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Internal DOJ email chain from July 2021 coordinating advance notice to Mark Epstein's attorney before the public release of Jeffrey Epstein's autopsy report pursuant to FOIA litigation.
This email thread from the U.S. Attorney's Office Southern District of New York documents federal prosecutors coordinating the release of approximately 2,700 pages of previously-withheld documents, including Jeffrey Epstein's autopsy report. The emails show prosecutors from the Public Corruption Unit discussing whether to give Mark Epstein's attorney, Stacey Richman, a courtesy heads-up before the documents became public. The correspondence reveals Mark Epstein 'had been dying to get his hands on anything related to what happened' to his brother, suggesting ongoing family efforts to understand the circumstances of Jeffrey Epstein's death.
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- •Mark Epstein was actively seeking access to documents about his brother's death through his attorney Stacey Richman
- •DOJ coordinated with the NYC Office of Chief Medical Examiner before releasing the autopsy report
- •The document release was part of FOIA litigation brought by The New York Times
- •Federal prosecutors decided to give Mark Epstein's attorney advance notice 'as the human thing to do'
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From: (USANYS)" To: ' (USANYS)" c Cc: ' .111S2" > ' Subject: Re: Notice to Epstein Family Date: Fri, 02 Jul 2021 15:51:44 +0000 (USANYS)" Good thought to do this. Sent from my iPhone On Jul 2, 2021, at 11:50 AM, (USANYS) > wrote: I spoke with Mark Epstein's lawyer (Stacey Richman) just now, and she was enormously appreciative of the head's up, and asked how Mark could get a copy of everything that's been released, because he's been dying to get his hands on anything related to what happened. I told her to submit a FOIA request and to let us know when she had done so, and we'd make sure the BOP received it. told me that he would make sure BOP responds in a timely fashion. OCME was similarly very appreciative of the head's up. is making the production this afternoon. From: (USANYS) Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2021 2:04 PM To: (USANYS) Cc: (USANYS) Subject: RE: Notice to Epstein Family Sound right to me. From: (USANYS) Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2021 1:38 PM To: (USANYS) Cc: (USANYS) ‹ > Subject: Notice to Epstein Family (USANYS) C (USANYS) I spoke with the GC of OCME and she was very appreciative of the head's up. She asked whether we intended to provide notice to the family about the autopsy report's release, which is something they would normally do. As we discussed, we have not provided a head's up to the Estate given that they are on notice of the FOIA litigation. As you may recall, though, we met with Epstein's brother in the course of our investigation, and he is represented by Stacey Richman. After giving it some thought, I don't see much of a downside to giving Stacey a call on Friday to give her a head's up about the production of the autopsy report, which seems to be the human thing to do. Do you guys have any objection? Thanks, EFTA00027460
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