DOJ-OGR-00000182.pdf

--- Page 1 --- The extracted text is: **Document Header** message, "That is fine. [The West Palm Beach manager] and I will nail everything down, we just want to get a final blessing." **Body Text** Negotiations continued throughout the day on Wednesday, September 19, 2007, with Villafaña and Lefkowitz exchanging emails regarding the factual proffer for a plea and the scheduling of a meeting to finalize the plea agreement's terms. During that exchange, Villafaña made clear to Lefkowitz that the time for negotiating was reaching an end: I hate to have to be firm about this, but we need to wrap this up by Monday. I will not miss my [September 25 charging] date when this has dragged on for several weeks already and then, if things fall apart, be left in a less advantageous position than before the negotiations. I have had an 82-page pros memo and 53-page indictment sitting on the shelf since May to engage in these negotiations. There has to be an ending date, and that date is Monday. Early that afternoon, Lourie—-who was participating in the week's negotiations from his new post at the Department in Washington, D.C.—-asked Villafaña to furnish him with the last draft of the plea agreement she had sent to defense counsel, and she provided him with the "18/12 split" draft she had sent to Lefkowitz the prior afternoon. After reviewing that draft, Lourie told Villafaña it was a "[g]ood job" but he questioned certain provisions, including whether the USAO's agreement to suspend the investigation and hold all legal process in abeyance should be in the plea **Footer** issues that hindered the prosecution team. See Chapter Two, Part Three, Section V.E. **Page Number** 119a **DOI** DOJ-OGR-00000182