Trump Vindictive Prosecution Exhibit 2
Trump Vindictive Prosecution Exhibit 2
Trump Vindictive Prosecution Exhibit 2
EXHIBIT 2
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LAURO & SINGER
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October 23, 2023
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I. Background
Each of the Requests set forth below calls for production of documents
irrespective of their classification level. As used herein, the term “documents”
includes (i) all communications, including memoranda, reports, letters, notes,
emails, text messages, and other electronic communications; (ii) hard copies
and electronically stored information, whether written, printed, or typed; and
(iii) all drafts and copies.
The Requests call for specified documents in the possession of the prosecution team, as we
defined that term in our October 15, 2023 letter to you.
II. Requests
4. Please provide all documents regarding requests for security, National Guard, or
any law enforcement presence related to the Ellipse rally or any other protest or demonstration
within Washington D.C. on January 6, 2021.
5. Please provide all documents regarding the use of alternate electors in prior
elections, including documents regarding any investigations relating to alternate electors.
b. The election security and integrity risks arising from the cyberattack and
data breach relating to SolarWinds, Microsoft, and VMWare in or about 2020;
e. The Iranian advanced persistent threat actor activity “targeting U.S. state
websites,” “to include election websites” (SCO-06616206);
h. Documents related to the December 23, 2020 request by Corey Ellis of the
Executive Office for United States Attorneys for identification of any “recently opened (in the past
90 days) Election related fraud matter” (SCO-12665132), including all communications and
submissions in response to the request;
10. Please provide all documents relating to complaints or concerns by any prosecutor
from DOJ, the Special Counsel’s Office, or any federal law enforcement agent relating to the
conduct of the investigations of President Trump, the 2020 election, or President Biden.
11. Please provide all documents related to views and opinions expressed by
Department of Justice personnel, including from the Public Integrity Section and National Security
Division, discouraging, disagreeing with, or resisting investigations of election fraud, interference
(including foreign interference), anomalies, or irregularities related to the 2020 election.
12. Please provide all documents related to or reflecting decisions by the Department
of Justice, federal law enforcement, state law enforcement, election officials, or other government
officials declining or refusing a review or investigation of election fraud, interference (including
foreign interference), anomalies, or irregularities related to the 2020 election.
13. Please provide all documents that the Special Counsel’s Office will rely upon at
trial to argue that there was no fraud in the 2020 election.
16. Please provide all documents authored or reviewed by attorneys that support the
legality of any action alleged in the Indictment.
17. Please provide all audits of election results, vote tabulation, vote submission, or
related election activities performed by State governments named in the Indictment.
18. Please provide all statutes, rules, or policies regarding election audit procedures of
the States named in the Indictment.
19. Please provide all documents regarding any assessments of the opportunity or lack
of opportunity for fraud or foreign interference in the 2020 election.
20. Please provide all documents regarding State Legislature disagreement with any
court decisions regarding the 2020 election.
21. Please provide all documents regarding audits, checks, inspections, or reviews to
ensure the integrity of mail-in ballots and their compliance with state laws and regulations.
23. Please provide all documents reflecting legal opinions relating to mail-in ballots.
25. Please identify all Capitol Police Officers present at the Capitol on January 6, 2021,
and provide all interview notes (including rough notes), statements, recordings, or memoranda of
those Capitol Police Officers. If any interviews were not memorialized, please explain why that
was not done.
26. The discovery contains some FBI 302s for investigations related to events at the
Capitol on January 6, 2021. Please provide all FBI 302s, reports (including FD-1057s), and other
memoranda for those investigations, including investigations relating to foreign interference and
efforts by foreign actors to support and exacerbate events at the Capitol on January 6, 2021. If the
reports or memoranda are not available, please explain why.
27. All exhibits, including audio, software, or video files, referenced during any grand
jury testimony or presentation.
a. The “FBI forensic analyses; CISA cyber incident response activities, risk
analysis, and stakeholder information; IC reporting; and open-source reporting” referenced in the
report (SCO-03668449);
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32. With respect to the December 16, 2022 interview of John Ratcliffe, please provide:
c. The “email or memo to file” referenced during the interview (id. at 126);
d. The documents that Mr. Ratcliffe “reviewed” at ODNI “on May 14” of 2023
(id. at 48; see also id. at 174 (“when I received the documents at ODNI”)).
34. Please provide an unredacted copy of the document bearing production number
SCO-04798336.
35. Please identify the custodian of the folders depicted in photographs in and around
production number SCO-04798357.
36. Please provide all documents reflecting or relating to communications between any
component of DOJ’s Criminal Division and DOJ’s Office of the Inspector General concerning
President Trump, Jeffrey Clark, or the 2020 election.
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37. Please provide all documents reflecting or relating to communications between the
National Archives and Records Administration (“NARA”) and either the Special Counsel’s Office,
DOJ, or White House Counsel, including:
39. Please provide all documents relating to the “referrals” referenced by Lisa Monaco
during an interview on or about January 25, 2022.
40. Please provide all documents relating to the March 2021 “60 Minutes” interview of
Michael Sherwin, including all documents relating to investigations of potential violations of
applicable rules, policies, or procedures resulting from Mr. Sherwin’s participation in the
interview.
41. Please provide all documents relating to communications between the Special
Counsel’s Office and the United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack,
established by H. Res. 503, 117th Cong. (2021) (the “House Select Committee”).
42. Please provide all documents related to the loss, destruction, and lack of retention
of any documents or evidence by the Office of the Special Counsel, the Department of Justice, the
White House, or the House Select Committee, related to events at the U.S. Capitol on January 6,
2021.
44. Please provide all documents regarding Department of Justice policy regarding a
prosecutor or special counsel signing or executing an indictment or other official records without
having fully or properly executed the oath of office.
45. Please provide all documents referenced by General Mark Milley at pages 10 and
169 of the transcript of his November 17, 2021 testimony before the House Select Committee.
46. Please provide all documents relating to briefings provided to President Trump
regarding:
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47. Please provide all documents relating to President Trump’s daily schedule for the
period from October 1, 2020 through January 20, 2021, including scheduling materials, itineraries,
and summaries of President Trump’s activities, including all “Daily Diary” documents (E.g.,
SCO-02294198), and all communications involving the Office of Presidential Scheduling (using,
for example, the email address [email protected]).
48. Please provide all emails involving Beth Sanner or Edward Gistaro.
49. Please provide all rough notes, working papers, recordings, reports, and statements
of law enforcement agents or officers pertaining to this or related investigations.
50. Please identify any statements by any witness, prospective witness, or non-witness
declarant that the prosecution team knows or should know are false.
51. Please identify statements made by any law enforcement official to any witness,
prospective witness, or non-witness declarant suggesting that any member of the prosecution team
tended to doubt the individual’s credibility or the veracity of statements he or she has made that is
relevant to the allegations in the indictment.
52. Please provide all information not otherwise requested that might potentially reflect
either the motivation of a witness, prospective witness, or non-witness declarant to favor the
government or be biased against President Trump.
53. Please provide all prior statements, communications, or testimony by FBI Special
Agent Jamie Garman related to President Trump.
55. Please provide all documents reflecting statements by any member of the
prosecution team indicating an intent or effort to stop or hinder President Trump from becoming
President of the United States.
56. We have found many redacted documents in the discovery production. There are
likely many more because we cannot search for redactions. For each of these redactions, please
explain why the document was redacted and provide the complete document.
57. Please identify any documents within the discovery production that have been
edited or altered from their original content or format.
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58. Please confirm that you have conducted a case-file review consistent with Justice
Manual § 9-5.002.
59. Please confirm that your review of materials potentially subject to the Jencks Act
and Giglio has included all electronic facilities used by each witness, including both classified and
unclassified email accounts, classified and unclassified chat and messaging programs, personal
email accounts, personal phones, and personal messaging apps.
We expect to submit additional questions and requests on a rolling basis. Please let us
know if you would like to discuss any of these issues.
Respectfully Submitted,
John F. Lauro
Gregory M. Singer
Filzah I. Pavalon
LAURO & SINGER
Todd Blanche
Emil Bove
Stephen Weiss
BLANCHE LAW PLLC