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Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 363-9 Filed 08/11/16 Page 1 of 5 Exhibit I  Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 363-9 Filed 08/11/16 Page 2 of 5 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Richard A. Simpson, [email protected] April 8, 2016 INVESTIGATION BY FORMER FBI DIRECTOR LOUIS FREEH CONCLUDES THAT THE TOTALITY OF THE EVIDENCE REFUTES ALLEGATIONS MADE AGAINST PROFESSOR DERSHOWITZ Professor Alan M. Dershowitz today issued the following statement regarding the results of the independent investigation conducted by former FBI Director Louis Freeh of sexual misconduct allegations made against Prof. Dershowitz. STATEMENT OF PROFESSOR ALAN M. DERSHOWITZ I am gratified by the statement by former federal judge and former FBI Director Louis Freeh set forth below. Following his independent investigation of the sexual misconduct accusations made against me, it concludes that in Judge Freeh’s professional opinion, “The totality of the evidence found during the investigation refutes the allegations made against Professor Dershowitz.” STATEMENT OF LOUIS J. FREEH Over the past several months, an independent investigation was conducted, under my supervision, by former senior federal law enforcement officials. We interviewed many witnesses and reviewed thousands of pages of documentary evidence. Our investigation found no evidence to support the accusations of sexual misconduct against Professor Dershowitz. In fact, in several instances, the evidence directly contradicted the accusations made against him. In my opinion, the totality of the evidence found during the investigation refutes the allegations made against Professor Dershowitz. #### Editor’s note: Wiley Rein LLP represents Alan M. Dershowitz.  Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 363-9 Filed 08/11/16 Page 3 of 5 Professor Alan Dershowitz Harvard Law School 1575 Massachusetts Avenue Hauser Hall 518 Cambridge, MA 02138 Hon. Louis J. Freeh Mobile: 202.215.8321 [email protected] January 22, 2016 RE: FOIA Request Dear Professor Dershowitz: As you know, on April 6, 2015, a request was made to the United States Secret Service under the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA; 5 U.S.C. Sec. 552), relating to the period 1/01/01 to 1/1/03, for "any and all shift logs, travel records, itineraries, reports and other records for USSS personnel traveling with former President Bill Clinton to Little St. James Island and the US Virgin Islands" (Attachment A). The basis of the above-described FOIA request was a claim by Virginia Roberts, in court papers filed in early 2015 in Florida federal court, that she and former President Clinton were on Little St. James Island at the same time during the 1/01/01 to 1/1/03 period. As set forth in a January 16, 2016 letter from Kim E. Campbell, United States Secret service Special Agent In Charge, Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act Officer, the "USSS has conducted a reasonable search for responsive records. It appears, from a review of USSS main indices, that there are no records pertaining to your request that are referenced in these indices" (Attachment B). I therefore conclude from this response that former President Clinton did not in fact travel to, nor was he present on, Little St. James Island between January 1, 2001 and January 1, 2003. Based upon my experience and knowledge of the duties, protocols and operations of USSS Protective Details, the Special Agents accompany and escort former President Clinton 24 hours per day, and would have certainly went with him to Little St. James Island during the period at issue. If the Agents had accompanied the former President to that location, they would had been required to make and file shift logs, travel vouchers and related documentation relating to the visit. The total absence of any such records and documentation, in my opinion, strongly establishes that former President Clinton was not present on Little St. James Island during the period at issue. Best Regards, Louie Freeh Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 363-9 Filed 08/11/16 Page 4 of 5 Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP Document 363-9 Filed 08/11/16 Page 5 of 5