A routine legal cover letter from the U.S. Attorney's Office transmitting password-protected discovery materials to Ghislaine Maxwell at the Metropolitan Detention Center in October 2020.

This is a brief administrative letter dated October 2, 2020 from the Southern District of New York U.S. Attorney's Office, signed by Acting U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss. The letter provides a password for accessing an encrypted drive containing discovery materials for the criminal case United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell (20 Cr. 330). Maxwell was being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center at this time, having been arrested on July 2, 2020 on federal charges of sex trafficking and conspiracy related to Jeffrey Epstein. The document is procedural in nature—simply transmitting access credentials for case evidence.

Key Highlights

• •Provides password for encrypted discovery materials in Maxwell case
• •Sent to Metropolitan Detention Center where Maxwell was detained
• •Signed by Audrey Strauss, Acting U.S. Attorney who led the prosecution
• •Part of standard criminal discovery process in federal case 20 Cr. 330

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