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From: Jeffrey Epstein <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 9:54 PM To: Jes Staley Subject: Fwd: Forwarded message <=r>From: Ssulayem «= href="mailto Date:=Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 11:56 AM Subject: Fwd: To: Jeffrey Epstein <[email protected] <mailto:jeeproject@yahoo=com» Cc: Ssulayem >, S=ulayem > Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: <=>From: Ssulayem cz <mailto >> Date: September 23, 2009 7:49:06 PM GMT+04:00 To: Ssulayem=< <mailto >, Ssulayem C mailto:=a> > Mr Knuckles expressed his regret to his wife, family and the pu=lic Liberia'=s top government minister, Willis Knuckles, has resigned over a sex scanda=, the president has said. Last week a local newspaper printed graphi= pictures of President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf's most senior minister ha=ing sex with two women. A BBC correspondent says people in the capital, Monrovia, have been shoc=ed by the scandal. The president said she regretted Mr Knuckles'=resignation, but could not condone improper behaviour. The BBC's=Jonathan Paye-Layleh says it is rare for officials in Liberia to resign ov=r such issues. Mrs Johnson-Sirleaf said that her presidential affairs minister "ha= been a friend and close associate for many years". EFTA_R1_01667342 EFTA02526920 <=mg src="" alt="Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf" height="152" hspace="0" vspa=e="0" width="203" border="0"> The president said she could not condone improper behaviour "I believe that Minister Knuckles brou=ht to his family and friends much pain, but one which should not be allowe= to tarnish his long years of service and commitment to our beloved countr=," she said in a radio address on Monday evening. After the publication of the pictures in The Independent, Mr Knuckles ex=ressed his regret to his wife, family and the public. The Independen= has also come under fire for publishing the explicit photos. The go=ernment, meanwhile, said their publication was a violation of the country&=39;s penal code. Mrs Johnson-Sirleaf became Africa's first el=cted female head of state last year, promising to rebuild the war- ravaged =ation after 14 years of civil war. E-mail this to a friend Printable version <http://newsvote.bbc=co.ukimpapps/pagetools/printinews.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6400791.stm> <=tr> Sent from my iPhone The information contained in this communication =s confidential, may be attorney-client privileged, may constitute in=ide information, and is intended only for the use of the addressee. It is the property of Jeffrey Epstein Unau=horized use, disclosure or copying of this communication or any part th=reof is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received t=is communication in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail or=by e-mail to [email protected]= <mailto:[email protected]> , and destroy this communication and all copies thereof, includi=g all attachments. 2 EFTA_R1_01667343 EFTA02526921