UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK oe eee eee eee eee eee eee x UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, : AFFIDAVIT OF CERTIFICATION : PURSUANT TO LOCAL -vV.- : CRIMINAL RULE 16.1 GHISLAINE MAXWELL, : 20 Cr. 330 (AJN) Defendant. : oe eee eee eee eee eee eee eee ee x STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NEW YORK SS. SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ) HR. pursuant to Title 28, United States Code, Section 1746, hereby affirms under penalty of perjury: 1. I am an Assistant United States Attorney in the Office of Audrey Strauss, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. I am one of the Assistants who represents the Government in these proceedings. 2. I certify pursuant to Local Criminal Rule 16.1 that the Government has conferred in good faith with counsel to the defendant, Ghislaine Maxwell, regarding defense counsel’s request that the warden of the Metropolitan Detention Center (“MDC”) report directly to the Court and counsel on the defendant’s conditions of confinement, and that the parties have been unable to reach agreement. 3. In particular, on November 30, 2020, the Government asked defense counsel whether they would consent to MDC legal counsel addressing the Court and counsel directly in writing on the defendant’s conditions of confinement. On December 1, 2020, defense counsel EFTA00030411

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indicated that they would not consent and reiterated their request that the Court summon Warden Tellez to report directly to the Court and counsel on the defendant’s conditions of confinement. 4. I hereby certify that the foregoing statements made by me are true. Dated: New York, New York December 1, 2020 LUA (fomiianli, Assistant United States Attorney Telephone: id EFTA00030412