A July 2019 subpoena and request from federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York seeking Jeffrey Epstein's phone call recordings and email correspondence from the Metropolitan Correctional Center, explicitly excluding attorney-client communications.

This document captures a federal prosecutor's urgent request dated July 11, 2019—just five days after Jeffrey Epstein's arrest on sex trafficking charges. The Assistant U.S. Attorney from the Southern District of New York issued a subpoena for all recordings of Epstein's phone calls from jail, along with a written request for his email correspondence. The prosecutor specifically excluded communications with Epstein's defense attorneys: Marc Fernich, Martin Weinberg, and Reid Weingarten. The return date was set for the next day (July 12, 2019), indicating the urgency of the investigation into potential co-conspirators.

Key Highlights

• •Federal prosecutors subpoenaed all of Epstein's jail phone calls just 5 days after his July 6, 2019 arrest
• •Three defense attorneys were explicitly protected from surveillance: Marc Fernich, Martin Weinberg, and Reid Weingarten
• •The one-day turnaround deadline shows prosecutors were racing to build their case against potential co-conspirators
• •Document reveals Epstein's inmate number (76318-054) and confirms he was communicating via email from jail

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