EFTA00013661.pdf

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From 
To: 
(USAFLS)" 
Subject: Re: confidential communication 
Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 19:36:32 +0000 
Importance: Normal 
Hi all. We are at sea today with bad reception. Just got your messages. I could try to call you now or tomorrow we will be in 
berlin. Sorry 
 
 Ori inal Message 
From: 
(USAFLS) 
To: 
Sent: Mon May 19 12:40:32 2008 
Subject: FW: confidential communication 
For your records. 
From: Jay Lefkowitz (maitto 
Sent: Monda , May 19, 2008 10:54 AM 
To: 
(USAFLS) 
Subject: confidential communication 
Dear Alex: 
I am writing to you because I have just received the attached letter from 
In light of that letter, and given 
the critical new evidence discussed below, I would like to request a meeting with you, mindful of our July 8 deadline, at 
your earliest opportunity. Given your personal involvement in this matter to date, and the fact that at this juncture it is clear 
that CEOS has referred the matter back to you, I respectfully request that you not shunt me off to one of your staff. You 
and I have both spent a great deal of time on this matter, and I know that we both would like to resolve this matter in a way 
that bestows integrity both on the Department and the process. 
In our prior discussions, you expressed that you were "not unsympathetic" to our various federalism concerns, but stated 
that because you serve within the "unitary Executive,' you believed your hands were tied by Main Justice. You were also 
extremely gracious in stating that you did not want the United States to be "unfair". Although CEOS limited its assessment 
to the federal statutes our
 had brought forth and to the application of those laws to the facts as presented, it is 
abundantly clear from 
letter that Main Justice is not directing this prosecution. In fact, CEOS plainly acknowledged 
that a federal prosecution of Mr. Epstein would involve a 'novel application' of federal statutes and that our arguments 
against federal involvement are 'compelling.' Moreover, the langua…
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