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U.S. Department of Justice United States Attorney Southern District of Florida 99 NE. 4 Street November 30, 2007 Kirkland and Ellis LLP Citigroup Center 153 East 53" Street New York, New York 10022-4611 Iam in receipt of your letter dated November 29, 2007. Your letter responds to a draft notice originally forwarded to you by Assistant United States Attorney Lee erent the request of our First Assistant —. Should you have concerns, I would ask that you please address those with them in the first instance. I will forward your letter to them. I am also in receipt of a November 28, 2007 letter from your co-counsel, Mr. | Office will provide a response shortly. In the interim, I would note that since the signing of the September 24"agreement, more than two months’ ago, it has become clear that several attorneys on your legal team are dissatisfied with previously had the opportunity to review and raise objections to the terms of the Agreement. The defense team, however, after extensive negotiation, chose to adopt the Agreement. Since then counsel have objected to several steps taken by the U.S. Attorney’s Office to effectuate the terms of the Agreement, in essence presenting collateral challenges to portions of the Agreement. It is not the intention of this Office ever to require a defendant to enter a plea against his wishes, Your client has the right to proceed to trial. If your client is dissatisfied with his Agreement, or believes that it is unlawful or unfair, we stand ready to unwind the Agreement. Sincerely, R. Alexander Acosta United States Attorney EFTA00176796

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1L/30/S, FRI 11:32 FAX 305 530 6440 EXECUTIVE OFFICE @oo1 SSSTESTSTEETTESES SES #ee TX REPORT s#¢¢ Sessesseresesseessess TRANSMISSION OK TX/RX NO CONNECTION TEL 912124464900 SUBADDRESS CONNECTION ID ST. TIME 11/30 11:32 USAGE T 00'48 PGS. 2 RESULT OK U.S. Department of Justice United States Altorney Southern District of Florida ' R. ALEXANDER ACOSTA UNITED STATES ATTORNEY SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA 99 NE 4™ STREET MIAMI, FLORIDA 33132-2111 FACSIMILE TRANSMISSION COVER SHEET DATE: November 30, 2007 To: as FAX NUMBER: fe SUBJECT: Jeffrey Espstein NUMBER OF PAGES, INCLUDING THIS PAGE: 2 Message/Comments: EFTA00176797