Jeffrey Epstein Records Withhold By DOJ Citing 2 Trials As Inner City Press Urges Maxwell Arraignment Access
This same US Attorney's Office on April 9 argued that a Press request to unseal was "coordinated" with its opponents - an ad hominen attack like the same regimes and pedophiles it prosecutes
By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE, April 9 – To withhold documents about the death of Jeffrey Epstein in the Metropolitan Correctional Center in lower Manhattan, the U.S. Department of Justice is citing the pending trials of Corrections Officer Tova Noel and Michael Thomas and former Briarcliff Manor Officer Nicholas Tartaglione.
But how much of it is a cover-up? Inner City Press, which is pushing for full access to the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell, live tweeted it, here:
Assistant US Attorney: Because we don't know how the criminal trial against Nicholas Tartaglione will go, so we shouldn't have to release these records and impact a death penalty trial.
Judge Engelmayer: Can you assure me that any document that has been withheld based on Tartaglione mentions Epstein? AUSA: No. [Sounds like it's time to go "in camera" and have the judge take a look at the withheld documents, with an eye toward releasing them]
Judge: Are there documents being withheld based on Noel? [Corrections officer charged in connection with Epstein's death]
AUSA: Yes. AUSA: There is a belief that disclosing these documents could make it difficult to seat jurors.
Judge: Is that credible? The issue in the Noel case is, did they make false statements about locations. I would be started if it turns into an autopsy of Epstein.
Now in the (Epstein) FOIA proceeding, "Don King case in the 2d Circuit" is quoted, along with argument that in the Noel (and Thomas) case, gag orders won't be needed. Inner City Press, which will cover that trial, would oppose any gag order or other restriction.
Judge is leaning toward in camera review of the documents, asks what he should be looking for. Assignment rosters, in Vaughn index; and the "2000 emails taken off the table."
Here's from "Index of Withholdings in Full," including "Incident Report of Jeffrey Epstein's July 23, 2019 Apparent Suicide Attempt" and "Psychological Reconstruction of Inmate Death."
The case is 20-cv-00833-PAE
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