A Judge’s Conflict of Interest Over Jeffrey Epstein Documents

Earlier this month, Epstein’s former lawyer Alan Dershowitz told the Washington Examiner that there was still “sealed material that should not be sealed” within the judicial system, charging that “there are judges who are protecting people. I know that for a fact.” Though he declined to name anyone, the Examiner found at least two Epstein-related cases in the Southern District of New York that remain under partial seal, one of which is the 2015 defamation suit against Epstein’s on-and-off lover and coconspirator Ghislaine Maxwell — a case in which the decision to seal documents were made by senior judge Loretta Preska.

(paraphrased) Preska’s role in the saga is colored by the fact that her spouse, Thomas Kavaler, is a partner at Cahill Gordon & Reindel. Cahill Gordon defended Deutsche Bank after it was sued by a group of its investors over the fact that it had done business with Epstein long after he had been convicted and his crimes had become widely known.