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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 204 _ Filed 04/16/21 Page 102 of 239 2016 deposition transcript. (See 15 Civ. 7433 (LAP), Dkt. No. 1077). Maxwell appealed Judge Preska’s order, arguing that the court abused its discretion in ordering the unsealing of the deposition materials and that Maxwell’s interests outweighed the public’s interests in access to the materials. Giuffre v. Maxwell, No. 20-2413 (2d Cir.), (Dkt. No. 140-1 at 2). On October 19, 2020, the Second Circuit found that Judge Preska “correctly held that the deposition materials are judicial documents to which the presumption of public access attaches, and did not abuse its discretion in rejecting Maxwell’s meritless arguments that her interests superseded the presumption of access.” (Id. at 3). On October 22, 2020, Maxwell’s April 2016 deposition was publicly filed. (See 15 Civ. 7433 (LAP), Dkt. No. 1137-13). On January 27, 2021, a redacted version of Maxwell’s July 2016 deposition was publicly filed. (See 15 Civ. 7433 (LAP), Dkt. No. 1201-14). On February 11, 2021, another version of the July 2016 deposition was publicly filed with fewer redactions. (See 15 Civ. 7433 (LAP), Dkt. No. 1212-1). 9. The New York Daily News Article On October 13, 2020, the New York Daily News published an article describing the February 29, 2016 meeting (the “Daily News Article” or the “Article”).*° The Article stated, among other things, that defense attorneys representing victims of Epstein and Maxwell “urged” the USAO-SDNY to “open an investigation of the duo” during that meeting. Citing two anonymous sources, the Article described the defense attorneys’ alleged efforts to “pique” the Government’s interest “in a second meeting in the summer of 2016 after Maxwell allegedly 3° See Stephen Rex Brown, Manhattan federal prosecutors declined to pursue Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell case in 2016: sources, New York Daily News, Oct. 13, 2020, https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-jeffrey-epstein-maxwell-case-20201013- jmzhl7zdrzdgrbbs7ycébfnszu-story.html. 75 DOJ-OGR-00003036