Sent: Subject: You will not have approval to go forward tomorrow with an indictment or to poceed by complaint. Alex has your memo and lefcourt's letter but he is out of the district at the US Attorney's conference for the next several days I'm having trouble understanding - given how long this case has been pending - what the rush is. This is obviously a very significant case and alex wants to take his time making sure he is comfortable before proceeding Sent from my BlackBerry | eless Handheld Original Message Sent: Mon May 14 10:38:15 2007 Subject: Operation Leap Year Good morning: | just received a call that Epstein’s plane is flying from the Virgin Islands to Newark now, so it looks like Epstein is going to show up for his court appearance tomorrow. Can you let me know if the indictment is going tomorrow or, if not, whether we are authorized to proceed by Complaint? Thank you EXHIBIT C-5 EFTA00224939