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

0 (JPO), 2015 WL 5459713 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 16, 2015) 9, 10, 11, 20 In re County of Erie, 473 F.3d 413 (2d Cir. 2 007) 14, 17 John Doe Agency v. John Doe Corp., 493 U.S. 146 (1 989) 4 Jordan v. U.S. Dep .t of Justice, M8 F.3d 1188 (10th Cir. 2 011) 9, 10, 21, 22 Judicial Watch, Inc. v. U.S. Dept of Com

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

0 (JPO), 2015 WL 5459713 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 16, 2015) 9, 10, 11, 20 In re County of Erie, 473 F.3d 413 (2d Cir. 2 007) 14, 17 John Doe Agency v. John Doe Corp., 493 U.S. 146 (1 989) 4 Jordan v. U.S. Dep .t of Justice, M8 F.3d 1188 (10th Cir. 2 011) 9, 10, 21, 22 Judicial Watch, Inc. v. U.S. Dept of Com

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

0 (JPO), 2015 WL 5459713 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 16, 2015) 9, 10, 11, 20 In re County of Erie, 473 F.3d 413 (2d Cir. 2 007) 14, 17 John Doe Agency v. John Doe Corp., 493 U.S. 146 (1 989) 4 Jordan v. U.S. Dep .t of Justice, M8 F.3d 1188 (10th Cir. 2 011) 9, 10, 21, 22 Judicial Watch, Inc. v. U.S. Dept of Com

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

a workable balance between the right of the public to know and the need of the [g]overnment to keep information in confidence." John Doe Agency v. John Doe Corp., 493 U.S. 146, 152 (1989)(quoting H.R. Rep. No. 89-147 at 6 (1966), reprinted in 1966 U.S.C.C.A.N. 2418, 5 EFTA00069316 2423)). The nine FOR exe

lose my abuse until I was in high school," he said. Juror No. 50 also had an excuse for why the alleged victims in this case kept going back to Mr. Epstein and Ms. Maxwell and accepting help from them even after they had been abused. The alleged victims' conduct, explained Juror No. 50, was irrelevant t

JN) GIIISLAINE MAXWE 'S MOTION FOR A NEW TRIAL Jeffrey S. Pagliuca Laura A. Menninger HADDON. M R AN &

alleged victims in this case kept going back to Mr. Epstein and Ms. Maxwell and accepting help from them even

997) 52 In re Sealed Search Warrants Issued June 4 & 5, 2008, No. 08-M-208 (DRH), 2008 WL 5667021 (N.D.N.Y. July 14, 2008) 55 John Doe Agency v. John Doe Corp., 493 U.S. 146 (1989) 52 Linda R.S. v. Richard D., 410 U.S. 614 (1973) 51 Lugosch v. Pyramid Co. of Onondaga, 435 F.3d 110 (2d Cir. 2006) 54 Maz