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From: Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2019 8:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Fwd: Additional Questions Sen=. Thank you. Scrubbing now 40 minutes or so&nbs=; Begin forwarded message: Alexander - I am much better at reading x-ray= than between the lines, but I'll try. My Jeddah t=ip was proposed by the bank. The purpose was as follow-up to help their del=very unit team complete the data analysis and launch their own President40=804>s Delivery Unit at the Islamic Development Bank. I attach a photo of m= on the billboard in the hallway announcing the event. In addition, a snaps=ot of me at the conference. I went from Jeddah to meet my . The trip as you see from the e=ail attachment was approved and thefunding mechanism agree wi e an .=n sp; Of course I assume many times Jim and I were in a large cafete=ia with many people, sitting only the two of us at a table but nothing unto=ard ever transpired. I do not believe I have ever=stayed at the Ritz in Manhattan. =span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> <=iv dir="ltr">Th=nk you - and I hope this helps. I would appreciate it if you send or=have any specific questions to answer or refute? (3 att=chments) </=iv> EFTA_R1_01841135 EFTA02626849 On Jan 30, 2019, at 8:01 AM, Alexander Nazaryani wrote: Dear Melanie, l=appreciated the time you took to talk to me on Monday. Below are some addit=onal questions based on our conversation. Please respond to them in writing= if possible, whenever you have a chance to sit down at a computer. And tha=k you again for taking the time. I am fully aware of how busy you are with y=ur medical practice. I told you that we would not e=dorse salacious rumor. I also told you that we did not intend to publish yo=r name. That is and will remain true, unless dramatic evidence comes to lig=t and makes us reconsider. But we are interested in how the WBG board handl=d allegations against JYK. Even if you believe those allegations were nothi=g more than a smear campaign, they were obviously concerning enough that thy were brought to the ethics committee board. Our interest is in how the bo=rd handled those allegations, not whether they can be verified as true. As such, it would be very helpful if you helped us und=rstand some details about your travel. Again, this is not about whether an i=proper relationship did or did not occur: We make very clear that there is n= evidence to that effect, and that it has been roundly denied. We do nothin= to call those denials into question. But we are interested in some of the u=derlying questions that led to the allegation in the first place. In fact, t= us, the question of a romantic affair between two consenting adults is utt=rly irrelevant. The question that matters is whether JYK exercised proper j=dgement and, also, whether he misused funds, or authorized such misuse by o=hers. Let's start with the Jeddah trip. 1) C=n you tell me the purpose of the trip 2) Can you tell me how long you devot=d to that purpose? 3) When you arrived in Jeddah, you posted a photograph f=om your Instagram account that was taken from Flickr. Why did you do that? 3= Did the World Bank know, prior to the trip, that you would be traveling to=Southeast Asia from the Arabian Peninsula? 4) You said the trip was approve= by your supervisor. Who was that? You also told me t=at you did not frequently travel with JYK, but records show that in 2016, y=u travelled together on nine separate occasions. 1) If the mission of the P=U involved data transparency and public•facing accountability, as you told m= on Monday, what was the purpose of these trips? Can you share your notes f=om any of these trips with me? 2) When you travelled to New York on June 26= 2016, why did you decide not to stay at the Renaissance in Westchester, mo=ing instead to the Ritz Carlton in Manhattan? 3) On a number of occasions, y=u dined alone with JYK. Did you ever feel pressured to do so? Did you ever f=nd him to be inappropriate? Did you ever feel uncomfortable traveling with h=m? I very much hope these questions do not put you=on a defensive. As I already said, your name does not appear in the article= nor any identifying characteristics—your work at the PDU, your rel=tionship to the Gates Foundation—that would allow anyone to identif= you in any way. This is an investigation of JYK, not you. And it is an inv=stigation of public deeds, not private behavior. As such, you could be trem=ndously helpful in helping to gain more clarity about JYK's tenure. Thank you again for your willingness to work with me on th=s. It is deeply appreciated. Alexander <=r> 2 EFTA_R1_01841136 EFTA02626850