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title: "DOJ Epstein Files, Data Set 8 (EFTA00018224)"
source: "DOJ Epstein Files, Data Set 8"
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date: "2026-01-01"
category: "DOJ Data Set"
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### Chronology
| Date | Event | Source |
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 7/3/19 | Contraband phone seized from NT | |
| 7/6/19 | JE booked into MCC | |
| 7/23/19 | JE found unresponsive in cell w/NT and calls
guard | |
| | JE and NT removed from cell and search
executed | BS assumes correct |
| | JE claims NT assaulted him | BE assumes |
| | JE on suicide watch | |
| 7/23/19 | Sometime between 7/23 and 7/27, NT found | |
| through
7/27/19 | the note | |
| 7/24/19 | BB gets messages from NBC re: claims against
NT | |
| 7/25/19 | News outlets carry story NT assaulted JE | |
| | Client OK's BB talking to press and he refuted
JE's claim and attacked prison conditions | |
| | TR disagreed with that decision | |
| 7/27/19 | BB visited NT and NT told him JE left him a
note in his book. Asked guard if NT could go
retrieve it and guard said no. BB told NT to
give it to next lawyer that visits him. | BB response/TR seems to
corroborate that NT told BB
the note was in his book |
| | BB called JW, who was going to visit later that
day and told him he would be getting a doc
from NT | BB response |
| | JW went later that day and NT gave him the
note, which he still has. | BB response |
| 7/28/19 | BB's first investigator said he could not
authenticate the note | BB response |
| 7/29/19 | BB's second investigator said he could not
authenticate the note | BB response |
| 7/29/19 | BB advised TR about the note and what to do. | BB response, which seems to
be corroborated by TR |
| 7/29/19 | JE removed from suicide watch and placed in
different cell (not with NT) in SHU | |
| 7/30/19 | BB's co-counsel spoke with TR again and read
note to him. BB spoke w/TR twice and TR
also raised concerns re: authenticity of note. | BB response |
| 8/2/19
through
8/6/19 | BB and co-counsel away and no discussions re:
note | BB response |
| 8/9/19 | NY cleared of causing JE's injuries | |
| 8/10/19 | JE found dead in his cell | |
| 8/21/19 | Stemheim appointed | |
|----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
| 8/23/19 | Disclosure of note to trial team w/BS present. | TR |
| | He revealed he visited NT and NT told him a | |
| | letter was left in my book, etc. BS saw note on | |
| | the phone that day. | |
| 11/10/19 | CNN report: BB quoted saying "notion Epstein
was murdered is ridiculous." | |
| | Also, said MMC guards threatened NT to "shut | |
| | up" and "stop talking." In a letter to Judge | |
| | Karas, BB wrote the message is that if NT | |
| | conveys info about the facility or about JE's | |
| | recent suicide, there will be a price to pay. | |
| | Also complained about deplorable conditions
at MCC. | |
| 1/5/20 | BB appeared on 60 Minutes and said NT had | 60 Minutes video on line. |
| | info on prison conditions, JE's attempted | |
| | suicide and JE's suicide. | |
| | Recently, BB authenticated note (1/5/20 60 | Ross letter |
| | Minutes show has another note on line. | |
| 1/8/20 | Stemheim report available for pick up | |
| 1/16/20 | Barket Response to Stemheim report | |