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Michael G. Seidel

Law Enforcement

Mentioned in 6 documents · View JSON · Connections JSON

FBI Section Chief

FBI Section Chief of the Record/Information Dissemination Section (RIDS), Information Management Division. Authored the Declaration of Michael G. Seidel filed in Radar Online LLC and James Robertson v. FBI (Case 1:17-cv-03956-PGG, SDNY), detailing the FBI's processing of 11,571 pages of Jeffrey Epstein records. Disclosed that only 181 pages were released in full, 1,051 in part, and 10,339 withheld in full under FOIA Exemptions 3, 5, 6, 7(A), 7(C), 7(D), and 7(E). His declaration (EFTA00015219) was replaced on the DOJ website in March 2026 with a version where pages 2–58 are completely blacked out. The original text is preserved in the EFTA corpus baseline.

Key Findings

  • Authored FBI declaration revealing 10,339 of 11,571 Epstein-related pages were withheld in full (EFTA00015219)
  • Supervised approximately 237 FBI employees and 91 contractors handling FOIA requests
  • DOJ replaced his 58-page declaration with blacked-out version in March 2026, reducing file from 4.6 MB to 623 KB
  • Declaration referenced in court opinion Radar Online v. FBI (EFTA00038652) as 'First Seidel Declaration' and 'Second Seidel Declaration'

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Most Connected With #

Jeffrey Epstein (6)Ghislaine Maxwell (4)Andrew Windsor (1)Dan Bongino (1)Donald Trump (1)Geoffrey Berman (1)Pamela Bondi (1)

Related Findings (1) #

DOJ Modification DOJ Redacted 58-Page FBI FOIA Declaration Detailing Withheld Epstein Records

Documents (6) #

EFTA00015219DOJ↗ Dataset 8

... Civil Action No. 1:17-cv-03956-PGG FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, Defendant. DECLARATION OF MICHAEL G. SEIDEL I, Michael G. Seidel, declare as follows: (1) I am the Section Chief of the Record/Information ...

EFTA00038652DOJ↗ Dataset 8

... redacted in part or withheld in full based on certain exemptions to disclosure under FOIA. (Second Seidel Decl. (Dkt. No. 58)1 3) In July 2019, Jeffrey Epstein was arrested and charged with new Federal offenses...

EFTA00069312DOJ↗ Dataset 9

...unt of felony solicitation of prostitution in August 2006. Dkt. No. 12-2, Ex. B; see Declaration of Michael G. Seidel, dated June 2021 ("Seidel Decl.") 1 6, Ex. A. By letter dated April 28, 2017, the FBI ackno...

EFTA00098826DOJ↗ Dataset 9

...r Exemption 7(A), including those reflected on the index prepared by the FBI and the declaration of Michael G. Seidel (the "FBI index"). All of these records fall within the scope of Exemption 7(A). 11. Publi...

EFTA00163673DOJ↗ Dataset 9

...on Section, which handles FOIA processing, pushed back on the release directives, and Section Chief Michael Seidel reportedly resigned under pressure. Although public pressure for full transparency persisted—includ...

EFTA00175090DOJ↗ Dataset 9

...o cite the FOIPA Request Number assigned to your request so it may be easily identified. Sincerely, Michael G. Seidel Section Chief, Record/Information Dissemination Section Information Management Division Endosure(s)...