Case Fileefta-efta00222963DOJ Data Set 9THE SUBPOENA FOR THE CONTENTS OF EPSTEIN'S COMPUTERS, EVEN IF
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THE SUBPOENA FOR THE CONTENTS OF EPSTEIN'S COMPUTERS, EVEN IF
THE SUBPOENA FOR THE CONTENTS OF EPSTEIN'S COMPUTERS, EVEN IF CONSIDERED "PURELY PRIVATE PAPERS," DOES NOT VIOLATE EPSTEIN'S FIFTH AMENDMENT PRIVILEGE. Lastly, Epstein argues that the subpoena seeks "purely private papers," and that a subpoena demanding those papers violates Epstein's Fifth Amendment rights, pursuant to Boyd I United States , 116 U.S. 616 (1886). Epstein's counsel correctly notes that Boyd 's analysis has been severely limited, but asserts that the "purely private paper" doctrine is still alive and applies to the contents of Epstein's computers. First, as explained above, the Fifth Amendment is a personal privilege and only the subpoenaed person can assert his own Fifth Amendment privilege. [CITE] The computers and their contents are not the personal papers of William Riley or Riley Kiraly, so the Boyd analysis does not apply to this situation at all. Second, Boyd 's statement that "purely private papers" cannot be obtained through compulsory process from a
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