U.S. Department of Justice United States Attorney District of Connecticut Comtecticut Financial Center (203)821-3700 I 5 7 Church Street, 251:': Fiber Fax (203) 773-5378 New Haven, Connecticut 06510 February 14, 2024 Custodian of Records Connecticut House Republican Office L.O.B. Room 4200 Hartford, CT 06106 Re: Non-Disclosure of Subpoena Dear Custodian of Records: The attached grand jury subpoena issued on February i4, 2014 is returnable on March 4, 2014 before the federal grand jury sitting that date in New Haven, Connecticut. . The subpoena requests that the custodian of records produce certain documents described in Attachment A to the subpoena. In lieu of appearing before the grand jury, the Custodian of Records may comply with the subpoena by producing the responsive records to Special Agent Matthew McPhi1lips, FBI, 530 Preston Avenue, Meriden, CT 06450 on or before the grand jury date. Because this subpoena relates to a federal criminal investigation, you are requested not to disclose the existence of this subpoena or its contents. Disclosure of the subpoena or its contents, may impede an ongoing federal grand jury investigation into the possible commission of a felony, and consequently may interfere with the enforcement of federal law. Therefore, before you disclose the existence of or the contents of this subpoena, please contact Special Agent McPhillips at (203) 630-5946. We also request that the custodian of records at your company complete the attached declaration for any business records that are produced pursuant to this subpoena, to the extent that such records meet the conditions set forth in the decIaration--that is, (1) that therecords were made at or near the time of the occurrence of the matters set forth in the records, by a person with knowledge of those matters or from information transmitted by such a person, and (2) that these records are made, and are kept, as a regular practice in the ordinary course of business. Completion of this declaration will significantly reduce the chances that you will be called as a witness at any future trial, where these documents might be offered as evidence. Very truly yours, DEIRDRE M. DALY UN ATES ATT . MSM:idc A0 110 (Rev. 06309) Subpoena to Testify Before a Grand Jury UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT for the GJ N-13-1-33(l5) District of Connecticut SA Matthew Mcphimps' FBI SUBPOENA T0 TESTIFY BEFORE A GRAND JURY Custodian of Records To, Connecticut House Republican Office L.0.B. Room 4200 Hartford, CT 06106 YOU ARE COMMANDED to appear in this United States district court at the time, date, and place shown below to testify before the court's grand jury. When you arrive, you must remain at the court until the judge or a court officer allows you to leave. Place: Ruben N. Giaimo Federal Building D3118 and Time: Grand Jury Room 1500 2,11 125 New fiaven, 5% 062%' March 4, 2014 at 9:00 am. -Avenue, Meriden, CT 06450 tel: 203-630-5946, on or before the Grand Jury You must also bring with you the following documents, electronically stored information, or objects (biank ljfnor applicable): See Attachment A hereto. Note: Please include a copy of this subpoena with any materials or records produced. In lieu of personaibr appearing before the Grand Jury, fhese records may be provided to Special Agent Matthew McPh:'Ih'ps, FBI, 530 Preston date. Date: 021140914 CLERK OF telephone number of the United States attorney, or assistant United States attorney, who The name, address, e-mail, requests this subpoena, Michael S. ssistant United States Attorney US. Attorney's cc, District of Connecticut 157 Church Street, 25th Floor New Haven, CT 06510 Tel. 203-821-3700 Control No. 100 - A0 I 10 (Rev. Subpoena to Testify Before Grand Jury (Page 2) PROOF OF SERVICE This subpoena for (name afindlvidua! or orgam'zan'on) was received by me on (date) CI I served the subpoena by delivering a copy to the named person as follows: on (date) or I returned thesubpoena unexecuted because: I declare under penalty of perjury that this information is true. Date: I Server signature Printed name and title Server is' address Additional information regarding attempted service, etc: ATTACHMENT A - GRAND IURY N-l3-l--33(l5) TO: Custodian of Records Connecticut House Republican Oflice L.O.B. Room 4200 Hartford, CT 06106 DOCUMENTS REQUESTED: For the time period January 1, 2008 to the present: Please provide the following: Any and all documents including, but not limited to, correspondence, memoranda, letters, e- mails, text messages, invoices, contracts, agreements, with any direct mail vendor utilized by the Connecticut House Republican Ofiice; Any and all documents including, but not limited to, correspondence, memoranda, letters, e- mails, text messages, invoices, contracts, agreements, between all staff at the Connecticut House Republican Office and George D. Gallo; Any and all documents including, but not limited to, correspondence, letters, e- mails, text messages, invoices, contracts, agreements, between all staff at the Connecticut House Republican Office and The Vinco Group, Any and all documents including, but not limited to, correspondence, mernoranda, letters, e- mails, invoices, contracts, agreements, with Direct Mail Systems, Inc.; and Any and all documents including, but not limited to, correspondence, memoranda, letters, e- mails, invoices, contracts, agreements, with King Strategic Communications. Records are requested in the form of electronic media. Please see Instructions for Production of Electronically Stored Records. Please include a copy of this subpoena with any materials or records produced. In lieu of your personal appearance before the Grand Jury, these records may be provided to Special Agent Matthew McPhillips, FBI, 530 Preston Avenue, Meriden, CT 06450 tel: 203-630-5946 on or before the Grand Jury date. DECLARATION I, . declare under penalty of perjury as follows: 1. I am employed by (hereinafter, the "business"), and my official title is . I am the custodian of records for the documents subpoenaed by-the Federal Grand Jury N~l3-l which is currently pending in the District of Connecticut. I am familiar with my company's record keeping practices. I am submitting this Declaration pursuant to Rule 902(1 of the Federal Rules of Evidence. 2. I certify that each of the records attached hereto is a duplicate of the original records in my company's' custody. 3. I further certify that the records enclosed with this Declaration were (A) made at or near the time of the occurrence of the matters set forth by, or from information transmitted by, a person with knowledge of those matters, (B) kept in the course of the business's regularly conducted activity, and (C) made by the business's regularly conducted activity as a regular practice. I declare under penalty of perjury as provided by 28 U.S.C. 1746 that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on this day of 2014. Custodian of Records United States Department of Justice United States Attorney District of Connecticut INSTRUCTIONS FOR PRODUCTION OF ELECTRONICALLY (DIGITAL) STORED RECORDS This document details the data formatting specifications required for data submitted to the U.S. Attorney's Office (USAO) in response to litigation. The Government currently uses Concordance (ver 10.06) and IPRO (ver 8.6). ANY VARIANCE FROM THESE STANDARDS MUST BE PRE-APPROVED. A. All data and image deliveries must be made on CD, DVD, or USB 2.0 external hard drive. B. DATA FORMAT Data should be delivered in one of two formats: 1. As a Concordance database (.dob) In most instances, the StartBates should be the Image Key field unless another field has been designated the key field by the Government. All fields should be indexed. Note: Hthis method is chosen, and there will be more than one production, please confirm the database fields and structure remain consistent between data deliveries. 2. As an ASCII delimited text file (.dat) If this method is chosen, please adhere to the following: *3 The first line of the text file must contain the field names. The delimiters used should be the Concordance standards, of: comma (ASCII character 020), quote (ASCII character 254), and newline (ASCII character 174). Produce a page header indicator in the following format, <>, on a separate line for every page of OCR. Page 1 C. DELIVERED FIELDS The database or load file provided must contain, at minimum, the first and last Bates number for each document, and all applicable OCR text. OCR text should be incorporated directly in either the Concordance database or the ASCII load file, and not delivered in separate text files. D. I. REFERENCE FILE GUIDELINES IMAGE FORMAT . TIFF -- Single page (Preffered) OR Documents should be scanned at 300 dpi, as singie-page CCITT Group IV TIFF files. TIFF file names should match the assigned Bates number of the underlying document page, should be unique, and sequentially numbered. PDF files will be accepted only after a consultation between the provider and USA0 technical support staff. Multi-page TIFF files are strongly discouraged. 93? Bates numbers should be electronically "endorsed" onto images. The file name assigned to the image should match the underlying document's Bates number. Bates numbers should be alpha- numeric, with the numeric portion of the stamp being "zero-filled". As an example, an assigned Bates numbered series of documents such as would be unacceptable, whereas is preferred. Images should be placed on delivered media in a master folder named XIMAGES. . PDF 4 Multi-page (text searchable) FILE . Tiff files must be accompanied with an image "cross-reference file", preferably in .lfp format. This file associates each bates number with its corresponding single- page TIFF file name and indicates its location on the media provided. The file should contain one line for every page in the collection, and must contain the document Bates number and the full DOS path to the image, beginning with the media volume. Below is a . sample IPRO file: Page 2 E. NATIVE FILES With the exception of spreadsheets, electronic files should not be provided in their original or "native" format, but should be put through an electronic conversion (e-conversion) process, in which single-page TIFF images are created from all underlying document pages, and all text and applicable metadata from these files is extracted. Data, images, and image cross- refercnce files resulting from this process should follow the formatting specifications detailed in the sections above. Spreadsheets (such Microsoft Excel or Lotus 1-2-3) should be provided in both e- converted and native format. F. SECURITY All submissions of electronic data to the USA0 must be free of computer viruses. In addition, any passwords protecting files or media must be removed or provided. Rev. October 2013 Page 3