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Records Withheld By DOJ Citing 2 Trials As
Inner City Press Urges Maxwell Access
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 here
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