Internal DOJ email from November 2021 regarding the nolle prosequi memo and application to dismiss charges against Tova Noel and Michael Thomas, the two prison guards on duty when Jeffrey Epstein died.

This is an internal email between attorneys at the U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York, dated November 23-24, 2021. The email contains attachments including the nolle prosequi memo and application for Tova Noel and Michael Thomas, the two Metropolitan Correctional Center guards who were charged with falsifying records on the night Epstein died. The documents relate to the prosecutors' decision to dismiss criminal charges against the guards after they completed the terms of their deferred prosecution agreement, including 100 hours of community service and cooperation with the DOJ Office of Inspector General's investigation into Epstein's death.

Key Highlights

• •Internal DOJ correspondence showing the nolle prosequi process to dismiss charges against Epstein's prison guards
• •Attachments include signed deferred prosecution agreements from May 2021 and nolle application documents
• •Email originates from the Southern District of New York at One St. Andrew's Plaza
• •Documents date to November 2021, approximately one month before charges were officially dropped in December 2021

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