U.S. Department of Justice United States Attorney Southern District of New York 86 Chambers Street, 3rd floor New York, New York 10007 September 12, 2017 By Electronic Mail Anne L. Weismann Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington 455 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 20001 Re: Doyle et al. v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security, No. 17 Civ. 2542 (KPF) Dear Anne: We are writing regarding plaintiffs’ Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) request for records of “presidential visitors” at Mar-a-Lago. Enclosed please find a record, Bates stamped DOYLE FOIA 1-2, regarding the Japanese Prime Minister’s visit to Mar-a-Lago. The remaining records that the Secret Service has processed in response to the Mar-a-Lago request contain, reflect, or otherwise relate to the President’s schedules. The government believes that Presidential schedule information is not subject to FOIA. See Judicial Watch v. United States Secret Service, 726 F.3d 208, 224-32 (D.C. Cir. 2013). We are, of course, prepared to brief this issue in our forthcoming dispositive motion. Very truly yours, CHAD A. READLER Acting Assistant Attorney General By: /s/ Brad P. Rosenberg ELIZABETH J. SHAPIRO BRAD P. ROSENBERG 20 Massachusetts Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20530 Telephone: (202) 514-5302/3374 Elizabeth.Shapiro@usdoj.gov Brad.Rosenberg@usdoj.gov JOON H. KIM Acting United State Attorney for Southern District of New York By: /s/ Sarah S. Normand SARAH S. NORMAND 86 Chambers Street, Third Floor New York, New York 10007 Telephone: (212) 637-2709 Sarah.Normand@usdoj.gov Enclosures cc: Alex Abdo amccl affer c. Multiple Records Not Responsive to FOIA Request Begin forwarded message: From: (6). (6), Date: February 10, 2017 at 11:55:52 AM EST To: (6). (6), Subject: FW: Japan Staff Coming to Mar-a-Lago The following folks will need access to ML for various reasons to support the PM's visit. Can you relay this information to the check point? 5 From: Chang, Aaron Sent: Friday, February 10, 2017 11:49 AM To:(b) (6), (6), Pauli, Rosemarie Price, Penny Cc: Jones, Abby Chang, Aaron (6), Subject: Japan Staff Coming to Mar-a-Lago These are people needing access to MAL today and tomorrow. They have various jobs and will come and go. They will not all remaining on property. 1) Mr. Takeo Akiba, Deputy Foreign Minister (attending Fri 4+4 dinner 8: Sat 7+7 dinner) 1 DOYLE FOIA 000001 2) Ms. Yuko Aota, Asst to PM Abe 3) Carlos Gerena, Senior Staff van driver (Fri) Mrs. Abe staff van driver (Sat) 4) Koichi Hagiuda, Dep Chief Cabinet Secretary (attending Sat 7+7 dinner) 5) Takeya Imai, Chief Executive Asst to PM (attending Sat 7+7 dinner) 6) Mr. Makoto Kobayashi, Bringing PM luggage from Japan air ship to Mar?a-Lago 7) Mr. Mitsuru Kodaira, Liaison to PM 8) Ms. Noriko Miyake, Mrs. Abe Liaison staff 9) Mr. Satoshi Maeda, (attending Fri 4+4 dinner) 10) Mr. Masashi Mizobuchl, Head of Protocol 11) Mr. Seiki Mizutani, butler 12) Mr. Yukiyasu Nagao. Getting keys for room, carrying luggage 13) Mr. Toru Nagashima, Delivering documents to PM 14) Mr. Kazuyoshi Ninomiya, Bringing PM luggage from Japan air ship to Mar-a-Lago 15) Ms. Shiori Oku, Interpreter for Mrs. Abe 16) Mr. Yasunobu Osakl, Handler of Senior staff van 17) Amb. Kenichiro Sasae, Ambassador ofJapan (attending Fri 4+4 dinner) 18) Mrs. Nobuko Sasae, Ambassador spouse {meeting Mrs. Abe on Sat) 19) Mr. Noriko Tanaka, Exec Asst to Mrs. Abe 20) David Velasco, Luggage van driver 21) Mr. Shotaro Yachi, National Security Advisor (attending Fri 4+4 dinner) 22) Mr. Tadashi Yoshida, Of?cial Photographer Aaron Chang Of?ce of the Chief of Protocol U.S. Department of State Of?ce: 1-202-647-4120 (6). ChaggACQgtategov Of?cial NCLASSIFIED DOYLE FOIA 000002