Overview
- Federal prosecutors told Judge Kenneth Karas that Nicholas Tartaglione’s public comments waive the need to keep the note sealed.
- The New York Times petitioned for release of the document, which sits under seal in Tartaglione’s criminal case.
- Tartaglione has said he found the handwritten note in a book after Epstein’s July 2019 suicide attempt at the Metropolitan Correctional Center.
- DOJ records reference the note and say defense lawyer Bruce Barket authenticated it in January 2020, even as SDNY prosecutors were not aware of it, according to ABC News.
- A ruling could broaden public access to long-hidden records in a case that has already led to large DOJ file releases under the Epstein Files Transparency Act.