EFTA00068889.pdf

From: (USANYS)" < •> To: )" Cc: "-(USANYS) „ <MI > Subject: Final Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 22:58:26 +0000 This is the final language. Would you mind sending out and then forwarding us the sent email once transmitted? Thanks On November 20, 2019, Prince Andrew publicly offered to cooperate with our investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's crimes, stating in a press release: "Of course, I am willing to help any appropriate law enforcement agency with their investigations, if required." In early January 2020, our Office responded to the Prince's public offer by contacting you to set up the interview that the Prince claimed to be willing give us. More than three weeks after our initial contact with you, we still had no date for an interview, nor did we even have a commitment from you that the Prince in fact would agree to an interview. On January 27, 2020, at a press event held by Safe Horizon to which Mr. Berman was invited, Mr. Berman was asked: "As part of [the Epstein] investigation have you reached out to interview Prince Andrew, and has he been cooperative?" Mr. Berman responded: "Ordinarily, our office doesn't comment on whether an individual cooperates or doesn't cooperate with our investigation. However, in Prince Andrew's case, he publicly offered, indeed in a press release, offered to cooperate with law enforcement investigating the crimes committed by Jeffrey Epstein and his coconspirators. So I think in that context, it's fair for people to know whether Prince Andrew has followed through with that public commitment. So let me say that the Southern District of New York and the FBI have contacted Prince Andrew's attorneys and requested to interview Prince Andrew and to date, Prince Andrew has provided zero cooperation." Mr. Berman's statement corrected a public misimpression — created by the Prince himself -- that the Prince is cooperating with our investigation. As soon as the Prince commits to a date for the interview that he so publicly offered to us more than two months ago, we would be prepared to announce that he has agreed to be interviewed. EFTA00068889