From: (USANYS)" alMliff' To: (USANYS)" <MIMMIN> Cc: ' SANYS)" I. pANL'S I SANYS " Subject: Re: Epstein FOIA Update Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2021 13:07:48 +0000 Sounds good. Thanks, Sent from my iPhone On Apr 10, 2021, at 8:29 AM, (USANYS) alMIE> wrote: Thanks, M. Will review the transcript and then we can find a time to meet early in the week. It may make sense to meet first as a smaller group with youa to best understand the lay of the land and then loop in the substantive case teams. Sent from my iPhone On Apr 9, 2021, at 7:21 PM, All, (USANYS) ' IMIN > wrote: I'm writing to bring everyone up to speed in the Epstein FOIA. We had a pretty rough, approximately 2 hour oral argument today before Judge Engelmayer. It may be easier to share the transcript (which I have same-day ordered and will circulate once received) and/or to talk things through on a call. In sum, the Court is very skeptical of the breadth of the 7(A) withholdings here and will enter an Order on Monday directing that the withheld documents be produced to the Court for in camera review. In connection with that, the Court will direct that any material withheld under 7(A) in connection with the Tartaglione case be specifically marked out as such (as compared to the broader set of material withheld on account of its likelihood of interference with Noel). Basically, the Court has concerns that too much has been withheld on the theory of interference with the criminal cases and will undertake its own assessment of the withholding of the documents. The Court was also interested in exactly how much of the withheld materials have been produced to the Noel defendants under Rule 16, and it sounds like it will ask us to make specific representations about precisely which documents have been produced in Noel. Also, as you will see from the transcript, the Court directed that I communicate to Audrey that he wants her to consider this case and to evaluate whether it is necessary to c