From: To: (USANYE)" Subject: FW: Richardson Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 17:09:32 +0000 Embedded: t_ c_ with _counsel for Bill Richardson,_re:_JE_case.msg )" This is so, so frustrating. From: Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2019 13:09 To: (USANYS) < > Cc: (USANYS) Subject: RE: Richardson Hey I spoke to and about this, but just to keep everyone in the loop, I did talk to Jeff on Sunday and did (what I thought was) a fairly standard witness / subject / target distinction, noting we didn't have sufficient information to put him into the witness or target boxes, and that we didn't currently intend to subpoena him or request to speak with him based on the investigation at this time. So I didn't specifically say he was a subject, but I noted the three categories and said we didn't have enough information for witness or target. I also said that there weren't specific allegations that we need to hear his side of at this time, and I think my intended point was conveyed, which was that we weren't currently asking for anything from him—not that there are no allegations at all, which obviously there are, publicly. I did not say that there is no allegation that the government is actively investigating; I just would never say to an attorney what we are or aren't investigating. In any event, my contemporaneous notes are attached, I typed and sent them less than ten minutes after our conversation, which lasted all of four minutes. I'm really sorry for any difficulties this causes us. After talking with about it, I also just spoke to Jeff and expressed my view that the statement does not fully accurately reflect our conversation, and that our press office could respond to questions about it or he could clarify, and he said he would get back to me with how he proposed to address the discrepancies. From: (USANYS) Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2019 12:05 To: <1 > Cc: (USANYS) Subject: FW: Richardson Has anyone talked to Jeff Brown and is this accurate? F