Epstein Secrets

und his neck. (Id. 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

cally, BOP contends that it cannot produce the SHU log books showing when prison staff did rounds on certain days because they "were handed over to the Office of the Inspector General (`OIG') on or about August 22, 2019," and therefore "the BOP is no longer in possession of the log books" (Christenson Decl. 1 13; Declaration of N

und his neck. (Id. 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

cally, BOP contends that it cannot produce the SHU log books showing when prison staff did rounds on certain days because they "were handed over to the Office of the Inspector General (`OIG') on or about August 22, 2019," and therefore "the BOP is no longer in possession of the log books" (Christenson Decl. 1 13; Declaration of N

ANDERSON-LAYNE Interview (U) Steven LOPEZ Interview (U) Interview o (U) Daily Assignment Log for Tova Noel EFTA02730942 (U) Work Schedules for Michael Thomas (U) Letter to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner Regarding the Autopsy of Jeffrey Epstein (U) OIG Forms Provided by OIG (U) 016 Forms Provid

n of CART Derivative Evidence NYC033797 (U) Closing Communication (U) Evidence Chain of Custody for Items 1637 and 1B38 (U) Release of Evidence to the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) (U) FW: (U) Name check response - SAMAR CHANTELE ANDREA (U) 1A Import (U) AUSA Evidence Email - Concurrence (U) Release of Evidence to the

of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), announced today the unsealing of an indictment charging federal correctional officers TOVA NOEL and MICHAEL THOMAS with making false records and conspiring to make false records and to defraud the United States by impairing the lawful functions of the Metropolita

tional purposes only, as any sentencing of the defendants would be determined by the judge. Mr. Berman praised the outstanding investigative work of the Office of the Inspector General, the FBI, and the New York City Police Department. This case is being handled by the Office's Public Corruption Unit. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Rebe

led 04/24/20 Page 1 of 34 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK x UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 19 Cr. 830 (AT) TOVA NOEL and MICHAEL THOMAS, : Defendants. x MEMORANDUM OF LAW OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT MICHAEL THOMAS'S MOTION TO COMPEL GEOFFREY S. BER

described below. At the initial pretrial conference on November 11, 2019, Thomas, through counsel, raised the issue of an "ongoing . . . report" by the Office of the Inspector General and requested the "status" of the report and when it would be completed.4 (Conf. Tr., Nov. 25, 2019, at 3-4, 7-9). In response, the Government expl