Again, apologies for making this international reservation an unpleasant experience. Foreign travel is much more complex process than the standard travel reservation, and is usually scheduled way in advance to account for the issues we're experiencing now. Darlene Alleyne U.S. Attorney's Office (SDNY) Legal Assistant, Public Corruption (212) 637-2437 From: < Sent: Monday, January 27, 2020 10:51 AM To: Alleyne, Darlene (USANYS) <DAlleyne(Musa.doj,gov> Subject: RE: travel approval request ( New Fully Refundable Flight & Hotel Itinerary) Darlene, None of this changes the fact that you left the office without telling us in the middle of us all trying to schedule this trip, and then scheduled me on a non-refundable flight after I specifically said that we need refundable flights. In any event, the flight that Alison is on does not work for me, so if I'm not allowed to take the flight you originally booked for me, please send me a list of ALL refundable flight tickets that are within the allowable price range for departure on February 3 (arriving February 4) and departing February 7. Please don't just put me on flights without checking with me if they work. Thank you. From: Alleyne, Darlene (USANYS)<[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2020 08:26 To: Subject: RE: travel approval request ( New Fully Refundable Flight & Hotel Itinerary) Importance: High Good morning Alex, Fortunately, there's was a 24 hour policy when booking a non-refundable trip so I knew that if any issues transpired, we could void the trip by COB today. Since the cost of the non-refundable trip previously reserved is astronomically high, I voided it and booked the same departing flight as with the same return date from the old itinerary that's fully, refundable and much lower than the flight itinerary chosen. If you need to make any further amendments, you can now be assured that you'll be able to without penalty fees. Also, the new flight itinerary will be ticketed on 1/29/20, so you have even more time to make any adjustments before your trip to Stockholm, Sweden. Sorry for the inconvenience. Darlene Alleyne U.S. Attorney's Office (SDNY) Legal Assistant, Public Corruption (212) 637-2437 From: < Sent: Friday, January 24, 2020 7:43 PM EFTA00082540

To: Alleyne, Darlene (USANYS) <DAlleynePusa.dohgov> Subject: RE: travel approval request Darlene, I wish you would have told us that you were leaving early today — we had a lot of travel issues and thought you would be assisting this afternoon. In particular, in my email about flights, I specifically asked to get a refundable fare, and you got me a non-refundable, so I had to call the government travel people tonight to switch it, since international travel *must* be refundable. The ticket will now be more expensive but it's required for us for international flights. From: Sent: Friday, January 24, 2020 13:31 To: Darlene A. .Alleyne Subject: RE: travel approval request Darlene, Alison mentioned to me that you told her I had purchased refundable flights, but that's not quite right — I had asked you to make sure to get refundable tickets on the flights I listed below. Could you please double check and confirm that the flights you got for me are in fact refundable tickets? thanks, Alex. From: Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2020 23:37 To: Alleyne, Darlene (USANYS) <DAlleynePusa.dojsgov> Cc: >; Subject: RE: travel approval request c: 1> Darlene, similar request from me for the same trip, if you could please book the following refundable tickets — Monday, 2/3, Delta, 6:40 p.m. departure from JFK, landing at 11:55 a.m. in Stockholm (ARN) on 2/4, with a layover in Paris Friday, 2/7, Delta, 12:45 p.m. departure from Stockholm (ARN), landing at 9:55 p.m. at JFK, with a layover in Paris Note that it appears this set of flights is only available in premium economy but those seats are *cheaper* than any other flights on those days in regular economy seating. Please let me know if e2 or EOUSA says we have to fly regular economy (and therefore spend more money) and I can look at other flight times. Separately, could you also please take a look at hotel options in downtown Sweden that are within the per diem allowance? We generally need to be in this area, downtown: EFTA00082541