From: To: Ce: Subject: 2020.04.23 - NOTES from call with , DOJ-OIG Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 15:11:21 +0000 2020.04.23 - NOTES from call with [A 0OJ-O1G - Briefing |G on Monday about status and adjournment - Unlikely that they will do anything until after our trial, but if that changes, will give us a heads up - Don will call on Tuesday - DOJ-OIG © DOJ-OIG reports to Congress, not to AG o IGis head of agency © Divisionally, OIG is separated into components * Investigations Division (do criminal and administrative investigations; who we are working with, NY Field Office); majority is criminal, but can also handle administrative matters that stem from criminal investigations e Also handling the Epstein Report e Administrative report that arose out of criminal investigation e During criminal investigation, OIG identified numerous administrative concerns relating to conduct of other BOP employees, unrelated to | | and EE conduct © Concerns identified were failure to provide Epstein a new cellmate; Epstein’s personal call on unrecorded phone line; potentially problems with video system © NOT failure to conduct counts or rounds o Currently, not looking into staffing issues and does not foresee doing it ° i: detailed to Investigations Division, usually part of Oversight and Review e These reports would typically be done by the case agent o Here, (MM has had no involvement in working on report except for an initial conversation and opining on what circulated * Oversight and Review—made up of investigative attorneys; in charge of investigating matters of national importance; vast majority administrative, but also can handle criminal investigations that roll out of admin. * Evaluations and Inspections Division — administrative investigations that aren’t of national importance or high profile; very rarely, if ever, criminal investigations * Audit Division — does audits; purely administrative = Management and Planning Fair to say no completed draft at this point - Draft will contain recommendations about BOP, which will then be discussed by DOJ-OIG; these discussions have not yet begun - Disclosure now could negatively impact future administrative investigation by DOJ-OIG on this very matter - Reviewed representations we are making in the brief—fine with them with minor changes above EFTA00077057

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