Epstein Secrets

' In October 2020, the parties reached an agreement to resolve plaintiff's challenge to the adequacy of BOP's search for records, pursuant to which the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General ("OIG") returned to BOP electronic copies of records BOP had provided to OIG in connection with the investigation into the

nd withholding of the Returned Records have not substantially changed the legal issues to be resolved by the Court. The Supplemental Declaration of Nicole McFarland and the Supplemental Declaration of Kara Christenson also correct and clarify certain information discovered or determined since the Government's A

l, Epstein Was Left Alone for Hours; Guard Was Substitute, N.Y. Times (Aug. 12, 2019), https://nyti.ms/2F9mXzs. The Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Justice's Inspector General, and the Bureau of Prisons itself all launched investigations. For his part, the President has suggested that Epstein was "killed

l (`OIG') on or about August 22, 2019," and therefore "the BOP is no longer in possession of the log books" (Christenson Decl. 1 13; Declaration of Nicole McFarland, ECF No. 23 [hereinafter "McFarland Decl."], at ¶ 8). But, as BOP concedes, BOP received a FOIA request from The Times on August 13, 2019, seeking

' In October 2020, the parties reached an agreement to resolve plaintiff's challenge to the adequacy of BOP's search for records, pursuant to which the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General ("OIG") returned to BOP electronic copies of records BOP had provided to OIG in connection with the investigation into the

nd withholding of the Returned Records have not substantially changed the legal issues to be resolved by the Court. The Supplemental Declaration of Nicole McFarland and the Supplemental Declaration of Kara Christenson also correct and clarify certain information discovered or determined since the Government's A

l, Epstein Was Left Alone for Hours; Guard Was Substitute, N.Y. Times (Aug. 12, 2019), https://nyti.ms/2F9mXzs. The Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Justice's Inspector General, and the Bureau of Prisons itself all launched investigations. For his part, the President has suggested that Epstein was "killed

l (`OIG') on or about August 22, 2019," and therefore "the BOP is no longer in possession of the log books" (Christenson Decl. 1 13; Declaration of Nicole McFarland, ECF No. 23 [hereinafter "McFarland Decl."], at ¶ 8). But, as BOP concedes, BOP received a FOIA request from The Times on August 13, 2019, seeking

r Scott; (8) Associate Warden Charisma Edge; (9) Associate Warden Brian Best; (10) Executive Assistant Lee Plourde; (11) Supervisory Attorney Nicole McFarland; 12) Captain Jermaine Darden; and (13) Chief of Psychology Elissa Miller. 45. Based on the scope of the FOIA request, the search terms used for

nt 24-3 Filed 08/05/20 Page 1 of 3 Attachment 3 EFTA00015406 --- PAGE BREAK --- Case 1:20-cv-00833-PAE Document 24-3 Filed 08/05/20 Page 2 of 3 U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons Central Office 320 First St., NW Washington, DC 20534 September 23, 2019 Danielle Ivory The New York Times 620 Eigh