ROBBINS, RUSSELL, ENGLERT, ORSECK, UNTEREINER a SAUBER LLP 180] WASHINGTON, 0.0. 20006 PHONE (202) 775-4500 FAX (202) 775-45 I 0 Lawrence 8. Robbins - (202) 775-4501 robbins@robbinsrussell.com December 23, 2017 VIA EMAIL FIRST CLASS MAIL Representative K. Michael. Conaway Representative Adam Schiff, Ranking Member US. House of Representatives PermanentSelect Committee on Intelligence Capitol Visitor Center US. Capitol Building Washington, DC 20515 Dear Representative Conaway and Ranking Member Schiff: I represent David Kramer, who as you know appeared voluntarily this past Tuesday at a closed?door session of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence to answer questions regarding, among other areas, his interactions with ChristOpher Steele concerning the so?called dossier prepared by Mr. Steele. Both before and during the interview, various . Members and staff, including both of you and Mr. Patel, assured Mr. Kramer and me that both the fact of Mr; Kramer?s appearance, as well .as the contents of his interview by the Committee, would be treated with the utmost confidentiality. Early Friday afternoon, not three days after reCeiving these repeated assurances of con?dentiality, I received an email from Stephen Ryan, counsel for Michael Cohen. That email, attached to this letter, informed me that he had been contacted by someone from the House, who in turn Urged that Mr. Ryan call me to discuss matters arising from Mr. Kramer?s interview. That same day, I left a message with Mr. Ryan?s assistant saying I was responding to his email request to speak to me. A few hours later, Mr. Ryan called me back. At the outset and before he said anything of substance I made clear to Mr. Ryan that, contrary to the suggestion in his email, Our clients did not share a common interest, and therefore that anything he chose to tell me would fall outside the ambit of any privilege. He said he understood. Mr. Ryan then proceeded to tell me that someone from the House (which I took to mean the House Intel Committee) had informed him that Mr. Kramer had spoken with Mr; Steele; Mr. Steelehad told Mr. Kramer that certain facts regarding Mr. Cohen contained in the dossier were inaccurate; and it would be helpful to Mr. Cohen?s ongoing defense if I would ROBBINS, RUSSELL, ENGLERT, ORSECK. UNTEREINER SAUBER LLP Representative K. Michael Conaway Representative Adam Schiff, Ranking Member December 23, 2017 Page 2 be willing to con?rm, and perhaps expand on, the information already conveyed to Mr. Ryan concerning Mr. Kramer 3 discussions with Mr. Steele. . I advised Mr. Ryan that I could neither con?rm nor deny anything he had been told by his source. I also told Mr. Ryan that I regarded it as disgraceful that someone from the Committee had chosen to reach out to him with purported information regarding Mr. Kramer?s con?dential testimony. Mr. Ryan asked-me whether I would at least agree not to write a letter along these lines to the Committee; I reminded him that I had told him at the outset that our clients did not share a common interest, and that l'would therefore act solely with Mr. Kramer?s interests in mind. It would be dif?cult to overstate the extent of my client?s and my dismay and disappointment that the explicit and repeated assurances of con?dentiality have turned out, almost overnight, to be so completely unreliable. As we stated at the interview, my client has I sought, at some personal peril, to cooperate with the Committee; 'yet this clear breach of the explicit promises of con?dentiality leaves us with no con?dence none that information Mr. Kramer provided will be adequately safeguarded from public disclosure. Very truly yours, Eta/mums it? Lawrence S. Robbins cc: Nick Ciarlante Kash Patel Mark Stewart Wells Bennett Maher Bitar Shannon Green From: Ryan, Stephen SRyan@mwe. com> sent: Friday, December 22 2017 12: 29 PM To: Robbins Larry Subject: can you call me please?possible joint privilege issue. My client: Michael Cohen Your client?Mr. Kramer Dossier issue. A House person suggested I connect. Thanks. Stephen M. Ryan Partner McDermott Will 8. Emery LLP: The McDermott Building I 500 North Capitol Street W. :Washington DC 20001 Tel +1 202 756 83331 Mobile +1 202 251 5343 i Fax +1 202 T56 8087 Biography Website i uCard Email Twitter Linkedln cg This message is a PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL communication. This message and all attachments are a private communicatiOn sent by a law firm and may be confidential or protected by privilege ifydu are not the intended recipient you are herebynotified that any disclosure copying, distribution or use of the information contained In or attached to this . messageis strictiy prohibited. Filease notify the sender of the delivery error by replying to this message, and then delete it . from your system. Thank you. Please visit for more information about car Firm. at