An internal DOJ email from September 2019 showing media outlets (New York Post, Daily News, New York Times) joining forces to unseal court records in the Nicholas Tartaglione case—Epstein's former cellmate who was present during Epstein's first apparent suicide attempt.

This document is an internal email chain from September 10, 2019, revealing that major news organizations were fighting to unseal court submissions in U.S. v. Tartaglione (case 16-cr-832). Nicholas Tartaglione was Jeffrey Epstein's cellmate at the Metropolitan Correctional Center during Epstein's first suicide attempt in July 2019, making any sealed records in his case potentially relevant to understanding what happened in that cell. The New York Times, through attorney Al-Amyn Sumar and reporter Ben Weiser, joined the New York Post and Daily News in opposing the government's sealing of records, with the DOJ response due the following day.

Key Highlights

• •New York Times, New York Post, and Daily News united to fight for unsealing Tartaglione case records just one month after Epstein's death
• •Nicholas Tartaglione was Epstein's cellmate during the July 23, 2019 incident where Epstein was found semiconscious with neck injuries
• •Ben Weiser, longtime NYT federal courts reporter, was specifically named as covering this case
• •The urgency of the response deadline (due Wednesday) shows the high-stakes legal battle over these sealed documents

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