Epstein Secrets

1:20-cv-00833-PAE Document 25 Filed 08/05/20 Page 2 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 FO

loyees on duty the night Jeffrey Epstein died. Some of the same records could also affect the penalty phase of a pending death penalty case against Epstein's former cell mate. Congress did not intend the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552 et seq., to interfere with pending criminal prosecutions.

BACKGROUND 2 I. Criminal Proceedings Against Jeffrey Epstein 2 II. Criminal Proceedings Against Tova

information, and other personal details of third-party individuals other than Epstein.4 One category of records implicates the privacy interests of Epsteies surviving family members because these records contain highly personal details about his death, including images As a threshold matter, each of the

26 (2d Cir. 2016) 15, 16 Adamowitz v. I.R.S., 552 F. Supp. 2d 355 (S.D.N.Y. 2008) 5 Allard K. Lowenstein Intl Human Rights Project v. Dep't of Homeland Sec., 626 F.3d 678 (2d Cir. 2010) 20 Am. Civil Liberties Union v. United States Dep't of, Del, 901 F.3d 125 (2d Cir. 2018) 5 Amnesty Intl USA v. CI

BACKGROUND 2 I. Criminal Proceedings Against Jeffrey Epstein 2 II. Criminal Proceedings Against Tova

1:20-cv-00833-PAE Document 25 Filed 08/05/20 Page 2 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 FO

loyees on duty the night Jeffrey Epstein died. Some of the same records could also affect the penalty phase of a pending death penalty case against Epstein's former cell mate. Congress did not intend the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552 et seq., to interfere with pending criminal prosecutions.

information, and other personal details of third-party individuals other than Epstein.4 One category of records implicates the privacy interests of Epsteies surviving family members because these records contain highly personal details about his death, including images As a threshold matter, each of the

26 (2d Cir. 2016) 15, 16 Adamowitz v. I.R.S., 552 F. Supp. 2d 355 (S.D.N.Y. 2008) 5 Allard K. Lowenstein Intl Human Rights Project v. Dep't of Homeland Sec., 626 F.3d 678 (2d Cir. 2010) 20 Am. Civil Liberties Union v. United States Dep't of, Del, 901 F.3d 125 (2d Cir. 2018) 5 Amnesty Intl USA v. CI

BACKGROUND 2 I. Criminal Proceedings Against Jeffrey Epstein 2 II. Criminal Proceedings Against Tova

1:20-cv-00833-PAE Document 25 Filed 08/05/20 Page 2 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 FO

loyees on duty the night Jeffrey Epstein died. Some of the same records could also affect the penalty phase of a pending death penalty case against Epstein's former cell mate. Congress did not intend the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552 et seq., to interfere with pending criminal prosecutions.

information, and other personal details of third-party individuals other than Epstein.4 One category of records implicates the privacy interests of Epsteies surviving family members because these records contain highly personal details about his death, including images As a threshold matter, each of the

26 (2d Cir. 2016) 15, 16 Adamowitz v. I.R.S., 552 F. Supp. 2d 355 (S.D.N.Y. 2008) 5 Allard K. Lowenstein Intl Human Rights Project v. Dep't of Homeland Sec., 626 F.3d 678 (2d Cir. 2010) 20 Am. Civil Liberties Union v. United States Dep't of, Del, 901 F.3d 125 (2d Cir. 2018) 5 Amnesty Intl USA v. CI

dar Online submitted a FOIA requests to the FBI collectively seeking "all documents relating to the FBI's investigation and prosecution of financier Jeffrey Epstein, who plead guilty to one count of felony solicitation of prostitution in August 2006. Dkt. No. 12-2, Ex. B; see Declaration of Michael G. Seidel, da

(b)(7)(A). Many of the records sought by the Radar Online fall at the heart of this exemption, and the FBI has withheld them individually, prior to Esptein's arrest, and categorically, after Esptein's arrest. Other FOIA exemptions also justify the FBI's withholding of records in response to the FOIA re

ecords at the core of the criminal prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein, prior to his passing, and the current p

l URLs, case numbers, case categories, subject identification numbers, and internal identifying codes and departure statuses."); Bishop v. Dep't of Homeland Sec., 45 F. Supp. 3d 380, 388-89 (S.D.N.Y. 2014) (affirming use of Exemption 7(E) to withhold codes returned from agency database searches and collecti

ow He Hanged Himself in Suicide, N.Y. Times (Aug. 16, 2019) 7 Ali Watkins, Danielle Ivory & Christina Goldbaum, Inmate 76318-054: The Last Days of Jeffrey Epstein (Aug. 17, 2019) 5, 6 Julie K. Brown, Jeffrey Epstein Wasn't Trafficking Women — And He Didn't Kill Himself, Brother Says, Miami Herald (Nov. 14, 2

ords could interfere with the law enforcement proceedings it cites—the prosecution of murder defendant Nicholas Tartaglione, who shared a cell with Epstein for a brief period of time, and the prosecution of the two correctional officers who failed to perform prisoner counts at the time of Epstein's suic

0 OTHER AUTHORITIES Ali Watkins & Michael Gold, Jeffrey Epstein Autopsy Results Show He Hanged Himself in

FTA00071610 Case 1:20-cv-00833-PAE Document 42 Filed 02/10/21 Page 3 of 15 TABLE OF AUTHORITIES CASES Am. Immigration Lawyers Ass 'n v. Dep't of Homeland Sec., 852 F. Supp. 2d 66 (D.D.C. 2012) 10 Assoc. Press v. Dep't of Del, 554 F.3d 274 (2d Cir. 2009) 5, 9 Coleman v. FBI, 13 F. Supp. 2d 75 (D.D.C.

ow He Hanged Himself in Suicide, N.Y. Times (Aug. 16, 2019) 7 Ali Watkins, Danielle Ivory & Christina Goldbaum, Inmate 76318-054: The Last Days of Jeffrey Epstein (Aug. 17, 2019) 5, 6 Julie K. Brown, Jeffrey Epstein Wasn't Trafficking Women — And He Didn't Kill Himself, Brother Says, Miami Herald (Nov. 14, 2

ords could interfere with the law enforcement proceedings it cites—the prosecution of murder defendant Nicholas Tartaglione, who shared a cell with Epstein for a brief period of time, and the prosecution of the two correctional officers who failed to perform prisoner counts at the time of Epstein's suic

0 OTHER AUTHORITIES Ali Watkins & Michael Gold, Jeffrey Epstein Autopsy Results Show He Hanged Himself in

FTA00088561 Case 1:20-cv-00833-PAE Document 42 Filed 02/10/21 Page 3 of 15 TABLE OF AUTHORITIES CASES Am. Immigration Lawyers Ass 'n v. Dep't of Homeland Sec., 852 F. Supp. 2d 66 (D.D.C. 2012) 10 Assoc. Press v. Dep't of Del, 554 F.3d 274 (2d Cir. 2009) 5, 9 Coleman v. FBI, 13 F. Supp. 2d 75 (D.D.C.

ow He Hanged Himself in Suicide, N.Y. Times (Aug. 16, 2019) 7 Ali Watkins, Danielle Ivory & Christina Goldbaum, Inmate 76318-054: The Last Days of Jeffrey Epstein (Aug. 17, 2019) 5, 6 Julie K. Brown, Jeffrey Epstein Wasn't Trafficking Women — And He Didn't Kill Himself, Brother Says, Miami Herald (Nov. 14, 2

ords could interfere with the law enforcement proceedings it cites—the prosecution of murder defendant Nicholas Tartaglione, who shared a cell with Epstein for a brief period of time, and the prosecution of the two correctional officers who failed to perform prisoner counts at the time of Epstein's suic

0 OTHER AUTHORITIES Ali Watkins & Michael Gold, Jeffrey Epstein Autopsy Results Show He Hanged Himself in

FTA00105600 Case 1:20-cv-00833-PAE Document 42 Filed 02/10/21 Page 3 of 15 TABLE OF AUTHORITIES CASES Am. Immigration Lawyers Ass 'n v. Dep't of Homeland Sec., 852 F. Supp. 2d 66 (D.D.C. 2012) 10 Assoc. Press v. Dep't of Del, 554 F.3d 274 (2d Cir. 2009) 5, 9 Coleman v. FBI, 13 F. Supp. 2d 75 (D.D.C.

oceed. The Court should uphold BOP's logical and plausible reliance on Exemption 7(A). BOP's reliance on Exemptions 6 and 7(C) to protect images of Epstein's body and the names of his associates was also proper. Epstein's surviving family member retains a privacy interest in the details of Epstein's su

017) 19 Albuquerque Pub. Co. v. U.S. Dept ofJustice, 726 F. Supp. 851 (D.D.C. 1989) 19 Allard K Lowenstein Intl Human Rights Project v. Dep't of Homeland Sec., 626 F.3d 678 (2d Cir. 2010) 19, 20 American Civil Liberties Union v. Dep't ofJustice, 844 F.3d 126 (2d Cir. 2016) 17 Amnesty Int'l USA v. CIA

oceed. The Court should uphold BOP's logical and plausible reliance on Exemption 7(A). BOP's reliance on Exemptions 6 and 7(C) to protect images of Epstein's body and the names of his associates was also proper. Epstein's surviving family member retains a privacy interest in the details of Epstein's su

017) 19 Albuquerque Pub. Co. v. U.S. Dept ofJustice, 726 F. Supp. 851 (D.D.C. 1989) 19 Allard K Lowenstein Intl Human Rights Project v. Dep't of Homeland Sec., 626 F.3d 678 (2d Cir. 2010) 19, 20 American Civil Liberties Union v. Dep't ofJustice, 844 F.3d 126 (2d Cir. 2016) 17 Amnesty Int'l USA v. CIA

oceed. The Court should uphold BOP's logical and plausible reliance on Exemption 7(A). BOP's reliance on Exemptions 6 and 7(C) to protect images of Epstein's body and the names of his associates was also proper. Epstein's surviving family member retains a privacy interest in the details of Epstein's su

017) 19 Albuquerque Pub. Co. v. U.S. Dept ofJustice, 726 F. Supp. 851 (D.D.C. 1989) 19 Allard K Lowenstein Intl Human Rights Project v. Dep't of Homeland Sec., 626 F.3d 678 (2d Cir. 2010) 19, 20 American Civil Liberties Union v. Dep't ofJustice, 844 F.3d 126 (2d Cir. 2016) 17 Amnesty Int'l USA v. CIA