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U.S. Department of Justice United States Attorney Southern District of Florida VIA FACSIMILE Jack A. Goldberger, Esq. Atterburv, oldber er & Weiss, P.A. West Palm Beach, FL 33401-5015 Roy Black, Esq. Black rebnick Koms an & Stumpf P.A. Miami, FL 33131 Re: Jeffrey Epstein West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Facsimile: June 27, 2008 Dear Messrs. Goldberger and Black: I write to follow up on my e-mail correspondence of June 24 and June 26, and my message this morning. As of 3:15 p.m., Friday, June 27, 2008, the Office still has not received a copy of a proposed plea agreement between Mr. Epstein and the State Attorney's Office, nor has the Office received notice of a date and time for a change of plea. As you know, the Non-Prosecution Agreement between Mr. Epstein and the Office called for Mr. Epstein to plead, be sentenced, and begin serving his sentence not later than January 4, 2008-almost six months ago. The Office has continued that deadline to allow Mr. Epstein to raise various issues with the Department of Justice, but repeatedly advised that, once those appeals were completed, Mr. Epstein would need to perform the terms of the agreement within a short window thereafter. Now that those appeals have been exhausted, we promptly informed counsel for Mr. Epstein that he must enter his plea, be sentenced, and begin serving his sentence by 5:00 on Monday, June 30, 2008. This week I have sent two e-mails and left a message with Mr. Black's receptionist aski