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

re expected to testify, and information and documents prepared by potential trial witnesses. See Supplemental Declaration of Russell Capone ("Supp. Capone Decl.") ¶¶ 6-14. In addition, information contained in two of the withheld Returned Records relates to the circumstances of Epstein's apparent suicide at

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

f 18 U.S.C. § 371, and one count of sex trafficking, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1591. (See Declaration of Russell Capone, ECF No. 22 [hereinafter "Capone Decl."], at ¶ 4.) On July 6, 2019, he was arrested and charged by federal prosecutors and thereafter incarcerated at the MCC. (Id.) On July 10, 2019, Eps

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

re expected to testify, and information and documents prepared by potential trial witnesses. See Supplemental Declaration of Russell Capone ("Supp. Capone Decl.") ¶¶ 6-14. In addition, information contained in two of the withheld Returned Records relates to the circumstances of Epstein's apparent suicide at

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

f 18 U.S.C. § 371, and one count of sex trafficking, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1591. (See Declaration of Russell Capone, ECF No. 22 [hereinafter "Capone Decl."], at ¶ 4.) On July 6, 2019, he was arrested and charged by federal prosecutors and thereafter incarcerated at the MCC. (Id.) On July 10, 2019, Eps