This is an email from federal prosecutors to Epstein defense attorney Martin Weinberg regarding a proposed protective order for discovery materials in the 2019 SDNY criminal case.

This email dated July 23, 2019 is from an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York to Martin G. Weinberg, with Reid Weingarten copied, following up on a conversation about a proposed protective order for discovery materials. The email attaches the draft protective order document. This was part of the early pretrial proceedings in Jeffrey Epstein's federal sex trafficking case (United States v. Epstein, 19-cr-00490), just weeks after his July 6, 2019 arrest. The protective order was designed to restrict disclosure of sensitive investigative materials that could affect the privacy of victims and witnesses, and protect the government's ongoing investigation into uncharged co-conspirators.

Key Highlights

• •Sent just 17 days after Epstein's arrest, showing rapid movement on discovery issues
• •Reid Weingarten and Martin Weinberg were lead defense attorneys for Epstein in the 2019 federal case
• •The protective order was ultimately signed by the judge on July 26, 2019
• •Materials covered included sensitive information about uncharged individuals and ongoing investigations

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