EFTA00221290.pdf

U.S. Department of Justice United States Attorney Southern District of Florida 99 N E. 4 Street Miami. FL 3.1132 November 30, 2007 Jay P. Lcfkowitz, P.C. Kirkland and Ellis LLP Citigroup Center 153 East 53rd Street New York, New York 10022-4611 Dear Mr. Lefkowitz. I am in receipt of your letter dated November 29, 2007. Your letter res onds to a draft notice originally forwarded to u b Assistant United States Attorney at the request of our First Assistant Should you have concerns, I would ask that you please address those with them in the first instance. I will forward your letter to them. I ant also in receipt of a November 28, 2007 letter from your co-counsel, Mr. Starr. This Office will provide a response shortly. In the interim, I would note that since the signing of the September 24hagreement, more than two months' ago, it has become clear that several attorneys on your legal team are dissatisfied with that result. Mr. Epstein's defense team included yourself, Professor Dershowitz, former Solicitor Starr, former United States Attorney Lewis, Ms. Sanchez and Messrs. Black, Goldberger and Lefcourt previously had the opportunity to review and raise objections to the terms of the Agreement. The defense team, however, after extensive negotiation, chose to adopt the Agreement. Since then counsel have objected to several steps taken by the U.S. Attorney's Office to effectuate the terms of the Agreement, in essence presenting collateral challenges to portions of the Agreement. It is not the intention of this Office ever to require a defendant to enter a plea against his wishes. Your client has the right to proceed to trial. If your client is dissatisfied with his Agreement, or believes that it is unlawful or unfair, we stand ready to unwind the Agreement. Sincerely, R. Alexander Acosta United States Attorney EFTA00221290 11/30/07 FRI 11:32 EXECUTIVE OFFICE gool sips TRANSMISSION OK T1 REPORT ills TI/RI NO 3402 CONNECTION TEL 812 SUBADDRESS CONNECTION ID ST. TIME 11/30 11:32 USAGE T 00'48 PGS. 2 RESULT OK U.S. Department of Justice United States Attorney Southern District of Florida R. ALEXANDER ACOSTA UNITED STATES ATTORNEY SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA 99 NE eu STREET MIAMI FLORIDA 33132-2111 (30 DATE: TO: FAX NUMBER: SUBJECT: FACSIMILE TRANSMISSION COVER SHEET November 30, 2007 Jay P. Lefkowitz Jeffrey Espstein NUMBER OF PACES, INCLUDING THIS PAGE: 2 Message/Comments: EFTA00221291