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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 298 _ Filed 06/04/21 Page1of6 USDC SDNY DOCUMENT ELECTRONICALLY FILED UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT Boca SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK DATE FILED:_6/4/21     United States of America, _y_ 20-CR-330 (AJN) Ghislaine Maxwell, ORDER Defendant.   ALISON J. NATHAN, District Judge: On April 27, 2021, the Court denied Defendant Ghislaine Maxwell’s request for authorization to serve a subpoena to Boies Schiller Flexner LLP. Dkt. No. 252. The Court requested the Government’s views as to three of those requests: Request 9, which sought production of Minor Victim-2’s entire diary from her teenage years; Request 10, which targeted a pair of boots that Minor Victim-2 allegedly received as a gift from Jeffrey Epstein and Maxwell; and Request 11, which sought original versions of certain photographs. /d. The Government submitted its views on May 4, 2021. Dkt. No. 269. It supplemented its letter on May 6, 2021. Dkt. No. 271. The Defendant filed a response on May 12, 2021. Having considered the parties’ views, the Defendant’s request is denied in full. As noted, Request 9 seeks the original copy of a journal from an alleged victim from when she was a teenager. Maxwell received copies of some of the pages in the journal from the Government pursuant to Rule 16, but the Government represents that it does not have access to the entire journal. In those pages, Minor Victim-2 describes a trip to New York in which she spent time with Epstein and, among other things, visited his residence. Minor Victim-2 also describes her impression of Epstein at the time. There is no indication that Maxwell is mentioned there or anywhere else in the journal. DOJ-OGR- 00004737 

Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 298 Filed 06/04/21 Page2of6 Maxwell appears to proffer two theories of relevance as to the entire journal. While she studiously avoids using the word, one such theory relates to impeachment. As this Court has noted, the potential impeachment of a witness does not provide…

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