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Case 1:20-cr-00330-AJN Document 70 Filed 11/06/20 Page 1 of 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK je ee ew eee ee eee ee ee ee x UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, : AFFIDAVIT OF CERTIFICATION : PURSUANT TO LOCAL -V.- : CRIMINAL RULE 16.1 GHISLAINE MAXWELL, : 20 Cr. 330 (AJN) Defendant. =r 2 ft ts 1 ke ha eT Es eT hE a p.¢ STATE OF NEW YORK ) COUNTY OF NEW YORK : Ss.! SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK _) MAURENE COMEY, pursuant to Title 28, United States Code, Section 1746, hereby affirms under penalty of perjury: 1. I am an Assistant United States Attorney in the Office of Audrey Strauss, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. I am one of the Assistants who represents the Government in these proceedings. 2. I certify pursuant to Local Criminal Rule 16.1 that the Government has conferred in good faith with counsel to the defendant, Ghislaine Maxwell, regarding the Government’s request to extend the deadline for the production of documents extracted from electronic devices seized from Jeffrey Epstein (the “Production”) from November 9, 2020 to November 23, 2020, and that the parties have been unable to reach agreement. 3. In particular, on November 4, 2020, the Government asked defense counsel whether they would consent to a two-week extension to allow adequate time for an outside vendor to finish bates stamping and downloading the Production. On the morning of November 6, 2020, DOJ-OGR-00001822