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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE I OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL

April 10, 2023

Memorandum regarding the Office of Inspector General's Draft Report on the Investigation and Review of the Federal Bureau of Prisons' Custody, Care, and Supervision of Jeffrey Epstein at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York, New York. The memorandum is addressed to the Assistant Director, Inspection Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, from the Deputy Assistant Inspector General, Investigations Division, Office of Inspector General.

Attached to this memorandum is the Office of the Inspector General's draft report entitled Investigation and Review ofthe FederalBureau ofPrisons'Custody, Care, and Supervision offeffrey Epstein at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York, New York which we plan to release publicly.

We are providing this draft report to enable the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to conduct a factual accuracy and sensitivity review. If the FBI believes that any information in the draft report would be inappropriate for public release, please mark the information and indicate the reason the FBI believes it should not be released. Please provide us the results of your factual accuracy and sensitivity review as soon as possible, but no later than Monday, April 17, 2023. We can accept such comments informally and on a rolling basis.

Because this is a draft report, it should not be disseminated to or discussed with anyone other than those FBI employees who need to review the draft report for factual accuracy or sensitivity purposes. In this regard, we request that your office maintain a log of who has been provided access to the draft report and when. We also request that your office emphasize to those reviewing the draft report or its contents the prohibition on further dissemination and discussion of the draft report with anyone other than FBI employees, as necessary for the purposes of assessing factual accuracy or sensitivity or preparation of the FBI's formal response.

If you have any questions about this memorandum or the draft report, please contact me or Senior Counsel to the Inspector General . Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.

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Associate Deputy Attorney General

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