DOJ says names of two associates Epstein wired $100k and $250k to should stay secret
On Friday, the Ministry of Justice asked for a federal judge who controls the deceased sex smuggler Jeffrey Epstein case A request from NBC News According to the court documents, in 2018 to reveal the names of two partners who received a large payment from him. . Ministry of Justice Confidentiality concerns refer to two people as the reason for not making their names open to the public.
The first partner received a $ 100,000 payment from Epstein, and the second partner received a payment of $ 250,000 days after Miami Herald began publishing a series of research stories in Florida in 2008 in Florida.
As part of the claim agreement, Epstein made a statement that two people from Federal prosecutors in Florida would not be prosecuted.
In 2019, Epstein was accused and arrested in New York and asked for the release of bail. Federal prosecutors in New York argued on July 16, 2019 that Epstein should be in prison to prevent witnesses to intervene.
They stated that Miami Herald made his payments to two people who started two days after Epstein began to publish about the defense agreement, also known as NPA or NPA.
Prosecutors, on November 30, 2018, Epstein, a person of $ 100,000 from a trust account he controlled, [REDACTED] A potential common conspiracy-and Epstein provides protection in NPA. “
“This individual was also selected in the Herald series and came to the fore.”
“The same records, just three days later, on December 3, 2018 or approximately the defendant, the same confidence account of $ 250,000 shows that the accumulation. [REDACTED]It is also a potential common conspiracy and Epstein also provides protection in NPA. “
Prosecutors continued: “This individual is also one of the employees defined in the indictment, which claims that he and his other two defined employees, as well as other things, contain victims, and plan to have sex with the defendants in Manhattan and Palm Beach, Florida.”
Prosecutors said that Epstein’s payments may be evidence of “efforts to influence witnesses”.
“This is the way of action, and especially the timing, dedi he said,“ The defendant argues that he is trying to further impress common conspiracies that can provide information against him in the light of the reappeared claims. ”
Last month, NBC News sent a letter US Regional Judge Richard Berman, Epstein’ın died, criminal proceedings ended and the Ministry of Justice in a note in July, a note, no additional accusation against the uncharged third parties, he said.
Berman Federal prosecutors gave To respond until September 5th.
One 5 September Answer Letter“Individual-1 and Individual-2 are third parties that do not waive their confidentiality interests, and in the letter of both Individual-1 and Individual-2, July 2019, their names and personal identity information clearly objected to the emergence of their names and personal identity information.”
Clayton said that two anonymous people sent letters to the US lawyer who expressed their concerns, but these letters were under seals.
The judge gave NBC news until September 12th to respond to the request of the Ministry of Justice to be confidential.
It is not known when Berman will decide upon the request of NBC News.
This article was initially published NbcNews.com
