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

d Records The bases for BOP's withholdings in full or in part of certain Returned Records are set out in the Supplemental Declaration of Counsel to the Acting United States Attorney Russell Capone and the Supplemental Declaration of Kara Christenson. The bases for these withholdings are substantially the same as the ba

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.

uly 6, 2019, and thereafter incarcerated at the Metropolitan Correctional Center ("MCC") until his death. Declaration of Russell Capone, Counsel to the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York ("Capone Declaration") ¶ 4; see Docket Entry dated July 8, 2019, United States v. Epstein, No. 19-cr

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.

uly 6, 2019, and thereafter incarcerated at the Metropolitan Correctional Center ("MCC") until his death. Declaration of Russell Capone, Counsel to the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York ("Capone Declaration") ¶ 4; see Docket Entry dated July 8, 2019, United States v. Epstein, No. 19-cr

ates v. Epstein, No. 19 Cr. 490 (RMB) (S.D.N.Y.). The Prosecution of Tova Noel and Michael Thomas 9. As alleged in the Noel Indictment, Thomas and Tova Noel were correctional officers on duty at the SHU on August 9-10, 2019, the night of Epstein's death. See Noel Indictment 91 3-4. On that night, Noel a

3(PAE) v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS, Defendant. DECLARATION OF RUSSELL CAPONE I, Russell Capone, hereby declare as follows: I. I am Counsel to the Acting United States Attorney in the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York ("USAO-SDNY"). I have served in this capacity since June 2020

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

d Records The bases for BOP's withholdings in full or in part of certain Returned Records are set out in the Supplemental Declaration of Counsel to the Acting United States Attorney Russell Capone and the Supplemental Declaration of Kara Christenson. The bases for these withholdings are substantially the same as the ba

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.

uly 6, 2019, and thereafter incarcerated at the Metropolitan Correctional Center ("MCC") until his death. Declaration of Russell Capone, Counsel to the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York ("Capone Declaration") ¶ 4; see Docket Entry dated July 8, 2019, United States v. Epstein, No. 19-cr

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

d Records The bases for BOP's withholdings in full or in part of certain Returned Records are set out in the Supplemental Declaration of Counsel to the Acting United States Attorney' and the Supplemental Declaration o . The bases for these withholdings are substantially the same as the bases for BOP's prior withholdin