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122a would confer with Krischer and Belohlavek “to make sure the defense doesn’t try to do an end run.” That same morning, Epstein attorney Sanchez, who had not been involved in negotiations for several weeks, emailed Sloman, advising, “[I] want to finalize the plea deal and there is only one issue outstanding and [I] do not believe that [A]lex has read all the defense submissions that would assist in his deter- mination on this point... [U]pon resolution, we will be prepared to sign as soon as today.” From his out-of- town vacation, Sloman forwarded the email to Acosta, who replied, “Enjoly] vacation. Working with [Mlarie on this.” Sloman also forwarded Sanchez’s email to Lourie and asked, “Do you know what she’s talking about?” Lourie responded that Sanchez “has not been in any negotiations. Don’t even engage with yet another cook.” J. The USAO Agrees Not to Criminally Charge “Potential Co-Conspirators” Lefkowitz, in the meantime, sent Villafafia a revised draft NPA that proposed an 18-month sentence in the county jail, followed by 12 months of community control, and restored the provision for a trust fund for disbursement to an agreed-upon list of individuals “who seek reimbursement by filing suit pursuant to 18 US.C. § 2255.” This defense draft retained the provision promising not to criminally charge Epstein’s four female assistants and unnamed employees of the specific Epstein-owned corporate entity, but also extended the provision to “any potential co-conspirators” for any criminal charge arising from the ongoing federal investigation. This language had evolved from similar language that Villafafia had included in the USAO’s DOJ-OGR-00000185