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DOJ says names of two associates Epstein wired $100k and $250k to should stay secret
The Department of Justice argues that the $350,000 payments to two Epstein associates are protected by a 2008 plea agreement and privacy rights amid ongoing legal disputes.
- The Department of Justice asked a federal judge to keep secret the names of two associates who received a combined $350,000 from Jeffrey Epstein in 2018, after the Miami Herald criticized his 2008 plea deal, while NBC News has sought the names since last month.
- Under the 2008 nonprosecution agreement, the names were sealed, and prosecutors say payments of $350,000 came in late 2018 after the Miami Herald's critical stories, only becoming public after Epstein's 2019 indictment and arrest.
- Prosecutors detail the payments on Nov. 30 and Dec. 3, 2018, showing Epstein wired $100,000 and $250,000 from a trust account to potential co‑conspirators, including an employee who arranged encounters at his Manhattan and Palm Beach, Florida residences.
- U.S. District Judge Richard Berman set a Sept. 12 deadline for NBC News to respond to the Department of Justice's request to keep two associates' names secret, citing privacy concerns and objections from the individuals.
- Uncertainty about the sealed records keeps transparency questions open as prosecutors warned the payments may be evidence of efforts to influence witnesses, and the court has yet to rule on the dispute between privacy versus disclosure.
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U.S. Government and Top SDNY Prosecutor Jay Clayton Ask Federal Judge to Keep Two Jeffrey Epstein Wire Recipients a Secret
The Department of Justice has asked a federal judge to keep secret the identities of two Jeffrey Epstein associates who received $350,000 in wire transfers from the deceased sex trafficker in 2018, just days after renewed media scrutiny of his plea deal arrangement. The Payments and Their Timing Court documents reveal that Epstein wired $100,000 to one associate and $250,000 to another in late November and early December 2018, coinciding with th…
The US Department of Justice is not releasing the names of two people described as Jeffrey Epstein's "co-conspirators." The people received payments totaling $3.5 million from Epstein in 2018. But their integrity is paramount, according to the prosecutor.
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DOJ Wants Recipients of Money Sent by Epstein Kept Secret
The Justice Department has asked a federal judge to keep secret the names of two of Jeffrey Epstein's associates, citing privacy concerns, reported NBC News. The pair received a combined $350,000 from Epstein in 2018, days after the Miami Herald began publishing a series of stories in which victims criticized his 2008 Florida plea deal. NBC News last month sent a letter asking U.S. District Judge Richard Berman to unseal the names, included in a…
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DOJ requests judge to keep names of two Epstein associates wired large sums of money sealed
The Department of Justice asked the federal judge overseeing the case of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to keep anonymous the names of two associates who received money from him in 2018. The first associate received $100,000 from…
DOJ Asks Judge to Keep Name of 2 Epstein Associates Secret
The Department of Justice has asked a federal judge to withhold the names of two Jeffrey Epstein associates who received a combined $350,000 from him in 2018. NBC News said that it filed a motion to unseal the names of the associates but is facing pushback from the DOJ, which has requested that the names remain confidential. The mystery associates reportedly received the payments—one for $100,000, the other for $250,000—just days after a Miami H…
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