Epstein Secrets

y opinion insofar as it instructs the circuit court to forthwith implement a procedure necessary to provide a means for the circuit court to review the Palm Beach Post’s request for access to the subject grand jury proceedings. But contrary to the majority opinion, I tend to agree with both the circuit court and th

is ‘older than our Nation itself,’ that proceedings before a grand jury shall generally remain secret.” In re Petition of Craig, 131 F.3d 99, 101 (2d Cir. 1997) (citations omitted). The rule of secrecy, however, is not without exceptions. Those exceptions have developed historically alongside th

in which release of grand jury records is appropriate even outside of the boundaries of the rule. Id. at 102 (citations omitted). In Craig, the Second Circuit held the district court had authority to release grand jury materials based on special circumstances that went beyond the six exceptions listed in

rmation from both the Palm Beach Police Department and the State Attorneys' file. In fact, as argued infra, Mr. Edwards has certain information from the Palm Beach Police Department, which resulted from various alleged "trash pulls" from a residence on Palm Beach (e.g., certain notepads). Finally, at the deposition

rns have been considered 'confidential,' pursuant to 26 U.S.C. §6103." Id. Because of the principle of confidentiality, it further noted, "courts in the Second Circuit have found personal financial information to be presumptively confidential or cloaked with a qualified immunity," and must, therefore, "balance the

criminal activity came to light when stepmother learned of a fight between and a friend at school over $300 cash found in purse. cooperated with the Palm Beach Police and made recorded telephone calls with to set up a second "massage" with Epstein. Handwritten notes were found in Epstein's trash confirming this

citations omitted). ht determining how much weight to accord the presumption after the defendant has come forward to meet his burden of production, the Second Circuit explains: A judicial officer conducting a detention hearing should, even after a defendant has come forward with rebuttal evidence, continue to giv

UIT IN AND FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA CRIMINAL DIVISION STATE OF FLORIDA vs. Case Nos.: 2006-CF9454-AXX & 2008-9381U-AND( JEFFREY EPSTEIN PALM BEACH POST'S MOTION TO INTERVENE AND PETITION FOR ACCESS Palm Beach Newspapers, Inc., d/b/a The Palm Beach Post (the "Post") moves to Intervene in this action

t 1313. Hoffenberg suggests that United States v. Leonard, 50 F.3d 1152, 1158 (2d Cir.I995), suggests a high- er standard of proof. In Leonard, the Second Circuit instructed that "the district court should consider any evidence with a significant degree of probative value, and should rest its finding on evid