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RUSSELL CAPONE
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Russell Capone
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Russell Capone was Chief Counsel to the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and submitted declarations in a FOIA lawsuit by The New York Times seeking records related to Jeffrey Epstein's death at the Metropolitan Correctional Center.
Capone appears exclusively in his official capacity as a government attorney representing the Federal Bureau of Prisons in litigation. All four mentions are from court filings (declarations and supplemental declarations) in The New York Times v. Federal Bureau of Prisons (Case No. 20-CV-833), a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking records about Epstein's detention and death. He had no direct personal connection to Epstein but was involved in the government's legal response to public records requests.
Key Highlights
- •Served as Chief Counsel to the U.S. Attorney's Office (SDNY) during litigation over Epstein-related records
- •Filed declarations representing the Federal Bureau of Prisons in response to The New York Times FOIA lawsuit
- •Previously oversaw investigations and prosecutions of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell while at SDNY
- •All mentions are from his role as government counsel, not as someone personally connected to Epstein
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Books for Further Reading
Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story
Julie K. Brown
Investigative journalism that broke the Epstein case open
Filthy Rich: The Jeffrey Epstein Story
James Patterson
Bestselling account of Epstein's crimes and network
Relentless Pursuit: My Fight for the Victims of Jeffrey Epstein
Bradley J. Edwards
Victims' attorney's firsthand account
Document Mentions (6)
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below. The basis for withholdings under Exemption 7(A) is explained in the accompanying declaration of Counsel to the Acting United States Attorney Russell Capone. In addition to the withholdings in full under Exemptions 7(A) and 5, BOP has also withheld certain records or portions of records under Exemptions
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OUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, Plaintiff, No. 20-CV-833(PAE) v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS, Defendant. DECLARATION OF RUSSELL CAPONE I, Russell Capone, hereby declare as follows: 1. I am Counsel to the Acting United States Attorney in the United States Attorney's Office for the
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t withheld in full 12 pages for reasons explained at Paragraph 20 of the August 5, 2020, declaration of Counsel to the Acting United States Attorney Russell Capone. 14. The Updated Index corrects an inadvertent error that resulted in double counting of seventeen pages of emails listed at Entry 52 and twenty-n
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ICT OF NEW YORK THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, Plaintiff, No. 20-CV-833(PAE) v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS, Defendant. SUPPLEMENTAL DECLARATION OF RUSSELL CAPONE I, Russell Capone, hereby declare as follows: I. I am Counsel to the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York ("USAO-S
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ICT OF NEW YORK THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, Plaintiff, No. 20-CV-833(PAE) v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS, Defendant. SUPPLEMENTAL DECLARATION OF RUSSELL CAPONE I, Russell Capone, hereby declare as follows: I. I am Counsel to the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York ("USAO-S
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OUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, Plaintiff, No. 20-CV-833(PAE) v. FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS, Defendant. DECLARATION OF RUSSELL CAPONE I, Russell Capone, hereby declare as follows: 1. I am Counsel to the Acting United States Attorney in the United States Attorney's Office for the
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