EFTA00020434.pdf

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Extraction Summary

6
People
5
Organizations
4
Locations
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Events
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Relationships
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Document Information

Type: Legal correspondence (emails)
File Size: 155 KB
Summary

This document is an email chain from March 2021 between Ghislaine Maxwell's defense team (Cohen & Gresser) and the US Attorney's Office. Defense attorney Christian Everdell outlines seven specific technical issues regarding discovery production, including the inability of Maxwell to view files on prison computers, missing email attachments, and corrupted metadata on over 110,000 documents extracted from Jeffrey Epstein's devices. The prosecution team discusses internally setting up a call with their vendor, PAE, to address these errors.

People (6)

Name Role Context
Christian Everdell Defense Attorney
Partner at Cohen & Gresser LLP, representing Ghislaine Maxwell, author of the primary email detailing discovery issues.
Ghislaine Maxwell Defendant
Subject of the discovery process; specific issues raised regarding her ability to access files on prison computers.
Jeffrey Epstein Deceased Subject
Mentioned as the source of devices from which over 110,000 documents were extracted.
Jeff Pagliuca Defense Attorney
CC'd on the email.
Laura Menninger Defense Attorney
CC'd on the email.
Bobbi Sternheim Defense Attorney
CC'd on the email.

Organizations (5)

Name Type Context
USANYS
US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York (Prosecution).
Cohen & Gresser LLP
Law firm representing Ghislaine Maxwell.
PAE
Likely a litigation support or e-discovery vendor handling document production for the government.
SDFL
Likely Southern District of Florida (referenced in context of investigations).
PBPD
Palm Beach Police Department (referenced in context of investigations).

Timeline (1 events)

2021-03-30
Proposed meeting time to discuss discovery production issues.
Remote/Call
USANYS Staff USANYS Contractor

Locations (4)

Location Context
Office location for Cohen & Gresser.
Office location for Cohen & Gresser.
Office location for Cohen & Gresser.
Office location for Cohen & Gresser.

Relationships (2)

Christian Everdell Attorney-Client Ghislaine Maxwell
Everdell writes on behalf of Maxwell regarding her access to discovery materials.
Jeffrey Epstein Co-conspirator/Associate (implied) Ghislaine Maxwell
Discovery materials from Epstein's devices are being reviewed for Maxwell's defense.

Key Quotes (5)

"On our last call, we asked you if we could send our client a hard drive containing the discovery that we had created"
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"The last two productions you sent to Ms. Maxwell on disks. As you know, she cannot read disks on her laptop and must use the prison computer."
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"A number of electronic documents – over 110,000 – that were extracted from one of Epstein's devices... have metadata that indicates a 'date created' or 'date last modified' date in July 2020 or afterwards"
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"A number of photographs – over 6500 – were produced in native format... and have 'date created' and/or 'date last modified' dates after July 2019"
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Quote #4
"There is a gap between 11/18 and 12/18 production numbers (SDNY_GM_02742044 to 2742183)."
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Quote #5

Full Extracted Text

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From: [Redacted] (USANYS) [Contractor] <[Redacted]>
To: [Redacted] (USANYS) <[Redacted]>
Cc: [Redacted] (USANYS) <[Redacted]>; [Redacted] (USANYS) <[Redacted]>
Subject: RE: Discovery Issues
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2021 14:26:05 +0000
Inline-Images: image001.jpg; image002.jpg
Hello
Can we meet tomorrow morning at 10:00 am tomorrow to discuss the below production?
Thank you.
[Redacted].
From: [Redacted] (USANYS) <[Redacted]>
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2021 4:00 PM
To: [Redacted] (USANYS) [Contractor] <[Redacted]>
Cc: [Redacted]; [Redacted] (USANYS) <[Redacted]>
Subject: RE: Discovery Issues
Thanks very much.
From: [Redacted] (USANYS) [Contractor] <[Redacted]>
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2021 3:04 PM
To: [Redacted] (USANYS) <[Redacted]>
Cc: [Redacted] (USANYS) <[Redacted]>; [Redacted] (USANYS) <[Redacted]>
Subject: RE: Discovery Issues
Hello [Redacted],
I will send this information to PAE and set up a time for a phone call.
Thank you.
[Redacted].
From: [Redacted] (USANYS) <[Redacted]>
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2021 2:59 PM
To: [Redacted] (USANYS) [Contractor] <[Redacted]>
Cc: [Redacted] (USANYS) <[Redacted]>; [Redacted] (USANYS) <[Redacted]>
Subject: FW: Discovery Issues
Hi [Redacted],
We just received the below and attached regarding discovery in the Maxwell case. Many of these questions relate to productions that PAE prepared. Would you please take a look and let me know when would be a good time this week for a call to discuss?
EFTA00020434
Thanks,
[Redacted]
From: Christian Everdell <[Redacted]>
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2021 2:40 PM
To: [Redacted] (USANYS) <[Redacted]>; [Redacted] (USANYS) <[Redacted]>; [Redacted] (USANYS) <[Redacted]>
Cc: 'Jeff Pagliuca' <[Redacted]>; Laura Menninger <[Redacted]>; Bobbi Sternheim ([Redacted]) <[Redacted]>
Subject: Discovery Issues
[Redacted], [Redacted] and [Redacted] –
We write to raise a few issues concerning the discovery. Below is the list of items. Please let me know if you are free for a call to discuss.
1. On our last call, we asked you if we could send our client a hard drive containing the discovery that we had created (without the highly confidential items). You had said you would check to see if you could facilitate this. We have not heard back from you. Are you able to send Ms. Maxwell the hard drive?
2. The last two productions you sent to Ms. Maxwell on disks. As you know, she cannot read disks on her laptop and must use the prison computer. But the prison computer cannot read some of the files. We can include these files on our hard drive to send to Ms. Maxwell. Otherwise, you will need to produce them on a hard drive. Please advise which way you would like to proceed.
3. A number of the emails in the discovery – over 109,000 – were produced without their attachments (see tab 1 of the attached Excel file). Instead, the attachments appear as slip-sheets (see example attached). Please provide the missing attachments, if they exist.
4. A number of electronic documents – over 110,000 – that were extracted from one of Epstein's devices, as identified by a CART number, have metadata that indicates a "date created" or "date last modified" date in July 2020 or afterwards (see tab 2 of the attached Excel file). We request that you produce a metadata overlay with the original metadata for these files.
5. A number of photographs – over 6500 – were produced in native format, but do not have a CART number and have "date created" and/or "date last modified" dates after July 2019 (see tab 3 of the attached Excel file). Please provide the CART number for these photographs or specify which device they came from. Also, we request that you produce a metadata overlay with the original metadata for these files.
6. A number of the audio/visual files – over 460 – have similar metadata issues (see tab 4 of the attached Excel file). These fall into the following buckets:
a. SDNY_GM_SUPP: these have CART numbers, but were produced without metadata load files and have "date created" and "date last modified" dates in September-November 2020, after the date the device was seized. We request that you produce a metadata overlay with the original metadata for these files.
b. SDNY005 (October 20, 2020 production): these are a few videos from the SDFL or PBPD investigations that were produced in native form without metadata load files. They have Sept-Oct 2020 dates. We request that you produce a metadata overlay with the original metadata for these files.
c. SDNY011 (November 9, 2020 production): these were produced in native form with load files, but do not reference a CART number and have Sept 2020 dates. We request that you provide a CART number for these files or indicate their source. Also, we request that you produce a metadata overlay with the original metadata for these files.
7. There is a gap between 11/18 and 12/18 production numbers (SDNY_GM_02742044 to 2742183). Was that intentional or are we missing those documents?
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Please let us know your responses as soon as possible.
Thanks,
Chris
Christian R Everdell
COHEN & GRESSER LLP
[Redacted] | view bio
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