https://abc13.com/sources-jeffrey-epstein-dies-by-suicide-in-manhattan-jail/5457853/ Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone -------- Original message -------- FromibX6>; (b)(7)(C) [email protected]> Date: 8/10/19 8:58 AM (GMT-05:00) To: Lamine N'DiayeK~~~k. @bop.gov> Cc: Lee Plourde re!~!~('\ ~bop.gov>, "Shirley V. Skipper-Scott" ,b)(6); (b)(7)(C) ~bop.gov> Subject: Fwd: Here is the draft press release that I'll email to Mike & Lee momentarily from my Samsung assuming it refreshes quickly > >!(b)(6); (b)(7)(C) Lamine, DS/10/2019 08:58 > > > I am working with IPPA to finalize the press release (1st draft attached). Can you please give me answers to the below. b)(5) Thanks, Kb)(6) I kb)'7)(C) Page 4991

Fwd: Here is the draft press release that I'll email to Mike & Lee momentarily from my Samsung assuming it refreshes quickly From Shirley V. Skipper-Scott To Lamine N'Diaye Date 2019/08/10 09:32 Subject: Fwd: Here is the draft press release that I'll email to Mike & Lee momentarily from my Samsung assuming it refreshes quickly Attachments: Shirley Skipper-Scott Associate Warden MCC New York 150 Park Row TEXT.htm, Press Release - MCC New Y ork.docx NewYork, New York 10007 Office: 646-836 .. ~~k . ~-.,.,,,,....--, Black Berry: 646-423 g><6\c , bX6>; (b)(7)(C) @bop.gov > > f b)(6); (b)(7)(C) Lamine, ~/10/2019 8:58 AM > > > I am working with IPPA to finalize the press release (1st draft attached). Can you please give me answers to the below: b)(7)(E) Thanks, re~~,G} I Page 5036

Fwd: Here is the draft press release that I'll email to Mike & Lee momentarily from my Samsung assuming it refreshes quickly From Shirley V. Skipper-Scott To r )(6); (b)(7)(C) I Date 2019/08/10 09:35 Subject: Fwd: Here is the draft press release that I'll email to Mike & Lee momentarily from my Samsung assuming it refreshes quickly Attachments: TEXT.htm, Press Release - MCC New Y ork.docx Please see the highlighted responses. Thanks. Shirley Skipper-Scott Associate Warden MCC New York 150 Park Row New York, New York 10007 Office: 646-836r ~!!!~~~, I Black Berry: 646-423~ ?~?ic, )(6); (b)(7)(C) bo /10/2019 8:58 AM > > > Lamine, I am working with IPPA to finalize the press release (1st draft attached). Can you please give me answers to the below. b)(7)(E) Thanks, Kb)(6); I lin\'7Vr.\ Page 5042

Re: Noteworthy News Clips 8-16-2019 From Hugh Hurwitz To ~rb_)(6_);-~)(7 - XC_> ______ ~ Date 2019/08/16 11 :48 Subject: Re: Noteworthy News Clips 8-16-2019 Attachments: TEXT.htm Page 5087

The CNN article is quite critical and says DOJ officials are expressing frustration that the info BOP provided is turning up wrong. The only example they give is that officials believed over weekend he as released on bail, but it turns out t hat he was just moved to another facility. That is NOT TRUE. He was released and is not in BOP custody. Can you call OPA and ensure they know the truth as they are the DOJ officials that CNN is referring to. We never said he was released on bail...we only said he was released and that remains accurate. Thanks. 8/16/2019 9:29 AM > > > ---...------' )(6); (b)(7)(C) See first article. Hmmm. Ohio House member suggests using seized fentanyl for executions Ti mes Reporter https:Uwww.timesreporter.com/news/20190813/ ohio-house-member-suggests-usi ng-seized-fentanyl-for- executi ons A death penalty expert calls it unworkable, but an Ohio House member intends to introduce a bill to allow the state's condemned to be executed with illegal fentanyl seized by police. Basic facts about Epstein's suicide elude investigators 5 days later CNN https://www.cnn.com/2019 /08/1 5/pol itics/j effrey-epstein-pri son-su icide-q uestions/i ndex. html Five days after Jeffrey Epstein's suicide, federal Bureau of Prisons officials are struggling to establish even rudimentary facts of what happened over several key hours inside a prison rife with greater problems than previously known. Jeffrey Epstein's bodyguard, an ex-UFC fighter, believes reported suicide was assisted USA Today https:Uwww.usatoday,com/story/sports/ufc/2019/08/15/jeffrey-epstein-death-bodyguard-ex-ufc-fighter- reaction/2026749001 / Former UFC fighter Igor Zinoviev believes Jeffrey Epstein's death was no accident. As intense speculation swirls around the cause of the disgraced financier's death in jail, Zinoviev, Epstein's bodyguard, has emerged as a figure in the highly publicized case. GOP senators call for Barr to release full results of Epstein investigation The Hill https:Uthehill.com/homenews/senate/457586-gop-senators-call-for-barr-to-release-full-results-of-epstein- investigation Republican Sens. Ron Johnson (Wis.) and Chuck Grassley (Iowa) on Thursday called on Attorney General William Barr to make public the results of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's death. Jeffrey Epstein spent hours alone with mysterious woman in lockup New York Post https:Unypost.com/2019 /08/16/jeffrey-epstei n-spent-hours-al one-with-mysterious-woman-in-lockup/ Jeffrey Epstein spent at least two hours locked up alone with a mystery woman - possibly part of his legal team -just a day after he was taken off suicide watch at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, according to a new report. Page 5088

FYI - Media inquiry - ABC News - re: claim of death at MCC NY From fbl(6); (b)(7)(C) I To Date Subject: Attachments: Lee Plourde,r X5); (b)(7)(C) 2019/08/27 13:12 FYI - Media inquiry - ABC News - re: claim of death at MCC NY TEXT.htm, Press Release - MCC New Y ork.pdf Page 5106

FYI - here's what I sent my boss Reporter: f~b)(-6-);-~)(7 - )(C_) __ ~rB( Question: This is"'"F""" ><5"'" >;.,,.. (b)(7 = )cc=>-----.lat ABC News in New York. We are told there might have been a suicide at MCC in the last several days. Is that accurate? Has there been a death at your facility since the death of Jeffrey Epstein? Proposed Response: Internal Notes: r x•>• (bX•>• (b)(7)(8) ~b)(6); (b)(7)(C) I Public Information Office Federal Bureau of Prisons (202 353-4464 > > b)(6); (b)(7)(C) a be.corn> 8 27 2019 10:38 AM>> This is ~b)(6);(b)(7)(C) ~t ABC News in New York. We are told there might have been a suicide at MCC in the last several days. Is that accurate? Has there been a death at your facility since the death of Jeffrey Epstein? Thank you. b)(6), ~)(7)(C) Senior Investigative Reporter 47 West 66th Street/ New York, New York/ 10023 Office: 212.4561l>X6); II Cell: 646.484 b)(6); Twitter: ~blC6>; (b)(7)(C) !!:!V7Vr.\ . b)(7)(C) I ,..__ _____ ____, Page 5107

Re: Notewo News Cli s 8-16-2019 From To Date Subject: ; (b)(7)(C) Hugh Hurwit{b><5>· (b)(7)(C) 2019/08/16 14:25 Re: Noteworthy News Clips 8-16-2019 Attachments: TEXT.htm b)(6); I spoke t b)(7)(C) > > > Hugh Hurwitz 8/16/2019 11 :48 AM > > > The CNN article is quite critical and says DOJ officials are expressing frustration that the info BOP provided is turning up wrong. The only example they give is that officials believed over weekend he as released on bail, but it turns out that he was just moved to another facility. That is NOT TRUE. He was released and is not in BOP custody. Can you call OPA and ensure they know the truth as they are the DOJ officials that CNN is referring to. We never said he was released on bail...we only said he was released and t hat remains accurate. Thanks. b)(6); (b)(7)(C) 8/16/2019 9:29 AM > > > b)(5): (b)(7)(C) first article. Hmmm. Ohio House member suggests using seized fentanyl for executions Times Reporter https:Uwww.t imesreporter.com/news/20190813 / ohio-house-member-suggests-usi ng-seized-fentanyl-for- executi ons A death penalty expert calls it unworkable, but an Ohio House member intends to introduce a bill to allow the state's condemned to be executed with illegal fentanyl seized by police. Basic facts about Epstein's suicide elude investigators 5 days later CNN https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/15/politics/jeffrey-epstein-prison-suicide-questions/i ndex.html Five days after Jeffrey Epstein's suicide, federal Bureau of Prisons officials are struggling to establish even rudimentary facts of what happened over several key hours inside a prison rife with greater problems than previously known. Jeffrey Epstein's bodyguard, an ex-UFC fighter, believes reported suicide was assisted USA Today https:Uwww.usatoday.com/story/sports/ufc/2019/08/15/jeffrey-epstein-death-bodyguard-ex-ufc-fighter- reaction/20267 49001 I Former UFC fighter Igor Zinoviev believes Jeffrey Epstein's death was no accident. As intense speculation swirls around the cause of the disgraced financier's death in jail, Zinoviev, Epstein's bodyguard, has emerged as a figure in the highly publicized case. GOP senators call for Barr to release full results of Epstein investigation The Hill https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/457586-gop-senators-call-for-barr-to-release-full-results-of-epstein- jnvestigatjon Republican Sens. Ron Johnson (Wis.) and Chuck Grassley (Iowa) on Thursday called on Attorney General William Barr to make public the results of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's death. Page 5129

Jeffrey Epstein spent hours alone with mysterious woman in lockup New York Post https://nypost.com/2019/08/16/jeffrey-epstei □-spent-hours-al one-with-mysterious-woman-i □-lockup/ Jeffrey Epstein spent at least two hours locked up alone with a mystery woman - possibly part of his legal team-just a day after he was taken off suicide watch at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, according to a new report. Page 5130

Reuters: Prison Guards Skipped Mandatory Checks Before Epstein Death From Hugh Hurwitz To Ray OrmondJ"""b""" ><6,.,...>;-=-cb""")(7""")(c=)--..... Date 2019/08/10 22:20 Subject: Reuters: Prison Guards Skipped Mandatory Checks Before Epstein Death Attachments: TEXT.htm How do they have this info? Unbelieveable. https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/08/10/report-prison-guards-skipped-mandatory-checks- before-jeffrey-epsteins-death/ Hugh Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone Page 5204

Noteworthy News Clips 7-25-2019 From f bl(6); (b)(7)(C) I To Hugh Hurwitz,"'"F=xe,,...>; .,,.., (b)(7)( ,=-,.,c=->----. Date 2019/07/25 1418 Subject: Noteworthy News Clips 7-25-2019 Attachments: TEXT.htm Would you like me to include our statement on Epstein when I send this to Exec Staff? Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein injured in jail, rushed to hospital USA Today https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/07 /25/epstein-mysteriously-injured-jail- taken-hospital/1824453001 / Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. was found injured in his Manhattan jail cell and rushed to a local hospital, multiple media outlets reported Wednesday. Jeffrey Epstein found injured in his jail cell, according to a new report Business Insider https://www.busi nessi nsi der.com/j effrey-epstei n-found-i nj ured-i n-ja i I-eel l-reports-2019-7 Registered sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who is currently being held at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan on charges related to sex trafficking, was found injured in his cell, according to a report from New York's NBC News 4. Sources close to the investigation told News 4 on Wednesday that Epstein was found injured in his cell, "semi-conscious with marks on his neck." INSIDER contacted the Federal Bureau of Prisons for comment. 3 plead guilty to scheme to smuggle contraband into prison The Washington Times bttps://www,wasbingtontimes,com/news/2019/jul/24/3-plead-guilty-to-scheme-to-smuggle-contraband- int/ The U.S. Attorney's Office in Maryland says three people have pleaded guilty in connection with a scheme to smuggle contraband into a state prison. A news release says the three entered their pleas on Tuesday to a federal racketeering charge. Their plea agreements say they conspired with inmates and others to smuggle narcotics, cell phones, unauthorized flash drives, tobacco and other contraband into the Maryland Correctional Institute at Jessup. Tucker Carlson and John Kennedy get the First Step Act all wrong Washington Examiner https:Uwww.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-and-john-kennedy-get-the-first-step-act-all- wrong When President Trump signed the First Step Act into law in December 2018, he was flanked by conservative senators and law enforcement officials. They were on hand to see him enact a carefully cultivated collection of criminal justice reforms, emulating on the federal level smart policy changes already successfully passed in red states such as Texas, Georgia, and South Carolina. Bernie Madoff Asks Trump to Reduce His 1 SO-Year Prison Sentence Bloomberg https:Uwww.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-24/madoff-asks-trump-to-reduce-his-150-year-prison- sentence?srnd =premium Bernard Madoff asked President Donald Trump to shorten his 150-year prison sentence, effectively seeking -- - -. Page 5252

to finish his life in freedom after running the biggest Ponzi scheme in U.S. history. Madoff, 81, filed the request with the Justice Department, whose website lists no filing date. He is asking for a reduced sentence rather than a pardon. Kim Kardashian Visits D.C. Jail To Discuss Criminal Justice Reform Huff Post https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kim-kardashian-dc-jail-crimioal-justice o Sd3919eee4b0419fd337c31 e Kim Kardashian visited the District of Columbia Correctional Treatment Facility this week to speak with inmates about a topic on which the media mogul has increasingly become an advocate: criminal justice reform. The D.C. Department of Corrections shared photographs of the reality star's visit via Twitter on Wednesday. Kardashian discussed prison reform with a group of incarcerated men and women, the department said. She also spoke about the Georgetown Prison Scholars Program, a higher education initiative at the jail. Page 5253

MCC Epstein From To Date Subject: Attachments: fb)(6); (b)(7)(C) I r )(a), (b)(7)(C) ~amine N'DiayeLee Plourde,[ b)(a); (b)(7)(C) 2019/08/10 09:27 MCC Epstein TEXT.htm, MCC Epstein.docx Updated press release with addition of arrival date and official charges. Page 5418

Re: Reuters: Prison Guards Skipped Mandatory Checks Before Epstein Death From fb><5>;(b)(7)(C) !(OAG)" To Hugh HurwitzRay O1mond Date 2019/08/11 09:29 Subject: Re: Reuters: Prison Guards Skipped Mandatory Checks Before Epstein Death Attachments: TEXT.htm, Mime.822 Gentlemen. Do you have time for a quick update call before I leave for my trip with the AG? Does 12 noon work? Ifthere is something new and pressing, we can do a call earlier. Tim On Aug 10, 2019, at 10:20 PM, Hugh Hurwit{bX5l;Cb)(7)(C) @bop.gov>wrote: How do they have this info? Unbelieveable. https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/08/10/report-prison-guards-skipped- mandatory-checks-before-jeffrey-epsteins-death/ Hugh Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone Page 5508