HONORABLE BEN SASSE UNITED STATES SENATE ADDRESS WASHINGTON, DC ZIP BY EMAIL AND MAIL DEAR SENATOR SASSE: We write on behalf of our client, Jeffrey Epstein, to express serious concerns with your recent statements regarding Mr. Epstein. Specifically, in response to the decision of the Department of Justice ("DOJ") to commence an Office of Professional Responsibility investigation of DOJ's decisions regarding Mr. Epstein in 2007 and 2008, you described Mr. Epstein as a "child rapist" and asserted that he participated in a "child sex trafficking ring" and "received a pathetically soft sentence." These statements are not true and are extremely reckless and damaging, particularly when coming from a member of the United States Senate. As counsel for Mr. Epstein during DOJ's investigation of him over ten years ago, we have specific and direct knowledge of the allegations that he faced then. Mr. Epstein was never alleged to have raped children. Nor, was he was ever alleged to have trafficked children for sex. Moreover, the state court sentence imposed as a result of these negotiations was anything but "pathetically soft." Mr. Epstein's was required to serve time in prison and obligated to register as a sex offender for life. He was also EFTA00805078