Sources / Original release
DOJ Epstein Files, Data Set 8
8,598 documents from this release, most significant first.
Correspondence · March 29, 2021Discovery issues email between Maxwell defense counsel and SDNY prosecutor, March 2021Defense counsel an attorney emails an Assistant U.S. Attorney raising discovery issues in Ghislaine Maxwell's case, including missing attachments, metadata problems, and production gaps.Correspondence · March 29, 2021SDNY prosecutors and Maxwell defense lawyers exchange on discovery issues, March 2021Email exchange between SDNY prosecutors and Ghislaine Maxwell's defense counsel raising discovery issues, including missing attachments, Bates gaps, disk problems at MDC, and metadata questions.Correspondence · March 26, 2021Email from SDNY prosecutors about a friendly subpoena to Maxwell's attorney, Mar 2021SDNY prosecutors email about issuing a friendly subpoena to an attorney for a settlement agreement resolving a 2009 civil suit against Epstein, relevant to the Maxwell investigation.Correspondence · March 26, 2021Email to US Attorney Audrey Strauss about a friendly subpoena for a settlement agreementProsecutors' email discussing a friendly subpoena to obtain a settlement agreement from a 2009 civil suit against Epstein, relevant to the Maxwell investigation.Correspondence · March 22, 2021Maxwell defense counsel email to prosecutors on evidence review terms, Mar. 2021Maxwell defense counsel email proposing terms for reviewing physical evidence and highly confidential electronic discovery at the federal courthouse, countering the government's proposal.Correspondence · March 16, 2021Emails between SDNY prosecutors and SDFL about Epstein case files, 2020–2021Emails in which SDNY prosecutors prosecuting Ghislaine Maxwell arrange with a West Palm Beach assistant US attorney to access stored SDFL Epstein investigation files and OPR materials.Correspondence · March 16, 2021Prosecution email to Maxwell defense on FBI evidence review logistics, March 2021Prosecutors detail FBI custody evidence, nude image categories, and warehouse review conditions for Ghislaine Maxwell's defense team in discovery.Court filing · March 15, 2021Maxwell defense letter to Judge Nathan on filing reply memoranda, Mar. 2021Defense counsel letter to Judge Alison Nathan listing twelve reply memoranda in support of Ghislaine Maxwell's pretrial motions, to be filed subject to redactions.Correspondence · March 12, 2021Emails between SDNY prosecutors and Maxwell's lawyers on viewing evidence, March 2021Email chain between prosecutors and Ghislaine Maxwell's defense counsel about scheduling a call and her review of highly confidential images and seized physical evidence.Court filing · March 8, 2021Maxwell defense letter to SDNY requesting view of physical evidence, March 2021Defense counsel an attorney asks prosecutors in United States v. Maxwell to let Maxwell's team inspect seized evidence, confidential materials, and alleged crime scenes.Correspondence · March 8, 2021SDNY prosecutors' email on draft of Ghislaine Maxwell's third bail opposition, March 2021Internal email between SDNY prosecutors sharing a draft of the government's opposition to Ghislaine Maxwell's third bail application, pending OIA review of sections on France and citizenship renunciation.Correspondence · Feb. 25, 2021Email chain on FBI follow-up with a self-identified Epstein victim, Feb 2021SDNY prosecutors and an FBI special agent coordinate follow-up contact with a woman who called identifying herself as a former Epstein victim seeking screening.Correspondence · Feb. 22, 2021Email forwarding a draft update letter to the court on Ghislaine Maxwell, Feb 2021Email signed by prosecutor Maurene Comey forwarding a draft update letter to the court regarding Ghislaine Maxwell for review.Correspondence · Feb. 2021FBI and SDNY emails on Maxwell follow-up investigative items, February 2021Email chain between FBI agents and an assistant US attorney following up on document retention, image review, and UK travel records for Maxwell and Epstein.Publication · Jan. 26, 2021WSJ newsletter: Leon Black quits Apollo over Epstein payment probeWall Street Journal daily newsletter reporting Leon Black will step down as Apollo CEO after a probe found his $148 million payment to Jeffrey Epstein.Jail record · Jan. 25, 2021MDC Brooklyn letter to Judge Nathan opposing Maxwell's discovery access order, Jan. 2021MDC Brooklyn asks Judge Nathan to vacate her order on Maxwell's laptop access, citing her 13-hour daily discovery review; the court denies the requestGovernment memo · Jan. 19, 2021SDNY grand jury subpoena with nondisclosure letter, January 19, 2021A Southern District of New York grand jury subpoena and accompanying nondisclosure letter signed by US Attorney Audrey Strauss, commanding testimony on sex trafficking statutes.Correspondence · Jan. 16, 2021Emails over Judge Nathan's order for weekend laptop access for Ghislaine Maxwell, Jan 2021Court filing · Jan. 15, 2021Court filing, 2021-01-15A Bureau of Prisons information specialist's supplemental declaration describes FOIA productions of Epstein log books, phone logs, and records withheld under exemptions in the New York Times case.Correspondence · Jan. 11, 2021Email chain on FBI delivery of drives to Ghislaine Maxwell at MDC, Jan. 2021Emails among an Assistant US Attorney, FBI personnel, and MDC staff arranging FBI delivery of two drives to Ghislaine Maxwell at the Metropolitan Detention Center.Correspondence · Jan. 11, 2021Email chain on FBI delivering drives to Ghislaine Maxwell at MDC, Jan. 11, 2021Email chain among an SDNY assistant US attorney, FBI agents, and MDC staff arranging FBI delivery of two drives to Ghislaine Maxwell on January 11, 2021.Court filing · Jan. 10, 2021Court filing, 2021-01-10Letter from Acting U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss's office to Ghislaine Maxwell's defense counsel refusing their request for a bill of particulars in her criminal case.Correspondence · Jan. 8, 2021Correspondence, 2021-01-08Counsel for Ghislaine Maxwell complains of delayed video calls, toilet-cleaning orders, ear searches risking COVID exposure, and requests complaint reports.Correspondence · Jan. 5, 2021Norwegian reporter's email to an SDNY prosecutor about the Epstein caseCorrespondence · Jan. 2021Maxwell defense counsel letter to prosecutors on discovery issues, early 2021Letter from Maxwell's defense counsel an attorney raising discovery disputes: hard drive delays, redacted FBI reports, missing flight logs, and grand jury subpoenas.Correspondence · Dec. 31, 2020Correspondence, 2020-12-31Email chain of federal prosecutors drafting a court-ordered declaration explaining why Ghislaine Maxwell's MDC discovery and counsel accommodations cannot be extended to a sex trafficking defendant at the MCC.Correspondence · Dec. 30, 2020DOJ email referring a French MLAT request, December 2020DOJ email referring a French MLAT request tied to their Epstein investigation and noting contact about Maxwell's bail proceedings.Correspondence · Dec. 28, 2020Judge Alison Nathan's chambers email transmitting Maxwell bail opinion, Dec 2020Email from Judge Alison Nathan's chambers to counsel transmitting an Opinion & Order on Ghislaine Maxwell's renewed bail motion, temporarily sealed for redaction proposals by December 30, 2020.Correspondence · Dec. 26, 2020Emails between an attorney and MDC Brooklyn about Maxwell's conditions, Dec 2020Defense counsel an attorney complains that Ghislaine Maxwell at MDC Brooklyn lacked a blanket and holiday meal; BOP staff attorney responds with conditions details.Correspondence · Dec. 23, 2020DOJ email on letting the Ghislaine Maxwell triggerfish warrant lapse, Dec. 2020Internal email asking whether the seal on a triggerfish warrant related to Ghislaine Maxwell can be allowed to expire, sent December 23, 2020.Correspondence · Dec. 22, 2020SDNY prosecutors' email chain with draft statement of facts, December 2020Email chain between SDNY prosecutors and defense counsel in plea negotiations, attaching a draft statement of facts describing an assistant's role scheduling massages for Jeffrey Epstein.Court filing · Dec. 17, 2020Addendum opinion on English extradition law for Ghislaine Maxwell, Dec. 2020Correspondence · Dec. 7, 2020SDNY prosecution team task list email on trial witnesses, Dec 2020Email thread among SDNY prosecutors listing trial witnesses, evidence authentication tasks, Relativity review of Ghislaine Maxwell emails, and interview plans in the Epstein case.Correspondence · Dec. 1, 2020Emails on Little St James Island deed records in the Epstein investigationInvestigators discuss property deed records for Epstein's Little St James Island, confirming his ownership via L.S.J. LLC and Nautilus Inc.Correspondence · Dec. 1, 2020SDNY prosecutors' emails on a Maxwell letter to the MDC warden, Dec. 2020Email chain among SDNY prosecutors discussing negotiations with Ghislaine Maxwell's defense over a joint letter to the court about MDC conditions.Court filing · Nov. 30, 2020Character letter supporting Ghislaine Maxwell's bail, November 2020A family member's character letter to Judge Alison Nathan supporting Ghislaine Maxwell's bail application, offering a $1.5 million property and attesting to her innocence.Government memo · Nov. 24, 2020SDNY notes on outside counsel's inquiry about Leon Black's payments to EpsteinAUSA note recording an outside attorney's public-records inquiry to SDNY about an internal investigation into Leon Black's payments to Epstein.Correspondence · Nov. 16, 2020Email exchange on Ghislaine Maxwell's MDC cell conditions during heat shutoff, Nov 2020Prosecutor tells defense counsel an attorney that MDC conditions remain within BOP policy and denies moving Maxwell from her isolation cell despite planned utility disruptions.Police record · Nov. 8, 2020FBI tip intake alleging a sexual assault by Jeffrey Epstein in the 2000sAn anonymous online tip to the FBI alleges Epstein sexually assaulted the writer at age 15 and describes a man she says pimped girls to rich men.Correspondence · Nov. 5, 2020Emails among US v. Maxwell counsel on extending discovery deadline, Nov. 2020Email exchange in US v. Maxwell where prosecutors and defense counsel discuss a two-week extension of the discovery deadline due to vendor delays processing 1.2 million Epstein documents.Correspondence · Nov. 4, 2020Email chain on a public figure testifying as expert in the Maxwell caseEmail chain in which federal prosecutors on the Ghislaine Maxwell case arrange a call with psychologist a public figure about testifying as an expert witness.Correspondence · Nov. 2, 2020Prosecutors email psychologist a public figure about expert testimony in Maxwell caseEmail chain in which federal prosecutors on the Ghislaine Maxwell case arrange a call with forensic psychologist a public figure about testifying as an expert witness.Correspondence · Oct. 30, 2020Correspondence, 2020-10-30Correspondence · Oct. 30, 2020Correspondence, 2020-10-30Email chain between Assistant US Attorneys and a private school's counsel about a subpoena; the school reports no records of tuition payments by Epstein.Correspondence · Oct. 28, 2020Correspondence, 2020-10-28Federal prosecutors email expert witness a public figure about her availability to testify at Ghislaine Maxwell's SDNY trial, followed by scheduling replies.Correspondence · Oct. 28, 2020Emails between SDNY prosecutors and a forensic pediatrics office about expert witnessProsecutors in United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell email a pediatric expert's office about her potentially testifying at trial.Police record · Oct. 27, 2020FBI intake report of a tip alleging Trump, Epstein and Maxwell involvement, Oct 2020FBI intake record of an October 2020 caller relaying secondhand allegations against Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein, and Ghislaine Maxwell, plus claims about a public figure.Correspondence · Oct. 19, 2020FBI emails coordinating review of Epstein device files for Maxwell case, Oct. 2020FBI and SDNY prosecutor emails coordinating the review of images and videos from Jeffrey Epstein's devices for use in the Ghislaine Maxwell case.