DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE I OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE I OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL MEMORANDUM OF INVESTIGATION Case Number: 2019-010614 Reporting Office: Boston Area Office Declination to Prosecute Employees of the Federal Bureau of Prisons On September 20, 2021, Senior Special Agent and Special Agent U.S. De artment of Justice Office of the Inspector General (OIG), spoke with Assistant United States Attorney (AUSA) United States Attorney's Office (USAO), Southern District of New York (SDNY), regarding the investigative findings related to the alleged false certifications and false statements made by employees of the Federal Bureau Prisons (BOP), Metropolitan Correctional Center, New York, New York, regarding the OIG investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of former BOP Inmate Jeffrey Epstein, Register Number 76318-054. Specially, the discussion surrounded BOP Lieutenant Senior Officer Material Handler Supervisor and Correctional Officer Tova Noel. AUSA advised that he would
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US. Department at Justice
US. Department at Justice Office of the Inspector General MEMORANDUM OF INVESTIGATION Case Number: Reporting Office: 2019-010614 New Jersey Area Office Interview of Federal Bureau of Prisons Senior Officer Specialist On September 12, 2019, Assistant United States Attorney U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) Special Agent M and SSgent interviewed Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Senior Officer Specialist (SOS) at the United States Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York, 1 Saint Andrews Plaza, New York, New York 10007. The purpose of this interview was to address the events surrounding the death of Jeffrey Epstein, Register Number 76318-054 and the actions of MCC staff members leading up to and subsequent to the death. was advised that the interview was voluntary and could be terminated at any time. was provided with OIG Form II1-22612 (Warnings and Assurances to Employee Requested to Provide Information on a Voluntary Basis)
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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 121
90A-NY-3151227 Serial 121 FD-I036 (12cv. 10-16-2009) UNCLASSIFIED FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Import Form Form Type: FD-361 - Non-Disclosure Form Title:(U) NDA with SigNet Technologies Inc Approved By: SSA Drafted By: Case ID It: 90A-NY-3151227 (U) UNSUB(S); JEFFREY EPSTEIN - VICTIM; DEATH INVESTIGATION Date: 09/18/2019 Synopsis: (U) To document a signed NDA with SigNet Technologies Inc .• UNCLASSIFIED EFTA00131225 NON-DISCLOSURE AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT is entered into this 17th da of Se tember 2019, between SigNet Technologies, Inc., having offices located Beltsville, MD 20705 (hereinafter called "Company"), and the United States Government, Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation ereinafter the "FBI"), having offices located at the Engineering Research Facility Quantico, Virginia, 22135. WHEREAS, Company and the FBI possess certain information specified on Exhibits A and B hereto, which is not available to the public, which Company and
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE Southern District of New York U.S. ATTORNEY GEOFFREY S. BERMAN FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, November 19, 2019 http://www.justice.gov/usao/nys CONTACT: U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE Jim Margolin, Nicholas Biase (212) 637-2600 DOJ O1O FBI Martin Feely, Adrienne Senatore, Amy Thoreson (212) 384-2100 CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS CHARGED WITH FALSIFYING RECORDS ON AUGUST 9TH AND 10TH AT THE METROPOLITAN CORRECTIONAL CENTER Defendants Allegedly Created Records Falsely Attesting to Required Checks of Inmates the Defendants Never Did in the Special Housing Unit on the Night Inmate Jeffrey Epstein Committed Suicide Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Michael Horowitz, Inspector General for the Department of Justice ("DOJ O1O"), and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), announced today the unsealing of an indictme
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
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From: To: (USANYS)" ci Cc: ' (USANYS)" Subject: FW: UMR Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2021 17:21:45 +0000 FYSA — a number of Epstein suicide/BOP documents are being released on Friday. From: I (USANYS) < Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2021 1:19 PM To: (USANYS) c Cc: Strauss, Audrey (USANYS) < (USANYS) >; (USANYS) IMIE(USANYS) SANYS) USANYS) < >; SANYS) Subject: RE: UMR Filed UMR # 2021-06-67383 From: (USANYS) Sent: Tuesda , June 29, 2021 1:15 PM To: (USANYS) Cc: (USANYS) < >WPM. (USANYS) (USANYS) (USANYS) <a USANYS) USANYS) < (USANYS) Subject: UMR Hi NB Please transmit this UMR and copy those on this email on the confirmation. Thank you! TO: THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL THE OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL FROM: UNITED STATES ATTORNEY SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK PHONE: 212-637-2200 DISTRICT POC: Audrey Strauss, U.S. Attorney Phone: 212-637-2333 SYNOPSIS: EFTA00040626 In connection with USAO-SDNY's defense of the Bureau of Prisons ("BOP")
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