Epstein Secrets

tance: Normal Reporting District: SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Synopsis: Deferred prosecution agreements to two BOP MCC NY Officers, Tova Noel and Michael Thomas. Description: SYNOPSIS: The USAO-SDNY plans to offer deferred prosecution agreements to two correctional officers, Tova Noel and Michael Thomas,

N DISTRICT OF NEW YORK Synopsis: Deferred prosecution agreements to two BOP MCC NY Officers, Tova Noel and Michael Thomas. Description: SYNOPSIS: The USAO-SDNY plans to offer deferred prosecution agreements to two correctional officers, Tova Noel and Michael Thomas, who were employed at the Manhattan Correc

be entered by the Court by the following Friday, May 28. DESCRIPTION: On November 14, 2019, USAO-SDNY obtained an indictment against Tova Noel and Michael Thomas which charged them with multiple counts of making false statements, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001, and conspiring to (i) make false statements a

in the indictment; and for both defendants to complete 100 hours of community service, preferably in an area related to the criminal justice system. The USAO-SDNY plans to file a public letter by Friday, May 21 notifying the Court of the defendants' acceptance of the deferred prosecution agreements and seekin

icers responded to an emergency call and found Epstein on the floor of his cell with a strip of bedsheet around his neck. See Noel Indictment 1 11. Michael Thomas, a correctional officer at the MCC and one of the defendants in the Noel case, was one of the MCC officials who responded to this incident. See id.

hibits A and B, respectively. The statements contained in this declaration are based on my personal knowledge, documents maintained in the files of the USAO-SDNY, conversations with members of the Noel and Tartaglione prosecution teams at the USAO-SDNY, public court filings, and conclusions made in accordance

be entered by the Court by the following Friday, May 28. DESCRIPTION: On November 14, 2019, USAO-SDNY obtained an indictment against Tova Noel and Michael Thomas which charged them with multiple counts of making false statements, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001, and conspiring to (i) make false statements a

in the indictment; and for both defendants to complete 100 hours of community service, preferably in an area related to the criminal justice system. The USAO-SDNY plans to file a public letter by Friday, May 21 notifying the Court of the defendants' acceptance of the deferred prosecution agreements and seekin

icers responded to an emergency call and found Epstein on the floor of his cell with a strip of bedsheet around his neck. See Noel Indictment 1 11. Michael Thomas, a correctional officer at the MCC and one of the defendants in the Noel case, was one of the MCC officials who responded to this incident. See id.

hibits A and B, respectively. The statements contained in this declaration are based on my personal knowledge, documents maintained in the files of the USAO-SDNY, conversations with members of the Noel and Tartaglione prosecution teams at the USAO-SDNY, public court filings, and conclusions made in accordance

Case 1:19-cr-00830-AT Document 56 Filed 05/2 USA 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK United States of America v. Michael Thomas, Defendant. TO: MICHAEL THOMAS DOCUMENT ELECTRONICALLY FILED DOC #: DATE FILED: 5/25/2021 Deferred Prosecution Agreement 19 Cr. 830 (AT) O

your employment by the Bureau of Prisons ("BOP"), which information can be used for any purpose. You shall agree to meet with and be interviewed by the USAO-SDNY, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General ("DOJ-OIG"), and any other law enforcement agency d

the Metropolitan Correctional Center ("MCC"). These records were previously withheld due to the ongoing criminal prosecution against Tova Noel and Michael Thomas for falsifying records on the night of Epstein's suicide. As noted in UMR #2021-05-66021, USAO-SDNY entered into deferred prosecution agreements wit

ger plans to assert a FOIA exception related to that criminal prosecution. Accordingly, pursuant to Court-ordered deadlines in the FOIA litigation, the USAO-SDNY must produce the previously-withheld documents, which number approximately 2,700 pages, by July 2, 2021 to The New York Times, who will then be free

Case 1:19-cr-00830-AT Document 56 Filed 05/2 USA 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK United States of America v. Michael Thomas, Defendant. TO: MICHAEL THOMAS DOCUMENT ELECTRONICALLY FILED DOC #: DATE FILED: 5/25/2021 Deferred Prosecution Agreement 19 Cr. 830 (AT) O

your employment by the Bureau of Prisons ("BOP"), which information can be used for any purpose. You shall agree to meet with and be interviewed by the USAO-SDNY, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General ("DOJ-OIG"), and any other law enforcement agency d