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February 2, 2026
BY ECF
Honorable Richard M. Berman
United States District Judge
Southern District of New York
500 Pearl Street
New York, New York 10007
Honorable Paul A. Engelmayer
United States District Court
Southern District of New York
40 Foley Square
New York, NY 10007
Re:
United States v. Jeffrey Epstein,
19 Cr. 490 (RMB)
United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell,
20 Cr. 330 (PAE)
Dear Judges Berman and Engelmayer:
The Department respectfully submits this letter to provide an update to the Court and
counsel regarding its ongoing efforts to protect victim privacy. See United States v. Epstein, 19
Cr. 490 (RMB), Dkt. 99; United States v. Maxwell, 20 Cr. 330 (PAE), Dkt. 847. In particular, the
Department has further expedited its processes for receiving and responding to victim outreach
concerning documents, as well as removing documents that inadvertently were produced and
contain victim-identifying information. In addition, the Government writes to respond to, and
provide additional context for, representations made by counsel in its letter motion, dated February
1, 2026. As of the writing of this letter, all documents requested by victims or counsel to be
removed by yesterday evening have been removed for further redaction, and the Department is
continuing to process any new requests and to run its own searches to identify any other documents
that may require further redaction. The Department submits this letter jointly to Your Honors as it
believes that the issues raised are overlapping between the two cases.
The Jacob K. Javits Federal Building
26 Federal Plaza, 37th Floor
New York, New York 10278
U.S. Department of Justice
United States Attorney
Southern District of New York
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