Epstein Secrets

ere a U.S. district and appeals court are actively considering the unsealing of "confidential" materials simultaneous with the criminal prosecution. Nixon v. Warner Commc'ns, 435 U.S. 589 (1978), is the closest, yet even there, the U.S. Supreme Court refused press access to the tapes obtained from thi

merely to compare the fruits of the plaintiffs discovery in a civil action with the results of a prosecutorial investigation in a criminal action." Botha v. Don King Prods., Inc., No. 97 CIV. 7587 (JGK), 1998 WL 88745, at *3 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 27, 1998) (citing Minpeco S.A. v. Conticommodity Servs., Inc.

Nersesian, 824 F.2d 1294 (2d Cir. 1987) 233 EFTA00099959 United States v. Nitcche, 843 F. Supp. 2d 4 (D.D.C. 2011) 201, 202 United States v. Nixon, 418 U.S. 683 (1974) 282 United States v. Noble, No. 07 Cr. 284 (RJS), 2008 WL 140966 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 11, 2008) 164 United States v. Okwumabua,

e, 924 F.2d 434 (2d Cir. 1991) 158 Mum v. Yaretsky, 457 U.S. 991 (1982) 143 Bochese v. Town of Ponce Inlet, 405 F.3d 964 (11th Cir. 2005) 24 Botha v. Don King Productions, Inc., No. 97 Civ. 7587 (JGK), 1998 WL 88745 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 27, 1998) 148 Boyd v. United States, 116 U.S. 616 (1886) 145

ian, 824 F.2d 1294 (2d Cir. 1987) 233 xviii EFTA00077624 United States v. Nitsche, 843 F. Supp. 2d 4 (D.D.C. 2011) 201, 202 United States v. Nixon, 418 U.S. 683 (1974) 282 United States v. Noble, No. 07 Cr. 284 (RJS), 2008 WL 140966 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 11, 2008) 164 United States v. Okwumabua,

, 924 F.2d 434 (2d Cir. 1991) 158 Blum v. Yaretsky, 457 U.S. 991 (1982) 143 Bochese v. Town of Ponce Inlet, 405 F.3d 964 (11th Cir. 2005) 24 Botha v. Don King Productions, Inc., No. 97 Civ. 7587 (JGK), 1998 WL 88745 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 27, 1998) 148 Boyd v. United States, 116 U.S. 616 (1886) 145

ian, 824 F.2d 1294 (2d Cir. 1987) 233 xviii EFTA00039439 United States v. Nitsche, 843 F. Supp. 2d 4 (D.D.C. 2011) 201, 202 United States v. Nixon, 418 U.S. 683 (1974) 282 United States v. Noble, No. 07 Cr. 284 (RJS), 2008 WL 140966 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 11, 2008) 164 United States v. Okwumabua,

, 924 F.2d 434 (2d Cir. 1991) 158 Blum v. Yaretsky, 457 U.S. 991 (1982) 143 Bochese v. Town of Ponce Inlet, 405 F.3d 964 (11th Cir. 2005) 24 Botha v. Don King Productions, Inc., No. 97 Civ. 7587 (JGK), 1998 WL 88745 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 27, 1998) 148 Boyd v. United States, 116 U.S. 616 (1886) 145

150 United States v. Nemesian, 824 F.2d 1294 (2d Cir. 1987) 154 United States v. Nitsche, 843 F. Supp. 2d 4 (D.D.C. 2011) 136 United States v. Nixon, 418 U.S. 683 (1974) 190 United States v. Noble, No. 07 Cr. 284 (RJS), 2008 WL 140966 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 11, 2008) 112 United States v. Okwumabua,

e, 924 F.2d 434 (2d Cir. 1991) 108 Blum v. Yaretsky, 457 U.S. 991 (1982) 99 Bochese v. Town of Ponce Inlet, 405 F.3d 964 (11th Cir. 2005) 20 Botha v. Don King Productions, Inc., No. 97 Civ. 7587 (JGK), 1998 WL 88745 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 27, 1998) 102 Boyd v. United States, 116 U.S. 616 (1886) 101

ffice might serve to create the EFTA00585489 10 balance between justice and mercy that Ford referred to in justifying his own decision to pardon Nixon. Otherwise, Mubarak's fate could become just one more chapter in the long saga of Middle Eastern leaders who rise and fall because of the whims of

o the Egyptian case was the fate of South Africa's P.W. Botha, a former prime minister who was president during the apartheid system's "last gasp." Botha could easily have been tried and convicted for any of the actions undertaken by the country's security forces during the 1970s and 1980s. Instead,

ian, 824 F.2d 1294 (2d Cir. 1987) 233 xviii EFTA00103017 United States v. Nitsche, 843 F. Supp. 2d 4 (D.D.C. 2011) 201, 202 United States v. Nixon, 418 U.S. 683 (1974) 282 United States v. Noble, No. 07 Cr. 284 (RJS), 2008 WL 140966 (S.D.N.Y. Jan. 11, 2008) 164 United States v. Okwumabua,

, 924 F.2d 434 (2d Cir. 1991) 158 Blum v. Yaretsky, 457 U.S. 991 (1982) 143 Bochese v. Town of Ponce Inlet, 405 F.3d 964 (11th Cir. 2005) 24 Botha v. Don King Productions, Inc., No. 97 Civ. 7587 (JGK), 1998 WL 88745 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 27, 1998) 148 Boyd v. United States, 116 U.S. 616 (1886) 145