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# Title:        From: "Berman. Geoffrey (USANYS)"
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From: "Berman. Geoffrey (USANYS)" To: Subject: Fwd: From Andrew's PR team Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2020 16:05:44 +0000 Inline-Images: image001.jpg Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: From: Date: June 8 2020 at 11:28:36 AM EDT To: " USANYS)" <a calENNyl it' (USANYS) [Contractor)", "Berman Geoffre USANYS)" Subject: Fwd: From Andrew's PR team Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: daniel bates Date: June 8, 2020 at 10:39:03 AM EDT To: " tb Subject: From Andrew's PR team This has just be


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From: "Berman. Geoffrey (USANYS)" 
To: Subject: Fwd: From Andrew's PR team 
Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2020 16:05:44 +0000 
Inline-Images: image001.jpg 
Sent from my iPad 
Begin forwarded message: 
From: 
Date: June 8 2020 at 11:28:36 AM EDT 
To: " USANYS)" <a calENNyl it' 
(USANYS) [Contractor)", "Berman Geoffre USANYS)" 
Subject: Fwd: From Andrew's PR team 
Sent from my iPhone 
Begin forwarded message: 
From: daniel bates 
Date: June 8, 2020 at 10:39:03 AM EDT 
To: " tb 
Subject: From Andrew's PR team 
This has just been released. 
Please note the line about them making three offers to be a witness, which flatly contradicts Mr Berman's 
public comments. 
Is it right you are treating Prince Andrew with a 'lower standard' than other people? 
And can you clarify if you want to speak to him as a suspect or a witness? 
If you want to call me • on am happy to chat on background but we will need something on 
the record for the Daily Mail. 
Regards 
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Daniel 
BL CKFORDS, 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE —JUNE 8TH, 2020 
Statement regarding HRH The Duke of York 
In January 2020, Blackfords LLP and instructed counsel, Clare Montgomery QC and Stephen Ferguson, were 
commissioned to support HRH The Duke of York in his desire to provide cooperation to the US authorities 
regarding the victims of the late Jeffrey Epstein, should those authorities request his assistance. The working 
group is supported by Riverside Advisory on media relations. 
To date, we have chosen not to make any public statement regarding our discussions with the US 
Department of Justice (DOJ). Our commitment to confidentiality is not only regarded as best practice in 
the UK but is also intended to respect the DOJ's commitment to confidentiality, as set out in its own rules as 
they apply to discussions with potential witnesses. 
However, in view of misleading media briefings, we owe it to our client to issue this clarifying statement. 
As the public record indicates the DOJ has been actively investigating Mr Epstein and other targets for more 
than 16 years, yet the first time they requested the Duke's help was on 2"d January 2020. 
Importantly, the DOJ advised us that the Duke is not and has never been a 'target' of their criminal 
investigations into Epstein and that they sought his confidential, voluntary co-operation. 
In the course of these discussions, we asked the DOJ to confirm that our co-operation and any 
interview arrangements would remain confidential, in accordance with the ordinary rules that apply to 
voluntary co-operation with the DOJ. We were given an unequivocal assurance that our discussions and the 
interview process would remain confidential. 
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The Duke of York has on at least three occasions this year offered his assistance as a witness to the DOJ. 
Unfortunately, the Dal has reacted to the first two offers by breaching their own confidentiality rules and 
claiming that the Duke has offered zero cooperation. In doing so, they are perhaps seeking publicity rather 
than accepting the assistance proffered. 
On 27th January 2020, Mr Geoffrey S Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New 
York, chose to make a public statement about the Duke. This led to worldwide media reports that there had 
been "a wall of silence" and that there had been "zero co-operation" by the Duke. These statements were 
inaccurate, and they should not have been made. 
On 9th March 2020, Mr Berman made further public statements saying that the Duke had "completely shut 
the door" on cooperating with the US investigation and that they are now "considering" further options. 
Again, the first statement was inaccurate and should not have been made. 
It is a matter of regret that the DOJ has seen fit to breach its own rules of confidentiality, not least as they 
are designed to encourage witness cooperation. Far from our client acting above the law, as has been 
implied by press briefings in the US, he is being treated by a lower standard than might reasonably be 
expected for any other citizen. Further, those same breaches of confidentiality by the DOJ have given the 
global media - and, therefore, the worldwide audience - an entirely misleading account of our discussions 
with them. 
Any pursuit of an application for mutual legal assistance would be disappointing, since the Duke of York is 
not a target of the DOJ investigation and has recently repeated his willingness to provide a witness 
statement. It is hoped that this third offer has not been the cause of the most recent leak about the Duke of 
York. 
We do not intend to make any further public statement at this time as we wish to respect the rules of 
confidentiality under both English law and the US guidelines. 
ENDS 
NOTES TO EDITORS 
The case is being handled by Blackfords City office 
FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT RIVERSIDE ADVISORY 
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Daniel Bates 
Journalist in New York 
www.danielgbates.com 
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