTA00111454

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LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 22 1 MS. i: Well, he does fix the -. You 2 know, he works with the cameras. So, I believe 3 he will be, you know, responsible for - not - a 4 responsible - he works with the cameras, so -. A n 5 MR. a : Yeah. Well, if he wasn’t 6 responsible, who would be responsible? 7 MS. a: That would be -. If they went down, who co Fs) wo would fix them? MS. RJ: It would be 3g. 11 MR. QJ: Okay. i=) 2 MS. a: But if there’s something more 3 than that, then our manager will make an 4 executive decision where, if we need 15 contracting or any I'm not too sure. 16 MR. Ee : And who would be the 7 manager? 9 MR. Ee : Okay. So, if you’re 20 acting for him, and you said that if something 21 happened, you would report it up, who would be 22 that manager? 23 MS. a: Oh, who will be my AW, at that 25 MR. a : Okay. Would that be an EFTA00111455

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LIMITED ioe) io ioe) oO oo 19 OFFICIAL USE AW that you would -- vR. a: = - 0) n - report to? MS. ia: I would definitely. make any decisions like VR. a: ts directl a: Mm-hmm. that time? In August of MS. MR. MR. MS. With us don’t think BJ -. 1 a. and there that, bi y to nd who wo uld 2019. Would ith ’s the other one? There was gins with a anott ho EFTA00111456

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LIMITED No No iN ies) w co ioe) co © ion) OFFICIAL USE MR. a : So, she wouldn’t have I got in MS. a: And that’s it. if a problem was to have occurred with the Vy. Fair enough. So, re were any probl with the cameras ou were, at all, in August of technician, or a coms tech, | a. trician have reported that to y- But you’re unaware EFTA00111457

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LIMITED ies) w co ioe) co OFFICIAL USE 25 MS. i: No. I did not have any conversation with anyone about no cameras. No. MR. a : So, and you’re position he never brought -- MR. a : -- that to your -. And if he did, you know, not to we problem, who would have he informed, if Mr. and he didn't report it to him? The higher ups. The AWs. All right. MS. ia: -- that we would go to. wouldn’t hav reported it Ms. FM: 9oIf he what? MR. ae : So, if there were a EFTA00111458

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LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 26 w ~] wo 10 11 MS. Ha: He would report it to us. MR. a : Would he report it to you, or he would go directly to the AW? MS. Ha: He would probably - yeah - he will go to me and the AW. Like, he’s a communicator. He’s like that. MR. a : So, if he’s saying that there were problems with the cameras, and he did report it up, but he didn't report it to you? MS. a: No. That day, I don’t - no - I don’t remember anything having -. MR. ae : Or the - yeah. I know you were the Sth and 6th, and what I'm talking about was more, like, the 8th and 9th. MS. QR: 0h, well, MR. a : But during, earlier that week, when you were acting, I'm just wondering, 7] oOo, no. that maybe he report it to you? And you’re certain of that? MS. Ha: I'm positive. MR. QJ: Okay. MS. a: I’ve never dealt with any type of problems. EFTA00111459

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LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 27 1 MR. Ee : Do you know anything 2 about Mr. | being sent home on August 93th, Ww ie) o = io | | -- knowing that the w 3) 6 cameras were not working properly? 7 MS. i: No. I don't. 8 MR. a : No. Do you know anything 9 about if ma was instructed on August 9th, 10 2019 to -- 11 MS. ER: No. -- fix the cameras the nN 5 ive) a 2019, when he if following day, on Augus 4 reported to work? don’t know t oO Fs) wo is) le Oo Cc thing about that? Hmm-mm 9 MR. Ee : What is your thoughts, if if Mr. co U that was what was to have hap 21 | knew - and if you were acting, 22 point, and this is now theoretical - if you 23 were the acting supervisor, and Mr. | knew 24 that cameras went down August 93th, half the 25 cameras including all of the EFTA00111460

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LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 28 1 cameras in the SHU, or just about all the 2 cameras in the SHU, were not recording, what 3 should have he done? 4 MS. a: Well, I know for a fact, if 5 there was any type of deficiency or anything 6 with the cameras, he would definitely report 7 that. I don't know. He would speak to the 8 manager in regards to that. wo F 10 were never aware that any cameras weren’t 11 working? 2 Ms. I: No. No. 3 MR. a : I mean, should have he 4 fixed it on the spot? 15 MS. a: I mean, I don't know if it was 16 broken or not. So -- 7 What -. 8 if I wasn’t aware of that. 9 No, no, no. I'm saying, 20 if - - so, the cameras -- 21 ay 22 -- were broken. They 23 were not recording. 24 aa: Okay. EFTA00111461

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LIMITED OFFICIAL USE ho wo 1 responsible for them. ies) a So, we’re trying to 4 figure out what course of action should have he w taken? He should have reported it up. Should 6 have he fixed -? Should have he left the institution without fixing them? 8 MS. a: No. Of course not. Oo a ~ wu 10 a: But my thing is, I didn't know 11 that there was a camera Ww N mo 9) o 1 oe | ' o n e) fc rt o t tet 5 saying -- 16 MS ia: -- if he had an issue, he 7 you know, what to do. So, I can't 8 answer for him. wo a3 But you can answer as an 21 MS. a: Absolutely. 22 MR. ae : -- manager. That’s what 25 MR. a : -- what I'm asking you -- EFTA00111462

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LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 1 ms. QE: Absolutely. wo oO 2 MR. a : -- is, again, you weren’t 3 acting those days. What I'm asking you -- 4 Ms. QR: No. 5 MR. a : -- is, as someone who has 6 acted in that position, what should have he 7 done? So, he’s already said he knew it. He 8 went home. 9 MS i: I don't know if he said that. 10 MR. a : No, no, no. I'm telling 11 you. 12 MS. a: Oh, okay, okay. I'm, like, I 3 don’t know. 4 MR. ae : But he’s saying that he 15 did report it to a manager, and they said that 16 to leave and fix it the following day. 17 However, we haven't talked to any managers that 8 he’s told. So, that’s where I'm trying to 9 figure out -- 20 MS. QBN: 0h, okay. 21 MR. a : -- who would have he 22 reported that information to. Because he can't 23 remember what manager it was. 24 MS a: Like, we only got two managers. 25 One manager and one supervisor. And that would EFTA00111463

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LIMITED OFFICIAL Mr. QJ (Phonetic Sp. *00:17: Oo w ot) oO oo c o time. MR. a : So, and that’s it, and MR. a : -- and that -- MS. a: -- (Indiscernible *00:17:15). ) and Mr. 31 Q to you? MR. a : And you definitely -- MS. a: I don’t remember tt MR. QJ: --s Gidn't tell him -- Ms. QE: 9 No. MR. a : -- come back the EFTA00111464

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LIMITED ies) w fos) Ww oo OFFICIAL USE Okay. And who had acces to the camera system? In August of 2019, I don’t know. Leading up to it. Not myself. You didn't even have -. have Do you know someone them offline? I have no idea. know if MR. a : No. Do you know if | could have intentionally t cameras offline? the if] EFTA00111465

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LIMITED ies) w ive) w oO co OFFICIAL you’re saying? No. believe that anyone cameras offline, or were taken to correct cameras going down? - there’s a new camera If Id new camera sy I know you don’ So, you know prior to Do you know the problem you know system int o know that know there’s t even anythin that he MCC? there’s if there is Wo ios) know, Gg 10th, a we have new EFTA00111466

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LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 34 1 MR. Ee : And do you know when that 2 occurred? And the new camera Months WwW = w ies) ct + b 1) Sure. And ° i with the docume t ioe) a a] -- go down, o 15 16 MR. Ee : Who would be in charge of c fee) 7) . ct fu rt be oO 5 It will be my manager. 21 MR . : Okay. If the camera eeded replacing, who would be in the know? 25 MR. a : The comtechs. And then, EFTA00111467

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LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 35 Ww w wo Ww No e ° wo i) b No MS. a: And then, Mr. a. MR. a : And then, who? ty 3 on ct J @ o t > 1) : i] wu ] Q Bb ct ite] Oo ni] nw MR. a : The warden. MS. i: -- and up and up. MR. a : Oh, okay. And what about the captain? Is he leading up to -- MR. a : -- August 10th? MS. ia: I don't know. MR. ae : You’re not aware. What are Mr. FY responsibilities as the new camera system, MS. ia: Other than that, I'm not sure EFTA00111468

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LIMITED OFFICIAL USE Ww C 1 that the cameras were offline, and then he went 2 home, and the plan was to fix it the next day? ies) MS. aa: I don’t know. I don't know. 4 MR. a : You don't know. Okay. Vhat is your understanding of what happened to w oO on August 9th and 10th of 2019? 7 MS. i: Well, I don't know, he hanged wo F a : He hung himself? Yeah. 11 MR. Ee : Is it your understanding died from hanging within the MCC? t o mn N ct S a] rt a 0) ive) Hi w ecause of MCC. 5 Is it your understanding 5 that Mr. Epstein died from hanging within the oO 7 MS. QM: I don't know. a : You don’t even know? aa: I don’t even know. 20 MR. QJ: So, you said that you 21 thought he hung himself. Lee) 5 its] n 22 MS. ia: That’s what -- 23 MR. a : So, can you expand on 24 that, then? Where -- 25 MS. a: -- that’s what the media said. EFTA00111469

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LIMITED OFFICIAL USE Ww s w io t ioe) a) 15 its) spoke abo MS. ho i) b MR. No th where did he hang died know said he died here. I don't know. But didn't hear you MM: -- no, no. a: You know, the MCC? No on mo oO 0 H Huh-uh. Really? I'm just -. everybody, but no, about, EFTA00111470

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LIMITED ies) fos) wo Ww fee) OFFICIAL USE MS. profile MS. MS. MR. MS. MR. MR. someone MS. MR. Lo [oe the high killed hi a: -- of course, that? ike All right. with regard to any suspicious y that occurred on August 9th or 10th of leading up to the disc y of Epstein in What do you know about You don’t know anything? assisting with taking Eps What do know you lif o No. You don’t know anything? EFTA00111471

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LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 39 Ww a p wn o 5 bh pb + Oo 7 alone in taking his own life? 8 MS. a: If he was alone? 1 MR. Ee : So, you’re not sure? 3 MR. a : And that’s totally fine 21 MS. a: I don't know. It’s, 22 the hell, to see if he did. I don't know what ust, it’s all over the media, 25 MR. a : Did you have any EFTA00111472

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LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 40 1 involvement with Epstein’s death? 2 MS. QE: No. Ww a] rs) 12) you know what would s death? That is, what w wf aQ ct bh ° 5 ifs) o a i?) i] pb a. = my a ion o oO o taken to prevent his 7 MS. i: I don't know. 8 MR. a : You don’t -- wo RB th ~ i) 10 MR. a : -- you don't know. Were 11 you ever a correctional officer? No. N ive) Fs) No. Okay. And when you 4 came with the BOP, what did you start as? 5 MS. a: I started as a unit t MR. Ee : And what does that mean? 7 MS. a: Unit team are, like, we have oO co counselors, case managers, secretaries. That t 9 what I used to do, is a unit secretary. Case 20 managers. Unit managers and stuf 21 with the inmates. You know? No N 5 Okay. 23 MS. a: And taking care of them. No 5 So, not, like, watching No w over the cells or doing cell searches, or EFTA00111473

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LIMITED ies) w co io ioe) co OFFICIAL USE counts, or anything like that? MS. a: No, no, no, no, no. Oh, like, what -- MR. a : Or rounds. aa: -- as an officer, like, how all their rounds and stuff like , MR. you’ve never worked MS. ia: -- work in custody at all. 41 EFTA00111474

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LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 42 w ~] 10 11 12 18 19 20 last question that I have for you. What are some of the systematic problems inside the MCC? And specifically, the SHU that allowed for Epstein to die. MS. Ha: Don't know. MR. a : Okay. Do you have any more? MR. a: Yeah. You mentioned that Mr. | was a communicator. Doesn't it mean, like, if there were any issues or anything that came up, he would actually address it with the supervisor? MS. a: Yeah. He will. MR. a: Okay. Has he ever come to you with any issues? Ms. FRR: No. MR. a: Now, if | did come to you during that week - just a hypothetical -- MS. QR: Mm-hom. MR. QJ: 9 -- if he did come to you that week, saying, hey, listen, the cameras are down, what would you have told him to do? MS. Ha: I would speak to my AW, the warden, the president, and everybody, we’re fixing this situation. EFTA00111475

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LIMITED ies) w co ive) oO co OFFICIAL USE 43 MR. a: And you would have told him to fix it before he went home? in August of 2019, right? there was that you were referring -? fe) = rt a oO HK ) Bb o H don’t recall if he got hired on wu QO ct a o a MR. person? MS. MR. 5 And oh, because we showed you this, do you mind just initialing and dating it? EFTA00111476

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LIMITED ies) w oO wo i=) N ive) oO co wo No Nm No ion) OFFICIAL USE 44 MR. a : It’s not certifying the accuracy. It’s just to say that -- Right here? MR. a : -- that’s what we -? Yeah. That would be great. That’s just -- Initial? -- the email. Yes, bear with me. Okay. If you could just We were just provided this documentation. So, we just wanted you to - before we say done, I want to see what this says. What is a MS. aa: CSM? Correctional System Management. Okay. And I'm going to just read this to you. So, this is from when I guess, has a problem, back EFTA00111477

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LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 45 uw ~] 10 11 12 18 19 20 21 22 MR. Ee : -- in the day, they would contact the contractor, and then, they would report what was relayed. MR. a : So, maybe you might be able to help fill in the blanks here. It says, yo | called us on Thursday, August 8th, stating that he had two bad drives on his raid, until” - or, sorry, “unit, of the NICE Vision Pro Unit NVR. We advised him to get replacement drives. Once they are replaced, they should start to initialize, to become available for the raid array. | did not have drives readily available. He checked with his local CSM to see if they had any spare replacement drives.” So, do you know what the local CSM would mean? MR. Ee : Do you think that may be MS. a: CSM? No. That’s probably something on their behalf. I don’t -. MR. a : Okay. “Once he located replacement drives on Friday, August 9th, he did not have access to the DVR room to replace EFTA00111478

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LIMITED OFFICIAL USE 49 1 CERTIFICATE 2 I hereby certify that the foregoing pages 3 represent an accurate transcript of the 4 electronic sound recording of the proceedings 5 before the Department of Justice, Office of the 6 Inspector General in the matter of: 8 Interview of 3 10 : 11 Brcaren (ose OCCT 12 Brianna Rose Burton, Transcriber 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 EFTA00111482