Senior US District Judge Loretta Preska said on Wednesday that Giuffre’s attorneys would need to provide proof that the documents had been destroyed, adding that “Counsel shall submit an affidavit detailing the steps taken to do so<\/strong>,” according to\u00a0Newsweek<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n Preska noted that a protective order governing the ‘improperly obtained’ documents only applied during a civil lawsuit proceeding which has been settled.<\/p>\n Preska’s ruling came\u00a0after a request by attorney Alan Dershowitz to gain access to the documents<\/strong>. Giuffre has claimed that Dershowitz was one of the men Epstein forced her to have sex with. In response, Dershowitz sued Giuffre for defamation in 2019. Dershowitz claimed that obtaining the Epstein files would be an asset to his defense.<\/p>\n Preska said in her ruling that\u00a0Dershowitz’s desire to see all of the files “with over a thousand docket entries” was not a “targeted strike” but a “carpet bombing.”<\/strong>\u00a0–Newsweek<\/em><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n In September 2019, an attorney for Epstein’s alleged ‘madam,’ Ghislaine Maxwell – who was\u00a0arrested on Thursday<\/a><\/strong>, told Preska that that there are “hundreds” of people named in some 2,000 pages of documents.<\/p>\n The lawyer, Jeffrey Pagliuca, told U.S. District Judge\u00a0Loretta Preska Wednesday that\u00a0the materials also include an\u00a0address book with about 1,000 names<\/strong>. Preska is considering how\u00a0to carry out a ruling by the federal appeals court in New York\u00a0that she must consider unsealing some of the documents. There was no detail at the hearing as to the identity of the people are named in the documents, and\u00a0they may include\u00a0women who say they are victims of Epstein, his friends and\u00a0others<\/strong>. –Bloomberg<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Epstein died after being taken into custody in July, 2019 on charges of\u00a0sex trafficking and conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking<\/strong>. Since his rampant pedophilia became public,\u00a0his associates –\u00a0<\/strong>including\u00a0Bill Clinton,\u00a0Bill Gates<\/a>, Ehud Barak<\/strong>,\u00a0and Victoria’s Secret boss\u00a0Les Wexner<\/strong>\u00a0have sought to distance themselves from Epstein and his activities.<\/p>\n Other famous names associated with Epstein include LinkedIn cofounder\u00a0Reid Hoffman<\/strong>,\u00a0Elon Musk,\u00a0<\/b>and\u00a0Mark Zuckerberg<\/strong>, who Musk introduced to the registered sex-offender. Zuckerberg spokesman told\u00a0Vanity Fair<\/em><\/a>\u00a0“Mark met Epstein in passing one time at a dinner honoring scientists that was not organized by Epstein,” adding “Mark did not communicate with Epstein again following the dinner.”<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/clinton%20barak%20andrew%20wexner_0.jpg?itok=h1lRi6H7\")
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