Epstein/Washington Post question

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On Jul 25, 2019, at 7:45 AM, ██████████ < ████████████████ > wrote:

Hi

I have a meeting at 8:15, but can chat before (or after) then. I want to also discuss the possible response to Bruce about the press having incomplete/inaccurate information.

Thanks,

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We just received the below from USMS. Is the detail about the noose accurate? Do you have any additional information or reports you can provide?

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• From: An entity identified as "(USMS)"
• Date: July 24, 2019 at 9:35:05 PM EDT
• To: Multiple recipients, all identified as "(USANYS)"
• Document Identifier: SDNY_00014586

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Subject: Jeffrey EPSTEIN

All,

Please be advised that we received he following report from the Bureau of Prisons MCC New York at 2115 hours on this date: Associate Warden (AW) at MCC New York advised that Jeffrey EPSTEIN was found in his cell this morning at 0127 hours in a fetal position with a noose around his neck. EPSTEIN was escorted to medical and was assessed. EPSTEIN was initially placed on suicide watch and subsequently downgraded to suicide observation, where he currently remains. Additionally, AW advised that EPSTEIN's cell mate reported threated to kill him. No further information was provided. The above incident is currently under investigation with the BOP.

Supervisory Deputy United States Marshal Southern District ofNew York

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I'll call you separately in a moment, but just in case email is faster, I just received a phone call from defense counsel that a person close to Mr. Epstein received a phone call from an individual named (phonetic) who claimed to be an investigator with the MCC and told the individual that Mr. Epstein's body was ready to be picked up at the hospital and that the individual could make arrangements for retrieval of the body. left his phone number as [ ]

Can you please confirm whether that individual is in fact with BOP and/or MCC? Defense counsel is understandably concerned that they (and others with connections with Mr. Epstein) are starting to get hoax or otherwise inaccurate information through phone calls and emails. And we would again respectfully but urgently request that if there is information like this that needs to go to representatives for Mr. Epstein, that it come to us so we can pass it along to his counsel with confidence that it is true and accurate.

(Separately, if it is accurate that BOP / MCC is prepared to release Mr. Epstein's body, his defense counsel is extremely concerned about whether that has been enough time for a full autopsy and any other investigative steps, and we would want to confirm that the FBI team addressing this matter has also been informed—but that's only if this is not a hoax, obviously.)

Please advise as soon as possible, as the individual is waiting to know whether they should take steps to retrieve the body.

thank you,

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Subject: RE: Epstein update

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I’m checking in to see if you’re able to provide us with additional information. I’m █████████ when you have a moment.

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Hi [ ]

MCC Administrators have been in touch with at the USMS since early this morning. I too have been in touch with since a little after 9 am, at which time I shared the limited information I had. The press release is the sum total of the information we have at this time pending the investigation. I am going into the secure perimeter to see if there is more information to share, but please be advised that some of what I get may be shared with your office but not further since it is an open investigation. SDNY_00014758

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It is frankly unbelievable to me that BOP is issuing public press releases on this before telling us basic information so that we can relay it to his attorneys who can relay it to his family. When can we expect to get either some sort of statement we can pass along to counsel as accurate and reliable or have a call with someone?

I understand from the Marshals that they have been unsuccessful in reaching anyone with authority at BOP, and given the BOP press release that was just put out I assume we need to speak with someone there. Please advise.

Thank you.

On Aug 10, 2019, at 10:43, ████████████████████ (USANYS) <████████████████████> wrote:

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As you might imagine, we are getting increasingly frantic calls from defense counsel who continue to be seeing information in the press that we-the U.S. AttWithheld underexgentieived. We need to know as soon as this was reported publicly. Please advise when we can expect to receive either a written report on those basic facts or possible the very basic facts, such as time and cause of death at the absolute minimum. It has now been hours since f the Freedom of Information and Privacy Act when we can have a call to get that information to relay to his counsel. It is extraordinarily frustrating to have to tell them that we have less information than the press. Please advise.

Thank you,

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On Aug 10, 2019, at 08:46, ████████████████ (USMS) <█████████████████> wrote:

Passed away. We are completing a significant incident report for HQ for Death of a Federal Inmatehowever, I do not have any specifics from the BOP yet.
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Subject: Re: Automatic reply: Epstein update
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Thank you for telling us. What do you mean by “passed”?
Thanks,
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On Aug 10, 2019, at 8:18 AM, ██████████ (USMS) <████████████████████> wrote:

BOP just provided another update- Epstein has passed. I have no additional info. I will
push out updates as we receive.
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push out updates as we receive.
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Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2019 7:52 AM

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To: (USANYS)
Subject: Re: Automatic reply: Epstein update

FYI:
The BOP just informed us that Epstein is being taken by ambulance to the hospital from
another apparent suicide attempt- no other information was provided.
They will update us as more info becomes available.
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I will be out of the office on vacation until Monday, August 12th. Although I will have
access to email during my absence, my responses may be delayed. For urgent matters,
please contact the other AUSA(s) on the case, or AUSA ██████████████████ at ██████████████
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Hi-

Matt Zapotosky from the Washington Post here. We are in the process of working on a story about the cameras outside Jeffrey Epstein's cell on the morning of his death. The story will assert that the data in those cameras was found to be corrupted/unreadable, though it is being sent to Quantico for further analysis.

Can the BOP comment on that assertion? Is the functionality of cameras a larger issue at BOP or MCC? Are you able to say what other cameras might have captured that night to support the assertion that Mr. Epstein killed himself?

Thank you,
Matt Zapotosky | The Washington Post
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