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Good talking with each of you yesterday. IMD is happy to support.

I wanted to share the below, as we seek guidance from the GC on the types of redactions to apply to these documents so we can process the right way out of the gate.



Regardless, we are here and we are ready. Looking forward to welcoming NY and WFO to Winchester today.

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Once we nail that down, IMD is ready to process.

We are prepared to receive boxes tomorrow, as NY agents are travelling to WFO in the morning, and will arrive to Winchester where they will start photographing and we will start scanning and processing the physical files. Once I see the volume, I'll have a better estimate of processing times, although I suggest we do a rolling delivery to further demonstrate the FBIs commitment to delivery and transparency.

Tomorrow, I’ll have a recap of historic FOIA cases (# received, # already processed, # active litigations).

Call me anytime.







IMD is working on getting a clean copy of the redaction list forwarded. In the meantime, attached is also an explanation of the FOIA exemptions.

The numbers below regarding litigation and administrative FOIAs reflect a conversation in OGC today – we can confirm those numbers regarding FOIA requests and separate litigation involving Epstein and Maxwell.

I've also added AD here as IMD will be digitizing the documents upon receipt from WFO/NYFO. She can provide additional information from IMD's perspective, including on the number of FOIA requests that are at the administrative stage.



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