From: Sent: To: Subject: Importance: Weingarten, Reid 8/5/2016 7:39:39 PM jeffrey E. [[email protected]] RE: FW: Audio recording High From: jeffrey E. [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, August 05, 2016 3:19 PM To: Weingarten, Reid Subject: Re: FW: Audio recording funny can you speak On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 3:11 PM, Weingarten, Reid 1 › wrote: From: Will Bohlen [mailto Sent: Friday, August 05, 2016 1:49 PM To: Keough, Michael; King, Kathryn; Miller, Michael; Katelyn Wolford; Y. Alp Aslandogan; Weingarten, Reid; Remzi Kulen; Weinstein, Jason; Osman Oz.; David Marin; Erin Billings; Drake, William Cc: Eliopoulos, Steven Subject: RE: Audio recording Wall St Journal: http://www.wsj.com/articles/lawyers-for-imam-wanted-by-turkish-authorities-fear-for-their-clients-life-1470418445 Lawyers for Imam Wanted by Turkish Authorities Fear for Their Client's Life Fethullah Gulen has been accused by Turkish President Erdogan of ordering the launch of July coup DEVLIN BARRETT Aug. 5, 2016 1:34 p.m. ET Lawyers for the imam living in Pennsylvania whom Turkish authorities accuse of directing a coup last month in that country said Friday they fear for his life and may ask U.S. authorities to help protect him. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031480

Since the failed coup that led to the deaths of 271 people, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused the imam, Fethullah Gulen, of issuing instructions to launch the coup, a charge Mr. Gulen has denied. Turkish authorities have demanded the U.S. extradite Mr. Gulen immediately to Turkey, but The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that U.S. officials don't expect to do that, citing people familiar with the discussions. U.S. officials see problems with the evidence presented thus far by Turkey, and they are concerned about strident public statements made by Turkish leaders against Mr. Gulen, those people said. Mr. Erdogan has called Mr. Gulen and his supporters a terrorist network, a charge U.S. officials have long discounted. Turkey in May officially designated Mr. Gulen's network a terrorist organization, making membership a crime under Turkish law. Mr. Erdogan's government has pressed the Obama administration since the coup to extradite Mr. Gulen, arguing that pursuing the imam is part of the broader campaign against terrorism. At times, the Turkish leader's aides have said Ankara would view as hostile any foreign government that gave sanctuary to leaders of the Gulen movement. Turkey hasn't yet made a formal extradition request to the U.S., and Turkish officials say they plan to provide more evidence to the Justice Department. Mr. Gulen, 75 years old, came to the U.S. in 1999, and has a devoted following in Turkey and other countries. At a press conference in Washington on Friday, Mr. Gulen's lawyers said they have spoken to the Justice Department about the demands for extradition but are unaware of the U.S. government's thinking or plans. Asked if they feared for his life, one of Mr. Gulen's lawyers, Reid Weingarten said, "We do. We're very concerned about his safety." The lawyer said they are discussing whether to ask U.S. authorities for help in safeguarding their client. A Turkish court has issued a warrant for Mr. Gulen's arrest, and Turkish and U.S. authorities have privately discussed scenarios in which Mr. Gulen might be extradited. But several U.S. officials said they cannot now envision a scenario in which they turn him over to Turkey. "It would be unprecedented and appalling if the U.S. took a frail, almost octogenarian, plopped him on a plane to go back into that kind of setting with the hideous things that are being said about him by the entire Turkish government," said Mr. Weingarten. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031481

"The bluster, the conspiracy theories, and the threats of Mr. Erdogan are not strong enough to overwhelm the American legal system," he added. "And for that reason we believe that Mr. Gulen should not and will not be extradited." Mr. Weingarten said the chances that his client helped plot a coup from his base in the Poconos is "about as likely" as a meteor striking the lawyer's office while he was speaking. Write to Devlin Barrett at [email protected] From: Keough, Michael Sent: Friday, August 05, 2016 1:28 PM To: Will Bohlen < 2>; King, Kathryn < Weinstein, Jason • >; Katelyn Wolford < I>; Weingarten, Reid < P; Osman Oz. < >; Erin Billings < Cc: Eliopoulos, Steven < Subject: RE: Audio recording n> 4>; Miller, Michael 1>; Y. Alp Aslandogan ≥; Remzi Kulen < ; David Marin P; Drake, William ‹ USA TODAY and Al Arabiya as well: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2016/08/05/cleric-extradition-turkey-coup/88288220/ http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2016/08/05/US-evaluating-new-Turkish-documents-on-Gulen.html Michael A. Keough Associate direct fax Steptoe Steptoe & Johnson LLP 1114 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036 www.steptoe.com his message and any attached documents contain information from the law firm Steptoe & Johnson LLP that may be confidential and/or privileged. If you are not th ntended recipient, please do not read, copy, distribute, or use this information. If you have received this transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately b reply e-mail and then delete this message. From: Will Bohlen [mailto Sent: Friday, August 05, 2016 1:27 PM HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031482

To: Keough, Michael; King, Kathryn; Miller, Michael; Katelyn Wolford; Y. Alp Aslandogan; Weingarten, Reid; Remzi Kulen; Weinstein, Jason; Osman Oz.; David Marin; Erin Billings; Drake, William Cc: Eliopoulos, Steven Subject: RE: Audio recording BBC story: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36988726 Turkey coup bid: Fethullah Gulen's lawyers fear attack on his life 25 minutes ago Lawyers for US-based Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen say they fear an attack on his life, in the wake of the failed coup attempt on 15 July in Turkey. Turkey has issued an arrest warrant for Mr Gulen, accusing him of orchestrating the coup attempt. It has called on the US to extradite him. Mr Gulen denies any involvement. Turkey has cracked down heavily in the wake of the coup attempt. On Friday the governing AK Party ordered an internal purge of Gulen supporters. More than 270 people died in events surrounding the coup attempt. Speaking at a news conference in Washington, Mr Gulen's lawyers said they expected him to remain at the Pennsylvania compound where he lives in self-imposed exile, and not attempt to flee. Mr Gulen is a reclusive figure who rarely makes contact with the media. Although Turkey has demanded his extradition, it has yet to make a formal request. The US has said its judiciary will consider a request if and when it is filed. It also asked for evidence of the cleric's involvement in the coup attempt, which Turkey says it has supplied. Mr Gulen's lawyers said it was most unlikely any extradition request would stand up in a US court and almost no chance that their client would get a fair trial in Turkey, given what had been said against him there since the coup attempt. One of the lawyers, Reid Weingarten, said: "It would be unprecedented and appalling if the United States took a frail almost- octogenarian, plopped him on a plane to go back into that kind of setting with the hideous things that are being said about him by the entire Turkish government." Much of Turkey's crackdown has targeted perceived supporters of the cleric. Tens of thousands of public sector workers have been suspended or dismissed, with many having their passports cancelled. There has also been a massive reshuffle of the military. About 18,000 people have been detained or arrested. Now local branches of the AK Party have been told to begin a purge of suspected Gulenists in their ranks. Mr Gulen had been a close ally of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan until a bitter split between his movement and the party of the president three years ago. Turkey has listed Mr Gulen's movement as a terrorist organisation. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031483