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From• To• Cc.• Subject: RE: PAE and Litigation priorities Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2020 14:25:58 +0000 The PAE issue of case prioritization seems to be getting worse and we wanted to get your thoughts. The- was put on the priority list back in September but the team is unfortunately now back to getting the answer from PAE/database managers that there are only 2 priority cases that is taking up all of the PAE resources, Epstein and 377 Union Street. ThE team sent search warrant returns to PAE on 9/22 and followed up yesterday to see if there was any ETA on getting them loaded and were told no. I completely understand that not all jobs can be a rush job but am hopeful that we can find a way for some of the PAE bandwidth to be reserved to load data in the normal course. If there could be a set expectation in terms of a timeline by which PAE is expected to load data in the normal course, I think that would be helpful guidance for us to provide to our unit so they can plan accordingly. Happy to discuss. Thanks, From: Sent: Friday, September 11, 2020 1:47 PM Subject: Fwd: PAE and Litigation priorities Another Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: From Da To Subject: Re: PAE and Litigation priorities Yes, of course. On Aug 28, 2020, at 10:02 AM, wrote: an we chat on Monday. PAE is looking to us to help them set priorities. As you can se has hounded them and now 377 Union Street is their number one priority.Malso hounds them. Between the two, t ey monopolize IT/Litigation Support to the detriment of other AUSAs. Sorry to bother you on vacation. Hope it has been restful. From Sent: Friday, August 28, 2020 9:31 AM EFTA00031095 To Cc t ect: RE: PAE just met wit=and in addition to the priorities listed below, we have an number of other cases that are hot as well. Currently 377 Union is the priority PAE is working on due to a proposed September production date set by the AUSA. Due to the data size and complexity, other requests are still being worked on by in a limit capacity mode. Grisel will reach out to PAE to get a sense of when they can addresnrequest. Also, are you available Monday morning to chat about PAE, requests and the updates to the meeting we held with the SDNY working committee. PAE also mentioned there are other "hot" cases they're working on: 1. We Build the Wall uploaded to Relativity asap to begin privilege review 2. Epstein processed and uploaded to Relativity asap to begin privilege review 3. PPI cou ea me. 4. Keefe v US FD 5. US v Jai to produced ugus 6. 377 Union Street: 5 HDs of mixed data. Du licate data issues with load files, data disorganized Data must be processed and Data must be AUSA mentioned to SDNY PM there's a From Sent: Thursda Au ust 27 2020 2:59 PM To Subject: RE: PAE Or starting them. : court deadline to produce every 25th of the month From Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2020 2:59 PM To: Subjec : : Well, she's always putting out fires From Se To Su 2020 t is a ways a fire drill with her. Always will have there or here. Ed From: Sent: Thursda , Au ust 27, 2020 2:52 PM To. Cc Su J : allegedly a deadline all PAE tomorrow to determine if there is a problem PAE is taking much longer to respond to my requests to move potentially privileged documents out of databases; weeks instead of days, which is affecting the ability of AUSAs to access their evidence in a number of investigations and prosecutions. Do you know what is causing the delays? And how long it is expected to continue? And if there is any wa that I can assist, please let me know. Thanks Assistant United States Attorney Southern District of New York One St. Andrews Plaza, Room 929 EFTA00031096 New York, NY 10007 EFTA00031097