<table><tr><th>From:</th><th>jeffrey E. &lt;jeevacation@gmail.com&gt;</th></tr><tr><td>Sent:</td><td>Tuesday, February 27, 2018 12:31 AM</td></tr><tr><td>To:</td><td>Lawrence Krauss</td></tr><tr><td>Subject:</td><td>Re: a possible statement by me.</td></tr></table>

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On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 7:21 PM, Lawrence Kra=ss ████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ wrote:

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Dear Rachel:

Amidst the current uproar and consternation over the recent Buzzfeed=allegations about me, I know that many Bulletin subscribers and fans are u=derstandably feeling shocked and upset. I want to assure them, and =ou, that the story is incorrect. As you know, I denied the allegatio=s in the story, about which I and various organizations I am affiliated wi=h provided clear counter-evidence which was ignored or distorted during th= six months that Buzzfeed harassed me and my colleagues with false claims.=C2 I understand from you that in all my time with the Bulletin, no one =as made any complaints about me or my professionalism or about me personal=y. Nevertheless, the work of the Bulletin is very important, =nd I don't want the distraction of this current frenzy to interfer= with its work. Therefore I would like to take a leave of absence as=Chair of the Board until clearer heads prevail, and a careful assessment o= the facts has been completed by the various organizations I am affiliated=with, including the Bulletin, has been completed. I look forward to returning to our work together at that time. It has been a pleasure a=d a privilege to lead the Board of Sponsors and to work with you and our c=lleagues at the Bulletin, and I can't wait to return.

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Lawrence

Lawrence M. Krauss D=rector, The Origins Project at ASU Co-Director, Cosmology Initiative Foundation Professor <=b> School of Earth & Space Exploration and Physics Department Ar=zona State Universit , <u>P.O.</u> Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404 =esearch Office tel: I Assistant (Jessica): <u>Ori ins Office C nthia •</u> <tel:

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