Subject: 2020.04.23 - NOTES from call with

Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 15:11:21 +0000

## 2020.04.23 - NOTES from call with DOJ-OIG

- Briefing IG on Monday about status and adjournment

- Unlikely that they will do anything until after our trial, but if that changes, will give us a heads up

- Don will call on Tuesday



- DOJ-OIG





○ DOJ-OIG reports to Congress, not to AG





○ IG is head of agency





○ Divisionally, OIG is separated into components



- Investigations Division (do criminal and administrative investigations; who we are working with, NY Field Office); majority is criminal, but can also handle administrative matters that stem from criminal investigations

- Also handling the Epstein Report

- Administrative report that arose out of criminal investigation

- During criminal investigation, OIG identified numerous administrative concerns relating to conduct of other BOP employees, unrelated to and conduct



- Concerns identified were failure to provide Epstein a new cellmate; Epstein’s personal call on unrecorded phone line; potentially problems with video system



personal call on unrecorded phone line; potentially problems with video system

○ NOT failure to conduct counts or rounds



○ Currently, not looking into staffing issues and does not foresee doing it



- is detailed to Investigations Division, usually part of Oversight and Review

- These reports would typically be done by the case agent



○ Here, has had no involvement in working on report except for an initial conversation and opining on what circulated



- Oversight and Review—made up of investigative attorneys; in charge of investigating matters of national importance; vast majority administrative, but also can handle criminal investigations that roll out of admin.

- Evaluations and Inspections Division – administrative investigations that aren’t of national importance or high profile; very rarely, if ever, criminal investigations

- Audit Division – does audits; purely administrative



- Management and Planning



- Fair to say no completed draft at this point

- Draft will contain recommendations about BOP, which will then be discussed by DOJ-OIG; these discussions have not yet begun

- Disclosure now could negatively impact future administrative investigation by DOJ-OIG on this very matter

- Reviewed representations we are making in the brief—fine with them with minor changes above

Assistant United States Attorney

United States Attorney's Office

Southern District of New York

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