"emails, text messages, and investigative records show that Epstein cultivated friendships with several officers, entertaining them on his island and offering to take them for whale-watching trips in his helicopter. He even brought one cannolis for Christmas Eve. In turn, Epstein would bring certain officers his complaints about his treatment at the hands of other CBP and federal agents. Most of the interactions described in the records occurred years after Epstein pleaded guilty to charges of sex crimes in Florida in 2008."
"The CBP officers were never charged for any crimes related to Epstein, and at least one later retired from the agency with a pension, suggesting that the government ultimately didn't find any wrongdoing. The documents do, though, describe patterns of behavior-two of the officers referred to Epstein as a "friend"-that one government ethics expert described as inappropriate and possible violations of federal guidance."
Federal prosecutors and law enforcement spent over a year examining ties between Jeffrey Epstein and Customs and Border Protection officers stationed in the US Virgin Islands. Records of emails, texts, and investigative materials show Epstein entertained officers on his island, offered helicopter whale-watching trips, and brought personal gifts while sharing complaints about other agents. Most interactions occurred years after Epstein's 2008 guilty plea. The officers were not charged and at least one retired with a pension, though documents describe behavior deemed inappropriate by a government ethics expert and include grand jury subpoenas seeking financial records in a fraud-conspiracy probe. Epstein allegedly transported women and girls, some as young as 12, to Little Saint James and frequently flew in and out of the USVI on his private jet.
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