At first I was pretty confused (I have a law degree and I'm not a licensed attorney but I have worked on Motions to Quash in the past for lawyers) because of the names, then I read to the bottom of the comments and read the history of this case. I was unaware of this before. So essentially, my WTF comment had to be revised. The Motion to Quash would effectively quash / throw out the petition or some other motion that was filed. They lost the summary judgment motion so they are having to file a motion to quash on some other grounds. There are different grounds for the court to grant each one. The fact that it was even redacted at all leads me back to my theory I've had going for a couple of days that Epstein was set up as a deep state agent to blackmail all of these politicians and that we will probably see some sort of situation where the redactions are never published, ever, for reasons of national security similar to what happened with Cathy O'Brien's attempt to get her daughter out of Tennessee CPS. But, I'm purely speculating at this point.

His implying that he needs to defend himself isn't necessarily a stretch at all. There are probably details his attorney is giving him that we are not privy to, but it sounds like he knows more than he has said. If he arranged for this lawsuit to be filed, then a motion to quash in response could pertain to him, or he could have been threatened with something that he isn't saying.