Epstein Secrets

F 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. FOIA and the Summ

. Epstein was arrested on July 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,

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

to commit sex trafficking, in violation of 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

F 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. FOIA and the Summ

. Epstein was arrested on July 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,

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

to commit sex trafficking, in violation of 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

F 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. FOIA and the Summ

. Epstein was arrested on July 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,