EFTA00033574

DIGITALLY RECORDED

1 2 DIGITALLY RECORDED SWORN STATEMENT OF OIG CASE #: 2019-010614 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL JUNE 15, 2021 RESOLUTE DOCUMENTATION SERVICES 28632 Roadside Drive, Suite 285 Agoura Hills, CA 91301 Phone: (818) 431-5800 APPEARANCES: OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL BY: BY: WITNESS: OTHER APPEARANCES: NONE 3 1 MR. All right. The recorder 2 is on. Today is Tuesday, lune 15, 2021 and 3 the time is 10:08 a.m. My name is 4 , and I am a Senior Special Agent 5 with the U.S. Department of Justice Office of 6 the Inspector General, New York Field Office. 7 And these are my credentials. 8 9 MR. Okay. MR. : This interview with 10 Federal Bureau of Prisons employee - let me see 11 - is it Jermaine? 12 MR. : Yes. 13 MR. , is being 14 conducted as part of an official U.S. 15 Department of Justice Office of the Inspector 16 General investigation. Today's date is - again 17 - June 15, 2021. This interview is being 18 conducted at

L49KNEWM

1 L49KNEWM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK x THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. 20 CV 833 (PAE) Remote Conference FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS, Defendant. Before: x New York, N.Y. April 9, 2021 4:00 p.m. HON. PAUL A. ENGELMAYER, District Judge APPEARANCES THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY BY: DAVID EDWARD McCRAW ALEXANDRA SETTELMAYER AUDREY STRAUSS, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Assistant United States Attorney ALSO PRESENT: ,BOP SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 EFTA00105779 2 L49KNEWM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 (The Court and all parties appearing telephonically) THE COURT: Good afternoon. This is Judge Engelmayer. Let me begin by asking my law clerk to confirm that all counsel are on the line. THE LAW CLERK: Hi, Judge. T

90A-NY-3151227 Serial 64

90A-NY-3151227 Serial 64 FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) •1 of 1. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of entry 08/28/2019 On August 16, 2019, at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) III , New York, NY, Special Agent (SA) , SA , TFO , OIG Investigator and MCC Lt. interviewed LEONARDO FERNANDEZ, MCC Inmate #86824-054. After being advised of the identities of the agents and the purpose of the interview, FERNANDEZ provided the following information: On Friday (August 09, 2019), FERNANDEZ was housed in Cell 218 on L-TIER of the Special Housing Unit within MCC. He received a visit from his girlfriend, TYRELYSHANTI CRIAG, that day. He was suspected of receiving contraband at the visit and was placed in the dry room for approximately 25 hours. FERNANDEZ was then moved to K tier Cell 111. FERNANDEZ last day being housed in L Tier was Friday (August 9, 2019) prior to his visit. FERNANDEZ remembers that JEFFREY EPSTEIN would be in legal from approximately 9am to 9pm and he was

EFTA00031263

Case 1:20-cv-00833-PAE Document 25 Filed 08/05/20 Page 1 of 30

Case 1:20-cv-00833-PAE Document 25 Filed 08/05/20 Page 1 of 30 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK X THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, Plaintiff; -v- FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS, Defendant. 20 Civ. 833 (PAE) MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT OF THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AUDREY STRAUSS Acting United States Attorney Southern District of New York 86 Chambers Street, Third Floor EFTA00088671 Case 1:20-cv-00833-PAE Document 25 Filed 08/05/20 Page 2 of 30 TABLE OF CONTENTS PRELIMINARY STATEMENT BACKGROUND 2 I. Criminal Proceedings Against Jeffrey Epstein 2 II. Criminal Proceedings Against Tova Noel and Michael Thomas 2 III. Criminal Proceedings Against Nicholas Tartaglione 3 IV. The Times's FOIA Requests and This Action 3 ARGUMENT 4 I. FOIA and the Summary Judgment Standard 4 II. BOP Conducted an Adequate Search for Responsive Records 5 III. BOP's Withholdings Were Proper 6 IV. BOP Has Satisfied Its Duty to

DIGITALLY RECORDED

1 DIGITALLY RECORDED SWORN STATEMENT OF OIG CASE #: 2019-010614 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL JUNE 15, 2021 RESOLUTE DOCUMENTATION SERVICES 28632 Roadside Drive, Suite 285 Agoura Hills, CA 91301 Phone: EFTA00059973 2 APPEARANCES: OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL BY: BY: WITNESS: OTHER APPEARANCES: NONE EFTA00059974 3 1 : All right. The recorder 2 is on. Today is Tuesday, June 15, 2021, and 3 the time is 10:08 a.m. My name is 4 and I am a Senior Special Agent 5 with the U.S. Department of Justice Office of 6 the Inspector General, New York Field Office. 7 And these are my credentials. 8 : Okay. 9 : This interview with 10 Federal Bureau of Prisons employee - let me see 11 - is it 12 : Yes. 13 • , is being 14 conducted as part of an official U.S. 15 Department of Justice Office of the Inspector 16 General investigation. Today's date is - again 17 - June 15, 2021. This interview is being 18 conducted at the West Side - w