To: Paul Cassell <[email protected]>

To: Paul Cassell <[email protected]> Subject: Prosecution of Alfredo Rodriguez Date: Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:08:19 +0000 Importance: Normal Dear Mr. Cassell: I apologize for the delay in getting back to you. I have conferred with members of my office regarding the issues that you have raised. First, with respect to your request that your clients be considered victims in the case against Mr. Rodriguez, as I stated to you in our earlier discussion, our office does not routinely investigate or prosecute cases based upon a person's failure to obey a civil subpoena for two reasons: the office would be overwhelmed with such referrals, and it would raise allegations that the government was interfering with civil litigation and/or using its law enforcement powers to assist a particular attorney or civil litigant. Accordingly, Mr. Rodriguez is being prosecuted for obstructing the federal grand jury investigation of Mr. Epstein and the victim of that crime is the United States. Sec