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50D-NY-3027571 Serial 642 -1 of 5 - FD•302(Iter.54.10) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION nmeofewn 09/17/2021 was interviewed over video conference. Present for the interview was Assistant United States Attorneys and along with Special Agent After being advised of the identity of the above listed individuals and the nature of the interview, provided the following information: was contacted by private investigators from the defense team; they sat on his porch for a bit and talked. As of the date of this interview, was retired and living in North Carolina. Prior to his retirement was a fundraiser. worked in theatre in Baltimore. has worked in DC for Academic Travel Abroad and for the Mountain Institution. (Agent Note: At this point in the interview, the interviewing team was made aware that AMBROSE's wife was present in the room.) pent his whole career in fundraising. worked with National Parks. worked at INTERLOCHEN. From 1990-1999, AMBROSE was the Vice President of Advancement. His duties included public relations, fundraising, marketing, and alumni relations. was based in Michigan at the time. There was a staff of about 20 people in which managed the department, including senior fundraiser, secretaries, and employees. interacted with major donors. Major donors gave a gift of approximately $5000 or $10,000. interacted with JEFFREY EPSTEIN. Around 1991 or 1992 AMBROSE was contacted by an alumna that lived in New York and was involved in a dance organization in New York. AMBROSE did not remember her name. This alumna had met EPSTEIN and he was interested in invomptiomon 06/02/2021 New York, New York, United States (, Other (Video)) File" 500-NY-3027571 Datedrafted 09/08/2021 by This tkicument contains neither recommendations nor COCICiUNI011$ of the FBI. II is the property of the FBI and IM1loaned to your agency. II and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. 3501.478-001 Page 1 of5 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00095534 EFTA01249911 FD•302a (Rev. 5-8-10) SOD-NY-3027571 Serial 642 500-NY-3027571 Communion of FD•302 of CU) Interview of On 06/02/2021 ,per 2 of 5 supporting INTERLOCHEN. EPSTEIN offered to host an event at his office and/or his house in Manhattan. met EPSTEIN to talk about this event in New York in the winter time; there was snow on the ground. and EPSTEIN talked; EPSTEIN wanted to host an event and said he would cover all costs for the event, including food, etc. EPSTEIN and would be in touch about setting up a date. met EPSTEIN on the INTERLOCHEN campus once. EPSTEIN was interested in knowing where INTERLOCHEN was going financially. recalled EPSTEIN hosting another event at his office. MIKE WALLACE was an alumani. They wanted to recognize him as an alumnai. EPSTEIN hosted an event for him. There was a phone conversation that had with EPSTEIN set up through MAXWELL to build a log cabin on INTERLOCHEN's property. It would be to have guests and parents stay at the property. They upgraded for visitors who performed. EPSTEIN says he is interested in supporting and asked how he could help. INTERLOCHEN wanted a 2-4 family facility. EPSTEIN sent his architect plans. MAXWELL calls on multiple occasions telling them what EPSTEIN wanted to do. EPSTEIN wanted to build a log cabin. MAXWELL tells them details of what he wants and says it has to be handicap accessible. EPSTEIN flew in a performer that was handicap. MAXWELL was the gate keeper for EPSTEIN. You had to go through MAXWELL to make an appointment or to visit EPSTEIN. There were phone calls back and forth between and MAXWELL then EPSTEIN would eventually agree on the plans. EPSTEIN sends a check and they build the cabin. meets with EPSTEIN prior to building the cabin then about once or twice after that. EPSTEIN stayed in the cabin a few times. MAXWELL gave instructions on what he needed to eat and what to have ready on the property. would get flower for the cabin. would wait for his arrival but sometimes he would be late and would not see him. 3501.478-001 Pgge2of5 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00095535 EFTA01249912 F0.302a (Rev. 5-8-10) SOD-NY-3027571 Serial 642 500-NY-3027571 Continuation of FD-302 of (0) Interview of ,On 06/02/2021 ,per 3 of 5 MAXWELL was there at least 2 times. does no specifically remember the first occasion. MAXWELL was his right hand man always taking care of his accommodations. The campus was open all year long but summer time was the popular time to visit. MAXWELL and EPSTEIN had to visit between June 1 - August 15. They let EPSTEIN come and stay 2 weeks a year at his request because of his donations. MAXWELL calls and requests a time and date to come. would arrange his arrival and his food for the cabin. MAXWELL and EPSTEIN would come and stay. There are about 100 buildings on the campus and its an open campus. There was always a music performance going on and very much a public place. EPSTEIN's cabin was segregated away from the main campus. The main campus consisted of classrooms, a small hotel, a cafeteria, student housing and a performance site. The junior boys camp is across the street. About a quarter to half a mile down the road are more visitors lodges where EPSTEIN's lodge was located. ***Agent note: At this point prosecutors share their screen with to show him several documents. These documents are attached in a 1A. states the following after reviewing each document. **** Page 1 (11/12/1993): "That's me and that's my signature". does not remember sending this letter and says he sent a lot of letters to their donors. This letter is agreeing that the lodge will be handicap accessible. states that's probably the first gift. Page 2 (7/27/1993): PEARLMAN coming to campus. Corresponds to EPSTEIN's interest in the place being barrier free. did see him this summer and remembers meeting with him but is not sure if MAXWELL was there. Page 3 (12/29/1993): Memorandum, don't remember but possibly because they received a check. That $15K+$185K would round up to $200K sounds like a 3501.478-001 Pgge3of5 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00095536 EFTA01249913 F0.3022 (Rev. 5-8-10) SOD-NY-3027571 Serial 642 500-NY-3027571 Convention of FD•302 (U) Interview of 06/02/2021 ,rage 4 of 5 wonderful gift. Page 4 (11/10/1993): does not recognize. would have just looked at the document and filed. Page 5-6 (2/9/1994): $200K for the new lodge (the 15K + 185K). does not remember this letter. does not have a memory of when the lodge was created. notes the 2 weeks of use paragraph). They were going to make a scholarship from the income that they received from the lodge called "The Jeffrey E. Epstein Scholarshi ". had invited EPSTEIN to stay at the cabin that summer. references a concert. PEARLMAN would have performance a concert in August. EPSTEIN flew him in prior to the lodge being built and then again after. Page 7 (12/23/1994): remembered something about that. There was a financial envelope with a bank or Wall Street thing there and included in the package. invited EPSTEIN back to campus. did not recall whose financial information. Most of the communication was through MAXWELL. Many times MAXWELL was the gatekeeper. This was probably why AMBROSE sent this to her. d id not recall EPSTEIN scholarship students. The private investigator that contacted AMBROSE showed him documents and then AMBROSE remembered. 'I'll'. recalled a young lady they acknowledged that was receiving a gift - receiving the Jeffrey Epstein scholarship. People approached saying they were sponsoring a certain individual. INTERLOCHEN would not accept gifts to offset someone attending. This was so INTERLOCHEN was not put at risk. hought EPSTEIN approached to put money towards a student. position was to always say no. read that EPSTEIN had sponsored students. The scholarship office was a separate office; this was not through office. The business office would handle EPSTEIN's payments for students. PAT KESSEL was the one who would have handled this. When grandparents would want to make contributions to go towards a student, told them they had to go to IIIIIII the business office. AMBROSE's conversations with EPSTEIN were very business like; EPSTEIN was 3501.478-001 Page 4 of 5 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA_00095537 EFTA01249914 FD•302a (Rev. 54-10) SOD-NY-3027571 Serial 642 500—NY-3027571 Continuation of FD•302 of CU) Interview of On 06/02/2021 ,page 5 of 5 a very abrupt individual. IIIIIIII was sure there were records at INTERLOCHEN for the timeframe regarding EPSTEIN's lodge. In retrospect, recalled asking about their (EPSTEIN and MAXWELL) visit regarding how much bread, cheese, etcetera to get. MAXWELL told him that she, EPSTEIN, and their personal masseuse was coming. remembered getting a big bouquet of flowers to put in the lodge. remembered looking for a vase to put them in and had to run out to get one. This was the summer time. EPSTEIN's lodge was separate from campus; people would not see others coming and going. 3501.478-001 Page 5 of 5 SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7, 8, 9, 10, 15, and 17 EFTA 00095538 EFTA01249915