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Kimberly Meder

Federal Bureau of Investigation staff operations specialist assigned to a child-exploitation and human-trafficking squad.

AppearedFederal Criminal Trial
192 lines·6 proceedings·2 mentions

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On Day 6 and Day 7, FBI analyst Kimberly Meder testified about copying investigation CDs into FBI computer folders, reviewing the images for case relevance, and matching files to FBI 1B evidence numbers and CD labels. The court permitted Government Exhibit 1101 as a memory aid while reserving objections.

Meder then identified photographs she had reviewed, including images depicting Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein, as the government offered photographic exhibits. The court admitted a series of those exhibits while preserving prior defense objections; two additional exhibits were admitted under seal for juror review in binders.

On cross-examination, defense used Meder's review notes to address the volume of material and distinguish her review work from personal knowledge of the photographs' origins and reliability. She agreed she did not know how the photographs reached the CDs, who took them, whether dates on the discs were accurate, whether images had been altered, or whether they accurately represented particular facts. On redirect, the court sustained hearsay objections to questions about initials on black binders and CD dates, after which Meder was excused.

Trial Record (6)

FederalFederal Criminal TrialNov 29, 2021 – Dec 29, 2021Called by prosecution

On Day 6 and Day 7, FBI analyst Kimberly Meder described reviewing investigation CDs and identified photographs used in the government's exhibit sequence. Cross-examination addressed the limits of her personal knowledge about the photographs' origin, dates, alteration, and accuracy.

Day 6

DirectKimberly MederMaurene Comey2highlights32lines spoken

Summary

FBI analyst Kimberly Meder described reviewing and matching CD image files to FBI evidence records, then identified Maxwell and Epstein in a proposed photograph exhibit.

Highlights (2)

Quote“I reviewed every picture in our computer lab and I corresponded it with the correct evidence item in the 1B number, as well as confirming the name of the CD.”— Kimberly MederMeder described how she matched the image files to FBI evidence numbers and CD labels.Open in transcript →
evidence eventMeder identified an image of a CD she reviewed and identified the people shown in Government Exhibit 304 before the government offered it and defense counsel requested a sidebar.Open in transcript →

Day 7

DirectKimberly MederMaurene Comey1highlight107lines spoken

Summary

Kimberly Meder identified photographs from investigation CDs as the court admitted a series of Government exhibits, including two under seal.

Highlights (1)

evidence eventMeder identified Government Exhibit 304 as a photograph from a reviewed investigation CD and identified Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein before the court admitted it.Open in transcript →
CrossKimberly MederLaura A. Menninger3highlights52lines spoken

Summary

The defense emphasized that Kimberly Meder reviewed thousands of photographs but lacked personal knowledge of their provenance, dates, alteration, and accuracy.

Highlights (3)

evidence eventUsing Meder's notes labeled 3531-12, the defense established that her review involved several thousand photographs, including sets reflected as more than 20,000 and about 18,000 photographs.Open in transcript →
testimony highlightMeder acknowledged that she lacked personal knowledge of how the photographs reached the CDs, who took them, whether disc dates were accurate, whether images were altered, or whether they accurately represented particular facts.Open in transcript →
Quote“I'm not a computer expert, so I wouldn't be able to confirm it, but they are written on the CDs.”— Kimberly MederMeder qualified her ability to verify dates written on the CDs.Open in transcript →

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