Ben Weiser is a New York Times reporter covering Manhattan federal courts who reported on Jeffrey Epstein's case, including the July 2019 bail denial and efforts to unseal records in the Nicholas Tartaglione case (Epstein's former cellmate).

Weiser appears in the documents as a journalist seeking to unseal court records related to Nicholas Tartaglione (case 16-cr-832), a former police officer who was Epstein's cellmate at the Metropolitan Correctional Center. The New York Times Company and Weiser submitted formal letters to the court requesting unsealing of records in the Tartaglione case, which is documented in multiple emails from NYT Legal Department attorney Al-Amyn Sumar. One mention references Weiser's July 19, 2019 article "Uncontrollable' Jeffrey Epstein: 5 Takeaways From Judge's Bail Decision," which analyzed Judge Richard Berman's decision to deny Epstein bail.

Key Highlights

• •Reporter for The New York Times covering Manhattan federal courts and the Epstein case
• •Submitted formal requests to unseal records in the Nicholas Tartaglione case (Epstein's cellmate)
• •Wrote article analyzing the judge's July 2019 decision denying Epstein bail, describing his sexual fixation as 'uncontrollable'
• •All appearances in the documents are as a journalist seeking information, not as someone connected to Epstein

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