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Calendar Entries and Telephone Calls for AG Bill Barr May 21, 2019 Tuesday 1:45 PM - 2:30 PM Meeting: Paul Nakasone, NSA -- AG's Conference Room POC: Seth DuCharme Attendees: Brian Rabbitt and Seth Ducharme NSA Attendees: General Paul Nakasone and Glenn Gerstell POC: (b)(3) -50 U.S.C. § 3605 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM SPEECH REVIEW 3:30 PM - 3:45 PM Paper PC -- AG's Office Attendee: Seth DuCharme 9:30 PM - 10:00 PM En Route to Residence (via DOJ) In Limo: AG, Will Levi, Brian Rabbitt, John Moran 4 00677-0004 May 22, 2019 Wednesday 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM En Route to DOJ 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM Swearing-In: DAG Jeff Rosen -- AG's Conference Room POC: Brian Rabbitt Attendees: AG, DAG and his wife (Kathleen Nichols Rosen), Ed O’Callaghan, Brian Rabbitt, Patrick Hovakimian DOJ Photographer 11:00 AM - 11:00 AM En Route to DoS In Limo: AG and Brian Rabbitt 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM Meeting with Secretary Pompeo -- Dept. of State, 2201 C Street, NW, WDC 20520 POC: Brian Rabbitt Scheduler: (b) (6) – (b) (6) Attendees: AG and Brian Rabbitt 11:45 AM - 11:45 AM En Route to DOJ In Limo: AG and Brian Rabbitt 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM Meeting -- AG's Office POC: Brian Rabbitt Attendees: Brian Rabbitt and John Durham 2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Secure Phone Call to Director Gina Haspel -- AG's Office POC: Brian Rabbitt Attendee: Brian Rabbitt (b) (6) 4:45 PM - 4:45 PM En Route to DOJ In Limo: AG, John Moran and Rachel Bissex 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM FBI Briefing -- JCC POC: Seth DuCharme Attendees: Brian Rabbitt, Seth DuCharme, DAG Rosen, Patrick Hovakimian, Ed O’Callaghan, Tash Gauhar, (b) (6) , David Burns FBI: Dir. Wray, Zach Harmon, (b) (6), (b) (7)(C) DD David Bowdich, EAD Jay Tabb, AD Mike McGarrity, AD Frankland M. Gorham, DAD Tonya Ugoretz, AD John Brown, (b) (6), (b) (7)(C) Topic: Iran 5 00677-0005 May 23, 2019 Thursday 9:30 AM - 9:30 AM En Route to DOJ 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Prep: Alaska Trip -- AG's Conference Room POC: Rachel Bissex Attendees: Brian Rabbitt, Rachel Bissex, (b) (6), (b) (7)(C) Tim Shea, (b) (6), (b) (7)(C) Tracy Toulou, Katie Sullivan and Matt Dummermuth 11:00 AM - 11:00 AM Phone Call from Deputy Secretary John Sullivan -- AG's Office POC: Brian Rabbitt Attendees: Brian Rabbitt *They will call Theresa at 514-9755 between 11am – 11:30am 11:30 AM - 11:45 AM Meeting re First Step -- AG's Office POC: Rachel Bissex Attendees: Brian Rabbitt, Rachel Bissex and Tim Shea 2:40 PM - 2:45 PM Phone Call from Congressman Matt Gaetz -- AG's Office POC: Brian Rabbitt Contact: Alison Thomas – (b) (6) Attendees: Brian Rabbitt, S *Congressman Gaetz will call Theresa at 514-9755 6 00677-0006 IJune 10, 2019 Monday 7:20 AM • 7:20 AM En Route to WH In Limo AG Only 8:00 AM • 9:00 AM 9:00 AM • 9:00 AM En Route to DOJ In Limo: AG, Will Levi and John Demers 10:30 AM • 11 :00 AM Quintet Discussion •· AG 's Office POC: Will Levi Attendees: Will Levi and Bruce Swartz 11:30AM - 11 :30AM En Route to WH In Limo: AG and Brian Rabbitt 11:45 AM · 11 :45 AM WH Arrival -- Oval Office Attendees: AG and Brian Rabbitt (b) (5) 12:00 PM· 12:30 PM I 1:00 PM· 1:00 PM In limo: AG and Brian 2:00 PM • 2:30 PM Prep: Marine Parade •· AG 's Office POC: Rachel Bissex Attendees: Brian Rabbitt, Rachel Bissex and Ron Holden 2:30 PM - 2:45 PM Meeting•· AG 's Office POC: Rachel Bissex Attendees: Brian Rabbitt and Rachel Bissex 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM DO NOT SCHEDULE ANY MEETINGS 17 00677-001 7 June 11, 2019 Tuesday 8:50 AM - 9:00 AM Phone Call: USA Geoff Berman, Southern District of New York -- AG's Office POC: Will Levi Attendees: Will Levi Attendee via phone: Geoffrey Berman, USA Call-in Info: AG to call (b) (6) 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM Briefing: Death Penalty Protocol -- AG's Conference Room POC: Tim Shea Attendees: AG, Brian Rabbitt, DAG Rosen, Ed O’Callaghan, Tim Shea, Paul Perkins, Corey Ellis and James Burnham 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM Do Not Schedule 1:30 PM - 2:00 PM Meet/Greet: Harold Kim, U.S. Chamber -- AG's Office POC: Brian Rabbitt Attendees: Brian Rabbitt Outside Attendees: Harold Kim (b) (6) ); Lisa Rickard; and Brackett Denniston (pending) 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM Meeting Kevin Brock -- AG's Office POC: Seth DuCharme Attendees: Seth DuCharme Outside Attendees: Kevin Brock ((b) (6) ); [email protected] 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM Document Signing -- AG's Office POC: Brian Rabbitt Attendees: Brian Rabbitt, John Moran and Steve Engel 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM Meeting: Foreign Partner Coordination -- AG's Office POC: Seth DuCharme Attendees: Brian Rabbitt, Seth DuCharme and Will Levi 5:30 PM - 6:00 PM Briefing: Sensitive Matter -- AG's Conference Room POC: Brian Rabbitt Attendees: Brian Rabbitt, DAG, Ed O’Callaghan Stephen Boyd, Seth DuCharme, 6:30 PM - 6:30 PM En Route to Lincoln Memorial In Limo: AG, Mrs. Barr and Brian Rabbitt *Detail will pick-up Mrs. Barr from residence at 5:15pm and bring her to DOJ 8:00 PM - 8:00 PM En Route to Residence In Limo: AG and Mrs. Barr 18 00677-0018 June 19, 2019 Wednesday 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM Travel: Bucharest to Dublin POC: Attendees: Note: This meeting is limited to the invited attendees only. You are not authorized to forward this invitation without prior permission of the OAG scheduling office. If you believe that the invitation was received in error or that other individuals should be included, please contact the OAG scheduling office. 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM Phone Call: Sec. Pompeo -- En Route POC: Brian Rabbitt Attendees: Brian Rabbitt Call-in Info: AG to call 202-647-1512 to be connected. Phone Call POC: (b) (6) ; (b) (6) ; (b) (6) 25 00677-0025 IJune 21, 2019 Friday 8:00 AM • 8:00 AM En Route to DOJ 8:30 AM • 9:00 AM Meeting•· AG 's Office POC: Brian Rabbitt Attendees: Brian Rabbitt, Seth Ducharme, Wil Levi and Geoffrey Berman 9:45 AM · 9:45 AM En Route to Australian Embassy In Limo AG Only 10:00 AM· 11 :00 AM Meet/Greet Ambassador Joe Hockey, Australia •· Australian Embassy: 1601 Massachusetts Ave NW(at Scott circle) ; Washington DC USA POC: Will Levi Attendees: AG Only Security POC: Mr Justin Marshall; Embass (b) (6) Ambassador POC: Alexis Keedle; • I will mee ttie AG on arrival ancl e Embass~ 11:00AM -11 :00AM En Route to DOJ In Limo: AG Only 11:30 AM • 12:00 PM Trip Prep: London/ Scotland•· AG 's Office POC: Will Levi Attendees: Will Levi, Seth Ducharme, AGPD (TBD}, and Ron Holden (via phone) 12:00 PM· 12:00 PM En Route to WH In Limo AG Only (b) (5) 12:15 PM· 12:30 PM 12:30 PM· 12:30 PM En Route to DOJ In Limo AG Only 1:00 PM • 2:00 PM Lunch 2:00 PM • 3:00 PM Meeting: Consent Decrees and Title VI•· AG 's Conference Room POC: Will Levi Attendees: Will Levi, Claire Murray, Omeed Assefi, Eric Dreiband, and John Gore 3:00 PM • 3:30 PM DESK TIME 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Meeting: Zach Terwilliger, USAVAE •· AG's Office POC: Brian Rabbitt Attendees: Brian Rabbitt and Zach Terwilligertmmllllllll(Green Badge- Unescorted) 4:00 PM - 4:15 PM Briefing: AUSA Firearms Issue •· AG's Office POC: Seth DuCharme Attendees: Brian Rabbitt, Seth Ducharme and John Moran 4:25 PM - 4:45 PM Prep: Qatar AG •· AG's Office POC: Will Levi Attendees: Will Levi and Bruce Swartz Outside Attendees TBD 27 00677-0027 June 21, 2019 Continued Friday 4:45 PM - 5:15 PM Meeting: Ali Mehsin A. R. Fetais, Qatar AG -- AG's Conference Room POC: Will Levi Attendees: Will Levi and Bruce Swartz Outside Attendees: Ali Mehsin A. R. Fetais ; Meshal Hamad MJ Al Thani; Firas Sabbar A Alhadithi; Jassim Mohammed H I Alasmakh; and Yousuf Senan A S Al-Muslamani 5:15 PM - 5:45 PM Wrap Up POC: Brian Rabbitt Attendees: Brian Rabbitt 28 00677-0028 IJune 27, 2019 Thu rsday 12:00 AM • 12:00 AM London/ Scotland POC: Seth Ducharme Note: This meeting is limited to the invited attendees only. You are not authorized to forward this invitation without prior permission of @ 1 I II~ . •~ r l III I I ] II, 1 i I 1 ~ 1: I~l 1 1 11 ~-- the OAG scheduling office. If you be ieve that the invitation was received in error or that other individuals should be included, please contact the OAG scheduling office. 33 00677-0033 SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED – SHRED ON DISPOSAL VISIT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO LONDON, ENG JUNE 27 – 28, 2019 00677-0034 TRAVEL SCHEDULE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Traveling Staff 1. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 2. Christine Barr 3. Seth DuCharme Traveling Press 1. None Advance Staff 1. Ron Holden Weather Thursday, June 27 o London, ENG: Partly Cloudy; High 76°/56° Low; Precipitation 0%; Humidity 52% Friday, June 28 o London, ENG: Mostly Sunny; High 77°/62° Low; Precipitation 10%; Humidity 54% Attire Thursday, June 27 – Travel Casual Friday, June 28 – Business RON (b) (7)(E), (b) (7)(F) FINAL Page2 of 6 00677-0035 TRAVEL SCHEDULE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Thursday, June 26, 2019 8:00pm Staff arrival at (b) (7)(E), (b) (7)(F) 8:45pm ArrivE OOl■ffliffl1 9:00pm Wheels Up - EGSS (Stansted) Mission 44272: 1.
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