Internal DOJ email from January 2021 discussing the handling of attorney visit logs and count slips from the Metropolitan Correctional Center that contain Nicholas Tartaglione's name, involving protective order considerations in the Tartaglione murder case.

This is an internal email exchange between federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York's White Plains Division regarding FOIA-requested documents from Jeffrey Epstein's time at the MCC. Defense counsel in the Nicholas Tartaglione case—the former police officer who was Epstein's cellmate before his death—requested attorney visit logs and count slips containing Tartaglione's name. The prosecutors discuss whether these documents fall under a protective order and coordinate with firewall counsel to determine if Judge Karas needs to modify the order before the documents can be shared with defense counsel.

Key Highlights

• •Defense counsel in the Tartaglione murder case requested MCC attorney visit logs and count slips that mention Tartaglione
• •Prosecutors used firewall counsel to avoid seeing sensitive Epstein-related documents themselves
• •The documents may be covered by a protective order requiring Judge Karas's modification before release
• •Nicholas Tartaglione was Jeffrey Epstein's cellmate at the MCC and was present during Epstein's July 2019 injury incident

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