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MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY February 5, 2018 ‘Me. Wiliam Forsythe Special Independent Counsel Department of Attorney General 6 Mennen Willams Building 525 W. Ottawa street 0. 6ox30212 \ansing, Mt 48909 ear ail “This morning my tenure as interim President at MSU began. The elected Board of Trustees © Michigan State and | agree thatthe abuse suffered by 0 mayy survivors as young women under the guise of treatment by the ev Larry Nasser has created unimaginable pain for these women and thee families. [My mission is to change the culture that could have preventedths tragedy. We must Understand and be abe to answer the hard questions being asted: Why was ther perpetrator not discovered eater? What warning signs were missed? id people know and deliberately nt actor cover up? ‘what canbe done to prevent this from ever happening again? Its important that al the facts come out. The survivors and our faculty, taf students {and alumni want to know how this could have happened and whether othersin adition to the evil perpetrator were responsible. The lack ofan independent, external investigation ‘other than those conducted by law enforcement led many inthe MSU community, in the public, and in elected office, including our Trustees, to eal fr énd support an independent, ‘external investigation The Attorney General has Selected you to lead this investigation and has pledged that it wil be “independent” and not “politcal. We applaud that objective because we need YoU to succeed and soit must be both “independent” and notpolitca’. if you entity individuals inthe College of Osteopathic Medicine or others the MSU community who were complicit | will act to hold them accountable, Inall matters, including the various pending investigations, my policy wil be that of full ‘operation. Earlier today, I reached out to MSU employees and reminded them that all records, emals, reports and information related tothe various investigations must be preserved and protected from destruction, Failure to do so willbe considered a serious ‘olation of my directive attached) which reinforces previous communications on this ‘ople fom the Office ofthe General Counsel Itismy expectation that my warning will be heeded and al ofthe ‘acts wil be made available to you. Ths too is essential i your finaings are to be complete and allow everyane to believe they now have the full story of what went on inside MSU. Someday, we alse ape to understand equally well what happened outside cf MSU where this perpetrator alo laf 3 legacy of abuse and criminal sexual conduct In summary, we need you to conduct a full independent and nor political investigation looking back at winat happened, how it happened and why it went an for soln. Spartan nation needs the full truth, and | as interim President, assure you we wil all uly cooperate in your investigation ‘Two final pont. First | wll concurrenty be acting on my promiseto address the culture at MSU. | hope |we can become a model for university communities across the ste and nation. Respect for others regardless of our differences must be the foundation fr a chil society. Higher education communities ‘must uphold the values of tolerance integrity, and inclusion, My top priority sto have a safe and respectful campus for those who learn and work ere Lastly, must express my disappointment over the events af lst Friday afternoon, February 2. Your decision o artive without warning at the Hannah Administration ulcing with search warrants and camera ‘crews was not in keeping with your reputation in Kent Count fr 30 years. twas also very much at odds with the cooperation | have pledged and had understood as beingreceived by your investigators. | understand that ouside counsel assisting MSU from the Miller Canfield law firm had been in regular contact regarding the process for document production and had ameeting schedule for Friday morning which your team abruptly cancelled late Wednesday afternoon, ‘realize that was not the Interim President on Friday, but | wouldhave appreciated 2 cll regarding any perceived lack of cooperation, which we would emphatically dispute, ‘As forthe accompanying camera crews, the Attorney General has made clear this investigation i to be not “political”. Hopeful, their presence was not part of an investigaton “media strategy” but rather Inadvertent and the result of indiscrete behavior that can be stopped. Leaks regarding any activities undertaken by your office need tobe prevented so thatthe final results are accepted a the product of @ serious investigation. Your credibility depends on that, as does the MSU community's need fora report thats viewed as objective and complete, We owe this to the survivors, ‘Thank you for taking this aiicut assignment, So many people are depending on you to succeed in fnaing the truth, Eng rim pfesier cc: MSU Booed of Trustees ick Snyder, Governor Aslan Meekhot, Senate Majority Leader Jim Ananich, Senate Minority Leader ‘Tom Leonard, Speaker of the House Sam Singh, House Minority Leader

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