From: "Berman, Geoffrey (USANYS)"

From: "Berman, Geoffrey (USANYS)" To: " (USANYS)" Cc: 1" 1.1. 1111)" ,a.. > , ' (USANYS)" Subject: Re: Senate letter Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2019 15:53:14 +0000 Thanks. Geoff On Aug 11, 2019, at 10:38 AM, (USANYS) < > wrote: As and know well from OLA's general guidance to us has been either not to respond at all, or to respond by parroting back a combination of the question and stuff already in the public record. Here's my initial effort at mapping that guidance onto this question: As the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York stated yesterday, the investigation into the conduct charged in the Indictment previously filed against Epstein — which included a conspiracy count — remains ongoing, and any evidence or potential testimony relating to that investigation will be handled by the Department accordingly. I'm going to be tied up from about 11-12 but happy to chat before/after if that would be helpful. From: Berman, Geoffrey (USANYS) Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2019 10:02 AM To: (USANYS) Cc: (USANYS) c > (USANYS) < ; (USANYS) < Subject: Re: Senate letter I think they would like a draft response sometime today. I don't think it's necessary to loop in OLA, but I would draft our response conservatively in accord with their past guidance. Geoff On Aug 11, 2019, at 9:57 AM, (USANYS) wrote: We can put something together - do you have a sense of timing/deadline? Also, for requests made directly to us, we have been looping in OLA which typically wants to be involved and has pretty strong guidance on what, if anything, we should say. I don't know if that's appropriate here given that the request was made directly to OAG, but just wanted to flag. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 11, 2019, at 9:45 AM, Berman, Geoffrey (USANYS) wrote: See below and attached letter. Can we draft a response for AG to Q 4? Geoff Begin forwarded message: From Date: August 11, 2019 at 9:26:42 AM EDT EFTA00077554 To: "Berman, Geoffrey (USANYS)" <1 > Subject: Senate letter Geoff: Please see question 4 in the attached letter. I'm not sure exactly what he's asking but can you please provide a preliminary response to Question 4. Thanks. <08-10-2019-sasse-letter-to-ag-barr-re-epstein-suicide.pdf> EFTA00077555