Emails released in the United States Department of Justice files show that the late convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein was offered the chance to buy into a sprawling building tied to the Department of Defense in 2016. The 84,710-square-metre (101,312-suqare-yard) complex, located roughly 1.6km (1 mile) from the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, was described in an investor deck as a "mission-critical" site and "the only property in Arlington, Virginia other than the Pentagon itself with the ability to meet the space and infrastructure needs of the DOD". The proposed purchase price was about $116m. The structure of the deal would have made Epstein a co-owner and, effectively, a landlord to the US government. The Pentagon-linked proposal formed part of three documents an email, an investor presentation and a deal summary " contained within the newly released files. David Stern, a businessman who referred to himself as Epstein's "soldier", forwarded the offer. Stern also served as a close aide to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, who was arrested on Thursday on "suspicion of misconduct in public office" following revelations in the Epstein files. Stern also sent Epstein a separate proposal in 2015 to invest in two FBI field offices in Richmond and Baltimore. That deal required an initial $25m, followed by a further $80m, with ownership routed through a Cayman Islands offshore entity. Real estate investor Jonathan D Fascitelli originated both property proposals.