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From: jeffrey E. <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 18, 2016 4:19 PM To: Kathy Ruemmler Subject: Re: Patterson Nuts On Friday, 18 March 2016, Kathy Ruemmler < > wrote= On the shuttle b=ck to NYC. About to take off. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 18, 2016, at 11:41 AM, jeffrey E. <[email protected]> wrote: Forwa=ded messa e From: Michael Wolf= < <javascript:_e(%7B°470,1cvmr,=#3 )2> Date: Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 11:39 AM Subject: P=tterson To: Jeffrey Epstein <jeevacation@gm=il.com <javascript:_e(%7M7D,'[email protected].);» A few things to think abou=: If the Patterson book is being published in Aug=st, that presents some time frame issues. You would not be able to do a co=peting book or documentary before then. This is not to say that they shoul=n't be pursued. In a sense, better that they know what Patterson's=position is and, a year from now say, be able to counter it. I have some t=oughts on book and doc to share at your convenience. <=iv>That being said, you do need an immediate counter narrative to the book= I believe Trump offers an ideal opportunity. It's a chance to make th= story about something other than you, while, at the same time, letting yo= frame your own story. Also, becoming an anti-Trump voice gives you a cert=in political cover which you decidedly don't have now. Still, this nec=ssary involves you going public. And so the most basic decision is about y=ur willingness to do that. My view is that in a couple of weeks you could =aster message and technical proficiency. I know a bunch of people who coul= be very helpful here. This would involve something along the lines of you=writing an op-ed, doing a high profile television interview (Charlie Rose,=I'd say), and perhaps some social media efforts. <=iv>Speaking of which, again, I think a strategic plan, involving your publ=c identity, philanthropic activities and interests, and the development of=media allies, ought finally to be put in place. A big, comprehensive, expe=sive effort. EFTA_R1_01578170 EFTA02468452  The alternative is to continue to ke=p head down and hope Patterson book is just more he-said she-said and Conn=lly getting lost in the reeds (which, as an inveterate conspiracist, he al=ays does). My worry is that Patterson can be counted on to produce a bests=ller, and while he isn't regarded as a serious writer, he'll surel= be unloading a lot of tabloid copy. Because this will be tied to the elec=ion, the Trump-Clinton angle will amp up the attention 10-fold, in fact, p=ssibly, a hundred fold. Possibly more than anything you've encountered=before. Meanwhile-- In a=lawyer's letter, I'd suggest including the following points--not n=cessarily legal, but a warning about how a press campaign might unfold (pu=lishers are more worried about being caught in negative media controversy =han they are of legal threats): 1) Little, Brown =as made on the record representations to at least one well-known journalis= that it was not publishing a book by James Patterson about Jeffrey Epstei=--possibly an effort to avoid inquiries about the questionable nature of t=e book; 2) The actual author of the b=ok, John Connolly, is someone other than the stated author, James Patterso=. Connolly is known to have developed an obsession with Epstein, such that= his longtime employer, Vanity Fair, has refused to allow him to write abo=t Epstein for the magazine; 3) Sources have confi=med for us that Patterson has had little more than a minimal consulting ro=e in the book, and that Connolly has functioned in every material way as t=e book's researcher and writer. We believe Patterson's "autho=ship" of the book will not stand up to scrutiny. And, indeed, that th= entire notion of an extension of the Patterson franchise into nonfiction,=as it has been used in fiction and children's book--effectively other =uthors writing under the Patterson name—presents a host of journal=sm ethical issues. <=div> =AO please note The information=contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-client=privileged, may constitute inside information, and is intended only for=br>the use of the addressee. 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