E. Nesbitt Kuyrkendall

FBI Special Agent assigned to the West Palm Beach Resident Agency of the FBI Miami Field Office. Lead case agent on Operation Leap Year (case 31E-MM-108062), the federal investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking operation, opened July 2006 at the request of the Palm Beach Police Department. Partnered with SA Jason Richards under the supervision of SSA Julio Quinones. Worked closely with AUSA A. Marie Villafana of the Southern District of Florida. Kuyrkendall conducted victim interviews, ran NCIC/FCIC background checks on witnesses, drafted FBI FD-302 reports, presented evidence to the federal grand jury, and coordinated with the U.S. Attorney's Office throughout the investigation. He is documented in FBI administrative records drafting fund requests for the OLY case and running extensive criminal history checks for victim identification purposes. Filed a sworn declaration in September 2013 stating that Operation Leap Year remained an open case — six years after the Non-Prosecution Agreement effectively shut down the prosecution. This declaration (EFTA01657747) is among the strongest evidence that the FBI never considered the Epstein investigation closed, even as the USAO accepted the sweetheart deal. Kuyrkendall was still managing case file production requests as late as June 2013, and former colleagues were reaching out to him about the case as late as March 2011. An FBI agent since 1997, Kuyrkendall represents the institutional knowledge of the federal investigation that was undermined by the NPA.

Classification basis: T6 (Peripheral — FBI Agent). Lead case agent on Operation Leap Year (31E-MM-108062). Filed sworn declaration that OLY remained open as of 2013 (EFTA01657747). Authored FD-302 reports, ran NCIC checks, presented to grand jury. 18+ corpus documents spanning 2006-2013.