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From: (USAFLS)" To: "Slon Sala>, ' (USAFLS)" Bet 1. (USAFLS)" Subject: FW: Epstein Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2007 21:15:32 +0000 Importance: Normal Hi IM -- I am in trial, so I just got your message. First, it is inappropriate for you to enter into plea negotiations without consulting with me or the investigative agencies, and it is more inappropriate to make a plea offer that you know is completely unacceptable to the FBI, ICE, the victims, and me. These plea negotiations violate the Ashcroft memo, the U.S. Attorney's Manual, and all of the various iterations of the victims' rights legislation. Strategically, you have started the plea negotiations as though we are in a position of weakness, anxious to make the case go away, by telling the defense that we will demand no federal conviction. We left the meeting on June 26th in a stronger position than when we entered, and your statement that a state resolution would satisfy us takes away that advantage. If you make it seem like