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Document DOJ-OGR-00023714

AI Analysis

Summary: An email chain within the Federal Bureau of Prisons discusses a media inquiry from TMZ seeking Jeffrey Epstein's autopsy results. Nancy Ayers, Chief of Public Affairs, instructs that the inquiry be handled internally and not responded to directly. The chain shows how the BOP coordinated their response to the media request.
Significance: This email chain reveals how the Federal Bureau of Prisons handled a media inquiry from TMZ regarding Jeffrey Epstein's autopsy results, indicating that they chose not to respond and instead handled it internally.
Key Topics: Media inquiry about Jeffrey Epstein's autopsy results TMZ's request for information BOP's handling of the inquiry
Key People:
  • Lee Plourde - BOP employee forwarding emails
  • Nancy Ayers - Chief, Office of Public Affairs, Federal Bureau of Prisons
  • (b)(6) - BOP employee handling media inquiry
Document Type
Email
Date
8/16/19
Pages
1
Folder
IMAGES009

Full Text

Copy Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: Lee Plourde (b)(6) @bop.gov Date: 8/16/19 8:20 PM (GMT-05:00) To: Marti Licon-Vitale (b)(6) @bop.gov, James Petrucci (b)(6) @bop.gov Subject: Fwd: Media inquiry - TMZ - seeking autopsy results of Jeffrey Epstein >>> "Lee Plourde" 08/16/2019 20:21 >>> Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: (b)(6), (b)(7)(C) @bop.gov Date: 8/16/19 6:57 PM (GMT-05:00) To: Lee Plourde (b)(6) @bop.gov Subject: Fwd: Media inquiry - TMZ - seeking autopsy results of Jeffrey Epstein >>> (b)(6), (b)(7)(C) 08/16/2019 18:57 >>> Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone </div><!-- originalMessage --><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Nancy Ayers (b)(6) @bop.gov</div><div>Date: 8/16/19 5:4</div><div>Subject: Re: Media inquiry - TMZ - seeking autopsy results of Jeffrey Epstein </div><div> >>> "Nancy Ayers" (b)(6) @bop.gov 08/16/2019 17:45 >>> (b)(6) told off on this - no need to respond... I have given (b)(6) guidance....we'll handle it.. thanks Nancy Ayers Chief, Office of Public Affairs Federal Bureau of Prisons U.S. Department of Justice 202-514 (b)(6) >>> BOP-IPP/Public Affairs 8/16/2019 5:34 PM >>> (b)(5) Office of Public Affairs Information, Policy and Public Affairs Division Federal Bureau of Prisons (202) 514-6551 - phone (202) 514-6620 - fax (b)(6), (b)(7)(C) @tmz.com 8/16/2019 5:05 PM >>> Do you have the results of his autopsy?