Circuit Judge
Raymond J. Lohier Jr. is a U.S. Circuit Judge on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, appointed by President Barack Obama. His connection to the Jeffrey Epstein case is entirely in a judicial capacity: he sat on a three-judge appellate panel (alongside Judges Menashi and Chin) that heard oral arguments in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) case concerning documents from the FBI's 2000s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein. The FOIA case was brought by Radar Online, which sought to compel the FBI to release investigative records related to Epstein. After the Epstein Files Transparency Act was signed into law on November 19, 2025 — requiring the DOJ to release all unclassified Epstein-related records within 30 days — the Second Circuit panel, including Judge Lohier, signaled it would likely remand the case back to the district court to reconsider the FBI's disclosure obligations in light of the new legislation and pending appeals by Epstein's convicted co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell. Judge Lohier has no personal, financial, or criminal accountability in the Epstein case. His role is strictly as an appellate jurist presiding over related legal proceedings. There is no evidence he is under investigation, has been accused of wrongdoing, or has any other direct relationship to Epstein or his criminal enterprise.
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NPR coverage of the DOJ Epstein file release. Bono was not among persons of interest identified in the mainstream reporting of the document dump.
CNN reporting on the DOJ's redactions in Epstein file releases and the ongoing legal battles over transparency.
Bloomberg reporting on the FBI and DOJ's handling of Epstein-related document disclosures and what was redacted from public view.
A New York City federal appeals court signaled it was likely to remand the FOIA case seeking documents from the FBI's 2000s investigation into Jeffrey Epstein b…
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