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

pp. 2d 37 (D.D.C. 2012) 14 Judicial Watch, Inc. v. U.S. Dep't of Commerce, 337 F. Supp. 2d 146 (D.D.C. 2004) 20 Kimberlin v. DOJ, 139 F.3d 944 (D.C. Cir. 1998) 13 Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia Univ. v. U. S. Dep't of Homeland Security, 407 F. Supp. 3d 334 (S.D.N.Y. 2019) 19 Kubik

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.

, 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 Document 25 Filed 08/05/20 Page 5 of 30 New York Tunes Co. v. Dep't o/•.Justice, No. 14 Ch,

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

the Air Force, 566 F.2d 242 (1977) 6 Meyer v. Bush, 1991 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13626 (D.D.C. Sept. 30, 1991), rev'd on other grounds, 981 F.2d 1288 (D.C. Cir. 1993) 7 Morley v. C.I.A., 508 F.3d 1108 (D.C. Cir. 2007) 14 Multi Ag Media LLC v. Dep't ofAgric., 515 F.3d 1224 (D.C. Cir. 2008) 14 N.Y. Tim

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.

, 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 Document 25 Filed 08/05/20 Page 5 of 30 New York Tunes Co. v. Dep't o/•.Justice, No. 14 Ch,

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

pp. 2d 37 (D.D.C. 2012) 14 Judicial Watch, Inc. v. U.S. Dep't of Commerce, 337 F. Supp. 2d 146 (D.D.C. 2004) 20 Kimberlin v. DOJ, 139 F.3d 944 (D.C. Cir. 1998) 13 Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia Univ. v. U. S. Dep't of Homeland Security, 407 F. Supp. 3d 334 (S.D.N.Y. 2019) 19 Kubik

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

the Air Force, 566 F.2d 242 (1977) 6 Meyer v. Bush, 1991 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 13626 (D.D.C. Sept. 30, 1991), rev'd on other grounds, 981 F.2d 1288 (D.C. Cir. 1993) 7 Morley v. C.I.A., 508 F.3d 1108 (D.C. Cir. 2007) 14 Multi Ag Media LLC v. Dep't ofAgric., 515 F.3d 1224 (D.C. Cir. 2008) 14 N.Y. Tim

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.

, 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 Document 25 Filed 08/05/20 Page 5 of 30 New York Tunes Co. v. Dep't o/•.Justice, No. 14 Ch,

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

pp. 2d 37 (D.D.C. 2012) 14 Judicial Watch, Inc. v. U.S. Dep't of Commerce, 337 F. Supp. 2d 146 (D.D.C. 2004) 20 Kimberlin v. DOJ, 139 F.3d 944 (D.C. Cir. 1998) 13 Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia Univ. v. U. S. Dep't of Homeland Security, 407 F. Supp. 3d 334 (S.D.N.Y. 2019) 19 Kubik