Epstein Secrets

BOP also properly withheld records under Exemption 7(A) that could reasonably be expected to interfere with the prosecutions of Michael Thomas and Tova Noel. The Capone Declarations logically and plausibly explain why these records could reasonably be expected to interfere with Noel, including because t

-6078-TC, 2011 WL 2619538 (D. Or. July 1, 2011) 19 N.L.R.B v. Robbins Tire & Rubber Co., 437 U.S. 214 (1978) 6 Nat? Archives & Records Admin. v. Favish, 541 U.S. 157 (2004) 11, 13, 14 New York Times Co. v. Dep't of Justice, No. 14 Civ. 03776 (AT) (SN), 2016 WL 5946711 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 18, 2016) 6

of 30 TABLE OF CONTENTS PRELIMINARY STATEMENT BACKGROUND 2 I. Criminal Proceedings Against Jeffrey Epstein 2 II. Criminal Proceedings Against Tova Noel and Michael Thomas 2 III. Criminal Proceedings Against Nicholas Tartaglione 3 IV. The Times's FOIA Requests and This Action 3 ARGUMENT 4 I.

. Dep't of Haus. & Urban Dev., No. 07 Civ. 3378 (GEL), 2007 WL 4233008 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 30, 2 00 7) 15 National Archives & Records Administration v. Favish, 541 U.S. 157 (200 4) 19 Nat 7 Assoc. of Homebuilders v. Norton, 309 F.3d 26 (D.C. Cir. 2 002) 17 iii EFTA00071557 Case 1:20-cv-00833-PAE Do

1 7.) An autopsy confirmed that he had committed suicide by hanging himself. (Id.) Since then, charges have been brought against Michael Thomas and Tova Noel, both correctional officers on duty at the SHU the night of Epstein's death, who allegedly failed to perform prisoner counts and then signed false

710 (S.D.N.Y. Apr. 30, 2020) 17 N.Y. Times Co. v. U.S. Dep't ofJustice, 872 F. Supp. 2d 309 (S.D.N.Y. 2012) 3 Nat'l Archives & Records Admin. v. Favish, 541 U.S. 157 (2004) 15 Nat'l Council of La Raza v. Dep't ofJustice, 411 F.3d 350 (2d Cir. 2005) 6 iv EFTA00071627 Case 1:20-cv-00833-PAE D

of 30 TABLE OF CONTENTS PRELIMINARY STATEMENT BACKGROUND 2 I. Criminal Proceedings Against Jeffrey Epstein 2 II. Criminal Proceedings Against Tova Noel and Michael Thomas 2 III. Criminal Proceedings Against Nicholas Tartaglione 3 IV. The Times's FOIA Requests and This Action 3 ARGUMENT 4 I.

. Dep't of Haus. & Urban Dev., No. 07 Civ. 3378 (GEL), 2007 WL 4233008 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 30, 2 00 7) 15 National Archives & Records Administration v. Favish, 541 U.S. 157 (200 4) 19 Nat 7 Assoc. of Homebuilders v. Norton, 309 F.3d 26 (D.C. Cir. 2 002) 17 iii EFTA00075440 Case 1:20-cv-00833-PAE Do

BOP also properly withheld records under Exemption 7(A) that could reasonably be expected to interfere with the prosecutions of Michael Thomas and Tova Noel. The Capone Declarations logically and plausibly explain why these records could reasonably be expected to interfere with Noel, including because t

-6078-TC, 2011 WL 2619538 (D. Or. July 1, 2011) 19 N.L.R.B v. Robbins Tire & Rubber Co., 437 U.S. 214 (1978) 6 Nat? Archives & Records Admin. v. Favish, 541 U.S. 157 (2004) 11, 13, 14 New York Times Co. v. Dep't of Justice, No. 14 Civ. 03776 (AT) (SN), 2016 WL 5946711 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 18, 2016) 6

1 7.) An autopsy confirmed that he had committed suicide by hanging himself. (Id.) Since then, charges have been brought against Michael Thomas and Tova Noel, both correctional officers on duty at the SHU the night of Epstein's death, who allegedly failed to perform prisoner counts and then signed false

710 (S.D.N.Y. Apr. 30, 2020) 17 N.Y. Times Co. v. U.S. Dep't ofJustice, 872 F. Supp. 2d 309 (S.D.N.Y. 2012) 3 Nat'l Archives & Records Admin. v. Favish, 541 U.S. 157 (2004) 15 Nat'l Council of La Raza v. Dep't ofJustice, 411 F.3d 350 (2d Cir. 2005) 6 iv EFTA00088704 Case 1:20-cv-00833-PAE D

of 30 TABLE OF CONTENTS PRELIMINARY STATEMENT BACKGROUND 2 I. Criminal Proceedings Against Jeffrey Epstein 2 II. Criminal Proceedings Against Tova Noel and Michael Thomas 2 III. Criminal Proceedings Against Nicholas Tartaglione 3 IV. The Times's FOIA Requests and This Action 3 ARGUMENT 4 I.

. Dep't of Haus. & Urban Dev., No. 07 Civ. 3378 (GEL), 2007 WL 4233008 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 30, 2 00 7) 15 National Archives & Records Administration v. Favish, 541 U.S. 157 (200 4) 19 Nat 7 Assoc. of Homebuilders v. Norton, 309 F.3d 26 (D.C. Cir. 2 002) 17 iii EFTA00088674 Case 1:20-cv-00833-PAE Do

BOP also properly withheld records under Exemption 7(A) that could reasonably be expected to interfere with the prosecutions of Michael Thomas and Tova Noel. The Declarations logically and plausibly explain why these records could reasonably be expected to interfere with Noel, including because they "in

-6078-TC, 2011 WL 2619538 (D. Or. July 1, 2011) 19 N.L.R.B v. Robbins Tire & Rubber Co., 437 U.S. 214 (1978) 6 Nat? Archives & Records Admin. v. Favish, 541 U.S. 157 (2004) 11, 13, 14 New York Times Co. v. Dep't of Justice, No. 14 Civ. 03776 (AT) (SN), 2016 WL 5946711 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 18, 2016) 6