The Justice Department has asked a federal judge to keep secret the names of two of Jeffrey Epstein’s associates, citing privacy concerns, reported NBC News.

The pair received a combined $350,000 from Epstein in 2018, days after the Miami Herald began publishing a series of stories in which victims criticized his 2008 Florida plea deal.

NBC News last month sent a letter asking U.S. District Judge Richard Berman to unseal the names, included in a July 2019 memorandum filed by federal prosecutors, because Epstein is dead and the criminal proceedings have ended.

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