Who is Biase in the Epstein files?

Nicholas Biase is a spokesperson and press officer at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York. The documents show him issuing press statements and advisories on the Epstein and Maxwell cases, answering reporters, and sharing news coverage inside the office. He appears as a government communications official.

Was Nicholas Biase connected to Jeffrey Epstein personally?

The documents show no personal relationship. His appearances are in official SDNY correspondence about the prosecutions. Epstein's name comes up because the emails are about his case, his death, and the later Maxwell trial.

What did Biase handle in the Maxwell case?

He circulated the press advisory for Maxwell's July 2020 charges and handled media requests ahead of her trial. He also helped coordinate press guidance for the trial, according to the November 2021 emails. In December 2021 he distributed the U.S. Attorney's statement on her verdict. He worked with Margolin and others in the office on these tasks.

Why does the name sometimes appear as "Blase"?

The documents are scanned and run through OCR, which sometimes misreads "Biase" as "Blase" or "Blasé". These variants refer to the same SDNY press officer.

Who is Biase in the Epstein files?

Nicholas Biase is a spokesperson and press officer at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York. The documents show him issuing press statements and advisories on the Epstein and Maxwell cases, answering reporters, and sharing news coverage inside the office. He appears as a government communications official.

Was Nicholas Biase connected to Jeffrey Epstein personally?

The documents show no personal relationship. His appearances are in official SDNY correspondence about the prosecutions. Epstein's name comes up because the emails are about his case, his death, and the later Maxwell trial.

What did Biase handle in the Maxwell case?

He circulated the press advisory for Maxwell's July 2020 charges and handled media requests ahead of her trial. He also helped coordinate press guidance for the trial, according to the November 2021 emails. In December 2021 he distributed the U.S. Attorney's statement on her verdict. He worked with Margolin and others in the office on these tasks.

Why does the name sometimes appear as "Blase"?

The documents are scanned and run through OCR, which sometimes misreads "Biase" as "Blase" or "Blasé". These variants refer to the same SDNY press officer.

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Surname reference in Epstein-related documents

Nicholas Biase is the press officer for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY). The files show him in that role, handling media communications on the Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell prosecutions. He appears as a government spokesperson, not as an associate of Epstein.

Biase's name appears in about 40 documents, almost all of them emails from SDNY's press office. Most of the 30 or so where he is in the From/To/Cc header are press advisories, statements and reporter inquiries that he sent or received. Among them are the statement on Epstein's death, press-conference advisories for July 2019 and July 2020, and the statement on the Maxwell verdict. Several other mentions are forwarded or quoted threads in which his name shows up in the quoted headers. The name is sometimes garbled by OCR as "Blase" or "Blasé".

Key Highlights

•Biase sent official SDNY announcements. These include the "Statement of Manhattan U.S. Attorney on the Death of Defendant Jeffrey Epstein" and press advisories for the July 8, 2019 Epstein press conference and the July 2, 2020 Maxwell press conference.
•He distributed the December 29, 2021 statement of U.S. Attorney Damian Williams on the Ghislaine Maxwell verdict.
•He fielded press inquiries from outlets including The Sunday Times, PEOPLE, NBCUniversal/CNBC (on Epstein and Wexner), and the French outlet 20 Minutes. One thread, from November 2021, covers the high volume of media requests around the Maxwell trial.
•Emails from November 2021 about "SDNY Press Guidance, U.S. v. Ghislaine Maxwell" show him coordinating trial-day logistics with Janis Echenberg and James Margolin, a contractor in the office.
•He often forwarded news coverage, such as Daily Beast, Guardian, Fox News and Deadline articles, to colleagues, and he circulated SDNY news clips. This points to a media-monitoring function.
•A November 2019 email titled "Correctional Officers Charged with Falsifying Records on August 9th and 10th" sits in a thread about the jail staff on duty the night Epstein died.
•His most frequent co-occurrences are James Margolin (a fellow SDNY press staffer) and senior prosecutors such as Geoffrey Berman. The pattern reflects office communications, not a personal relationship with Epstein.

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EFTA00103431.pdf

EFTA00103431

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From: "Biase, Nicholas (USANYS)" < IMINE> To: 'SI 'c IMIE> Subject: Re: Ghislaine Maxwell maximum sentence --a doubt Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2020 15:34:55 +0000 Th

ut I confess that even I took this weekend off -- > You get on the links at all over the weekend? Was hot, though . . . > Original Message > From: Biase, Nicholas (USANYS) alMIE> > Sent: Monda Jul 06 2020 11:20 > To: c MIE> > Subject: Re: Ghislaine Maxwell maximum sentence --a doubt >> On Jul 6,

EFTA00103432.pdf

EFTA00103432

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From: " > To: "Biase, Nicholas (USANYS)" Subject: RE: Ghislaine Maxwell maximum sentence --a doubt Date: Mon, 06 Jul 2020 15:22:10 +0000 I'm back working hard today, b

day, but I confess that even I took this weekend off - You get on the links at all over the weekend? Was hot, though .. . Original Message From: Biase, Nicholas (USANYS) alMIE> Sent: Monday, July 06, 2020 11:20 To: Subject: Re: Ghislaine Maxwell maximum sentence --a doubt Thanks very much for ex

EFTA00089951.pdf

EFTA00089951

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re at 8:30 am, it's not clear to me it will take 1.5 hours to do strikes and prelim instructions. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 26, 2021, at 3:49 PM, Biase, Nicholas (USANYS) < IMIIIM> wrote: Or course! Not at all for press, but for my planning — would it be safe to assume that openings would happen ar

w. I've mentioned it to Eric Blachman, I believe he's reserved a seat. From: Echenberg, Janis (USANYS) Sent: Friday, November 26, 2021 3:16 PM To: Biase, Nicholas (USANYS) < => Cc: (USANYS) < M>, Margolin, James (USANYS) [Contractor] Subject: Re: SDNY PRESS GUIDANCE I U.S. v. GHISLAINE MAXWELL, FRI

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EFTA00089947.pdf

EFTA00089947

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've mentioned it to Eric Blachman, I believe he's reserved a seat. From: Echenberg, Janis (USANYS) ‹ > Sent: Friday, November 26, 2021 3:16 PM To: Biase, Nicholas (USANYS) < > Cc: (USANYS) ; Margolin, James (USANYS) [Contractor] Subject: Re: SDNY PRESS GUIDANCE I U.S. v. GHISLAINE MAXWELL, FRIDAY,

From: "Echenberg, Janis (USANYS)" To: "Biase, Nicholas (USANYS)" Cc: " SAN iaiialirliMINE>, "Margolin, James (USANYS) [Contractor]" Subject: Re: SDNY PRESS GUIDANCE I U.S. v. GHISLAINE MAXWE

EFTA00089943.pdf

EFTA00089943

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From: "Biase, Nicholas (USANYS)" To: "Echenberg, Janis (USANYS)" Cc: " SAN =I laillirlIMINE>, "Margolin, James (USANYS) [Contractor]" Subject: Re: SDNY PRE

w. I've mentioned it to Eric Blechman, I believe he's reserved a seat. From: Echenberg, Janis (USANYS) Sent: Friday, November 26, 2021 3:16 PM To: Biase, Nicholas (USANYS) < > Cc: (USANYS) ; Margolin, James (USANYS) [Contractor] Subject: Re: SDNY PRESS GUIDANCE I U.S. v. GHISLAINE MAXWELL, FRIDAY,

EFTA00073620.pdf

EFTA00073620

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From: "Biase, Nicholas (USANYS)" To: "Echenberg, Janis (USANYS)" Cc: " SAN =I ialiiillrIMIIIM>, "Margolin, James (USANYS) [Contractor]" Subject: RE: SDNY PRESS

w. I've mentioned it to Eric Blachman, I believe he's reserved a seat. From: Echenberg, Janis (USANYS) Sent: Friday, November 26, 2021 3:16 PM To: Biase, Nicholas (USANYS) Cc: (USANYS) <la; Margolin, James (USANYS) [Contractor] Subject: Re: SDNY PRESS GUIDANCE I U.S. v. GHISLAINE MAXWELL, FRIDAY,

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EFTA00073616.pdf

EFTA00073616

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gs will actually start. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 26, 2021, at 2:54 PM, Blase, Nicholas (USANYS) wrote: Just checking back on this. Thx! From: Biase, Nicholas (USANYS) Sent: Friday, November 26, 2021 10:34 AM To: Echenberg, Janis (USANYS) (USANYS) Cc: Margolin, James (USANYS) [Contractor] <1

From: "Echenberg, Janis (USANYS)" To: "Biase, Nicholas (USANYS)" Cc: " SAN iallialirliMINE>, "Margolin, James (USANYS) [Contractor]" Subject: Re: SDNY PRESS GUIDANCE I U.S. v. GHISLAINE MAXW

EFTA00165496.pdf

EFTA00165496

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From: ' To: "Biase, Nicholas (USANYS)" Subject: RE: Epstein Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2019 19:53:52 +0000 Importance: Normal Thanks for the note Nick. The whole thing obvi

ing done by our offices up here. It is a privilege to stand with your team to do everything we can. Thanks again. See you soon. Regards, U From: Biase, Nicholas (USANYS) [mailto: Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2019 3:07 PM To: Subject: Epstein I just wanted to drop a note to tell you how great I thou

EFTA00030183

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lier: Mtps://www.thedailybeast.com/jeffrey-epsteins-sick-story-played-out-for-years-in-plain-sight Sent from my iPhone On Jul 9, 2019, at 10:09 AM, Biase, Nicholas (USANYS) ca. wrote: https://www.thedailybeast.com/jeffrey-epstein-shouldnt-expect-to-wiggle-free-again-with-sdny-sex-trafficking-charges

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Dipesh The Sunday Times 1 London Bridge Street London SE I 9GF Tel: +44 (0)20 7782 5745 Mob: +44 (0)7956 142 227 On Fri, 26 Nov 2021 at 14:48, Biase, Nicholas (USANYS) <Nicholas.Biase@usdoj.gov> wrote: In order meet the demand for the high volume of media requests we are already receiving, the fo

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EFTA00032019

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From: "Biase, Nicholas (USANYS)" To: Cc: Subject: https://www.theguardian.corn/boolcs/2021/sep/13/steve-bannon-jeffrey-epstein-cbs-interyiew- michael-wolff-book

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EFTA00064799.pdf

EFTA00064799

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From: "Biase, Nicholas (USANYS)" <=nla To: Cc: Subject: SDNY NEWS CLIPS 7/15/2019 Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 21:08:48 +0000 Importance: Normal Attachments: 2019

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EFTA00070031.pdf

EFTA00070031

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From: "Biase, Nicholas (USANYS)" Bcc: "USANYS-ALL EMPLOYEES" Subject: STATEMENT OF MANHATTAN U.S. ATTORNEY ON THE DEATH OF DEFENDANT JEFFREY EPSTEIN Date: S

EFTA00073650.pdf

EFTA00073650

1 mention

From: "Dearden. Dawn (USANYS)" To: " USANYS SANYS Cc: "Biase, Nicholas , "Margolin, James (USANYS) [Contractor]" Subject: Epstein cooperator Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2019 20:29:01 +0000 Importance: High Hey guys

EFTA00075941.pdf

EFTA00075941

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Margolin, James (USANYS) [Contractor] •MIMMINE> > Sent: Friday, September 24, 2021 4:48 PM > To: Donaleski, Rebekah Roos, Nicolas (USANYS) > Cc: Biase, Nicholas (USANYS) > Subject: Epstein's death > FYI, a person at CBS says they have a "highly placed source" telling them DOJ has "reopened" the i

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EFTA00076021.pdf

EFTA00076021

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warded message: From: USANYS)" Date: uly 6. _019 at 7:56:22 PM EDT To: " USANYS)" < >, , "Berman, Geoffre SANYS USANYS)" (USANYS)" Cc: "Biase, Nicholas (USANYS)" Subject: RE: Epstein All, Attached is the latest draft. Thanks, From: (USANYS) Original Message To: (USANYS) : Cc Sen

EFTA00076621.pdf

EFTA00076621

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ess I authorize it. Geoff Begin forwarded message: From USANYS)" Date: Jul" ( 2W9 at :56:22 PM EDT To: " , "Berman, Geoffre SANYS SANYS Cc: "Biase, Nicholas (USANYS)" Subject: RE: Epstein All, Attached is the latest draft. Thanks, SANYS (USANYS) [Contractor]" EFTA00076621 Ori inal Mess

EFTA00077556.pdf

EFTA00077556

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NYS)" Subject: FW: cnbc.com query - Epstein/Wexner Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2019 18:34:22 +0000 Inline-Images: image001.jpg (USANYS)" Just FYI. From: Biase, Nicholas (USANYS) Sent: Friday, August 9, 2019 2:24 PM To: Mangan, Daniel (NBCUniversal) Cc: Schwartz2, Brian (NBCUniversal) Subject: RE: cnbc.c

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EFTA00016023

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From: ' To: "Biase, Nicholas USANYS "Margolin, James (USANYS) [Contractor]" Subject: Fwd: US v. Maxwell, 20 CR. 330 (AJN) - Government Submission Date: Thu, 17 Dec

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EFTA00083749.pdf

EFTA00083749

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Q We have, and they were. (Some of the images, at least, were in the same safe as the other stuff.) Sent from my iPhone On Jul 19, 2019, at 14:44, Biase, Nicholas (USANYS) < > wrote: <> >; (USANYS) < (z > Have we publicly stated whether the diamonds and passport were found in the same safe as th

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