Trump Emoluments Subpoenas (1 of 2)
Trump Emoluments Subpoenas (1 of 2)
Trump Emoluments Subpoenas (1 of 2)
02/14) Subpoena to Produce Documents, Information, or Objects or to Permit Inspection of Premises in a Civil Action
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O Production: YOU ARE COMMANDED to produce at the time, date, and place set forth below the following
documents, electronically stored information, or objects, and to permit inspection, copying, testing, or sampling of
the material: See Attachment A
Place: Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC Date and Time:
Three Logan Square, 1717 Arch Street, Suite 3610 January 3, 2019, 9:00 AM
Philadelphia, PA 19103
O Inspection of Premises: YOU ARE COMMANDED to permit entry onto the designated premises, land, or
other property possessed or controlled by you at the time, date, and location set forth below, so that the requesting party
may inspect, measure, survey, photograph, test, or sample the property or any designated object or operation on it.
The following provisions of Fed. R. Civ. P. 45 are attached – Rule 45(c), relating to the place of compliance;
Rule 45(d), relating to your protection as a person subject to a subpoena; and Rule 45(e) and (g), relating to your duty to
respond to this subpoena and the potential consequences of not doing so.
Date: 12/4/2018
CLERK OF COURT
OR
The name, address, e-mail address, and telephone number of the attorney representing (name of party)
The District of Columbia and the State of Maryland , who issues or requests this subpoena, are:
Stephanie Litos; 441 4th St. NW, Ste. 630 S, Washington, DC 20001; [email protected]; 202-724-6650
Leah Tulin; 200 St. Paul Place, 20th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202; [email protected]; 410-576-6962
PROOF OF SERVICE
(This section should not be filed with the court unless required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 45.)
on (date) ; or
Unless the subpoena was issued on behalf of the United States, or one of its officers or agents, I have also
tendered to the witness the fees for one day’s attendance, and the mileage allowed by law, in the amount of
$ .
My fees are $ for travel and $ for services, for a total of $ 0.00 .
Date:
Server’s signature
Server’s address
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 45 (c), (d), (e), and (g) (Effective 12/1/13)
(c) Place of Compliance. (ii) disclosing an unretained expert’s opinion or information that does
not describe specific occurrences in dispute and results from the expert’s
(1) For a Trial, Hearing, or Deposition. A subpoena may command a study that was not requested by a party.
person to attend a trial, hearing, or deposition only as follows: (C) Specifying Conditions as an Alternative. In the circumstances
(A) within 100 miles of where the person resides, is employed, or described in Rule 45(d)(3)(B), the court may, instead of quashing or
regularly transacts business in person; or modifying a subpoena, order appearance or production under specified
(B) within the state where the person resides, is employed, or regularly conditions if the serving party:
transacts business in person, if the person (i) shows a substantial need for the testimony or material that cannot be
(i) is a party or a party’s officer; or otherwise met without undue hardship; and
(ii) is commanded to attend a trial and would not incur substantial (ii) ensures that the subpoenaed person will be reasonably compensated.
expense.
(e) Duties in Responding to a Subpoena.
(2) For Other Discovery. A subpoena may command:
(A) production of documents, electronically stored information, or (1) Producing Documents or Electronically Stored Information. These
tangible things at a place within 100 miles of where the person resides, is procedures apply to producing documents or electronically stored
employed, or regularly transacts business in person; and information:
(B) inspection of premises at the premises to be inspected. (A) Documents. A person responding to a subpoena to produce documents
must produce them as they are kept in the ordinary course of business or
(d) Protecting a Person Subject to a Subpoena; Enforcement. must organize and label them to correspond to the categories in the demand.
(B) Form for Producing Electronically Stored Information Not Specified.
(1) Avoiding Undue Burden or Expense; Sanctions. A party or attorney If a subpoena does not specify a form for producing electronically stored
responsible for issuing and serving a subpoena must take reasonable steps information, the person responding must produce it in a form or forms in
to avoid imposing undue burden or expense on a person subject to the which it is ordinarily maintained or in a reasonably usable form or forms.
subpoena. The court for the district where compliance is required must (C) Electronically Stored Information Produced in Only One Form. The
enforce this duty and impose an appropriate sanction—which may include person responding need not produce the same electronically stored
lost earnings and reasonable attorney’s fees—on a party or attorney who information in more than one form.
fails to comply. (D) Inaccessible Electronically Stored Information. The person
responding need not provide discovery of electronically stored information
(2) Command to Produce Materials or Permit Inspection. from sources that the person identifies as not reasonably accessible because
(A) Appearance Not Required. A person commanded to produce of undue burden or cost. On motion to compel discovery or for a protective
documents, electronically stored information, or tangible things, or to order, the person responding must show that the information is not
permit the inspection of premises, need not appear in person at the place of reasonably accessible because of undue burden or cost. If that showing is
production or inspection unless also commanded to appear for a deposition, made, the court may nonetheless order discovery from such sources if the
hearing, or trial. requesting party shows good cause, considering the limitations of Rule
(B) Objections. A person commanded to produce documents or tangible 26(b)(2)(C). The court may specify conditions for the discovery.
things or to permit inspection may serve on the party or attorney designated
in the subpoena a written objection to inspecting, copying, testing, or (2) Claiming Privilege or Protection.
sampling any or all of the materials or to inspecting the premises—or to (A) Information Withheld. A person withholding subpoenaed information
producing electronically stored information in the form or forms requested. under a claim that it is privileged or subject to protection as trial-preparation
The objection must be served before the earlier of the time specified for material must:
compliance or 14 days after the subpoena is served. If an objection is made, (i) expressly make the claim; and
the following rules apply: (ii) describe the nature of the withheld documents, communications, or
(i) At any time, on notice to the commanded person, the serving party tangible things in a manner that, without revealing information itself
may move the court for the district where compliance is required for an privileged or protected, will enable the parties to assess the claim.
order compelling production or inspection. (B) Information Produced. If information produced in response to a
(ii) These acts may be required only as directed in the order, and the subpoena is subject to a claim of privilege or of protection as
order must protect a person who is neither a party nor a party’s officer from trial-preparation material, the person making the claim may notify any party
significant expense resulting from compliance. that received the information of the claim and the basis for it. After being
notified, a party must promptly return, sequester, or destroy the specified
(3) Quashing or Modifying a Subpoena. information and any copies it has; must not use or disclose the information
(A) When Required. On timely motion, the court for the district where until the claim is resolved; must take reasonable steps to retrieve the
compliance is required must quash or modify a subpoena that: information if the party disclosed it before being notified; and may promptly
(i) fails to allow a reasonable time to comply; present the information under seal to the court for the district where
(ii) requires a person to comply beyond the geographical limits compliance is required for a determination of the claim. The person who
specified in Rule 45(c); produced the information must preserve the information until the claim is
(iii) requires disclosure of privileged or other protected matter, if no resolved.
exception or waiver applies; or
(iv) subjects a person to undue burden. (g) Contempt.
(B) When Permitted. To protect a person subject to or affected by a The court for the district where compliance is required—and also, after a
subpoena, the court for the district where compliance is required may, on motion is transferred, the issuing court—may hold in contempt a person
motion, quash or modify the subpoena if it requires: who, having been served, fails without adequate excuse to obey the
(i) disclosing a trade secret or other confidential research, subpoena or an order related to it.
development, or commercial information; or
For access to subpoena materials, see Fed. R. Civ. P. 45(a) Committee Note (2013).
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MARYLAND
GREENBELT DIVISION
Plaintiffs,
Case No. 8:17-cv-01596
v.
Defendant.
DEFINITIONS
whether formal or informal, between two or more Persons, together with modifications or amendments
thereto.
to bring within the scope of these Requests all information that might otherwise be construed to
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5. “Communications” is used in the broadest sense possible and means every manner
written, electronically (including e-mail, voicemail, voicemail which is delivered by email, text
messages, tweet, direct messages, instant messaging, other social media communication, and/or
any other form of electronic correspondence or exchange), by Document, mail, personal delivery,
face-to-face meeting, or otherwise. All such communications in writing shall include, without
7. “Document(s)” means written, recorded, and/or graphic material of every kind and
photographs, sound recordings, video recordings, images, and/or other data and data
compilations—stored in any medium from which information can be obtained either directly or, if
necessary, after translation by You into a reasonably usable form. A draft or non-identical copy is
a separate document within the meaning of this term. Document(s) includes the labels or metadata
9. “Electronically Stored Information,” or “ESI” means the complete original and any
non-identical copy (whether different from the original because of notations, different metadata,
messaging, videoconferencing, SMS, MMS, or other text messaging, and other electronic
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files, video recordings, and sound recordings, regardless of how or where the information is stored,
10. “Emoluments Clauses” means the language in U.S. Const. art. I, § 9, cl. 8
prohibiting any “Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust” from accepting “any present,
Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State,” absent
“the Consent of the Congress” and the language in U.S. Const. art. II, § 1, cl. 7 prohibiting the
President from “receiv[ing] within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or
any of them.”
Washington v. Trump, 17-cv-458 (S.D.N.Y.); District of Columbia & Maryland v. Trump, 8:17-
cv-01596 (D. Md.); Blumenthal v. Trump, 17-cv-1154 (D.D.C.), and any other existing or future
lawsuits alleging that President Donald J. Trump has violated the Emoluments Clauses.
12. “Financial Interest” means (i) direct or indirect ownership of an interest and/or (ii)
13. “Foreign or Domestic Government(s)” means all governments outside of the United
States and any federal, state, or local government in the United States, including each
government’s present and former agencies, branches, units, divisions, subdivisions, districts,
has a Financial Interest, and each Person acting or purporting to act on the government’s behalf.
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15. “Payment” includes both direct and indirect payments, including those payments
that are passed through another entity including a management company or any other entity from
which You receive payments or to which You make payments. Payments also include payments
16. “Person(s)” includes without limitation any natural person, entity, individual or
estate.
17. “Trump Trust” refers to any trust or other instrument to which Donald J. Trump has
been a beneficiary or potential beneficiary at any time since January 20, 2017.
18. “U.S. Treasury” includes the United States Department of the Treasury but does
19. “Washington D.C. metropolitan area” means the counties and cities designated as
as defined by the Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 15-01, which includes the
District of Columbia; Montgomery County, MD; Prince George's County, MD; Arlington County,
VA; Fairfax County, VA; Fauquier County, VA; Loudoun County, VA; Prince William County,
VA; Stafford County, VA; Alexandria city, VA; Fairfax city, VA; Falls Church city, VA;
20. “You” and “Your” mean the recipient of these requests and shall include all entities
in which You have a Financial Interest; your direct and indirect parents, predecessors-in-interest,
affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, predecessors, successors, and assignees; the present and former
officers, directors, employees, attorneys, agents, and representatives of any of the above; and each
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Person acting or purporting to act on your behalf or on the behalf of any of the aforementioned
entities.
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
1. In responding to these Requests, You are to furnish all available information, including
information in the possession, custody, or control of Your agents and all Persons acting on Your
behalf. This includes Documents presently in the possession, custody, or control of Your
attorney(s) or their investigators and Documents presently in the possession, custody, or control
of any third party or parties to whom You have surrendered possession, custody, or control; or
who are acting on Your behalf; or who have otherwise obtained possession, custody, or control;
or who, upon Your request, would surrender possession, custody, or control to You.
2. If any responsive Document was, but no longer is, in Your possession, custody, or
control, produce a description of each such Document. The description shall include the following:
(a) the name of each author, sender, creator, and initiator of such Document;
(b) the name of each recipient, addressee, or party for whom such Document was
intended;
otherwise disposed of, and the date and manner of the disposal.
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3. If You claim the attorney-client privilege, or any other privilege or protection
(including any deliberative process, work product, joint defense, or common interest protections)
for any Document, You shall provide the following information with respect to each such
Document:
duces tecum, including, where appropriate, the name and title of the author of the
document, the name and title of any recipient, and identification of anyone
Provide the information requested in this instruction in a searchable and sortable electronic
format and with sufficient specificity to enable the undersigned counsel and the Court to assess
all additional or different Documents or information responsive to these Requests, which You
discover, receive, or generate between the time of the original production and trial.
5. All Documents and/or other data which relate to the subject matter of this case or
these requests must be preserved. Any destruction involving such Documents or data must cease,
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even if it is Your normal or routine course of business to delete or destroy such Documents or data
and even if You believe such Documents or data are privileged or otherwise need not be produced.
7. Unless otherwise stated, the relevant time period for all requests are for Documents
Documents sufficient to show Donald J. Trump’s or Trump Trust’s current, historic, and
future Financial Interest in the Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C. (“Trump International
Hotel”).
All of Your state and federal income tax returns, including all schedules, attachments, and
other forms or supporting documentation completed or submitted with the tax returns.
Documents sufficient to establish Your organizational chart from January 1, 2015 to the
present, including Documents identifying the names of the individuals holding the positions
referenced on any organizational charts, and including any changes made since January 1, 2015.
All Documents and Communications Concerning draft and final versions of any
Agreements between the United States of America, acting by and through the Administrator of
General Services Administration and Trump Old Post Office LLC, or between the United States
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and the Trump International Hotel, including any lease Agreements and amendments, codicils,
All Documents Concerning Communications with the GSA regarding the Trump
Documents sufficient to show Donald J. Trump’s or Trump Trust’s current, historical, and
future Financial Interest in BLT Prime by David Burke Washington, D.C. (“BLT Prime”).
All Documents Concerning any Agreement between BLT Prime and Donald J. Trump,
Trump Trust, the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust, or any Businesses in which President Donald
J. Trump possessed a Financial Interest at the time the Agreement was executed, including any
Documents sufficient to Identify all Businesses doing business in the Washington D.C.
metropolitan area in which Donald J. Trump or Trump Trust has a Financial Interest, where
Identify means to disclose (i) the name, place of incorporation, and headquarters address of each
Business; (ii) the name of each Business owner and each ownership interest by value and
percentage; and (iii) each Business’s articles of incorporation, operating Agreements, and
management Agreements.
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REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 11:
All Documents Concerning Your policies or practices with respect to the storage, location,
Requests, and if such policies or practices have changed over time, Documents sufficient to
All Documents Concerning litigation holds issued as a result of the Emoluments Litigation,
Documents sufficient to identify the payor and/or source of the Payment in the amount of
$151,470 from The Trump Corporation to the U.S. Treasury dated February 21, 2018, as well as
any other Payments made to the U.S. Treasury that purport to reflect profits and/or revenues
received by Donald J. Trump from Foreign or Domestic Governments or purport to reflect profits
and/or revenues received by a Business in which Donald J. Trump has a Financial Interest from
All Documents Concerning the determination or calculation of the amount of the Payment
to the U.S. Treasury dated February 21, 2018, and the amount of each other Payment made to the
U.S. Treasury that purports to reflect profits and/or revenues received by Donald J. Trump from
Business in which Donald J. Trump has a Financial Interest from Foreign or Domestic
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REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 15:
All Communications regarding the Payment of $151,470 to the U.S. Treasury dated
February 21, 2018, as well as any other Payments made to the U.S. Treasury that purport to reflect
profits and/or revenues received by Donald J. Trump from Foreign or Domestic Governments or
purport to reflect profits and/or revenues received by a Business in which Donald J. Trump has a
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Date: December 4, 2018
DEEPAK GUPTA*
[email protected]
DANIEL TOWNSEND*
Gupta Wessler PLLC
1900 L Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20009
T: (202) 888-1741
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APPENDIX TO DOCUMENT REQUESTS REGARDING FORM OF PRODUCTION
1. All hard copy paper documents should be produced as TIFF image files (black-and-
white) and as JPEG image files (color) in electronic form. Each filename must be
unique and match the Bates number of the page. The filename should not contain any
blank spaces and should be zero padded (for example ABC0000001).
2. Each delivery should be accompanied by an image cross reference file that contains
document breaks.
3. A delimited text file that contains available fielded data should also be included, at a
minimum including Beginning Bates Number, Ending Bates Number, Custodian and
Number of pages, as well as link to OCR text if any (see below). The following
delimiters should be used:
b. Quote (ASCII:0254)
4. To the extent that documents have been run through an Optical Character Recognition
(OCR) software in the course of reviewing the documents for production, full text
should also be delivered for each document. Text should be delivered on a document
level in an appropriately formatted text file (.txt) that is named to match the first bates
number of the document.
5. A text cross reference load file should also be included with the production delivery
that lists the beginning Bates number of the document and the relative path of the text
file for that document on the production media.
6. The TIFF images should be produced as single-page Group IV TIFF format at 300
dpi with an Opticon image load file. The Opticon image load file should contain the
BEGBATES value for each corresponding document and appropriate path or folder
information to the corresponding images that comprise each document. Each TIFF or
JPEG image should be individually Bates numbered. The Bates number must not
obliterate, conceal, or interfere with any information on the produced document.
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B. All Electronic Documents
1. All electronic documents should be produced in such fashion as to identify the location
(i.e. the network file folder, hard drive, backup-tape or other location) where the
documents are stored and, where applicable, the natural person in whose possession
they were found (or on whose hardware device they reside or are stored). If the storage
location was a file share or work group folder, that should be specified as well.
4. For Documents that are produced from electronic format, the full extracted text will
be provided by a link in the main (.DAT) load file. The following extracted data and
metadata fields shall to be provided in the load file:
a. Begbates
b. Endbates
c. Group Identifier 1
d. Custodian
g. Document Type
h. Confidentiality Designation
j. To (for emails)
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The Group Identifier should contain the Begbates value of an attachment’s parent document.
The Group Identifier for a parent document is equal to the Begbates for the parent document.
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l. Cc (for emails)
p. Time Offset Value (indicate which time zone the data is set to when
processed)
s. Link to Extracted Text (body of email for email, extracted text of document
for edocs and attachments)
x. Page Count
aa. Has Hidden Data: Yes or blank (Hidden data refers not only to Excel files with
hidden columbs, rows, spreadsheets, etc., but also PowerPoint files in which comments
or other fields may be hidden)
5. Extracted full text (not OCR text) should be delivered for each electronic document.
The extracted full text should be delivered on a document level according to the
specifications above similar to paper documents.
6. Social Media and Web Content. Social media and other web content shall be
produced as Group IV TIFF images with associated metadata load files. The parties
will further confer regarding the specific web pages and available metadata.
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C. Production of Structured Data
Databases or structured data should be produced in a mutually agreeable data exchange format.
To the extent a response to discovery requires production of discoverable electronic
information contained in a database, the producing party will make available a data dictionary or
equivalent information identifying the specific fields included in its database and what sort of
information is stored in each field, so that the parties may meet and confer regarding which
data elements will be extracted for production. Ultimately, production should be in an
exportable electronic file (e.g., Excel or CSV format).
D. Non-Substantive Files
System and program files defined on the National Institute of Standards and Technology
(“NIST”) list need not be processed, reviewed or produced.
E. Color
For files not produced in their native format, if an original document contains color, the
producing party may produce black and white image(s). At the request of the receiving party,
the parties shall meet and confer regarding production of color image(s) for specific
documents.
F. Bates Numbering
1. Document Images. Each page of a produced Document shall have a unique page
identifier (“Bates Number”) electronically “burned” onto the image at a location that
does not unreasonably conceal or interfere with any information from the source
document. Any confidentiality legend shall be “burned” onto each document’s image
at a location that does not unreasonably obscure any information from the source
document. Redacted documents will be so identified by electronically “burning” the
legend “Redacted” onto each document’s image at a location that does not
unreasonably obscure any information from the source document.
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G. Production Media
Documents shall be produced by SFTP site or on CD-ROM, DVD, external hard drive (with
standard PC compatible interface), or such other readily accessible computer or electronic
media as the parties may hereafter agree upon (the “Production Media”). Each item of
Production Media shall include: (1) its own unique name and a consistent naming convention;
(2) text referencing that it was produced in the Litigation; and (3) the Bates range contained on
such Production Media item.
H. Attachments
Email attachments and embedded files or links must be mapped to their parent by the
Document or Production number. If attachments and embedded files are combined with their
parent documents, “BeginDoc” and “EndDoc” fields listing the unique beginning and ending
number for each document and “BeginAttach” and “EndAttach” fields listing the begin and
end of the entire document family must be included.
I. Embedded Objects
Objects embedded in Microsoft Word and .RTF documents, which have been embedded with
the “Display as Icon” feature, will be extracted as separate documents and treated like
attachments to the document. Other objects embedded in documents shall be produced as
native files.
J. Compressed Files
Compression file types (i.e., .CAB, .GZ, .TAR, .Z, .ZIP) shall be decompressed in a reiterative
manner to ensure that a zip within a zip is decompressed into the lowest possible compression
resulting in individual folders and/or files.
K. Production Problems
Documents that present imaging or format production problems shall be promptly identified
and disclosed to the requesting party; the parties shall then meet and confer to attempt to
resolve the problems.
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AO 88B (Rev. 02/14) Subpoena to Produce Documents, Information, or Objects or to Permit Inspection of Premises in a Civil Action
To: DJT Holdings Managing Member LLC c/o National Registered Agents, Inc.;
160 Greentree Dr., Suite 101, Dover, DE 19904
(Name of person to whom this subpoena is directed)
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O Production: YOU ARE COMMANDED to produce at the time, date, and place set forth below the following
documents, electronically stored information, or objects, and to permit inspection, copying, testing, or sampling of
the material: See Attachment A
Place: Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC Date and Time:
Three Logan Square, 1717 Arch Street, Suite 3610 January 3, 2019, 9:00 AM
Philadelphia, PA 19103
O Inspection of Premises: YOU ARE COMMANDED to permit entry onto the designated premises, land, or
other property possessed or controlled by you at the time, date, and location set forth below, so that the requesting party
may inspect, measure, survey, photograph, test, or sample the property or any designated object or operation on it.
The following provisions of Fed. R. Civ. P. 45 are attached – Rule 45(c), relating to the place of compliance;
Rule 45(d), relating to your protection as a person subject to a subpoena; and Rule 45(e) and (g), relating to your duty to
respond to this subpoena and the potential consequences of not doing so.
Date: 12/4/2018
CLERK OF COURT
OR
The name, address, e-mail address, and telephone number of the attorney representing (name of party)
The District of Columbia and the State of Maryland , who issues or requests this subpoena, are:
Stephanie Litos; 441 4th St. NW, Ste. 630 S, Washington, DC 20001; [email protected]; 202-724-6650
Leah Tulin; 200 St. Paul Place, 20th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202; [email protected]; 410-576-6962
PROOF OF SERVICE
(This section should not be filed with the court unless required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 45.)
on (date) ; or
Unless the subpoena was issued on behalf of the United States, or one of its officers or agents, I have also
tendered to the witness the fees for one day’s attendance, and the mileage allowed by law, in the amount of
$ .
My fees are $ for travel and $ for services, for a total of $ 0.00 .
Date:
Server’s signature
Server’s address
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 45 (c), (d), (e), and (g) (Effective 12/1/13)
(c) Place of Compliance. (ii) disclosing an unretained expert’s opinion or information that does
not describe specific occurrences in dispute and results from the expert’s
(1) For a Trial, Hearing, or Deposition. A subpoena may command a study that was not requested by a party.
person to attend a trial, hearing, or deposition only as follows: (C) Specifying Conditions as an Alternative. In the circumstances
(A) within 100 miles of where the person resides, is employed, or described in Rule 45(d)(3)(B), the court may, instead of quashing or
regularly transacts business in person; or modifying a subpoena, order appearance or production under specified
(B) within the state where the person resides, is employed, or regularly conditions if the serving party:
transacts business in person, if the person (i) shows a substantial need for the testimony or material that cannot be
(i) is a party or a party’s officer; or otherwise met without undue hardship; and
(ii) is commanded to attend a trial and would not incur substantial (ii) ensures that the subpoenaed person will be reasonably compensated.
expense.
(e) Duties in Responding to a Subpoena.
(2) For Other Discovery. A subpoena may command:
(A) production of documents, electronically stored information, or (1) Producing Documents or Electronically Stored Information. These
tangible things at a place within 100 miles of where the person resides, is procedures apply to producing documents or electronically stored
employed, or regularly transacts business in person; and information:
(B) inspection of premises at the premises to be inspected. (A) Documents. A person responding to a subpoena to produce documents
must produce them as they are kept in the ordinary course of business or
(d) Protecting a Person Subject to a Subpoena; Enforcement. must organize and label them to correspond to the categories in the demand.
(B) Form for Producing Electronically Stored Information Not Specified.
(1) Avoiding Undue Burden or Expense; Sanctions. A party or attorney If a subpoena does not specify a form for producing electronically stored
responsible for issuing and serving a subpoena must take reasonable steps information, the person responding must produce it in a form or forms in
to avoid imposing undue burden or expense on a person subject to the which it is ordinarily maintained or in a reasonably usable form or forms.
subpoena. The court for the district where compliance is required must (C) Electronically Stored Information Produced in Only One Form. The
enforce this duty and impose an appropriate sanction—which may include person responding need not produce the same electronically stored
lost earnings and reasonable attorney’s fees—on a party or attorney who information in more than one form.
fails to comply. (D) Inaccessible Electronically Stored Information. The person
responding need not provide discovery of electronically stored information
(2) Command to Produce Materials or Permit Inspection. from sources that the person identifies as not reasonably accessible because
(A) Appearance Not Required. A person commanded to produce of undue burden or cost. On motion to compel discovery or for a protective
documents, electronically stored information, or tangible things, or to order, the person responding must show that the information is not
permit the inspection of premises, need not appear in person at the place of reasonably accessible because of undue burden or cost. If that showing is
production or inspection unless also commanded to appear for a deposition, made, the court may nonetheless order discovery from such sources if the
hearing, or trial. requesting party shows good cause, considering the limitations of Rule
(B) Objections. A person commanded to produce documents or tangible 26(b)(2)(C). The court may specify conditions for the discovery.
things or to permit inspection may serve on the party or attorney designated
in the subpoena a written objection to inspecting, copying, testing, or (2) Claiming Privilege or Protection.
sampling any or all of the materials or to inspecting the premises—or to (A) Information Withheld. A person withholding subpoenaed information
producing electronically stored information in the form or forms requested. under a claim that it is privileged or subject to protection as trial-preparation
The objection must be served before the earlier of the time specified for material must:
compliance or 14 days after the subpoena is served. If an objection is made, (i) expressly make the claim; and
the following rules apply: (ii) describe the nature of the withheld documents, communications, or
(i) At any time, on notice to the commanded person, the serving party tangible things in a manner that, without revealing information itself
may move the court for the district where compliance is required for an privileged or protected, will enable the parties to assess the claim.
order compelling production or inspection. (B) Information Produced. If information produced in response to a
(ii) These acts may be required only as directed in the order, and the subpoena is subject to a claim of privilege or of protection as
order must protect a person who is neither a party nor a party’s officer from trial-preparation material, the person making the claim may notify any party
significant expense resulting from compliance. that received the information of the claim and the basis for it. After being
notified, a party must promptly return, sequester, or destroy the specified
(3) Quashing or Modifying a Subpoena. information and any copies it has; must not use or disclose the information
(A) When Required. On timely motion, the court for the district where until the claim is resolved; must take reasonable steps to retrieve the
compliance is required must quash or modify a subpoena that: information if the party disclosed it before being notified; and may promptly
(i) fails to allow a reasonable time to comply; present the information under seal to the court for the district where
(ii) requires a person to comply beyond the geographical limits compliance is required for a determination of the claim. The person who
specified in Rule 45(c); produced the information must preserve the information until the claim is
(iii) requires disclosure of privileged or other protected matter, if no resolved.
exception or waiver applies; or
(iv) subjects a person to undue burden. (g) Contempt.
(B) When Permitted. To protect a person subject to or affected by a The court for the district where compliance is required—and also, after a
subpoena, the court for the district where compliance is required may, on motion is transferred, the issuing court—may hold in contempt a person
motion, quash or modify the subpoena if it requires: who, having been served, fails without adequate excuse to obey the
(i) disclosing a trade secret or other confidential research, subpoena or an order related to it.
development, or commercial information; or
For access to subpoena materials, see Fed. R. Civ. P. 45(a) Committee Note (2013).
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MARYLAND
GREENBELT DIVISION
Plaintiffs,
Case No. 8:17-cv-01596
v.
Defendant.
DEFINITIONS
whether formal or informal, between two or more Persons, together with modifications or amendments
thereto.
to bring within the scope of these Requests all information that might otherwise be construed to
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5. “Communications” is used in the broadest sense possible and means every manner
written, electronically (including e-mail, voicemail, voicemail which is delivered by email, text
messages, tweet, direct messages, instant messaging, other social media communication, and/or
any other form of electronic correspondence or exchange), by Document, mail, personal delivery,
face-to-face meeting, or otherwise. All such communications in writing shall include, without
7. “Document(s)” means written, recorded, and/or graphic material of every kind and
photographs, sound recordings, video recordings, images, and/or other data and data
compilations—stored in any medium from which information can be obtained either directly or, if
necessary, after translation by You into a reasonably usable form. A draft or non-identical copy is
a separate document within the meaning of this term. Document(s) includes the labels or metadata
9. “Electronically Stored Information,” or “ESI” means the complete original and any
non-identical copy (whether different from the original because of notations, different metadata,
messaging, videoconferencing, SMS, MMS, or other text messaging, and other electronic
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files, video recordings, and sound recordings, regardless of how or where the information is stored,
10. “Emoluments Clauses” means the language in U.S. Const. art. I, § 9, cl. 8
prohibiting any “Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust” from accepting “any present,
Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State,” absent
“the Consent of the Congress” and the language in U.S. Const. art. II, § 1, cl. 7 prohibiting the
President from “receiv[ing] within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or
any of them.”
Washington v. Trump, 17-cv-458 (S.D.N.Y.); District of Columbia & Maryland v. Trump, 8:17-
cv-01596 (D. Md.); Blumenthal v. Trump, 17-cv-1154 (D.D.C.), and any other existing or future
lawsuits alleging that President Donald J. Trump has violated the Emoluments Clauses.
12. “Financial Interest” means (i) direct or indirect ownership of an interest and/or (ii)
13. “Foreign or Domestic Government(s)” means all governments outside of the United
States and any federal, state, or local government in the United States, including each
government’s present and former agencies, branches, units, divisions, subdivisions, districts,
has a Financial Interest, and each Person acting or purporting to act on the government’s behalf.
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15. “Payment” includes both direct and indirect payments, including those payments
that are passed through another entity including a management company or any other entity from
which You receive payments or to which You make payments. Payments also include payments
16. “Person(s)” includes without limitation any natural person, entity, individual or
estate.
17. “Trump Trust” refers to any trust or other instrument to which Donald J. Trump has
been a beneficiary or potential beneficiary at any time since January 20, 2017.
18. “U.S. Treasury” includes the United States Department of the Treasury but does
19. “Washington D.C. metropolitan area” means the counties and cities designated as
as defined by the Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 15-01, which includes the
District of Columbia; Montgomery County, MD; Prince George's County, MD; Arlington County,
VA; Fairfax County, VA; Fauquier County, VA; Loudoun County, VA; Prince William County,
VA; Stafford County, VA; Alexandria city, VA; Fairfax city, VA; Falls Church city, VA;
20. “You” and “Your” mean the recipient of these requests and shall include all entities
in which You have a Financial Interest; your direct and indirect parents, predecessors-in-interest,
affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, predecessors, successors, and assignees; the present and former
officers, directors, employees, attorneys, agents, and representatives of any of the above; and each
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Person acting or purporting to act on your behalf or on the behalf of any of the aforementioned
entities.
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
1. In responding to these Requests, You are to furnish all available information, including
information in the possession, custody, or control of Your agents and all Persons acting on Your
behalf. This includes Documents presently in the possession, custody, or control of Your
attorney(s) or their investigators and Documents presently in the possession, custody, or control
of any third party or parties to whom You have surrendered possession, custody, or control; or
who are acting on Your behalf; or who have otherwise obtained possession, custody, or control;
or who, upon Your request, would surrender possession, custody, or control to You.
2. If any responsive Document was, but no longer is, in Your possession, custody, or
control, produce a description of each such Document. The description shall include the following:
(a) the name of each author, sender, creator, and initiator of such Document;
(b) the name of each recipient, addressee, or party for whom such Document was
intended;
otherwise disposed of, and the date and manner of the disposal.
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3. If You claim the attorney-client privilege, or any other privilege or protection
(including any deliberative process, work product, joint defense, or common interest protections)
for any Document, You shall provide the following information with respect to each such
Document:
duces tecum, including, where appropriate, the name and title of the author of the
document, the name and title of any recipient, and identification of anyone
Provide the information requested in this instruction in a searchable and sortable electronic
format and with sufficient specificity to enable the undersigned counsel and the Court to assess
all additional or different Documents or information responsive to these Requests, which You
discover, receive, or generate between the time of the original production and trial.
5. All Documents and/or other data which relate to the subject matter of this case or
these requests must be preserved. Any destruction involving such Documents or data must cease,
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even if it is Your normal or routine course of business to delete or destroy such Documents or data
and even if You believe such Documents or data are privileged or otherwise need not be produced.
7. Unless otherwise stated, the relevant time period for all requests are for Documents
Documents sufficient to show Donald J. Trump’s or Trump Trust’s current, historic, and
future Financial Interest in the Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C. (“Trump International
Hotel”).
All of Your state and federal income tax returns, including all schedules, attachments, and
other forms or supporting documentation completed or submitted with the tax returns.
Documents sufficient to establish Your organizational chart from January 1, 2015 to the
present, including Documents identifying the names of the individuals holding the positions
referenced on any organizational charts, and including any changes made since January 1, 2015.
All Documents and Communications Concerning draft and final versions of any
Agreements between the United States of America, acting by and through the Administrator of
General Services Administration and Trump Old Post Office LLC, or between the United States
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and the Trump International Hotel, including any lease Agreements and amendments, codicils,
All Documents Concerning Communications with the GSA regarding the Trump
Documents sufficient to show Donald J. Trump’s or Trump Trust’s current, historical, and
future Financial Interest in BLT Prime by David Burke Washington, D.C. (“BLT Prime”).
All Documents Concerning any Agreement between BLT Prime and Donald J. Trump,
Trump Trust, the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust, or any Businesses in which President Donald
J. Trump possessed a Financial Interest at the time the Agreement was executed, including any
Documents sufficient to Identify all Businesses doing business in the Washington D.C.
metropolitan area in which Donald J. Trump or Trump Trust has a Financial Interest, where
Identify means to disclose (i) the name, place of incorporation, and headquarters address of each
Business; (ii) the name of each Business owner and each ownership interest by value and
percentage; and (iii) each Business’s articles of incorporation, operating Agreements, and
management Agreements.
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REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 11:
All Documents Concerning Your policies or practices with respect to the storage, location,
Requests, and if such policies or practices have changed over time, Documents sufficient to
All Documents Concerning litigation holds issued as a result of the Emoluments Litigation,
Documents sufficient to identify the payor and/or source of the Payment in the amount of
$151,470 from The Trump Corporation to the U.S. Treasury dated February 21, 2018, as well as
any other Payments made to the U.S. Treasury that purport to reflect profits and/or revenues
received by Donald J. Trump from Foreign or Domestic Governments or purport to reflect profits
and/or revenues received by a Business in which Donald J. Trump has a Financial Interest from
All Documents Concerning the determination or calculation of the amount of the Payment
to the U.S. Treasury dated February 21, 2018, and the amount of each other Payment made to the
U.S. Treasury that purports to reflect profits and/or revenues received by Donald J. Trump from
Business in which Donald J. Trump has a Financial Interest from Foreign or Domestic
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REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 15:
All Communications regarding the Payment of $151,470 to the U.S. Treasury dated
February 21, 2018, as well as any other Payments made to the U.S. Treasury that purport to reflect
profits and/or revenues received by Donald J. Trump from Foreign or Domestic Governments or
purport to reflect profits and/or revenues received by a Business in which Donald J. Trump has a
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Date: December 4, 2018
DEEPAK GUPTA*
[email protected]
DANIEL TOWNSEND*
Gupta Wessler PLLC
1900 L Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20009
T: (202) 888-1741
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APPENDIX TO DOCUMENT REQUESTS REGARDING FORM OF PRODUCTION
1. All hard copy paper documents should be produced as TIFF image files (black-and-
white) and as JPEG image files (color) in electronic form. Each filename must be
unique and match the Bates number of the page. The filename should not contain any
blank spaces and should be zero padded (for example ABC0000001).
2. Each delivery should be accompanied by an image cross reference file that contains
document breaks.
3. A delimited text file that contains available fielded data should also be included, at a
minimum including Beginning Bates Number, Ending Bates Number, Custodian and
Number of pages, as well as link to OCR text if any (see below). The following
delimiters should be used:
b. Quote (ASCII:0254)
4. To the extent that documents have been run through an Optical Character Recognition
(OCR) software in the course of reviewing the documents for production, full text
should also be delivered for each document. Text should be delivered on a document
level in an appropriately formatted text file (.txt) that is named to match the first bates
number of the document.
5. A text cross reference load file should also be included with the production delivery
that lists the beginning Bates number of the document and the relative path of the text
file for that document on the production media.
6. The TIFF images should be produced as single-page Group IV TIFF format at 300
dpi with an Opticon image load file. The Opticon image load file should contain the
BEGBATES value for each corresponding document and appropriate path or folder
information to the corresponding images that comprise each document. Each TIFF or
JPEG image should be individually Bates numbered. The Bates number must not
obliterate, conceal, or interfere with any information on the produced document.
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B. All Electronic Documents
1. All electronic documents should be produced in such fashion as to identify the location
(i.e. the network file folder, hard drive, backup-tape or other location) where the
documents are stored and, where applicable, the natural person in whose possession
they were found (or on whose hardware device they reside or are stored). If the storage
location was a file share or work group folder, that should be specified as well.
4. For Documents that are produced from electronic format, the full extracted text will
be provided by a link in the main (.DAT) load file. The following extracted data and
metadata fields shall to be provided in the load file:
a. Begbates
b. Endbates
c. Group Identifier 1
d. Custodian
g. Document Type
h. Confidentiality Designation
j. To (for emails)
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The Group Identifier should contain the Begbates value of an attachment’s parent document.
The Group Identifier for a parent document is equal to the Begbates for the parent document.
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l. Cc (for emails)
p. Time Offset Value (indicate which time zone the data is set to when
processed)
s. Link to Extracted Text (body of email for email, extracted text of document
for edocs and attachments)
x. Page Count
aa. Has Hidden Data: Yes or blank (Hidden data refers not only to Excel files with
hidden columbs, rows, spreadsheets, etc., but also PowerPoint files in which comments
or other fields may be hidden)
5. Extracted full text (not OCR text) should be delivered for each electronic document.
The extracted full text should be delivered on a document level according to the
specifications above similar to paper documents.
6. Social Media and Web Content. Social media and other web content shall be
produced as Group IV TIFF images with associated metadata load files. The parties
will further confer regarding the specific web pages and available metadata.
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C. Production of Structured Data
Databases or structured data should be produced in a mutually agreeable data exchange format.
To the extent a response to discovery requires production of discoverable electronic
information contained in a database, the producing party will make available a data dictionary or
equivalent information identifying the specific fields included in its database and what sort of
information is stored in each field, so that the parties may meet and confer regarding which
data elements will be extracted for production. Ultimately, production should be in an
exportable electronic file (e.g., Excel or CSV format).
D. Non-Substantive Files
System and program files defined on the National Institute of Standards and Technology
(“NIST”) list need not be processed, reviewed or produced.
E. Color
For files not produced in their native format, if an original document contains color, the
producing party may produce black and white image(s). At the request of the receiving party,
the parties shall meet and confer regarding production of color image(s) for specific
documents.
F. Bates Numbering
1. Document Images. Each page of a produced Document shall have a unique page
identifier (“Bates Number”) electronically “burned” onto the image at a location that
does not unreasonably conceal or interfere with any information from the source
document. Any confidentiality legend shall be “burned” onto each document’s image
at a location that does not unreasonably obscure any information from the source
document. Redacted documents will be so identified by electronically “burning” the
legend “Redacted” onto each document’s image at a location that does not
unreasonably obscure any information from the source document.
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G. Production Media
Documents shall be produced by SFTP site or on CD-ROM, DVD, external hard drive (with
standard PC compatible interface), or such other readily accessible computer or electronic
media as the parties may hereafter agree upon (the “Production Media”). Each item of
Production Media shall include: (1) its own unique name and a consistent naming convention;
(2) text referencing that it was produced in the Litigation; and (3) the Bates range contained on
such Production Media item.
H. Attachments
Email attachments and embedded files or links must be mapped to their parent by the
Document or Production number. If attachments and embedded files are combined with their
parent documents, “BeginDoc” and “EndDoc” fields listing the unique beginning and ending
number for each document and “BeginAttach” and “EndAttach” fields listing the begin and
end of the entire document family must be included.
I. Embedded Objects
Objects embedded in Microsoft Word and .RTF documents, which have been embedded with
the “Display as Icon” feature, will be extracted as separate documents and treated like
attachments to the document. Other objects embedded in documents shall be produced as
native files.
J. Compressed Files
Compression file types (i.e., .CAB, .GZ, .TAR, .Z, .ZIP) shall be decompressed in a reiterative
manner to ensure that a zip within a zip is decompressed into the lowest possible compression
resulting in individual folders and/or files.
K. Production Problems
Documents that present imaging or format production problems shall be promptly identified
and disclosed to the requesting party; the parties shall then meet and confer to attempt to
resolve the problems.
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AO 88B (Rev. 02/14) Subpoena to Produce Documents, Information, or Objects or to Permit Inspection of Premises in a Civil Action
To: OPO Hotel Manager LLC c/o National Registered Agents, Inc.;
160 Greentree Dr., Suite 101, Dover, DE 19904
(Name of person to whom this subpoena is directed)
✔
O Production: YOU ARE COMMANDED to produce at the time, date, and place set forth below the following
documents, electronically stored information, or objects, and to permit inspection, copying, testing, or sampling of
the material: See Attachment A
Place: Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC Date and Time:
Three Logan Square, 1717 Arch Street, Suite 3610 January 3, 2019, 9:00 AM
Philadelphia, PA 19103
O Inspection of Premises: YOU ARE COMMANDED to permit entry onto the designated premises, land, or
other property possessed or controlled by you at the time, date, and location set forth below, so that the requesting party
may inspect, measure, survey, photograph, test, or sample the property or any designated object or operation on it.
The following provisions of Fed. R. Civ. P. 45 are attached – Rule 45(c), relating to the place of compliance;
Rule 45(d), relating to your protection as a person subject to a subpoena; and Rule 45(e) and (g), relating to your duty to
respond to this subpoena and the potential consequences of not doing so.
Date: 12/4/2018
CLERK OF COURT
OR
The name, address, e-mail address, and telephone number of the attorney representing (name of party)
The District of Columbia and the State of Maryland , who issues or requests this subpoena, are:
Stephanie Litos; 441 4th St. NW, Ste. 630 S, Washington, DC 20001; [email protected]; 202-724-6650
Leah Tulin; 200 St. Paul Place, 20th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202; [email protected]; 410-576-6962
PROOF OF SERVICE
(This section should not be filed with the court unless required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 45.)
on (date) ; or
Unless the subpoena was issued on behalf of the United States, or one of its officers or agents, I have also
tendered to the witness the fees for one day’s attendance, and the mileage allowed by law, in the amount of
$ .
My fees are $ for travel and $ for services, for a total of $ 0.00 .
Date:
Server’s signature
Server’s address
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 45 (c), (d), (e), and (g) (Effective 12/1/13)
(c) Place of Compliance. (ii) disclosing an unretained expert’s opinion or information that does
not describe specific occurrences in dispute and results from the expert’s
(1) For a Trial, Hearing, or Deposition. A subpoena may command a study that was not requested by a party.
person to attend a trial, hearing, or deposition only as follows: (C) Specifying Conditions as an Alternative. In the circumstances
(A) within 100 miles of where the person resides, is employed, or described in Rule 45(d)(3)(B), the court may, instead of quashing or
regularly transacts business in person; or modifying a subpoena, order appearance or production under specified
(B) within the state where the person resides, is employed, or regularly conditions if the serving party:
transacts business in person, if the person (i) shows a substantial need for the testimony or material that cannot be
(i) is a party or a party’s officer; or otherwise met without undue hardship; and
(ii) is commanded to attend a trial and would not incur substantial (ii) ensures that the subpoenaed person will be reasonably compensated.
expense.
(e) Duties in Responding to a Subpoena.
(2) For Other Discovery. A subpoena may command:
(A) production of documents, electronically stored information, or (1) Producing Documents or Electronically Stored Information. These
tangible things at a place within 100 miles of where the person resides, is procedures apply to producing documents or electronically stored
employed, or regularly transacts business in person; and information:
(B) inspection of premises at the premises to be inspected. (A) Documents. A person responding to a subpoena to produce documents
must produce them as they are kept in the ordinary course of business or
(d) Protecting a Person Subject to a Subpoena; Enforcement. must organize and label them to correspond to the categories in the demand.
(B) Form for Producing Electronically Stored Information Not Specified.
(1) Avoiding Undue Burden or Expense; Sanctions. A party or attorney If a subpoena does not specify a form for producing electronically stored
responsible for issuing and serving a subpoena must take reasonable steps information, the person responding must produce it in a form or forms in
to avoid imposing undue burden or expense on a person subject to the which it is ordinarily maintained or in a reasonably usable form or forms.
subpoena. The court for the district where compliance is required must (C) Electronically Stored Information Produced in Only One Form. The
enforce this duty and impose an appropriate sanction—which may include person responding need not produce the same electronically stored
lost earnings and reasonable attorney’s fees—on a party or attorney who information in more than one form.
fails to comply. (D) Inaccessible Electronically Stored Information. The person
responding need not provide discovery of electronically stored information
(2) Command to Produce Materials or Permit Inspection. from sources that the person identifies as not reasonably accessible because
(A) Appearance Not Required. A person commanded to produce of undue burden or cost. On motion to compel discovery or for a protective
documents, electronically stored information, or tangible things, or to order, the person responding must show that the information is not
permit the inspection of premises, need not appear in person at the place of reasonably accessible because of undue burden or cost. If that showing is
production or inspection unless also commanded to appear for a deposition, made, the court may nonetheless order discovery from such sources if the
hearing, or trial. requesting party shows good cause, considering the limitations of Rule
(B) Objections. A person commanded to produce documents or tangible 26(b)(2)(C). The court may specify conditions for the discovery.
things or to permit inspection may serve on the party or attorney designated
in the subpoena a written objection to inspecting, copying, testing, or (2) Claiming Privilege or Protection.
sampling any or all of the materials or to inspecting the premises—or to (A) Information Withheld. A person withholding subpoenaed information
producing electronically stored information in the form or forms requested. under a claim that it is privileged or subject to protection as trial-preparation
The objection must be served before the earlier of the time specified for material must:
compliance or 14 days after the subpoena is served. If an objection is made, (i) expressly make the claim; and
the following rules apply: (ii) describe the nature of the withheld documents, communications, or
(i) At any time, on notice to the commanded person, the serving party tangible things in a manner that, without revealing information itself
may move the court for the district where compliance is required for an privileged or protected, will enable the parties to assess the claim.
order compelling production or inspection. (B) Information Produced. If information produced in response to a
(ii) These acts may be required only as directed in the order, and the subpoena is subject to a claim of privilege or of protection as
order must protect a person who is neither a party nor a party’s officer from trial-preparation material, the person making the claim may notify any party
significant expense resulting from compliance. that received the information of the claim and the basis for it. After being
notified, a party must promptly return, sequester, or destroy the specified
(3) Quashing or Modifying a Subpoena. information and any copies it has; must not use or disclose the information
(A) When Required. On timely motion, the court for the district where until the claim is resolved; must take reasonable steps to retrieve the
compliance is required must quash or modify a subpoena that: information if the party disclosed it before being notified; and may promptly
(i) fails to allow a reasonable time to comply; present the information under seal to the court for the district where
(ii) requires a person to comply beyond the geographical limits compliance is required for a determination of the claim. The person who
specified in Rule 45(c); produced the information must preserve the information until the claim is
(iii) requires disclosure of privileged or other protected matter, if no resolved.
exception or waiver applies; or
(iv) subjects a person to undue burden. (g) Contempt.
(B) When Permitted. To protect a person subject to or affected by a The court for the district where compliance is required—and also, after a
subpoena, the court for the district where compliance is required may, on motion is transferred, the issuing court—may hold in contempt a person
motion, quash or modify the subpoena if it requires: who, having been served, fails without adequate excuse to obey the
(i) disclosing a trade secret or other confidential research, subpoena or an order related to it.
development, or commercial information; or
For access to subpoena materials, see Fed. R. Civ. P. 45(a) Committee Note (2013).
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MARYLAND
GREENBELT DIVISION
Plaintiffs,
Case No. 8:17-cv-01596
v.
Defendant.
DEFINITIONS
whether formal or informal, between two or more Persons, together with modifications or
amendments thereto.
to bring within the scope of these Requests All information that might otherwise be construed to
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5. “Communications” is used in the broadest sense possible and means every manner
written, electronically (including e-mail, voicemail, voicemail which is delivered by email, text
messages, tweet, direct messages, instant messaging, other social media communication, and/or
any other form of electronic correspondence or exchange), by Document, mail, personal delivery,
face-to-face meeting, or otherwise. All such communications in writing shall include, without
7. “Document(s)” means written, recorded, and graphic material of every kind and
photographs, sound recordings, video recordings, images, and other data and data compilations—
stored in any medium from which information can be obtained either directly or, if necessary, after
translation by You into a reasonably usable form. A draft or non-identical copy is a separate
document within the meaning of this term. Document(s) includes the labels or metadata associated
9. “Electronically Stored Information,” or “ESI” means the complete original and any
non-identical copy (whether different from the original because of notations, different metadata,
or otherwise) of any electronically created or stored information, including but not limited to e-
mail, instant messaging, videoconferencing, SMS, MMS, or other text messaging, and other
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presentation files, video recordings, and sound recordings, regardless of how or where the
10. “Emoluments Clauses” means the language in U.S. Const. art. I, § 9, cl. 8
prohibiting any “Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust” from accepting “any present,
Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State,” absent
“the Consent of the Congress” and the language in U.S. Const. art. II, § 1, cl. 7 prohibiting the
President from “receiv[ing] within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or
any of them.”
Washington v. Trump, 17-cv-458 (S.D.N.Y.); District of Columbia & Maryland v. Trump, 8:17-
cv-01596 (D. Md.); Blumenthal v. Trump, 17-cv-1154 (D.D.C.), and any other existing or future
lawsuits alleging that President Donald J. Trump has violated the Emoluments Clauses.
12. “Financial Interest” means (i) direct or indirect ownership of an interest and/or (ii)
United States and any federal, state, or local government in the United States, including each
government’s present and former agencies, branches, units, divisions, subdivisions, districts,
entities, entities in which the government has a Financial Interest, agents, assignees,
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15. “Lease” means Lease Number GS-LS-116-1307, that certain Ground Lease dated
as of August 5, 2013, by and between the United States of America, acting by and through the
Administrator of General Services, as landlord, and Trump Old Post Office LLC, as tenant.
16. “Payment” includes both direct and indirect payments, including those payments
that are passed through a management company, other entity from which You receive payments,
17. “Person(s)” includes without limitation any natural person, entity, individual or
estate.
18. “Trump Trust” refers to any trust or other instrument to which Donald J. Trump has
been a beneficiary or potential beneficiary at any time since January 20, 2017.
19. “You” and “Your” mean the recipient of these requests and shall include All entities
in which You have a Financial Interest, direct and indirect parents, predecessors in interest,
affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, predecessors, successors, and assignees, the present and former
officers, directors, employees, attorneys, agents, and representatives of any of the above, and each
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
1. In responding to these Requests, You are to furnish All available information, including
information in the possession, custody, or control of Your agents and All Persons acting on Your
behalf. This includes Documents presently in the possession, custody or control of Your
attorney(s) or their investigators or any third party or parties to whom You have surrendered
possession, custody or control, or who are acting on Your behalf, or who have otherwise obtained
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possession, custody or control, or who, upon Your request, would surrender possession, custody
or control to You.
2. If any responsive Document was, but no longer is, in Your possession, custody or
control, produce a description of each such Document. The description shall include the following:
(a) the name of each author, sender, creator, and initiator of such Document;
(b) the name of each recipient, addressee, or party for whom such Document was
intended;
otherwise disposed of, and the date and manner of the disposal.
(including but not limited to work product, deliberative process, joint defense, or common interest
protections) for any Document, You shall provide the following information with respect to each
such Document:
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e. such other information as is sufficient to identify the Document for a subpoena
duces tecum, including, where appropriate, the name and title of the author of the
document, the name and title of any recipient, and identification of anyone
Provide the information requested in this instruction in a searchable and sortable electronic
format and with sufficient specificity to enable the undersigned counsel and the Court to assess
All additional or different Documents or information responsive to these Requests, which You
discover, receive, or generate between the time of the original production and trial.
5. All Documents and/or other data which relate to the subject matter of this case or
these requests must be preserved. Any destruction involving such Documents must cease, even if
it is Your normal or routine course of business to delete or destroy such Documents or data and
even if You believe such Documents or data are privileged or otherwise need not be produced.
7. Unless otherwise stated, the relevant time period for All requests are for Documents
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DOCUMENTS SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SUBPOENA
Documents sufficient to show Donald J. Trump’s or Trump Trust’s current, historic, and
future Financial Interest in the Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C. (“Trump International
Hotel”) and BLT Prime by David Burke Washington, D.C. (“BLT Prime”).
All Documents Concerning Your (and the Trump International Hotel’s and BLT Prime’s)
finances, including (i) profit and loss and revenue statements, projections, and estimates, charts of
accounts, and annual plans; (ii) tax Documents including income tax returns; (iii) budget plans,
summaries, and reports; and (iv) the anticipated and actual impact of the 2016 Presidential election
Documents, including organizational charts, sufficient to identify the names, positions, and
job descriptions of All Your employees and agents with responsibilities for management, sales,
promotions, and marketing of the Trump International Hotel or BLT Prime, including the hotel
All Documents and Communications from any time period Concerning draft and final
versions of any Agreements with the United States of America, acting by and through the General
Services Administration (“GSA”), concerning the Trump International Hotel, including any lease
Agreements and amendments, codicils, exhibits, or appendices thereto, as well as All Documents
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REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 6:
All Documents Concerning Communications with the GSA regarding the Trump
All Documents showing any Payments by any Foreign or Domestic Government to the
Trump International Hotel or BLT Prime, including: (i) credit card billing receipts and records, (ii)
summaries or ledgers, (iii) reports, (iv) spreadsheets, (v) emails or correspondence, and (vi)
contracts or agreements.
entities or government personnel, including (i) marketing and sales team meeting minutes; (ii)
sales plans, sales and marketing plans, business plans, strategies, summaries, reports,
presentations, guidelines, and rules; (iii) those that concern the impact of the 2016 Presidential
election on marketing efforts and strategies; (iv) direct mail, email, social media, or other
promotional, marketing, and sales materials, including the identity and address of any recipients
of such materials; (v) marketing and sales tracking programs or systems used for identifying
potential clients and leads; and (vi) those identifying different customer market segments,
customers.
Documents sufficient to identify All hotel guests, restaurant and catering customers, room
service patrons, and renters of event space at the Trump International Hotel or BLT Prime who at
the time represented or were employed by any Foreign or Domestic Government, where “identify”
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means disclose: (i) the name and address of each hotel guest, restaurant guest, and renter of event
space; (ii) the amounts paid by each (and whether a Foreign or Domestic Government was the
source of any Payments) for hotel rooms, catering, event space, or other services; (iii) the period
and terms of any such Payments; and (iv) the complete account files for each, including notes,
other Persons who have booked hotel rooms, catering, meetings, and/or event space at the Trump
International Hotel or BLT Prime for use by any Foreign or Domestic Government, including with
respect to each such Person or entity: (a) the name, address, email address, website, and phone
number of each; (b) for each entity identified pursuant to (a) of this Request, the name, address,
email address, and phone number of a principal contact for that entity; and (c) the business that the
Documents sufficient to identify All bonuses paid to Trump International Hotel or BLT
Prime employees as a reward for or in recognition of generating new business from Foreign or
Domestic Governments.
Documents sufficient to identify All projected, historical, or current room rates at the
Trump International Hotel, where “room rates” include All categories of rates such as rack rates,
Documents sufficient to identify All projected, historical, or current rental rates for meeting
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REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 14:
Documents sufficient to identify All projected, historical, or current rates and prices for
food, catering, and other services at the Trump International Hotel or BLT Prime.
All Documents Concerning the Trump International Hotel’s or BLT Prime’s competitors
and competition, including the geographic scope of competition and the identification of
competitive sets, and including All Documents comparing the Trump International Hotel with
other hotels, such as Smith Travel Research (STAR or STR) monthly reports.
Documents sufficient to identify All services and amenities available at the Trump
Documents sufficient to identify All Businesses doing business in the Washington D.C.
metropolitan area in which Donald J. Trump or Trump Trust has a Financial Interest, where
“identify” means to disclose (i) the name, place of incorporation, and headquarters address of each
Business; (ii) the name of each Business owner and each ownership interest by value and
percentage; and (iii) each Business’s articles of incorporation, operating Agreements, management
All Documents Concerning Your policies or practices with respect to the storage, location,
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Requests, and if such policies or practices have changed over time, Documents sufficient to
All Documents Concerning litigation holds issued as a result of the Emoluments Litigation,
Documents sufficient to identify the payor and/or source of the Payment in the amount of
$151,470 from The Trump Corporation to the U.S. Treasury dated February 21, 2018, as well as
any other Payments made to the U.S. Treasury that purport to reflect profits and/or revenues
received by Donald J. Trump from Foreign or Domestic Governments (excluding payments made
of the Payment in the amount of $151,470 to the U.S. Treasury dated February 21, 2018, as well
as any other Payments made to the U.S. Treasury that purport to reflect profits and/or revenues
received by Donald J. Trump from Foreign or Domestic Governments (excluding payments made
All Communications regarding the Payment in the amount of $151,470 to the U.S.
Treasury dated February 21, 2018, as well as any other Payments made to the U.S. Treasury that
purport to reflect profits and/or revenues received by Donald J. Trump from Foreign or Domestic
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Date: December 4, 2018
DEEPAK GUPTA*
[email protected]
DANIEL TOWNSEND*
Gupta Wessler PLLC
1900 L Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20009
T: (202) 888-1741
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APPENDIX TO DOCUMENT REQUESTS REGARDING FORM OF PRODUCTION
1. All hard copy paper documents should be produced as TIFF image files (black-and-
white) and as JPEG image files (color) in electronic form. Each filename must be
unique and match the Bates number of the page. The filename should not contain any
blank spaces and should be zero padded (for example ABC0000001).
2. Each delivery should be accompanied by an image cross reference file that contains
document breaks.
3. A delimited text file that contains available fielded data should also be included, at a
minimum including Beginning Bates Number, Ending Bates Number, Custodian and
Number of pages, as well as link to OCR text if any (see below). The following
delimiters should be used:
b. Quote (ASCII:0254)
4. To the extent that documents have been run through an Optical Character Recognition
(OCR) software in the course of reviewing the documents for production, full text
should also be delivered for each document. Text should be delivered on a document
level in an appropriately formatted text file (.txt) that is named to match the first bates
number of the document.
5. A text cross reference load file should also be included with the production delivery
that lists the beginning Bates number of the document and the relative path of the text
file for that document on the production media.
6. The TIFF images should be produced as single-page Group IV TIFF format at 300
dpi with an Opticon image load file. The Opticon image load file should contain the
BEGBATES value for each corresponding document and appropriate path or folder
information to the corresponding images that comprise each document. Each TIFF or
JPEG image should be individually Bates numbered. The Bates number must not
obliterate, conceal, or interfere with any information on the produced document.
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B. All Electronic Documents
1. All electronic documents should be produced in such fashion as to identify the location
(i.e. the network file folder, hard drive, backup-tape or other location) where the
documents are stored and, where applicable, the natural person in whose possession
they were found (or on whose hardware device they reside or are stored). If the storage
location was a file share or work group folder, that should be specified as well.
4. For Documents that are produced from electronic format, the full extracted text will
be provided by a link in the main (.DAT) load file. The following extracted data and
metadata fields shall to be provided in the load file:
a. Begbates
b. Endbates
c. Group Identifier 1
d. Custodian
g. Document Type
h. Confidentiality Designation
j. To (for emails)
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The Group Identifier should contain the Begbates value of an attachment’s parent document.
The Group Identifier for a parent document is equal to the Begbates for the parent document.
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l. Cc (for emails)
p. Time Offset Value (indicate which time zone the data is set to when
processed)
s. Link to Extracted Text (body of email for email, extracted text of document
for edocs and attachments)
x. Page Count
aa. Has Hidden Data: Yes or blank (Hidden data refers not only to Excel files with
hidden columbs, rows, spreadsheets, etc., but also PowerPoint files in which comments
or other fields may be hidden)
5. Extracted full text (not OCR text) should be delivered for each electronic document.
The extracted full text should be delivered on a document level according to the
specifications above similar to paper documents.
6. Social Media and Web Content. Social media and other web content shall be
produced as Group IV TIFF images with associated metadata load files. The parties
will further confer regarding the specific web pages and available metadata.
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C. Production of Structured Data
Databases or structured data should be produced in a mutually agreeable data exchange format.
To the extent a response to discovery requires production of discoverable electronic
information contained in a database, the producing party will make available a data dictionary or
equivalent information identifying the specific fields included in its database and what sort of
information is stored in each field, so that the parties may meet and confer regarding which
data elements will be extracted for production. Ultimately, production should be in an
exportable electronic file (e.g., Excel or CSV format).
D. Non-Substantive Files
System and program files defined on the National Institute of Standards and Technology
(“NIST”) list need not be processed, reviewed or produced.
E. Color
For files not produced in their native format, if an original document contains color, the
producing party may produce black and white image(s). At the request of the receiving party,
the parties shall meet and confer regarding production of color image(s) for specific
documents.
F. Bates Numbering
1. Document Images. Each page of a produced Document shall have a unique page
identifier (“Bates Number”) electronically “burned” onto the image at a location that
does not unreasonably conceal or interfere with any information from the source
document. Any confidentiality legend shall be “burned” onto each document’s image
at a location that does not unreasonably obscure any information from the source
document. Redacted documents will be so identified by electronically “burning” the
legend “Redacted” onto each document’s image at a location that does not
unreasonably obscure any information from the source document.
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G. Production Media
Documents shall be produced by SFTP site or on CD-ROM, DVD, external hard drive (with
standard PC compatible interface), or such other readily accessible computer or electronic
media as the parties may hereafter agree upon (the “Production Media”). Each item of
Production Media shall include: (1) its own unique name and a consistent naming convention;
(2) text referencing that it was produced in the Litigation; and (3) the Bates range contained on
such Production Media item.
H. Attachments
Email attachments and embedded files or links must be mapped to their parent by the
Document or Production number. If attachments and embedded files are combined with their
parent documents, “BeginDoc” and “EndDoc” fields listing the unique beginning and ending
number for each document and “BeginAttach” and “EndAttach” fields listing the begin and
end of the entire document family must be included.
I. Embedded Objects
Objects embedded in Microsoft Word and .RTF documents, which have been embedded with
the “Display as Icon” feature, will be extracted as separate documents and treated like
attachments to the document. Other objects embedded in documents shall be produced as
native files.
J. Compressed Files
Compression file types (i.e., .CAB, .GZ, .TAR, .Z, .ZIP) shall be decompressed in a reiterative
manner to ensure that a zip within a zip is decompressed into the lowest possible compression
resulting in individual folders and/or files.
K. Production Problems
Documents that present imaging or format production problems shall be promptly identified
and disclosed to the requesting party; the parties shall then meet and confer to attempt to
resolve the problems.
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AO 88B (Rev. 02/14) Subpoena to Produce Documents, Information, or Objects or to Permit Inspection of Premises in a Civil Action
To: OPO Hotel Manager Member Corp. c/o National Registered Agents, Inc.;
160 Greentree Dr., Suite 101, Dover, DE 19904
(Name of person to whom this subpoena is directed)
✔
O Production: YOU ARE COMMANDED to produce at the time, date, and place set forth below the following
documents, electronically stored information, or objects, and to permit inspection, copying, testing, or sampling of
the material: See Attachment A
Place: Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC Date and Time:
Three Logan Square, 1717 Arch Street, Suite 3610 January 3, 2019, 9:00 AM
Philadelphia, PA 19103
O Inspection of Premises: YOU ARE COMMANDED to permit entry onto the designated premises, land, or
other property possessed or controlled by you at the time, date, and location set forth below, so that the requesting party
may inspect, measure, survey, photograph, test, or sample the property or any designated object or operation on it.
The following provisions of Fed. R. Civ. P. 45 are attached – Rule 45(c), relating to the place of compliance;
Rule 45(d), relating to your protection as a person subject to a subpoena; and Rule 45(e) and (g), relating to your duty to
respond to this subpoena and the potential consequences of not doing so.
Date: 12/4/2018
CLERK OF COURT
OR
The name, address, e-mail address, and telephone number of the attorney representing (name of party)
The District of Columbia and the State of Maryland , who issues or requests this subpoena, are:
Stephanie Litos; 441 4th St. NW, Ste. 630 S, Washington, DC 20001; [email protected]; 202-724-6650
Leah Tulin; 200 St. Paul Place, 20th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202; [email protected]; 410-576-6962
PROOF OF SERVICE
(This section should not be filed with the court unless required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 45.)
on (date) ; or
Unless the subpoena was issued on behalf of the United States, or one of its officers or agents, I have also
tendered to the witness the fees for one day’s attendance, and the mileage allowed by law, in the amount of
$ .
My fees are $ for travel and $ for services, for a total of $ 0.00 .
Date:
Server’s signature
Server’s address
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 45 (c), (d), (e), and (g) (Effective 12/1/13)
(c) Place of Compliance. (ii) disclosing an unretained expert’s opinion or information that does
not describe specific occurrences in dispute and results from the expert’s
(1) For a Trial, Hearing, or Deposition. A subpoena may command a study that was not requested by a party.
person to attend a trial, hearing, or deposition only as follows: (C) Specifying Conditions as an Alternative. In the circumstances
(A) within 100 miles of where the person resides, is employed, or described in Rule 45(d)(3)(B), the court may, instead of quashing or
regularly transacts business in person; or modifying a subpoena, order appearance or production under specified
(B) within the state where the person resides, is employed, or regularly conditions if the serving party:
transacts business in person, if the person (i) shows a substantial need for the testimony or material that cannot be
(i) is a party or a party’s officer; or otherwise met without undue hardship; and
(ii) is commanded to attend a trial and would not incur substantial (ii) ensures that the subpoenaed person will be reasonably compensated.
expense.
(e) Duties in Responding to a Subpoena.
(2) For Other Discovery. A subpoena may command:
(A) production of documents, electronically stored information, or (1) Producing Documents or Electronically Stored Information. These
tangible things at a place within 100 miles of where the person resides, is procedures apply to producing documents or electronically stored
employed, or regularly transacts business in person; and information:
(B) inspection of premises at the premises to be inspected. (A) Documents. A person responding to a subpoena to produce documents
must produce them as they are kept in the ordinary course of business or
(d) Protecting a Person Subject to a Subpoena; Enforcement. must organize and label them to correspond to the categories in the demand.
(B) Form for Producing Electronically Stored Information Not Specified.
(1) Avoiding Undue Burden or Expense; Sanctions. A party or attorney If a subpoena does not specify a form for producing electronically stored
responsible for issuing and serving a subpoena must take reasonable steps information, the person responding must produce it in a form or forms in
to avoid imposing undue burden or expense on a person subject to the which it is ordinarily maintained or in a reasonably usable form or forms.
subpoena. The court for the district where compliance is required must (C) Electronically Stored Information Produced in Only One Form. The
enforce this duty and impose an appropriate sanction—which may include person responding need not produce the same electronically stored
lost earnings and reasonable attorney’s fees—on a party or attorney who information in more than one form.
fails to comply. (D) Inaccessible Electronically Stored Information. The person
responding need not provide discovery of electronically stored information
(2) Command to Produce Materials or Permit Inspection. from sources that the person identifies as not reasonably accessible because
(A) Appearance Not Required. A person commanded to produce of undue burden or cost. On motion to compel discovery or for a protective
documents, electronically stored information, or tangible things, or to order, the person responding must show that the information is not
permit the inspection of premises, need not appear in person at the place of reasonably accessible because of undue burden or cost. If that showing is
production or inspection unless also commanded to appear for a deposition, made, the court may nonetheless order discovery from such sources if the
hearing, or trial. requesting party shows good cause, considering the limitations of Rule
(B) Objections. A person commanded to produce documents or tangible 26(b)(2)(C). The court may specify conditions for the discovery.
things or to permit inspection may serve on the party or attorney designated
in the subpoena a written objection to inspecting, copying, testing, or (2) Claiming Privilege or Protection.
sampling any or all of the materials or to inspecting the premises—or to (A) Information Withheld. A person withholding subpoenaed information
producing electronically stored information in the form or forms requested. under a claim that it is privileged or subject to protection as trial-preparation
The objection must be served before the earlier of the time specified for material must:
compliance or 14 days after the subpoena is served. If an objection is made, (i) expressly make the claim; and
the following rules apply: (ii) describe the nature of the withheld documents, communications, or
(i) At any time, on notice to the commanded person, the serving party tangible things in a manner that, without revealing information itself
may move the court for the district where compliance is required for an privileged or protected, will enable the parties to assess the claim.
order compelling production or inspection. (B) Information Produced. If information produced in response to a
(ii) These acts may be required only as directed in the order, and the subpoena is subject to a claim of privilege or of protection as
order must protect a person who is neither a party nor a party’s officer from trial-preparation material, the person making the claim may notify any party
significant expense resulting from compliance. that received the information of the claim and the basis for it. After being
notified, a party must promptly return, sequester, or destroy the specified
(3) Quashing or Modifying a Subpoena. information and any copies it has; must not use or disclose the information
(A) When Required. On timely motion, the court for the district where until the claim is resolved; must take reasonable steps to retrieve the
compliance is required must quash or modify a subpoena that: information if the party disclosed it before being notified; and may promptly
(i) fails to allow a reasonable time to comply; present the information under seal to the court for the district where
(ii) requires a person to comply beyond the geographical limits compliance is required for a determination of the claim. The person who
specified in Rule 45(c); produced the information must preserve the information until the claim is
(iii) requires disclosure of privileged or other protected matter, if no resolved.
exception or waiver applies; or
(iv) subjects a person to undue burden. (g) Contempt.
(B) When Permitted. To protect a person subject to or affected by a The court for the district where compliance is required—and also, after a
subpoena, the court for the district where compliance is required may, on motion is transferred, the issuing court—may hold in contempt a person
motion, quash or modify the subpoena if it requires: who, having been served, fails without adequate excuse to obey the
(i) disclosing a trade secret or other confidential research, subpoena or an order related to it.
development, or commercial information; or
For access to subpoena materials, see Fed. R. Civ. P. 45(a) Committee Note (2013).
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MARYLAND
GREENBELT DIVISION
Plaintiffs,
Case No. 8:17-cv-01596
v.
Defendant.
DEFINITIONS
whether formal or informal, between two or more Persons, together with modifications or
amendments thereto.
to bring within the scope of these Requests All information that might otherwise be construed to
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5. “Communications” is used in the broadest sense possible and means every manner
written, electronically (including e-mail, voicemail, voicemail which is delivered by email, text
messages, tweet, direct messages, instant messaging, other social media communication, and/or
any other form of electronic correspondence or exchange), by Document, mail, personal delivery,
face-to-face meeting, or otherwise. All such communications in writing shall include, without
7. “Document(s)” means written, recorded, and graphic material of every kind and
photographs, sound recordings, video recordings, images, and other data and data compilations—
stored in any medium from which information can be obtained either directly or, if necessary, after
translation by You into a reasonably usable form. A draft or non-identical copy is a separate
document within the meaning of this term. Document(s) includes the labels or metadata associated
9. “Electronically Stored Information,” or “ESI” means the complete original and any
non-identical copy (whether different from the original because of notations, different metadata,
or otherwise) of any electronically created or stored information, including but not limited to e-
mail, instant messaging, videoconferencing, SMS, MMS, or other text messaging, and other
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presentation files, video recordings, and sound recordings, regardless of how or where the
10. “Emoluments Clauses” means the language in U.S. Const. art. I, § 9, cl. 8
prohibiting any “Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust” from accepting “any present,
Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State,” absent
“the Consent of the Congress” and the language in U.S. Const. art. II, § 1, cl. 7 prohibiting the
President from “receiv[ing] within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or
any of them.”
Washington v. Trump, 17-cv-458 (S.D.N.Y.); District of Columbia & Maryland v. Trump, 8:17-
cv-01596 (D. Md.); Blumenthal v. Trump, 17-cv-1154 (D.D.C.), and any other existing or future
lawsuits alleging that President Donald J. Trump has violated the Emoluments Clauses.
12. “Financial Interest” means (i) direct or indirect ownership of an interest and/or (ii)
United States and any federal, state, or local government in the United States, including each
government’s present and former agencies, branches, units, divisions, subdivisions, districts,
entities, entities in which the government has a Financial Interest, agents, assignees,
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15. “Lease” means Lease Number GS-LS-116-1307, that certain Ground Lease dated
as of August 5, 2013, by and between the United States of America, acting by and through the
Administrator of General Services, as landlord, and Trump Old Post Office LLC, as tenant.
16. “Payment” includes both direct and indirect payments, including those payments
that are passed through a management company, other entity from which You receive payments,
17. “Person(s)” includes without limitation any natural person, entity, individual or
estate.
18. “Trump Trust” refers to any trust or other instrument to which Donald J. Trump has
been a beneficiary or potential beneficiary at any time since January 20, 2017.
19. “You” and “Your” mean the recipient of these requests and shall include All entities
in which You have a Financial Interest, direct and indirect parents, predecessors in interest,
affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, predecessors, successors, and assignees, the present and former
officers, directors, employees, attorneys, agents, and representatives of any of the above, and each
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
1. In responding to these Requests, You are to furnish All available information, including
information in the possession, custody, or control of Your agents and All Persons acting on Your
behalf. This includes Documents presently in the possession, custody or control of Your
attorney(s) or their investigators or any third party or parties to whom You have surrendered
possession, custody or control, or who are acting on Your behalf, or who have otherwise obtained
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possession, custody or control, or who, upon Your request, would surrender possession, custody
or control to You.
2. If any responsive Document was, but no longer is, in Your possession, custody or
control, produce a description of each such Document. The description shall include the following:
(a) the name of each author, sender, creator, and initiator of such Document;
(b) the name of each recipient, addressee, or party for whom such Document was
intended;
otherwise disposed of, and the date and manner of the disposal.
(including but not limited to work product, deliberative process, joint defense, or common interest
protections) for any Document, You shall provide the following information with respect to each
such Document:
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e. such other information as is sufficient to identify the Document for a subpoena
duces tecum, including, where appropriate, the name and title of the author of the
document, the name and title of any recipient, and identification of anyone
Provide the information requested in this instruction in a searchable and sortable electronic
format and with sufficient specificity to enable the undersigned counsel and the Court to assess
All additional or different Documents or information responsive to these Requests, which You
discover, receive, or generate between the time of the original production and trial.
5. All Documents and/or other data which relate to the subject matter of this case or
these requests must be preserved. Any destruction involving such Documents must cease, even if
it is Your normal or routine course of business to delete or destroy such Documents or data and
even if You believe such Documents or data are privileged or otherwise need not be produced.
7. Unless otherwise stated, the relevant time period for All requests are for Documents
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DOCUMENTS SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SUBPOENA
Documents sufficient to show Donald J. Trump’s or Trump Trust’s current, historic, and
future Financial Interest in the Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C. (“Trump International
Hotel”) and BLT Prime by David Burke Washington, D.C. (“BLT Prime”).
All Documents Concerning Your (and the Trump International Hotel’s and BLT Prime’s)
finances, including (i) profit and loss and revenue statements, projections, and estimates, charts of
accounts, and annual plans; (ii) tax Documents including income tax returns; (iii) budget plans,
summaries, and reports; and (iv) the anticipated and actual impact of the 2016 Presidential election
Documents, including organizational charts, sufficient to identify the names, positions, and
job descriptions of All Your employees and agents with responsibilities for management, sales,
promotions, and marketing of the Trump International Hotel or BLT Prime, including the hotel
All Documents and Communications from any time period Concerning draft and final
versions of any Agreements with the United States of America, acting by and through the General
Services Administration (“GSA”), concerning the Trump International Hotel, including any lease
Agreements and amendments, codicils, exhibits, or appendices thereto, as well as All Documents
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REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 6:
All Documents Concerning Communications with the GSA regarding the Trump
All Documents showing any Payments by any Foreign or Domestic Government to the
Trump International Hotel or BLT Prime, including: (i) credit card billing receipts and records, (ii)
summaries or ledgers, (iii) reports, (iv) spreadsheets, (v) emails or correspondence, and (vi)
contracts or agreements.
entities or government personnel, including (i) marketing and sales team meeting minutes; (ii)
sales plans, sales and marketing plans, business plans, strategies, summaries, reports,
presentations, guidelines, and rules; (iii) those that concern the impact of the 2016 Presidential
election on marketing efforts and strategies; (iv) direct mail, email, social media, or other
promotional, marketing, and sales materials, including the identity and address of any recipients
of such materials; (v) marketing and sales tracking programs or systems used for identifying
potential clients and leads; and (vi) those identifying different customer market segments,
customers.
Documents sufficient to identify All hotel guests, restaurant and catering customers, room
service patrons, and renters of event space at the Trump International Hotel or BLT Prime who at
the time represented or were employed by any Foreign or Domestic Government, where “identify”
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means disclose: (i) the name and address of each hotel guest, restaurant guest, and renter of event
space; (ii) the amounts paid by each (and whether a Foreign or Domestic Government was the
source of any Payments) for hotel rooms, catering, event space, or other services; (iii) the period
and terms of any such Payments; and (iv) the complete account files for each, including notes,
other Persons who have booked hotel rooms, catering, meetings, and/or event space at the Trump
International Hotel or BLT Prime for use by any Foreign or Domestic Government, including with
respect to each such Person or entity: (a) the name, address, email address, website, and phone
number of each; (b) for each entity identified pursuant to (a) of this Request, the name, address,
email address, and phone number of a principal contact for that entity; and (c) the business that the
Documents sufficient to identify All bonuses paid to Trump International Hotel or BLT
Prime employees as a reward for or in recognition of generating new business from Foreign or
Domestic Governments.
Documents sufficient to identify All projected, historical, or current room rates at the
Trump International Hotel, where “room rates” include All categories of rates such as rack rates,
Documents sufficient to identify All projected, historical, or current rental rates for meeting
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REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 14:
Documents sufficient to identify All projected, historical, or current rates and prices for
food, catering, and other services at the Trump International Hotel or BLT Prime.
All Documents Concerning the Trump International Hotel’s or BLT Prime’s competitors
and competition, including the geographic scope of competition and the identification of
competitive sets, and including All Documents comparing the Trump International Hotel with
other hotels, such as Smith Travel Research (STAR or STR) monthly reports.
Documents sufficient to identify All services and amenities available at the Trump
Documents sufficient to identify All Businesses doing business in the Washington D.C.
metropolitan area in which Donald J. Trump or Trump Trust has a Financial Interest, where
“identify” means to disclose (i) the name, place of incorporation, and headquarters address of each
Business; (ii) the name of each Business owner and each ownership interest by value and
percentage; and (iii) each Business’s articles of incorporation, operating Agreements, management
All Documents Concerning Your policies or practices with respect to the storage, location,
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Requests, and if such policies or practices have changed over time, Documents sufficient to
All Documents Concerning litigation holds issued as a result of the Emoluments Litigation,
Documents sufficient to identify the payor and/or source of the Payment in the amount of
$151,470 from The Trump Corporation to the U.S. Treasury dated February 21, 2018, as well as
any other Payments made to the U.S. Treasury that purport to reflect profits and/or revenues
received by Donald J. Trump from Foreign or Domestic Governments (excluding payments made
of the Payment in the amount of $151,470 to the U.S. Treasury dated February 21, 2018, as well
as any other Payments made to the U.S. Treasury that purport to reflect profits and/or revenues
received by Donald J. Trump from Foreign or Domestic Governments (excluding payments made
All Communications regarding the Payment in the amount of $151,470 to the U.S.
Treasury dated February 21, 2018, as well as any other Payments made to the U.S. Treasury that
purport to reflect profits and/or revenues received by Donald J. Trump from Foreign or Domestic
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Date: December 4, 2018
DEEPAK GUPTA*
[email protected]
DANIEL TOWNSEND*
Gupta Wessler PLLC
1900 L Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20009
T: (202) 888-1741
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APPENDIX TO DOCUMENT REQUESTS REGARDING FORM OF PRODUCTION
1. All hard copy paper documents should be produced as TIFF image files (black-and-
white) and as JPEG image files (color) in electronic form. Each filename must be
unique and match the Bates number of the page. The filename should not contain any
blank spaces and should be zero padded (for example ABC0000001).
2. Each delivery should be accompanied by an image cross reference file that contains
document breaks.
3. A delimited text file that contains available fielded data should also be included, at a
minimum including Beginning Bates Number, Ending Bates Number, Custodian and
Number of pages, as well as link to OCR text if any (see below). The following
delimiters should be used:
b. Quote (ASCII:0254)
4. To the extent that documents have been run through an Optical Character Recognition
(OCR) software in the course of reviewing the documents for production, full text
should also be delivered for each document. Text should be delivered on a document
level in an appropriately formatted text file (.txt) that is named to match the first bates
number of the document.
5. A text cross reference load file should also be included with the production delivery
that lists the beginning Bates number of the document and the relative path of the text
file for that document on the production media.
6. The TIFF images should be produced as single-page Group IV TIFF format at 300
dpi with an Opticon image load file. The Opticon image load file should contain the
BEGBATES value for each corresponding document and appropriate path or folder
information to the corresponding images that comprise each document. Each TIFF or
JPEG image should be individually Bates numbered. The Bates number must not
obliterate, conceal, or interfere with any information on the produced document.
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B. All Electronic Documents
1. All electronic documents should be produced in such fashion as to identify the location
(i.e. the network file folder, hard drive, backup-tape or other location) where the
documents are stored and, where applicable, the natural person in whose possession
they were found (or on whose hardware device they reside or are stored). If the storage
location was a file share or work group folder, that should be specified as well.
4. For Documents that are produced from electronic format, the full extracted text will
be provided by a link in the main (.DAT) load file. The following extracted data and
metadata fields shall to be provided in the load file:
a. Begbates
b. Endbates
c. Group Identifier 1
d. Custodian
g. Document Type
h. Confidentiality Designation
j. To (for emails)
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The Group Identifier should contain the Begbates value of an attachment’s parent document.
The Group Identifier for a parent document is equal to the Begbates for the parent document.
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l. Cc (for emails)
p. Time Offset Value (indicate which time zone the data is set to when
processed)
s. Link to Extracted Text (body of email for email, extracted text of document
for edocs and attachments)
x. Page Count
aa. Has Hidden Data: Yes or blank (Hidden data refers not only to Excel files with
hidden columbs, rows, spreadsheets, etc., but also PowerPoint files in which comments
or other fields may be hidden)
5. Extracted full text (not OCR text) should be delivered for each electronic document.
The extracted full text should be delivered on a document level according to the
specifications above similar to paper documents.
6. Social Media and Web Content. Social media and other web content shall be
produced as Group IV TIFF images with associated metadata load files. The parties
will further confer regarding the specific web pages and available metadata.
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C. Production of Structured Data
Databases or structured data should be produced in a mutually agreeable data exchange format.
To the extent a response to discovery requires production of discoverable electronic
information contained in a database, the producing party will make available a data dictionary or
equivalent information identifying the specific fields included in its database and what sort of
information is stored in each field, so that the parties may meet and confer regarding which
data elements will be extracted for production. Ultimately, production should be in an
exportable electronic file (e.g., Excel or CSV format).
D. Non-Substantive Files
System and program files defined on the National Institute of Standards and Technology
(“NIST”) list need not be processed, reviewed or produced.
E. Color
For files not produced in their native format, if an original document contains color, the
producing party may produce black and white image(s). At the request of the receiving party,
the parties shall meet and confer regarding production of color image(s) for specific
documents.
F. Bates Numbering
1. Document Images. Each page of a produced Document shall have a unique page
identifier (“Bates Number”) electronically “burned” onto the image at a location that
does not unreasonably conceal or interfere with any information from the source
document. Any confidentiality legend shall be “burned” onto each document’s image
at a location that does not unreasonably obscure any information from the source
document. Redacted documents will be so identified by electronically “burning” the
legend “Redacted” onto each document’s image at a location that does not
unreasonably obscure any information from the source document.
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G. Production Media
Documents shall be produced by SFTP site or on CD-ROM, DVD, external hard drive (with
standard PC compatible interface), or such other readily accessible computer or electronic
media as the parties may hereafter agree upon (the “Production Media”). Each item of
Production Media shall include: (1) its own unique name and a consistent naming convention;
(2) text referencing that it was produced in the Litigation; and (3) the Bates range contained on
such Production Media item.
H. Attachments
Email attachments and embedded files or links must be mapped to their parent by the
Document or Production number. If attachments and embedded files are combined with their
parent documents, “BeginDoc” and “EndDoc” fields listing the unique beginning and ending
number for each document and “BeginAttach” and “EndAttach” fields listing the begin and
end of the entire document family must be included.
I. Embedded Objects
Objects embedded in Microsoft Word and .RTF documents, which have been embedded with
the “Display as Icon” feature, will be extracted as separate documents and treated like
attachments to the document. Other objects embedded in documents shall be produced as
native files.
J. Compressed Files
Compression file types (i.e., .CAB, .GZ, .TAR, .Z, .ZIP) shall be decompressed in a reiterative
manner to ensure that a zip within a zip is decompressed into the lowest possible compression
resulting in individual folders and/or files.
K. Production Problems
Documents that present imaging or format production problems shall be promptly identified
and disclosed to the requesting party; the parties shall then meet and confer to attempt to
resolve the problems.
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AO 88B (Rev. 02/14) Subpoena to Produce Documents, Information, or Objects or to Permit Inspection of Premises in a Civil Action
To: THC DC Restaurant Hospitality LLC c/o National Registered Agents, Inc.;
160 Greentree Dr., Suite 101, Dover, DE 19904
(Name of person to whom this subpoena is directed)
✔
O Production: YOU ARE COMMANDED to produce at the time, date, and place set forth below the following
documents, electronically stored information, or objects, and to permit inspection, copying, testing, or sampling of
the material: See Attachment A
Place: Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC Date and Time:
Three Logan Square, 1717 Arch Street, Suite 3610 January 3, 2019, 9:00 AM
Philadelphia, PA 19103
O Inspection of Premises: YOU ARE COMMANDED to permit entry onto the designated premises, land, or
other property possessed or controlled by you at the time, date, and location set forth below, so that the requesting party
may inspect, measure, survey, photograph, test, or sample the property or any designated object or operation on it.
The following provisions of Fed. R. Civ. P. 45 are attached – Rule 45(c), relating to the place of compliance;
Rule 45(d), relating to your protection as a person subject to a subpoena; and Rule 45(e) and (g), relating to your duty to
respond to this subpoena and the potential consequences of not doing so.
Date: 12/4/2018
CLERK OF COURT
OR
The name, address, e-mail address, and telephone number of the attorney representing (name of party)
The District of Columbia and the State of Maryland , who issues or requests this subpoena, are:
Stephanie Litos; 441 4th St. NW, Ste. 630 S, Washington, DC 20001; [email protected]; 202-724-6650
Leah Tulin; 200 St. Paul Place, 20th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202; [email protected]; 410-576-6962
PROOF OF SERVICE
(This section should not be filed with the court unless required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 45.)
on (date) ; or
Unless the subpoena was issued on behalf of the United States, or one of its officers or agents, I have also
tendered to the witness the fees for one day’s attendance, and the mileage allowed by law, in the amount of
$ .
My fees are $ for travel and $ for services, for a total of $ 0.00 .
Date:
Server’s signature
Server’s address
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 45 (c), (d), (e), and (g) (Effective 12/1/13)
(c) Place of Compliance. (ii) disclosing an unretained expert’s opinion or information that does
not describe specific occurrences in dispute and results from the expert’s
(1) For a Trial, Hearing, or Deposition. A subpoena may command a study that was not requested by a party.
person to attend a trial, hearing, or deposition only as follows: (C) Specifying Conditions as an Alternative. In the circumstances
(A) within 100 miles of where the person resides, is employed, or described in Rule 45(d)(3)(B), the court may, instead of quashing or
regularly transacts business in person; or modifying a subpoena, order appearance or production under specified
(B) within the state where the person resides, is employed, or regularly conditions if the serving party:
transacts business in person, if the person (i) shows a substantial need for the testimony or material that cannot be
(i) is a party or a party’s officer; or otherwise met without undue hardship; and
(ii) is commanded to attend a trial and would not incur substantial (ii) ensures that the subpoenaed person will be reasonably compensated.
expense.
(e) Duties in Responding to a Subpoena.
(2) For Other Discovery. A subpoena may command:
(A) production of documents, electronically stored information, or (1) Producing Documents or Electronically Stored Information. These
tangible things at a place within 100 miles of where the person resides, is procedures apply to producing documents or electronically stored
employed, or regularly transacts business in person; and information:
(B) inspection of premises at the premises to be inspected. (A) Documents. A person responding to a subpoena to produce documents
must produce them as they are kept in the ordinary course of business or
(d) Protecting a Person Subject to a Subpoena; Enforcement. must organize and label them to correspond to the categories in the demand.
(B) Form for Producing Electronically Stored Information Not Specified.
(1) Avoiding Undue Burden or Expense; Sanctions. A party or attorney If a subpoena does not specify a form for producing electronically stored
responsible for issuing and serving a subpoena must take reasonable steps information, the person responding must produce it in a form or forms in
to avoid imposing undue burden or expense on a person subject to the which it is ordinarily maintained or in a reasonably usable form or forms.
subpoena. The court for the district where compliance is required must (C) Electronically Stored Information Produced in Only One Form. The
enforce this duty and impose an appropriate sanction—which may include person responding need not produce the same electronically stored
lost earnings and reasonable attorney’s fees—on a party or attorney who information in more than one form.
fails to comply. (D) Inaccessible Electronically Stored Information. The person
responding need not provide discovery of electronically stored information
(2) Command to Produce Materials or Permit Inspection. from sources that the person identifies as not reasonably accessible because
(A) Appearance Not Required. A person commanded to produce of undue burden or cost. On motion to compel discovery or for a protective
documents, electronically stored information, or tangible things, or to order, the person responding must show that the information is not
permit the inspection of premises, need not appear in person at the place of reasonably accessible because of undue burden or cost. If that showing is
production or inspection unless also commanded to appear for a deposition, made, the court may nonetheless order discovery from such sources if the
hearing, or trial. requesting party shows good cause, considering the limitations of Rule
(B) Objections. A person commanded to produce documents or tangible 26(b)(2)(C). The court may specify conditions for the discovery.
things or to permit inspection may serve on the party or attorney designated
in the subpoena a written objection to inspecting, copying, testing, or (2) Claiming Privilege or Protection.
sampling any or all of the materials or to inspecting the premises—or to (A) Information Withheld. A person withholding subpoenaed information
producing electronically stored information in the form or forms requested. under a claim that it is privileged or subject to protection as trial-preparation
The objection must be served before the earlier of the time specified for material must:
compliance or 14 days after the subpoena is served. If an objection is made, (i) expressly make the claim; and
the following rules apply: (ii) describe the nature of the withheld documents, communications, or
(i) At any time, on notice to the commanded person, the serving party tangible things in a manner that, without revealing information itself
may move the court for the district where compliance is required for an privileged or protected, will enable the parties to assess the claim.
order compelling production or inspection. (B) Information Produced. If information produced in response to a
(ii) These acts may be required only as directed in the order, and the subpoena is subject to a claim of privilege or of protection as
order must protect a person who is neither a party nor a party’s officer from trial-preparation material, the person making the claim may notify any party
significant expense resulting from compliance. that received the information of the claim and the basis for it. After being
notified, a party must promptly return, sequester, or destroy the specified
(3) Quashing or Modifying a Subpoena. information and any copies it has; must not use or disclose the information
(A) When Required. On timely motion, the court for the district where until the claim is resolved; must take reasonable steps to retrieve the
compliance is required must quash or modify a subpoena that: information if the party disclosed it before being notified; and may promptly
(i) fails to allow a reasonable time to comply; present the information under seal to the court for the district where
(ii) requires a person to comply beyond the geographical limits compliance is required for a determination of the claim. The person who
specified in Rule 45(c); produced the information must preserve the information until the claim is
(iii) requires disclosure of privileged or other protected matter, if no resolved.
exception or waiver applies; or
(iv) subjects a person to undue burden. (g) Contempt.
(B) When Permitted. To protect a person subject to or affected by a The court for the district where compliance is required—and also, after a
subpoena, the court for the district where compliance is required may, on motion is transferred, the issuing court—may hold in contempt a person
motion, quash or modify the subpoena if it requires: who, having been served, fails without adequate excuse to obey the
(i) disclosing a trade secret or other confidential research, subpoena or an order related to it.
development, or commercial information; or
For access to subpoena materials, see Fed. R. Civ. P. 45(a) Committee Note (2013).
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MARYLAND
GREENBELT DIVISION
Plaintiffs,
Case No. 8:17-cv-01596
v.
Defendant.
DEFINITIONS
whether formal or informal, between two or more Persons, together with modifications or
amendments thereto.
to bring within the scope of these Requests All information that might otherwise be construed to
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5. “Communications” is used in the broadest sense possible and means every manner
written, electronically (including e-mail, voicemail, voicemail which is delivered by email, text
messages, tweet, direct messages, instant messaging, other social media communication, and/or
any other form of electronic correspondence or exchange), by Document, mail, personal delivery,
face-to-face meeting, or otherwise. All such communications in writing shall include, without
7. “Document(s)” means written, recorded, and graphic material of every kind and
photographs, sound recordings, video recordings, images, and other data and data compilations—
stored in any medium from which information can be obtained either directly or, if necessary, after
translation by You into a reasonably usable form. A draft or non-identical copy is a separate
document within the meaning of this term. Document(s) includes the labels or metadata associated
9. “Electronically Stored Information,” or “ESI” means the complete original and any
non-identical copy (whether different from the original because of notations, different metadata,
or otherwise) of any electronically created or stored information, including but not limited to e-
mail, instant messaging, videoconferencing, SMS, MMS, or other text messaging, and other
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presentation files, video recordings, and sound recordings, regardless of how or where the
10. “Emoluments Clauses” means the language in U.S. Const. art. I, § 9, cl. 8
prohibiting any “Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust” from accepting “any present,
Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State,” absent
“the Consent of the Congress” and the language in U.S. Const. art. II, § 1, cl. 7 prohibiting the
President from “receiv[ing] within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or
any of them.”
Washington v. Trump, 17-cv-458 (S.D.N.Y.); District of Columbia & Maryland v. Trump, 8:17-
cv-01596 (D. Md.); Blumenthal v. Trump, 17-cv-1154 (D.D.C.), and any other existing or future
lawsuits alleging that President Donald J. Trump has violated the Emoluments Clauses.
12. “Financial Interest” means (i) direct or indirect ownership of an interest and/or (ii)
United States and any federal, state, or local government in the United States, including each
government’s present and former agencies, branches, units, divisions, subdivisions, districts,
entities, entities in which the government has a Financial Interest, agents, assignees,
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15. “Lease” means Lease Number GS-LS-116-1307, that certain Ground Lease dated
as of August 5, 2013, by and between the United States of America, acting by and through the
Administrator of General Services, as landlord, and Trump Old Post Office LLC, as tenant.
16. “Payment” includes both direct and indirect payments, including those payments
that are passed through a management company, other entity from which You receive payments,
17. “Person(s)” includes without limitation any natural person, entity, individual or
estate.
18. “Trump Trust” refers to any trust or other instrument to which Donald J. Trump has
been a beneficiary or potential beneficiary at any time since January 20, 2017.
19. “You” and “Your” mean the recipient of these requests and shall include All entities
in which You have a Financial Interest, direct and indirect parents, predecessors in interest,
affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, predecessors, successors, and assignees, the present and former
officers, directors, employees, attorneys, agents, and representatives of any of the above, and each
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
1. In responding to these Requests, You are to furnish All available information, including
information in the possession, custody, or control of Your agents and All Persons acting on Your
behalf. This includes Documents presently in the possession, custody or control of Your
attorney(s) or their investigators or any third party or parties to whom You have surrendered
possession, custody or control, or who are acting on Your behalf, or who have otherwise obtained
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possession, custody or control, or who, upon Your request, would surrender possession, custody
or control to You.
2. If any responsive Document was, but no longer is, in Your possession, custody or
control, produce a description of each such Document. The description shall include the following:
(a) the name of each author, sender, creator, and initiator of such Document;
(b) the name of each recipient, addressee, or party for whom such Document was
intended;
otherwise disposed of, and the date and manner of the disposal.
(including but not limited to work product, deliberative process, joint defense, or common interest
protections) for any Document, You shall provide the following information with respect to each
such Document:
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e. such other information as is sufficient to identify the Document for a subpoena
duces tecum, including, where appropriate, the name and title of the author of the
document, the name and title of any recipient, and identification of anyone
Provide the information requested in this instruction in a searchable and sortable electronic
format and with sufficient specificity to enable the undersigned counsel and the Court to assess
All additional or different Documents or information responsive to these Requests, which You
discover, receive, or generate between the time of the original production and trial.
5. All Documents and/or other data which relate to the subject matter of this case or
these requests must be preserved. Any destruction involving such Documents must cease, even if
it is Your normal or routine course of business to delete or destroy such Documents or data and
even if You believe such Documents or data are privileged or otherwise need not be produced.
7. Unless otherwise stated, the relevant time period for All requests are for Documents
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DOCUMENTS SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SUBPOENA
Documents sufficient to show Donald J. Trump’s or Trump Trust’s current, historic, and
future Financial Interest in the Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C. (“Trump International
Hotel”) and BLT Prime by David Burke Washington, D.C. (“BLT Prime”).
All Documents Concerning Your (and the Trump International Hotel’s and BLT Prime’s)
finances, including (i) profit and loss and revenue statements, projections, and estimates, charts of
accounts, and annual plans; (ii) tax Documents including income tax returns; (iii) budget plans,
summaries, and reports; and (iv) the anticipated and actual impact of the 2016 Presidential election
Documents, including organizational charts, sufficient to identify the names, positions, and
job descriptions of All Your employees and agents with responsibilities for management, sales,
promotions, and marketing of the Trump International Hotel or BLT Prime, including the hotel
All Documents and Communications from any time period Concerning draft and final
versions of any Agreements with the United States of America, acting by and through the General
Services Administration (“GSA”), concerning the Trump International Hotel, including any lease
Agreements and amendments, codicils, exhibits, or appendices thereto, as well as All Documents
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REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 6:
All Documents Concerning Communications with the GSA regarding the Trump
All Documents showing any Payments by any Foreign or Domestic Government to the
Trump International Hotel or BLT Prime, including: (i) credit card billing receipts and records, (ii)
summaries or ledgers, (iii) reports, (iv) spreadsheets, (v) emails or correspondence, and (vi)
contracts or agreements.
entities or government personnel, including (i) marketing and sales team meeting minutes; (ii)
sales plans, sales and marketing plans, business plans, strategies, summaries, reports,
presentations, guidelines, and rules; (iii) those that concern the impact of the 2016 Presidential
election on marketing efforts and strategies; (iv) direct mail, email, social media, or other
promotional, marketing, and sales materials, including the identity and address of any recipients
of such materials; (v) marketing and sales tracking programs or systems used for identifying
potential clients and leads; and (vi) those identifying different customer market segments,
customers.
Documents sufficient to identify All hotel guests, restaurant and catering customers, room
service patrons, and renters of event space at the Trump International Hotel or BLT Prime who at
the time represented or were employed by any Foreign or Domestic Government, where “identify”
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means disclose: (i) the name and address of each hotel guest, restaurant guest, and renter of event
space; (ii) the amounts paid by each (and whether a Foreign or Domestic Government was the
source of any Payments) for hotel rooms, catering, event space, or other services; (iii) the period
and terms of any such Payments; and (iv) the complete account files for each, including notes,
other Persons who have booked hotel rooms, catering, meetings, and/or event space at the Trump
International Hotel or BLT Prime for use by any Foreign or Domestic Government, including with
respect to each such Person or entity: (a) the name, address, email address, website, and phone
number of each; (b) for each entity identified pursuant to (a) of this Request, the name, address,
email address, and phone number of a principal contact for that entity; and (c) the business that the
Documents sufficient to identify All bonuses paid to Trump International Hotel or BLT
Prime employees as a reward for or in recognition of generating new business from Foreign or
Domestic Governments.
Documents sufficient to identify All projected, historical, or current room rates at the
Trump International Hotel, where “room rates” include All categories of rates such as rack rates,
Documents sufficient to identify All projected, historical, or current rental rates for meeting
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REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 14:
Documents sufficient to identify All projected, historical, or current rates and prices for
food, catering, and other services at the Trump International Hotel or BLT Prime.
All Documents Concerning the Trump International Hotel’s or BLT Prime’s competitors
and competition, including the geographic scope of competition and the identification of
competitive sets, and including All Documents comparing the Trump International Hotel with
other hotels, such as Smith Travel Research (STAR or STR) monthly reports.
Documents sufficient to identify All services and amenities available at the Trump
Documents sufficient to identify All Businesses doing business in the Washington D.C.
metropolitan area in which Donald J. Trump or Trump Trust has a Financial Interest, where
“identify” means to disclose (i) the name, place of incorporation, and headquarters address of each
Business; (ii) the name of each Business owner and each ownership interest by value and
percentage; and (iii) each Business’s articles of incorporation, operating Agreements, management
All Documents Concerning Your policies or practices with respect to the storage, location,
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Requests, and if such policies or practices have changed over time, Documents sufficient to
All Documents Concerning litigation holds issued as a result of the Emoluments Litigation,
Documents sufficient to identify the payor and/or source of the Payment in the amount of
$151,470 from The Trump Corporation to the U.S. Treasury dated February 21, 2018, as well as
any other Payments made to the U.S. Treasury that purport to reflect profits and/or revenues
received by Donald J. Trump from Foreign or Domestic Governments (excluding payments made
of the Payment in the amount of $151,470 to the U.S. Treasury dated February 21, 2018, as well
as any other Payments made to the U.S. Treasury that purport to reflect profits and/or revenues
received by Donald J. Trump from Foreign or Domestic Governments (excluding payments made
All Communications regarding the Payment in the amount of $151,470 to the U.S.
Treasury dated February 21, 2018, as well as any other Payments made to the U.S. Treasury that
purport to reflect profits and/or revenues received by Donald J. Trump from Foreign or Domestic
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Date: December 4, 2018
DEEPAK GUPTA*
[email protected]
DANIEL TOWNSEND*
Gupta Wessler PLLC
1900 L Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20009
T: (202) 888-1741
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APPENDIX TO DOCUMENT REQUESTS REGARDING FORM OF PRODUCTION
1. All hard copy paper documents should be produced as TIFF image files (black-and-
white) and as JPEG image files (color) in electronic form. Each filename must be
unique and match the Bates number of the page. The filename should not contain any
blank spaces and should be zero padded (for example ABC0000001).
2. Each delivery should be accompanied by an image cross reference file that contains
document breaks.
3. A delimited text file that contains available fielded data should also be included, at a
minimum including Beginning Bates Number, Ending Bates Number, Custodian and
Number of pages, as well as link to OCR text if any (see below). The following
delimiters should be used:
b. Quote (ASCII:0254)
4. To the extent that documents have been run through an Optical Character Recognition
(OCR) software in the course of reviewing the documents for production, full text
should also be delivered for each document. Text should be delivered on a document
level in an appropriately formatted text file (.txt) that is named to match the first bates
number of the document.
5. A text cross reference load file should also be included with the production delivery
that lists the beginning Bates number of the document and the relative path of the text
file for that document on the production media.
6. The TIFF images should be produced as single-page Group IV TIFF format at 300
dpi with an Opticon image load file. The Opticon image load file should contain the
BEGBATES value for each corresponding document and appropriate path or folder
information to the corresponding images that comprise each document. Each TIFF or
JPEG image should be individually Bates numbered. The Bates number must not
obliterate, conceal, or interfere with any information on the produced document.
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B. All Electronic Documents
1. All electronic documents should be produced in such fashion as to identify the location
(i.e. the network file folder, hard drive, backup-tape or other location) where the
documents are stored and, where applicable, the natural person in whose possession
they were found (or on whose hardware device they reside or are stored). If the storage
location was a file share or work group folder, that should be specified as well.
4. For Documents that are produced from electronic format, the full extracted text will
be provided by a link in the main (.DAT) load file. The following extracted data and
metadata fields shall to be provided in the load file:
a. Begbates
b. Endbates
c. Group Identifier 1
d. Custodian
g. Document Type
h. Confidentiality Designation
j. To (for emails)
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The Group Identifier should contain the Begbates value of an attachment’s parent document.
The Group Identifier for a parent document is equal to the Begbates for the parent document.
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l. Cc (for emails)
p. Time Offset Value (indicate which time zone the data is set to when
processed)
s. Link to Extracted Text (body of email for email, extracted text of document
for edocs and attachments)
x. Page Count
aa. Has Hidden Data: Yes or blank (Hidden data refers not only to Excel files with
hidden columbs, rows, spreadsheets, etc., but also PowerPoint files in which comments
or other fields may be hidden)
5. Extracted full text (not OCR text) should be delivered for each electronic document.
The extracted full text should be delivered on a document level according to the
specifications above similar to paper documents.
6. Social Media and Web Content. Social media and other web content shall be
produced as Group IV TIFF images with associated metadata load files. The parties
will further confer regarding the specific web pages and available metadata.
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C. Production of Structured Data
Databases or structured data should be produced in a mutually agreeable data exchange format.
To the extent a response to discovery requires production of discoverable electronic
information contained in a database, the producing party will make available a data dictionary or
equivalent information identifying the specific fields included in its database and what sort of
information is stored in each field, so that the parties may meet and confer regarding which
data elements will be extracted for production. Ultimately, production should be in an
exportable electronic file (e.g., Excel or CSV format).
D. Non-Substantive Files
System and program files defined on the National Institute of Standards and Technology
(“NIST”) list need not be processed, reviewed or produced.
E. Color
For files not produced in their native format, if an original document contains color, the
producing party may produce black and white image(s). At the request of the receiving party,
the parties shall meet and confer regarding production of color image(s) for specific
documents.
F. Bates Numbering
1. Document Images. Each page of a produced Document shall have a unique page
identifier (“Bates Number”) electronically “burned” onto the image at a location that
does not unreasonably conceal or interfere with any information from the source
document. Any confidentiality legend shall be “burned” onto each document’s image
at a location that does not unreasonably obscure any information from the source
document. Redacted documents will be so identified by electronically “burning” the
legend “Redacted” onto each document’s image at a location that does not
unreasonably obscure any information from the source document.
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G. Production Media
Documents shall be produced by SFTP site or on CD-ROM, DVD, external hard drive (with
standard PC compatible interface), or such other readily accessible computer or electronic
media as the parties may hereafter agree upon (the “Production Media”). Each item of
Production Media shall include: (1) its own unique name and a consistent naming convention;
(2) text referencing that it was produced in the Litigation; and (3) the Bates range contained on
such Production Media item.
H. Attachments
Email attachments and embedded files or links must be mapped to their parent by the
Document or Production number. If attachments and embedded files are combined with their
parent documents, “BeginDoc” and “EndDoc” fields listing the unique beginning and ending
number for each document and “BeginAttach” and “EndAttach” fields listing the begin and
end of the entire document family must be included.
I. Embedded Objects
Objects embedded in Microsoft Word and .RTF documents, which have been embedded with
the “Display as Icon” feature, will be extracted as separate documents and treated like
attachments to the document. Other objects embedded in documents shall be produced as
native files.
J. Compressed Files
Compression file types (i.e., .CAB, .GZ, .TAR, .Z, .ZIP) shall be decompressed in a reiterative
manner to ensure that a zip within a zip is decompressed into the lowest possible compression
resulting in individual folders and/or files.
K. Production Problems
Documents that present imaging or format production problems shall be promptly identified
and disclosed to the requesting party; the parties shall then meet and confer to attempt to
resolve the problems.
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AO 88B (Rev. 02/14) Subpoena to Produce Documents, Information, or Objects or to Permit Inspection of Premises in a Civil Action
To: The Trump Organization Inc. c/o National Registered Agents, Inc.;
875 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 501, New York, New York 10001
(Name of person to whom this subpoena is directed)
✔
O Production: YOU ARE COMMANDED to produce at the time, date, and place set forth below the following
documents, electronically stored information, or objects, and to permit inspection, copying, testing, or sampling of
the material: See Attachment A
Place: Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC Date and Time:
88 Pine Street, 14th Floor January 3, 2019, 9:00 AM
New York, NY 10005
O Inspection of Premises: YOU ARE COMMANDED to permit entry onto the designated premises, land, or
other property possessed or controlled by you at the time, date, and location set forth below, so that the requesting party
may inspect, measure, survey, photograph, test, or sample the property or any designated object or operation on it.
The following provisions of Fed. R. Civ. P. 45 are attached – Rule 45(c), relating to the place of compliance;
Rule 45(d), relating to your protection as a person subject to a subpoena; and Rule 45(e) and (g), relating to your duty to
respond to this subpoena and the potential consequences of not doing so.
Date: 12/4/2018
CLERK OF COURT
OR
The name, address, e-mail address, and telephone number of the attorney representing (name of party)
The District of Columbia and the State of Maryland , who issues or requests this subpoena, are:
Stephanie Litos; 441 4th St. NW, Ste. 630 S, Washington, DC 20001; [email protected]; 202-724-6650
Leah Tulin; 200 St. Paul Place, 20th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202; [email protected]; 410-576-6962
PROOF OF SERVICE
(This section should not be filed with the court unless required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 45.)
on (date) ; or
Unless the subpoena was issued on behalf of the United States, or one of its officers or agents, I have also
tendered to the witness the fees for one day’s attendance, and the mileage allowed by law, in the amount of
$ .
My fees are $ for travel and $ for services, for a total of $ 0.00 .
Date:
Server’s signature
Server’s address
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 45 (c), (d), (e), and (g) (Effective 12/1/13)
(c) Place of Compliance. (ii) disclosing an unretained expert’s opinion or information that does
not describe specific occurrences in dispute and results from the expert’s
(1) For a Trial, Hearing, or Deposition. A subpoena may command a study that was not requested by a party.
person to attend a trial, hearing, or deposition only as follows: (C) Specifying Conditions as an Alternative. In the circumstances
(A) within 100 miles of where the person resides, is employed, or described in Rule 45(d)(3)(B), the court may, instead of quashing or
regularly transacts business in person; or modifying a subpoena, order appearance or production under specified
(B) within the state where the person resides, is employed, or regularly conditions if the serving party:
transacts business in person, if the person (i) shows a substantial need for the testimony or material that cannot be
(i) is a party or a party’s officer; or otherwise met without undue hardship; and
(ii) is commanded to attend a trial and would not incur substantial (ii) ensures that the subpoenaed person will be reasonably compensated.
expense.
(e) Duties in Responding to a Subpoena.
(2) For Other Discovery. A subpoena may command:
(A) production of documents, electronically stored information, or (1) Producing Documents or Electronically Stored Information. These
tangible things at a place within 100 miles of where the person resides, is procedures apply to producing documents or electronically stored
employed, or regularly transacts business in person; and information:
(B) inspection of premises at the premises to be inspected. (A) Documents. A person responding to a subpoena to produce documents
must produce them as they are kept in the ordinary course of business or
(d) Protecting a Person Subject to a Subpoena; Enforcement. must organize and label them to correspond to the categories in the demand.
(B) Form for Producing Electronically Stored Information Not Specified.
(1) Avoiding Undue Burden or Expense; Sanctions. A party or attorney If a subpoena does not specify a form for producing electronically stored
responsible for issuing and serving a subpoena must take reasonable steps information, the person responding must produce it in a form or forms in
to avoid imposing undue burden or expense on a person subject to the which it is ordinarily maintained or in a reasonably usable form or forms.
subpoena. The court for the district where compliance is required must (C) Electronically Stored Information Produced in Only One Form. The
enforce this duty and impose an appropriate sanction—which may include person responding need not produce the same electronically stored
lost earnings and reasonable attorney’s fees—on a party or attorney who information in more than one form.
fails to comply. (D) Inaccessible Electronically Stored Information. The person
responding need not provide discovery of electronically stored information
(2) Command to Produce Materials or Permit Inspection. from sources that the person identifies as not reasonably accessible because
(A) Appearance Not Required. A person commanded to produce of undue burden or cost. On motion to compel discovery or for a protective
documents, electronically stored information, or tangible things, or to order, the person responding must show that the information is not
permit the inspection of premises, need not appear in person at the place of reasonably accessible because of undue burden or cost. If that showing is
production or inspection unless also commanded to appear for a deposition, made, the court may nonetheless order discovery from such sources if the
hearing, or trial. requesting party shows good cause, considering the limitations of Rule
(B) Objections. A person commanded to produce documents or tangible 26(b)(2)(C). The court may specify conditions for the discovery.
things or to permit inspection may serve on the party or attorney designated
in the subpoena a written objection to inspecting, copying, testing, or (2) Claiming Privilege or Protection.
sampling any or all of the materials or to inspecting the premises—or to (A) Information Withheld. A person withholding subpoenaed information
producing electronically stored information in the form or forms requested. under a claim that it is privileged or subject to protection as trial-preparation
The objection must be served before the earlier of the time specified for material must:
compliance or 14 days after the subpoena is served. If an objection is made, (i) expressly make the claim; and
the following rules apply: (ii) describe the nature of the withheld documents, communications, or
(i) At any time, on notice to the commanded person, the serving party tangible things in a manner that, without revealing information itself
may move the court for the district where compliance is required for an privileged or protected, will enable the parties to assess the claim.
order compelling production or inspection. (B) Information Produced. If information produced in response to a
(ii) These acts may be required only as directed in the order, and the subpoena is subject to a claim of privilege or of protection as
order must protect a person who is neither a party nor a party’s officer from trial-preparation material, the person making the claim may notify any party
significant expense resulting from compliance. that received the information of the claim and the basis for it. After being
notified, a party must promptly return, sequester, or destroy the specified
(3) Quashing or Modifying a Subpoena. information and any copies it has; must not use or disclose the information
(A) When Required. On timely motion, the court for the district where until the claim is resolved; must take reasonable steps to retrieve the
compliance is required must quash or modify a subpoena that: information if the party disclosed it before being notified; and may promptly
(i) fails to allow a reasonable time to comply; present the information under seal to the court for the district where
(ii) requires a person to comply beyond the geographical limits compliance is required for a determination of the claim. The person who
specified in Rule 45(c); produced the information must preserve the information until the claim is
(iii) requires disclosure of privileged or other protected matter, if no resolved.
exception or waiver applies; or
(iv) subjects a person to undue burden. (g) Contempt.
(B) When Permitted. To protect a person subject to or affected by a The court for the district where compliance is required—and also, after a
subpoena, the court for the district where compliance is required may, on motion is transferred, the issuing court—may hold in contempt a person
motion, quash or modify the subpoena if it requires: who, having been served, fails without adequate excuse to obey the
(i) disclosing a trade secret or other confidential research, subpoena or an order related to it.
development, or commercial information; or
For access to subpoena materials, see Fed. R. Civ. P. 45(a) Committee Note (2013).
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MARYLAND
GREENBELT DIVISION
Plaintiffs,
Case No. 8:17-cv-01596
v.
Defendant.
DEFINITIONS
whether formal or informal, between two or more Persons, together with modifications or amendments
thereto.
to bring within the scope of these Requests all information that might otherwise be construed to
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5. “Communications” is used in the broadest sense possible and means every manner
written, electronically (including e-mail, voicemail, voicemail which is delivered by email, text
messages, tweet, direct messages, instant messaging, other social media communication, and/or
any other form of electronic correspondence or exchange), by Document, mail, personal delivery,
face-to-face meeting, or otherwise. All such communications in writing shall include, without
7. “Document(s)” means written, recorded, and/or graphic material of every kind and
photographs, sound recordings, video recordings, images, and/or other data and data
compilations—stored in any medium from which information can be obtained either directly or, if
necessary, after translation by You into a reasonably usable form. A draft or non-identical copy is
a separate document within the meaning of this term. Document(s) includes the labels or metadata
9. “Electronically Stored Information,” or “ESI” means the complete original and any
non-identical copy (whether different from the original because of notations, different metadata,
messaging, videoconferencing, SMS, MMS, or other text messaging, and other electronic
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files, video recordings, and sound recordings, regardless of how or where the information is stored,
10. “Emoluments Clauses” means the language in U.S. Const. art. I, § 9, cl. 8
prohibiting any “Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust” from accepting “any present,
Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State,” absent
“the Consent of the Congress” and the language in U.S. Const. art. II, § 1, cl. 7 prohibiting the
President from “receiv[ing] within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or
any of them.”
Washington v. Trump, 17-cv-458 (S.D.N.Y.); District of Columbia & Maryland v. Trump, 8:17-
cv-01596 (D. Md.); Blumenthal v. Trump, 17-cv-1154 (D.D.C.), and any other existing or future
lawsuits alleging that President Donald J. Trump has violated the Emoluments Clauses.
12. “Financial Interest” means (i) direct or indirect ownership of an interest and/or (ii)
13. “Foreign or Domestic Government(s)” means all governments outside of the United
States and any federal, state, or local government in the United States, including each
government’s present and former agencies, branches, units, divisions, subdivisions, districts,
has a Financial Interest, and each Person acting or purporting to act on the government’s behalf.
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15. “Payment” includes both direct and indirect payments, including those payments
that are passed through another entity including a management company or any other entity from
which You receive payments or to which You make payments. Payments also include payments
16. “Person(s)” includes without limitation any natural person, entity, individual or
estate.
17. “Trump Trust” refers to any trust or other instrument to which Donald J. Trump has
been a beneficiary or potential beneficiary at any time since January 20, 2017.
18. “U.S. Treasury” includes the United States Department of the Treasury but does
19. “Washington D.C. metropolitan area” means the counties and cities designated as
as defined by the Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 15-01, which includes the
District of Columbia; Montgomery County, MD; Prince George's County, MD; Arlington County,
VA; Fairfax County, VA; Fauquier County, VA; Loudoun County, VA; Prince William County,
VA; Stafford County, VA; Alexandria city, VA; Fairfax city, VA; Falls Church city, VA;
20. “You” and “Your” mean the recipient of these requests and shall include all entities
in which You have a Financial Interest; your direct and indirect parents, predecessors-in-interest,
affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, predecessors, successors, and assignees; the present and former
officers, directors, employees, attorneys, agents, and representatives of any of the above; and each
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Person acting or purporting to act on your behalf or on the behalf of any of the aforementioned
entities.
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
1. In responding to these Requests, You are to furnish all available information, including
information in the possession, custody, or control of Your agents and all Persons acting on Your
behalf. This includes Documents presently in the possession, custody, or control of Your
attorney(s) or their investigators and Documents presently in the possession, custody, or control
of any third party or parties to whom You have surrendered possession, custody, or control; or
who are acting on Your behalf; or who have otherwise obtained possession, custody, or control;
or who, upon Your request, would surrender possession, custody, or control to You.
2. If any responsive Document was, but no longer is, in Your possession, custody, or
control, produce a description of each such Document. The description shall include the following:
(a) the name of each author, sender, creator, and initiator of such Document;
(b) the name of each recipient, addressee, or party for whom such Document was
intended;
otherwise disposed of, and the date and manner of the disposal.
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3. If You claim the attorney-client privilege, or any other privilege or protection
(including any deliberative process, work product, joint defense, or common interest protections)
for any Document, You shall provide the following information with respect to each such
Document:
duces tecum, including, where appropriate, the name and title of the author of the
document, the name and title of any recipient, and identification of anyone
Provide the information requested in this instruction in a searchable and sortable electronic
format and with sufficient specificity to enable the undersigned counsel and the Court to assess
all additional or different Documents or information responsive to these Requests, which You
discover, receive, or generate between the time of the original production and trial.
5. All Documents and/or other data which relate to the subject matter of this case or
these requests must be preserved. Any destruction involving such Documents or data must cease,
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even if it is Your normal or routine course of business to delete or destroy such Documents or data
and even if You believe such Documents or data are privileged or otherwise need not be produced.
7. Unless otherwise stated, the relevant time period for all requests are for Documents
Documents sufficient to show Donald J. Trump’s or Trump Trust’s current, historic, and
future Financial Interest in the Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C. (“Trump International
Hotel”).
All of Your state and federal income tax returns, including all schedules, attachments, and
other forms or supporting documentation completed or submitted with the tax returns.
Documents sufficient to establish Your organizational chart from January 1, 2015 to the
present, including Documents identifying the names of the individuals holding the positions
referenced on any organizational charts, and including any changes made since January 1, 2015.
All Documents and Communications Concerning draft and final versions of any
Agreements between the United States of America, acting by and through the Administrator of
General Services Administration and Trump Old Post Office LLC, or between the United States
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and the Trump International Hotel, including any lease Agreements and amendments, codicils,
All Documents Concerning Communications with the GSA regarding the Trump
Documents sufficient to show Donald J. Trump’s or Trump Trust’s current, historical, and
future Financial Interest in BLT Prime by David Burke Washington, D.C. (“BLT Prime”).
All Documents Concerning any Agreement between BLT Prime and Donald J. Trump,
Trump Trust, the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust, or any Businesses in which President Donald
J. Trump possessed a Financial Interest at the time the Agreement was executed, including any
Documents sufficient to Identify all Businesses doing business in the Washington D.C.
metropolitan area in which Donald J. Trump or Trump Trust has a Financial Interest, where
Identify means to disclose (i) the name, place of incorporation, and headquarters address of each
Business; (ii) the name of each Business owner and each ownership interest by value and
percentage; and (iii) each Business’s articles of incorporation, operating Agreements, and
management Agreements.
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REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 11:
All Documents Concerning Your policies or practices with respect to the storage, location,
Requests, and if such policies or practices have changed over time, Documents sufficient to
All Documents Concerning litigation holds issued as a result of the Emoluments Litigation,
Documents sufficient to identify the payor and/or source of the Payment in the amount of
$151,470 from The Trump Corporation to the U.S. Treasury dated February 21, 2018, as well as
any other Payments made to the U.S. Treasury that purport to reflect profits and/or revenues
received by Donald J. Trump from Foreign or Domestic Governments or purport to reflect profits
and/or revenues received by a Business in which Donald J. Trump has a Financial Interest from
All Documents Concerning the determination or calculation of the amount of the Payment
to the U.S. Treasury dated February 21, 2018, and the amount of each other Payment made to the
U.S. Treasury that purports to reflect profits and/or revenues received by Donald J. Trump from
Business in which Donald J. Trump has a Financial Interest from Foreign or Domestic
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REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 15:
All Communications regarding the Payment of $151,470 to the U.S. Treasury dated
February 21, 2018, as well as any other Payments made to the U.S. Treasury that purport to reflect
profits and/or revenues received by Donald J. Trump from Foreign or Domestic Governments or
purport to reflect profits and/or revenues received by a Business in which Donald J. Trump has a
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Date: December 4, 2018
DEEPAK GUPTA*
[email protected]
DANIEL TOWNSEND*
Gupta Wessler PLLC
1900 L Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20009
T: (202) 888-1741
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APPENDIX TO DOCUMENT REQUESTS REGARDING FORM OF PRODUCTION
1. All hard copy paper documents should be produced as TIFF image files (black-and-
white) and as JPEG image files (color) in electronic form. Each filename must be
unique and match the Bates number of the page. The filename should not contain any
blank spaces and should be zero padded (for example ABC0000001).
2. Each delivery should be accompanied by an image cross reference file that contains
document breaks.
3. A delimited text file that contains available fielded data should also be included, at a
minimum including Beginning Bates Number, Ending Bates Number, Custodian and
Number of pages, as well as link to OCR text if any (see below). The following
delimiters should be used:
b. Quote (ASCII:0254)
4. To the extent that documents have been run through an Optical Character Recognition
(OCR) software in the course of reviewing the documents for production, full text
should also be delivered for each document. Text should be delivered on a document
level in an appropriately formatted text file (.txt) that is named to match the first bates
number of the document.
5. A text cross reference load file should also be included with the production delivery
that lists the beginning Bates number of the document and the relative path of the text
file for that document on the production media.
6. The TIFF images should be produced as single-page Group IV TIFF format at 300
dpi with an Opticon image load file. The Opticon image load file should contain the
BEGBATES value for each corresponding document and appropriate path or folder
information to the corresponding images that comprise each document. Each TIFF or
JPEG image should be individually Bates numbered. The Bates number must not
obliterate, conceal, or interfere with any information on the produced document.
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B. All Electronic Documents
1. All electronic documents should be produced in such fashion as to identify the location
(i.e. the network file folder, hard drive, backup-tape or other location) where the
documents are stored and, where applicable, the natural person in whose possession
they were found (or on whose hardware device they reside or are stored). If the storage
location was a file share or work group folder, that should be specified as well.
4. For Documents that are produced from electronic format, the full extracted text will
be provided by a link in the main (.DAT) load file. The following extracted data and
metadata fields shall to be provided in the load file:
a. Begbates
b. Endbates
c. Group Identifier 1
d. Custodian
g. Document Type
h. Confidentiality Designation
j. To (for emails)
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The Group Identifier should contain the Begbates value of an attachment’s parent document.
The Group Identifier for a parent document is equal to the Begbates for the parent document.
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l. Cc (for emails)
p. Time Offset Value (indicate which time zone the data is set to when
processed)
s. Link to Extracted Text (body of email for email, extracted text of document
for edocs and attachments)
x. Page Count
aa. Has Hidden Data: Yes or blank (Hidden data refers not only to Excel files with
hidden columbs, rows, spreadsheets, etc., but also PowerPoint files in which comments
or other fields may be hidden)
5. Extracted full text (not OCR text) should be delivered for each electronic document.
The extracted full text should be delivered on a document level according to the
specifications above similar to paper documents.
6. Social Media and Web Content. Social media and other web content shall be
produced as Group IV TIFF images with associated metadata load files. The parties
will further confer regarding the specific web pages and available metadata.
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C. Production of Structured Data
Databases or structured data should be produced in a mutually agreeable data exchange format.
To the extent a response to discovery requires production of discoverable electronic
information contained in a database, the producing party will make available a data dictionary or
equivalent information identifying the specific fields included in its database and what sort of
information is stored in each field, so that the parties may meet and confer regarding which
data elements will be extracted for production. Ultimately, production should be in an
exportable electronic file (e.g., Excel or CSV format).
D. Non-Substantive Files
System and program files defined on the National Institute of Standards and Technology
(“NIST”) list need not be processed, reviewed or produced.
E. Color
For files not produced in their native format, if an original document contains color, the
producing party may produce black and white image(s). At the request of the receiving party,
the parties shall meet and confer regarding production of color image(s) for specific
documents.
F. Bates Numbering
1. Document Images. Each page of a produced Document shall have a unique page
identifier (“Bates Number”) electronically “burned” onto the image at a location that
does not unreasonably conceal or interfere with any information from the source
document. Any confidentiality legend shall be “burned” onto each document’s image
at a location that does not unreasonably obscure any information from the source
document. Redacted documents will be so identified by electronically “burning” the
legend “Redacted” onto each document’s image at a location that does not
unreasonably obscure any information from the source document.
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G. Production Media
Documents shall be produced by SFTP site or on CD-ROM, DVD, external hard drive (with
standard PC compatible interface), or such other readily accessible computer or electronic
media as the parties may hereafter agree upon (the “Production Media”). Each item of
Production Media shall include: (1) its own unique name and a consistent naming convention;
(2) text referencing that it was produced in the Litigation; and (3) the Bates range contained on
such Production Media item.
H. Attachments
Email attachments and embedded files or links must be mapped to their parent by the
Document or Production number. If attachments and embedded files are combined with their
parent documents, “BeginDoc” and “EndDoc” fields listing the unique beginning and ending
number for each document and “BeginAttach” and “EndAttach” fields listing the begin and
end of the entire document family must be included.
I. Embedded Objects
Objects embedded in Microsoft Word and .RTF documents, which have been embedded with
the “Display as Icon” feature, will be extracted as separate documents and treated like
attachments to the document. Other objects embedded in documents shall be produced as
native files.
J. Compressed Files
Compression file types (i.e., .CAB, .GZ, .TAR, .Z, .ZIP) shall be decompressed in a reiterative
manner to ensure that a zip within a zip is decompressed into the lowest possible compression
resulting in individual folders and/or files.
K. Production Problems
Documents that present imaging or format production problems shall be promptly identified
and disclosed to the requesting party; the parties shall then meet and confer to attempt to
resolve the problems.
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AO 88B (Rev. 02/14) Subpoena to Produce Documents, Information, or Objects or to Permit Inspection of Premises in a Civil Action
To: Trump International Hotels Management LLC c/o National Registered Agents, Inc.;
111 Eighth Avenue, New York, New York 10011
(Name of person to whom this subpoena is directed)
✔
O Production: YOU ARE COMMANDED to produce at the time, date, and place set forth below the following
documents, electronically stored information, or objects, and to permit inspection, copying, testing, or sampling of
the material: See Attachment A
Place: Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC Date and Time:
88 Pine Street, 14th Floor January 3, 2019, 9:00 AM
New York, NY 10005
O Inspection of Premises: YOU ARE COMMANDED to permit entry onto the designated premises, land, or
other property possessed or controlled by you at the time, date, and location set forth below, so that the requesting party
may inspect, measure, survey, photograph, test, or sample the property or any designated object or operation on it.
The following provisions of Fed. R. Civ. P. 45 are attached – Rule 45(c), relating to the place of compliance;
Rule 45(d), relating to your protection as a person subject to a subpoena; and Rule 45(e) and (g), relating to your duty to
respond to this subpoena and the potential consequences of not doing so.
Date: 12/4/2018
CLERK OF COURT
OR
The name, address, e-mail address, and telephone number of the attorney representing (name of party)
The District of Columbia and the State of Maryland , who issues or requests this subpoena, are:
Stephanie Litos; 441 4th St. NW, Ste. 630 S, Washington, DC 20001; [email protected]; 202-724-6650
Leah Tulin; 200 St. Paul Place, 20th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202; [email protected]; 410-576-6962
PROOF OF SERVICE
(This section should not be filed with the court unless required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 45.)
on (date) ; or
Unless the subpoena was issued on behalf of the United States, or one of its officers or agents, I have also
tendered to the witness the fees for one day’s attendance, and the mileage allowed by law, in the amount of
$ .
My fees are $ for travel and $ for services, for a total of $ 0.00 .
Date:
Server’s signature
Server’s address
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 45 (c), (d), (e), and (g) (Effective 12/1/13)
(c) Place of Compliance. (ii) disclosing an unretained expert’s opinion or information that does
not describe specific occurrences in dispute and results from the expert’s
(1) For a Trial, Hearing, or Deposition. A subpoena may command a study that was not requested by a party.
person to attend a trial, hearing, or deposition only as follows: (C) Specifying Conditions as an Alternative. In the circumstances
(A) within 100 miles of where the person resides, is employed, or described in Rule 45(d)(3)(B), the court may, instead of quashing or
regularly transacts business in person; or modifying a subpoena, order appearance or production under specified
(B) within the state where the person resides, is employed, or regularly conditions if the serving party:
transacts business in person, if the person (i) shows a substantial need for the testimony or material that cannot be
(i) is a party or a party’s officer; or otherwise met without undue hardship; and
(ii) is commanded to attend a trial and would not incur substantial (ii) ensures that the subpoenaed person will be reasonably compensated.
expense.
(e) Duties in Responding to a Subpoena.
(2) For Other Discovery. A subpoena may command:
(A) production of documents, electronically stored information, or (1) Producing Documents or Electronically Stored Information. These
tangible things at a place within 100 miles of where the person resides, is procedures apply to producing documents or electronically stored
employed, or regularly transacts business in person; and information:
(B) inspection of premises at the premises to be inspected. (A) Documents. A person responding to a subpoena to produce documents
must produce them as they are kept in the ordinary course of business or
(d) Protecting a Person Subject to a Subpoena; Enforcement. must organize and label them to correspond to the categories in the demand.
(B) Form for Producing Electronically Stored Information Not Specified.
(1) Avoiding Undue Burden or Expense; Sanctions. A party or attorney If a subpoena does not specify a form for producing electronically stored
responsible for issuing and serving a subpoena must take reasonable steps information, the person responding must produce it in a form or forms in
to avoid imposing undue burden or expense on a person subject to the which it is ordinarily maintained or in a reasonably usable form or forms.
subpoena. The court for the district where compliance is required must (C) Electronically Stored Information Produced in Only One Form. The
enforce this duty and impose an appropriate sanction—which may include person responding need not produce the same electronically stored
lost earnings and reasonable attorney’s fees—on a party or attorney who information in more than one form.
fails to comply. (D) Inaccessible Electronically Stored Information. The person
responding need not provide discovery of electronically stored information
(2) Command to Produce Materials or Permit Inspection. from sources that the person identifies as not reasonably accessible because
(A) Appearance Not Required. A person commanded to produce of undue burden or cost. On motion to compel discovery or for a protective
documents, electronically stored information, or tangible things, or to order, the person responding must show that the information is not
permit the inspection of premises, need not appear in person at the place of reasonably accessible because of undue burden or cost. If that showing is
production or inspection unless also commanded to appear for a deposition, made, the court may nonetheless order discovery from such sources if the
hearing, or trial. requesting party shows good cause, considering the limitations of Rule
(B) Objections. A person commanded to produce documents or tangible 26(b)(2)(C). The court may specify conditions for the discovery.
things or to permit inspection may serve on the party or attorney designated
in the subpoena a written objection to inspecting, copying, testing, or (2) Claiming Privilege or Protection.
sampling any or all of the materials or to inspecting the premises—or to (A) Information Withheld. A person withholding subpoenaed information
producing electronically stored information in the form or forms requested. under a claim that it is privileged or subject to protection as trial-preparation
The objection must be served before the earlier of the time specified for material must:
compliance or 14 days after the subpoena is served. If an objection is made, (i) expressly make the claim; and
the following rules apply: (ii) describe the nature of the withheld documents, communications, or
(i) At any time, on notice to the commanded person, the serving party tangible things in a manner that, without revealing information itself
may move the court for the district where compliance is required for an privileged or protected, will enable the parties to assess the claim.
order compelling production or inspection. (B) Information Produced. If information produced in response to a
(ii) These acts may be required only as directed in the order, and the subpoena is subject to a claim of privilege or of protection as
order must protect a person who is neither a party nor a party’s officer from trial-preparation material, the person making the claim may notify any party
significant expense resulting from compliance. that received the information of the claim and the basis for it. After being
notified, a party must promptly return, sequester, or destroy the specified
(3) Quashing or Modifying a Subpoena. information and any copies it has; must not use or disclose the information
(A) When Required. On timely motion, the court for the district where until the claim is resolved; must take reasonable steps to retrieve the
compliance is required must quash or modify a subpoena that: information if the party disclosed it before being notified; and may promptly
(i) fails to allow a reasonable time to comply; present the information under seal to the court for the district where
(ii) requires a person to comply beyond the geographical limits compliance is required for a determination of the claim. The person who
specified in Rule 45(c); produced the information must preserve the information until the claim is
(iii) requires disclosure of privileged or other protected matter, if no resolved.
exception or waiver applies; or
(iv) subjects a person to undue burden. (g) Contempt.
(B) When Permitted. To protect a person subject to or affected by a The court for the district where compliance is required—and also, after a
subpoena, the court for the district where compliance is required may, on motion is transferred, the issuing court—may hold in contempt a person
motion, quash or modify the subpoena if it requires: who, having been served, fails without adequate excuse to obey the
(i) disclosing a trade secret or other confidential research, subpoena or an order related to it.
development, or commercial information; or
For access to subpoena materials, see Fed. R. Civ. P. 45(a) Committee Note (2013).
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MARYLAND
GREENBELT DIVISION
Plaintiffs,
Case No. 8:17-cv-01596
v.
Defendant.
DEFINITIONS
whether formal or informal, between two or more Persons, together with modifications or
amendments thereto.
to bring within the scope of these Requests All information that might otherwise be construed to
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5. “Communications” is used in the broadest sense possible and means every manner
written, electronically (including e-mail, voicemail, voicemail which is delivered by email, text
messages, tweet, direct messages, instant messaging, other social media communication, and/or
any other form of electronic correspondence or exchange), by Document, mail, personal delivery,
face-to-face meeting, or otherwise. All such communications in writing shall include, without
7. “Document(s)” means written, recorded, and graphic material of every kind and
photographs, sound recordings, video recordings, images, and other data and data compilations—
stored in any medium from which information can be obtained either directly or, if necessary, after
translation by You into a reasonably usable form. A draft or non-identical copy is a separate
document within the meaning of this term. Document(s) includes the labels or metadata associated
9. “Electronically Stored Information,” or “ESI” means the complete original and any
non-identical copy (whether different from the original because of notations, different metadata,
or otherwise) of any electronically created or stored information, including but not limited to e-
mail, instant messaging, videoconferencing, SMS, MMS, or other text messaging, and other
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presentation files, video recordings, and sound recordings, regardless of how or where the
10. “Emoluments Clauses” means the language in U.S. Const. art. I, § 9, cl. 8
prohibiting any “Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust” from accepting “any present,
Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State,” absent
“the Consent of the Congress” and the language in U.S. Const. art. II, § 1, cl. 7 prohibiting the
President from “receiv[ing] within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or
any of them.”
Washington v. Trump, 17-cv-458 (S.D.N.Y.); District of Columbia & Maryland v. Trump, 8:17-
cv-01596 (D. Md.); Blumenthal v. Trump, 17-cv-1154 (D.D.C.), and any other existing or future
lawsuits alleging that President Donald J. Trump has violated the Emoluments Clauses.
12. “Financial Interest” means (i) direct or indirect ownership of an interest and/or (ii)
United States and any federal, state, or local government in the United States, including each
government’s present and former agencies, branches, units, divisions, subdivisions, districts,
entities, entities in which the government has a Financial Interest, agents, assignees,
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15. “Lease” means Lease Number GS-LS-116-1307, that certain Ground Lease dated
as of August 5, 2013, by and between the United States of America, acting by and through the
Administrator of General Services, as landlord, and Trump Old Post Office LLC, as tenant.
16. “Payment” includes both direct and indirect payments, including those payments
that are passed through a management company, other entity from which You receive payments,
17. “Person(s)” includes without limitation any natural person, entity, individual or
estate.
18. “Trump Trust” refers to any trust or other instrument to which Donald J. Trump has
been a beneficiary or potential beneficiary at any time since January 20, 2017.
19. “You” and “Your” mean the recipient of these requests and shall include All entities
in which You have a Financial Interest, direct and indirect parents, predecessors in interest,
affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, predecessors, successors, and assignees, the present and former
officers, directors, employees, attorneys, agents, and representatives of any of the above, and each
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
1. In responding to these Requests, You are to furnish All available information, including
information in the possession, custody, or control of Your agents and All Persons acting on Your
behalf. This includes Documents presently in the possession, custody or control of Your
attorney(s) or their investigators or any third party or parties to whom You have surrendered
possession, custody or control, or who are acting on Your behalf, or who have otherwise obtained
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possession, custody or control, or who, upon Your request, would surrender possession, custody
or control to You.
2. If any responsive Document was, but no longer is, in Your possession, custody or
control, produce a description of each such Document. The description shall include the following:
(a) the name of each author, sender, creator, and initiator of such Document;
(b) the name of each recipient, addressee, or party for whom such Document was
intended;
otherwise disposed of, and the date and manner of the disposal.
(including but not limited to work product, deliberative process, joint defense, or common interest
protections) for any Document, You shall provide the following information with respect to each
such Document:
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e. such other information as is sufficient to identify the Document for a subpoena
duces tecum, including, where appropriate, the name and title of the author of the
document, the name and title of any recipient, and identification of anyone
Provide the information requested in this instruction in a searchable and sortable electronic
format and with sufficient specificity to enable the undersigned counsel and the Court to assess
All additional or different Documents or information responsive to these Requests, which You
discover, receive, or generate between the time of the original production and trial.
5. All Documents and/or other data which relate to the subject matter of this case or
these requests must be preserved. Any destruction involving such Documents must cease, even if
it is Your normal or routine course of business to delete or destroy such Documents or data and
even if You believe such Documents or data are privileged or otherwise need not be produced.
7. Unless otherwise stated, the relevant time period for All requests are for Documents
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DOCUMENTS SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SUBPOENA
Documents sufficient to show Donald J. Trump’s or Trump Trust’s current, historic, and
future Financial Interest in the Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C. (“Trump International
Hotel”) and BLT Prime by David Burke Washington, D.C. (“BLT Prime”).
All Documents Concerning Your (and the Trump International Hotel’s and BLT Prime’s)
finances, including (i) profit and loss and revenue statements, projections, and estimates, charts of
accounts, and annual plans; (ii) tax Documents including income tax returns; (iii) budget plans,
summaries, and reports; and (iv) the anticipated and actual impact of the 2016 Presidential election
Documents, including organizational charts, sufficient to identify the names, positions, and
job descriptions of All Your employees and agents with responsibilities for management, sales,
promotions, and marketing of the Trump International Hotel or BLT Prime, including the hotel
All Documents and Communications from any time period Concerning draft and final
versions of any Agreements with the United States of America, acting by and through the General
Services Administration (“GSA”), concerning the Trump International Hotel, including any lease
Agreements and amendments, codicils, exhibits, or appendices thereto, as well as All Documents
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REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 6:
All Documents Concerning Communications with the GSA regarding the Trump
All Documents showing any Payments by any Foreign or Domestic Government to the
Trump International Hotel or BLT Prime, including: (i) credit card billing receipts and records, (ii)
summaries or ledgers, (iii) reports, (iv) spreadsheets, (v) emails or correspondence, and (vi)
contracts or agreements.
entities or government personnel, including (i) marketing and sales team meeting minutes; (ii)
sales plans, sales and marketing plans, business plans, strategies, summaries, reports,
presentations, guidelines, and rules; (iii) those that concern the impact of the 2016 Presidential
election on marketing efforts and strategies; (iv) direct mail, email, social media, or other
promotional, marketing, and sales materials, including the identity and address of any recipients
of such materials; (v) marketing and sales tracking programs or systems used for identifying
potential clients and leads; and (vi) those identifying different customer market segments,
customers.
Documents sufficient to identify All hotel guests, restaurant and catering customers, room
service patrons, and renters of event space at the Trump International Hotel or BLT Prime who at
the time represented or were employed by any Foreign or Domestic Government, where “identify”
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means disclose: (i) the name and address of each hotel guest, restaurant guest, and renter of event
space; (ii) the amounts paid by each (and whether a Foreign or Domestic Government was the
source of any Payments) for hotel rooms, catering, event space, or other services; (iii) the period
and terms of any such Payments; and (iv) the complete account files for each, including notes,
other Persons who have booked hotel rooms, catering, meetings, and/or event space at the Trump
International Hotel or BLT Prime for use by any Foreign or Domestic Government, including with
respect to each such Person or entity: (a) the name, address, email address, website, and phone
number of each; (b) for each entity identified pursuant to (a) of this Request, the name, address,
email address, and phone number of a principal contact for that entity; and (c) the business that the
Documents sufficient to identify All bonuses paid to Trump International Hotel or BLT
Prime employees as a reward for or in recognition of generating new business from Foreign or
Domestic Governments.
Documents sufficient to identify All projected, historical, or current room rates at the
Trump International Hotel, where “room rates” include All categories of rates such as rack rates,
Documents sufficient to identify All projected, historical, or current rental rates for meeting
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REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 14:
Documents sufficient to identify All projected, historical, or current rates and prices for
food, catering, and other services at the Trump International Hotel or BLT Prime.
All Documents Concerning the Trump International Hotel’s or BLT Prime’s competitors
and competition, including the geographic scope of competition and the identification of
competitive sets, and including All Documents comparing the Trump International Hotel with
other hotels, such as Smith Travel Research (STAR or STR) monthly reports.
Documents sufficient to identify All services and amenities available at the Trump
Documents sufficient to identify All Businesses doing business in the Washington D.C.
metropolitan area in which Donald J. Trump or Trump Trust has a Financial Interest, where
“identify” means to disclose (i) the name, place of incorporation, and headquarters address of each
Business; (ii) the name of each Business owner and each ownership interest by value and
percentage; and (iii) each Business’s articles of incorporation, operating Agreements, management
All Documents Concerning Your policies or practices with respect to the storage, location,
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Requests, and if such policies or practices have changed over time, Documents sufficient to
All Documents Concerning litigation holds issued as a result of the Emoluments Litigation,
Documents sufficient to identify the payor and/or source of the Payment in the amount of
$151,470 from The Trump Corporation to the U.S. Treasury dated February 21, 2018, as well as
any other Payments made to the U.S. Treasury that purport to reflect profits and/or revenues
received by Donald J. Trump from Foreign or Domestic Governments (excluding payments made
of the Payment in the amount of $151,470 to the U.S. Treasury dated February 21, 2018, as well
as any other Payments made to the U.S. Treasury that purport to reflect profits and/or revenues
received by Donald J. Trump from Foreign or Domestic Governments (excluding payments made
All Communications regarding the Payment in the amount of $151,470 to the U.S.
Treasury dated February 21, 2018, as well as any other Payments made to the U.S. Treasury that
purport to reflect profits and/or revenues received by Donald J. Trump from Foreign or Domestic
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Date: December 4, 2018
DEEPAK GUPTA*
[email protected]
DANIEL TOWNSEND*
Gupta Wessler PLLC
1900 L Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20009
T: (202) 888-1741
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APPENDIX TO DOCUMENT REQUESTS REGARDING FORM OF PRODUCTION
1. All hard copy paper documents should be produced as TIFF image files (black-and-
white) and as JPEG image files (color) in electronic form. Each filename must be
unique and match the Bates number of the page. The filename should not contain any
blank spaces and should be zero padded (for example ABC0000001).
2. Each delivery should be accompanied by an image cross reference file that contains
document breaks.
3. A delimited text file that contains available fielded data should also be included, at a
minimum including Beginning Bates Number, Ending Bates Number, Custodian and
Number of pages, as well as link to OCR text if any (see below). The following
delimiters should be used:
b. Quote (ASCII:0254)
4. To the extent that documents have been run through an Optical Character Recognition
(OCR) software in the course of reviewing the documents for production, full text
should also be delivered for each document. Text should be delivered on a document
level in an appropriately formatted text file (.txt) that is named to match the first bates
number of the document.
5. A text cross reference load file should also be included with the production delivery
that lists the beginning Bates number of the document and the relative path of the text
file for that document on the production media.
6. The TIFF images should be produced as single-page Group IV TIFF format at 300
dpi with an Opticon image load file. The Opticon image load file should contain the
BEGBATES value for each corresponding document and appropriate path or folder
information to the corresponding images that comprise each document. Each TIFF or
JPEG image should be individually Bates numbered. The Bates number must not
obliterate, conceal, or interfere with any information on the produced document.
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B. All Electronic Documents
1. All electronic documents should be produced in such fashion as to identify the location
(i.e. the network file folder, hard drive, backup-tape or other location) where the
documents are stored and, where applicable, the natural person in whose possession
they were found (or on whose hardware device they reside or are stored). If the storage
location was a file share or work group folder, that should be specified as well.
4. For Documents that are produced from electronic format, the full extracted text will
be provided by a link in the main (.DAT) load file. The following extracted data and
metadata fields shall to be provided in the load file:
a. Begbates
b. Endbates
c. Group Identifier 1
d. Custodian
g. Document Type
h. Confidentiality Designation
j. To (for emails)
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The Group Identifier should contain the Begbates value of an attachment’s parent document.
The Group Identifier for a parent document is equal to the Begbates for the parent document.
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l. Cc (for emails)
p. Time Offset Value (indicate which time zone the data is set to when
processed)
s. Link to Extracted Text (body of email for email, extracted text of document
for edocs and attachments)
x. Page Count
aa. Has Hidden Data: Yes or blank (Hidden data refers not only to Excel files with
hidden columbs, rows, spreadsheets, etc., but also PowerPoint files in which comments
or other fields may be hidden)
5. Extracted full text (not OCR text) should be delivered for each electronic document.
The extracted full text should be delivered on a document level according to the
specifications above similar to paper documents.
6. Social Media and Web Content. Social media and other web content shall be
produced as Group IV TIFF images with associated metadata load files. The parties
will further confer regarding the specific web pages and available metadata.
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C. Production of Structured Data
Databases or structured data should be produced in a mutually agreeable data exchange format.
To the extent a response to discovery requires production of discoverable electronic
information contained in a database, the producing party will make available a data dictionary or
equivalent information identifying the specific fields included in its database and what sort of
information is stored in each field, so that the parties may meet and confer regarding which
data elements will be extracted for production. Ultimately, production should be in an
exportable electronic file (e.g., Excel or CSV format).
D. Non-Substantive Files
System and program files defined on the National Institute of Standards and Technology
(“NIST”) list need not be processed, reviewed or produced.
E. Color
For files not produced in their native format, if an original document contains color, the
producing party may produce black and white image(s). At the request of the receiving party,
the parties shall meet and confer regarding production of color image(s) for specific
documents.
F. Bates Numbering
1. Document Images. Each page of a produced Document shall have a unique page
identifier (“Bates Number”) electronically “burned” onto the image at a location that
does not unreasonably conceal or interfere with any information from the source
document. Any confidentiality legend shall be “burned” onto each document’s image
at a location that does not unreasonably obscure any information from the source
document. Redacted documents will be so identified by electronically “burning” the
legend “Redacted” onto each document’s image at a location that does not
unreasonably obscure any information from the source document.
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G. Production Media
Documents shall be produced by SFTP site or on CD-ROM, DVD, external hard drive (with
standard PC compatible interface), or such other readily accessible computer or electronic
media as the parties may hereafter agree upon (the “Production Media”). Each item of
Production Media shall include: (1) its own unique name and a consistent naming convention;
(2) text referencing that it was produced in the Litigation; and (3) the Bates range contained on
such Production Media item.
H. Attachments
Email attachments and embedded files or links must be mapped to their parent by the
Document or Production number. If attachments and embedded files are combined with their
parent documents, “BeginDoc” and “EndDoc” fields listing the unique beginning and ending
number for each document and “BeginAttach” and “EndAttach” fields listing the begin and
end of the entire document family must be included.
I. Embedded Objects
Objects embedded in Microsoft Word and .RTF documents, which have been embedded with
the “Display as Icon” feature, will be extracted as separate documents and treated like
attachments to the document. Other objects embedded in documents shall be produced as
native files.
J. Compressed Files
Compression file types (i.e., .CAB, .GZ, .TAR, .Z, .ZIP) shall be decompressed in a reiterative
manner to ensure that a zip within a zip is decompressed into the lowest possible compression
resulting in individual folders and/or files.
K. Production Problems
Documents that present imaging or format production problems shall be promptly identified
and disclosed to the requesting party; the parties shall then meet and confer to attempt to
resolve the problems.
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AO 88B (Rev. 02/14) Subpoena to Produce Documents, Information, or Objects or to Permit Inspection of Premises in a Civil Action
To: Trump International Hotels Management Member Corp. c/o National Registered Agents, Inc.;
160 Greentree Dr., Suite 101, Dover, DE 19904
(Name of person to whom this subpoena is directed)
✔
O Production: YOU ARE COMMANDED to produce at the time, date, and place set forth below the following
documents, electronically stored information, or objects, and to permit inspection, copying, testing, or sampling of
the material: See Attachment A
Place: Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC Date and Time:
Three Logan Square, 1717 Arch Street, Suite 3610 January 3, 2019, 9:00 AM
Philadelphia, PA 19103
O Inspection of Premises: YOU ARE COMMANDED to permit entry onto the designated premises, land, or
other property possessed or controlled by you at the time, date, and location set forth below, so that the requesting party
may inspect, measure, survey, photograph, test, or sample the property or any designated object or operation on it.
The following provisions of Fed. R. Civ. P. 45 are attached – Rule 45(c), relating to the place of compliance;
Rule 45(d), relating to your protection as a person subject to a subpoena; and Rule 45(e) and (g), relating to your duty to
respond to this subpoena and the potential consequences of not doing so.
Date: 12/4/2018
CLERK OF COURT
OR
The name, address, e-mail address, and telephone number of the attorney representing (name of party)
The District of Columbia and the State of Maryland , who issues or requests this subpoena, are:
Stephanie Litos; 441 4th St. NW, Ste. 630 S, Washington, DC 20001; [email protected]; 202-724-6650
Leah Tulin; 200 St. Paul Place, 20th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202; [email protected]; 410-576-6962
PROOF OF SERVICE
(This section should not be filed with the court unless required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 45.)
on (date) ; or
Unless the subpoena was issued on behalf of the United States, or one of its officers or agents, I have also
tendered to the witness the fees for one day’s attendance, and the mileage allowed by law, in the amount of
$ .
My fees are $ for travel and $ for services, for a total of $ 0.00 .
Date:
Server’s signature
Server’s address
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 45 (c), (d), (e), and (g) (Effective 12/1/13)
(c) Place of Compliance. (ii) disclosing an unretained expert’s opinion or information that does
not describe specific occurrences in dispute and results from the expert’s
(1) For a Trial, Hearing, or Deposition. A subpoena may command a study that was not requested by a party.
person to attend a trial, hearing, or deposition only as follows: (C) Specifying Conditions as an Alternative. In the circumstances
(A) within 100 miles of where the person resides, is employed, or described in Rule 45(d)(3)(B), the court may, instead of quashing or
regularly transacts business in person; or modifying a subpoena, order appearance or production under specified
(B) within the state where the person resides, is employed, or regularly conditions if the serving party:
transacts business in person, if the person (i) shows a substantial need for the testimony or material that cannot be
(i) is a party or a party’s officer; or otherwise met without undue hardship; and
(ii) is commanded to attend a trial and would not incur substantial (ii) ensures that the subpoenaed person will be reasonably compensated.
expense.
(e) Duties in Responding to a Subpoena.
(2) For Other Discovery. A subpoena may command:
(A) production of documents, electronically stored information, or (1) Producing Documents or Electronically Stored Information. These
tangible things at a place within 100 miles of where the person resides, is procedures apply to producing documents or electronically stored
employed, or regularly transacts business in person; and information:
(B) inspection of premises at the premises to be inspected. (A) Documents. A person responding to a subpoena to produce documents
must produce them as they are kept in the ordinary course of business or
(d) Protecting a Person Subject to a Subpoena; Enforcement. must organize and label them to correspond to the categories in the demand.
(B) Form for Producing Electronically Stored Information Not Specified.
(1) Avoiding Undue Burden or Expense; Sanctions. A party or attorney If a subpoena does not specify a form for producing electronically stored
responsible for issuing and serving a subpoena must take reasonable steps information, the person responding must produce it in a form or forms in
to avoid imposing undue burden or expense on a person subject to the which it is ordinarily maintained or in a reasonably usable form or forms.
subpoena. The court for the district where compliance is required must (C) Electronically Stored Information Produced in Only One Form. The
enforce this duty and impose an appropriate sanction—which may include person responding need not produce the same electronically stored
lost earnings and reasonable attorney’s fees—on a party or attorney who information in more than one form.
fails to comply. (D) Inaccessible Electronically Stored Information. The person
responding need not provide discovery of electronically stored information
(2) Command to Produce Materials or Permit Inspection. from sources that the person identifies as not reasonably accessible because
(A) Appearance Not Required. A person commanded to produce of undue burden or cost. On motion to compel discovery or for a protective
documents, electronically stored information, or tangible things, or to order, the person responding must show that the information is not
permit the inspection of premises, need not appear in person at the place of reasonably accessible because of undue burden or cost. If that showing is
production or inspection unless also commanded to appear for a deposition, made, the court may nonetheless order discovery from such sources if the
hearing, or trial. requesting party shows good cause, considering the limitations of Rule
(B) Objections. A person commanded to produce documents or tangible 26(b)(2)(C). The court may specify conditions for the discovery.
things or to permit inspection may serve on the party or attorney designated
in the subpoena a written objection to inspecting, copying, testing, or (2) Claiming Privilege or Protection.
sampling any or all of the materials or to inspecting the premises—or to (A) Information Withheld. A person withholding subpoenaed information
producing electronically stored information in the form or forms requested. under a claim that it is privileged or subject to protection as trial-preparation
The objection must be served before the earlier of the time specified for material must:
compliance or 14 days after the subpoena is served. If an objection is made, (i) expressly make the claim; and
the following rules apply: (ii) describe the nature of the withheld documents, communications, or
(i) At any time, on notice to the commanded person, the serving party tangible things in a manner that, without revealing information itself
may move the court for the district where compliance is required for an privileged or protected, will enable the parties to assess the claim.
order compelling production or inspection. (B) Information Produced. If information produced in response to a
(ii) These acts may be required only as directed in the order, and the subpoena is subject to a claim of privilege or of protection as
order must protect a person who is neither a party nor a party’s officer from trial-preparation material, the person making the claim may notify any party
significant expense resulting from compliance. that received the information of the claim and the basis for it. After being
notified, a party must promptly return, sequester, or destroy the specified
(3) Quashing or Modifying a Subpoena. information and any copies it has; must not use or disclose the information
(A) When Required. On timely motion, the court for the district where until the claim is resolved; must take reasonable steps to retrieve the
compliance is required must quash or modify a subpoena that: information if the party disclosed it before being notified; and may promptly
(i) fails to allow a reasonable time to comply; present the information under seal to the court for the district where
(ii) requires a person to comply beyond the geographical limits compliance is required for a determination of the claim. The person who
specified in Rule 45(c); produced the information must preserve the information until the claim is
(iii) requires disclosure of privileged or other protected matter, if no resolved.
exception or waiver applies; or
(iv) subjects a person to undue burden. (g) Contempt.
(B) When Permitted. To protect a person subject to or affected by a The court for the district where compliance is required—and also, after a
subpoena, the court for the district where compliance is required may, on motion is transferred, the issuing court—may hold in contempt a person
motion, quash or modify the subpoena if it requires: who, having been served, fails without adequate excuse to obey the
(i) disclosing a trade secret or other confidential research, subpoena or an order related to it.
development, or commercial information; or
For access to subpoena materials, see Fed. R. Civ. P. 45(a) Committee Note (2013).
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MARYLAND
GREENBELT DIVISION
Plaintiffs,
Case No. 8:17-cv-01596
v.
Defendant.
DEFINITIONS
whether formal or informal, between two or more Persons, together with modifications or
amendments thereto.
to bring within the scope of these Requests All information that might otherwise be construed to
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5. “Communications” is used in the broadest sense possible and means every manner
written, electronically (including e-mail, voicemail, voicemail which is delivered by email, text
messages, tweet, direct messages, instant messaging, other social media communication, and/or
any other form of electronic correspondence or exchange), by Document, mail, personal delivery,
face-to-face meeting, or otherwise. All such communications in writing shall include, without
7. “Document(s)” means written, recorded, and graphic material of every kind and
photographs, sound recordings, video recordings, images, and other data and data compilations—
stored in any medium from which information can be obtained either directly or, if necessary, after
translation by You into a reasonably usable form. A draft or non-identical copy is a separate
document within the meaning of this term. Document(s) includes the labels or metadata associated
9. “Electronically Stored Information,” or “ESI” means the complete original and any
non-identical copy (whether different from the original because of notations, different metadata,
or otherwise) of any electronically created or stored information, including but not limited to e-
mail, instant messaging, videoconferencing, SMS, MMS, or other text messaging, and other
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presentation files, video recordings, and sound recordings, regardless of how or where the
10. “Emoluments Clauses” means the language in U.S. Const. art. I, § 9, cl. 8
prohibiting any “Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust” from accepting “any present,
Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State,” absent
“the Consent of the Congress” and the language in U.S. Const. art. II, § 1, cl. 7 prohibiting the
President from “receiv[ing] within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or
any of them.”
Washington v. Trump, 17-cv-458 (S.D.N.Y.); District of Columbia & Maryland v. Trump, 8:17-
cv-01596 (D. Md.); Blumenthal v. Trump, 17-cv-1154 (D.D.C.), and any other existing or future
lawsuits alleging that President Donald J. Trump has violated the Emoluments Clauses.
12. “Financial Interest” means (i) direct or indirect ownership of an interest and/or (ii)
United States and any federal, state, or local government in the United States, including each
government’s present and former agencies, branches, units, divisions, subdivisions, districts,
entities, entities in which the government has a Financial Interest, agents, assignees,
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15. “Lease” means Lease Number GS-LS-116-1307, that certain Ground Lease dated
as of August 5, 2013, by and between the United States of America, acting by and through the
Administrator of General Services, as landlord, and Trump Old Post Office LLC, as tenant.
16. “Payment” includes both direct and indirect payments, including those payments
that are passed through a management company, other entity from which You receive payments,
17. “Person(s)” includes without limitation any natural person, entity, individual or
estate.
18. “Trump Trust” refers to any trust or other instrument to which Donald J. Trump has
been a beneficiary or potential beneficiary at any time since January 20, 2017.
19. “You” and “Your” mean the recipient of these requests and shall include All entities
in which You have a Financial Interest, direct and indirect parents, predecessors in interest,
affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, predecessors, successors, and assignees, the present and former
officers, directors, employees, attorneys, agents, and representatives of any of the above, and each
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
1. In responding to these Requests, You are to furnish All available information, including
information in the possession, custody, or control of Your agents and All Persons acting on Your
behalf. This includes Documents presently in the possession, custody or control of Your
attorney(s) or their investigators or any third party or parties to whom You have surrendered
possession, custody or control, or who are acting on Your behalf, or who have otherwise obtained
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possession, custody or control, or who, upon Your request, would surrender possession, custody
or control to You.
2. If any responsive Document was, but no longer is, in Your possession, custody or
control, produce a description of each such Document. The description shall include the following:
(a) the name of each author, sender, creator, and initiator of such Document;
(b) the name of each recipient, addressee, or party for whom such Document was
intended;
otherwise disposed of, and the date and manner of the disposal.
(including but not limited to work product, deliberative process, joint defense, or common interest
protections) for any Document, You shall provide the following information with respect to each
such Document:
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e. such other information as is sufficient to identify the Document for a subpoena
duces tecum, including, where appropriate, the name and title of the author of the
document, the name and title of any recipient, and identification of anyone
Provide the information requested in this instruction in a searchable and sortable electronic
format and with sufficient specificity to enable the undersigned counsel and the Court to assess
All additional or different Documents or information responsive to these Requests, which You
discover, receive, or generate between the time of the original production and trial.
5. All Documents and/or other data which relate to the subject matter of this case or
these requests must be preserved. Any destruction involving such Documents must cease, even if
it is Your normal or routine course of business to delete or destroy such Documents or data and
even if You believe such Documents or data are privileged or otherwise need not be produced.
7. Unless otherwise stated, the relevant time period for All requests are for Documents
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DOCUMENTS SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SUBPOENA
Documents sufficient to show Donald J. Trump’s or Trump Trust’s current, historic, and
future Financial Interest in the Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C. (“Trump International
Hotel”) and BLT Prime by David Burke Washington, D.C. (“BLT Prime”).
All Documents Concerning Your (and the Trump International Hotel’s and BLT Prime’s)
finances, including (i) profit and loss and revenue statements, projections, and estimates, charts of
accounts, and annual plans; (ii) tax Documents including income tax returns; (iii) budget plans,
summaries, and reports; and (iv) the anticipated and actual impact of the 2016 Presidential election
Documents, including organizational charts, sufficient to identify the names, positions, and
job descriptions of All Your employees and agents with responsibilities for management, sales,
promotions, and marketing of the Trump International Hotel or BLT Prime, including the hotel
All Documents and Communications from any time period Concerning draft and final
versions of any Agreements with the United States of America, acting by and through the General
Services Administration (“GSA”), concerning the Trump International Hotel, including any lease
Agreements and amendments, codicils, exhibits, or appendices thereto, as well as All Documents
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REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 6:
All Documents Concerning Communications with the GSA regarding the Trump
All Documents showing any Payments by any Foreign or Domestic Government to the
Trump International Hotel or BLT Prime, including: (i) credit card billing receipts and records, (ii)
summaries or ledgers, (iii) reports, (iv) spreadsheets, (v) emails or correspondence, and (vi)
contracts or agreements.
entities or government personnel, including (i) marketing and sales team meeting minutes; (ii)
sales plans, sales and marketing plans, business plans, strategies, summaries, reports,
presentations, guidelines, and rules; (iii) those that concern the impact of the 2016 Presidential
election on marketing efforts and strategies; (iv) direct mail, email, social media, or other
promotional, marketing, and sales materials, including the identity and address of any recipients
of such materials; (v) marketing and sales tracking programs or systems used for identifying
potential clients and leads; and (vi) those identifying different customer market segments,
customers.
Documents sufficient to identify All hotel guests, restaurant and catering customers, room
service patrons, and renters of event space at the Trump International Hotel or BLT Prime who at
the time represented or were employed by any Foreign or Domestic Government, where “identify”
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means disclose: (i) the name and address of each hotel guest, restaurant guest, and renter of event
space; (ii) the amounts paid by each (and whether a Foreign or Domestic Government was the
source of any Payments) for hotel rooms, catering, event space, or other services; (iii) the period
and terms of any such Payments; and (iv) the complete account files for each, including notes,
other Persons who have booked hotel rooms, catering, meetings, and/or event space at the Trump
International Hotel or BLT Prime for use by any Foreign or Domestic Government, including with
respect to each such Person or entity: (a) the name, address, email address, website, and phone
number of each; (b) for each entity identified pursuant to (a) of this Request, the name, address,
email address, and phone number of a principal contact for that entity; and (c) the business that the
Documents sufficient to identify All bonuses paid to Trump International Hotel or BLT
Prime employees as a reward for or in recognition of generating new business from Foreign or
Domestic Governments.
Documents sufficient to identify All projected, historical, or current room rates at the
Trump International Hotel, where “room rates” include All categories of rates such as rack rates,
Documents sufficient to identify All projected, historical, or current rental rates for meeting
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REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 14:
Documents sufficient to identify All projected, historical, or current rates and prices for
food, catering, and other services at the Trump International Hotel or BLT Prime.
All Documents Concerning the Trump International Hotel’s or BLT Prime’s competitors
and competition, including the geographic scope of competition and the identification of
competitive sets, and including All Documents comparing the Trump International Hotel with
other hotels, such as Smith Travel Research (STAR or STR) monthly reports.
Documents sufficient to identify All services and amenities available at the Trump
Documents sufficient to identify All Businesses doing business in the Washington D.C.
metropolitan area in which Donald J. Trump or Trump Trust has a Financial Interest, where
“identify” means to disclose (i) the name, place of incorporation, and headquarters address of each
Business; (ii) the name of each Business owner and each ownership interest by value and
percentage; and (iii) each Business’s articles of incorporation, operating Agreements, management
All Documents Concerning Your policies or practices with respect to the storage, location,
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Requests, and if such policies or practices have changed over time, Documents sufficient to
All Documents Concerning litigation holds issued as a result of the Emoluments Litigation,
Documents sufficient to identify the payor and/or source of the Payment in the amount of
$151,470 from The Trump Corporation to the U.S. Treasury dated February 21, 2018, as well as
any other Payments made to the U.S. Treasury that purport to reflect profits and/or revenues
received by Donald J. Trump from Foreign or Domestic Governments (excluding payments made
of the Payment in the amount of $151,470 to the U.S. Treasury dated February 21, 2018, as well
as any other Payments made to the U.S. Treasury that purport to reflect profits and/or revenues
received by Donald J. Trump from Foreign or Domestic Governments (excluding payments made
All Communications regarding the Payment in the amount of $151,470 to the U.S.
Treasury dated February 21, 2018, as well as any other Payments made to the U.S. Treasury that
purport to reflect profits and/or revenues received by Donald J. Trump from Foreign or Domestic
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Date: December 4, 2018
DEEPAK GUPTA*
[email protected]
DANIEL TOWNSEND*
Gupta Wessler PLLC
1900 L Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20009
T: (202) 888-1741
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APPENDIX TO DOCUMENT REQUESTS REGARDING FORM OF PRODUCTION
1. All hard copy paper documents should be produced as TIFF image files (black-and-
white) and as JPEG image files (color) in electronic form. Each filename must be
unique and match the Bates number of the page. The filename should not contain any
blank spaces and should be zero padded (for example ABC0000001).
2. Each delivery should be accompanied by an image cross reference file that contains
document breaks.
3. A delimited text file that contains available fielded data should also be included, at a
minimum including Beginning Bates Number, Ending Bates Number, Custodian and
Number of pages, as well as link to OCR text if any (see below). The following
delimiters should be used:
b. Quote (ASCII:0254)
4. To the extent that documents have been run through an Optical Character Recognition
(OCR) software in the course of reviewing the documents for production, full text
should also be delivered for each document. Text should be delivered on a document
level in an appropriately formatted text file (.txt) that is named to match the first bates
number of the document.
5. A text cross reference load file should also be included with the production delivery
that lists the beginning Bates number of the document and the relative path of the text
file for that document on the production media.
6. The TIFF images should be produced as single-page Group IV TIFF format at 300
dpi with an Opticon image load file. The Opticon image load file should contain the
BEGBATES value for each corresponding document and appropriate path or folder
information to the corresponding images that comprise each document. Each TIFF or
JPEG image should be individually Bates numbered. The Bates number must not
obliterate, conceal, or interfere with any information on the produced document.
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B. All Electronic Documents
1. All electronic documents should be produced in such fashion as to identify the location
(i.e. the network file folder, hard drive, backup-tape or other location) where the
documents are stored and, where applicable, the natural person in whose possession
they were found (or on whose hardware device they reside or are stored). If the storage
location was a file share or work group folder, that should be specified as well.
4. For Documents that are produced from electronic format, the full extracted text will
be provided by a link in the main (.DAT) load file. The following extracted data and
metadata fields shall to be provided in the load file:
a. Begbates
b. Endbates
c. Group Identifier 1
d. Custodian
g. Document Type
h. Confidentiality Designation
j. To (for emails)
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The Group Identifier should contain the Begbates value of an attachment’s parent document.
The Group Identifier for a parent document is equal to the Begbates for the parent document.
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l. Cc (for emails)
p. Time Offset Value (indicate which time zone the data is set to when
processed)
s. Link to Extracted Text (body of email for email, extracted text of document
for edocs and attachments)
x. Page Count
aa. Has Hidden Data: Yes or blank (Hidden data refers not only to Excel files with
hidden columbs, rows, spreadsheets, etc., but also PowerPoint files in which comments
or other fields may be hidden)
5. Extracted full text (not OCR text) should be delivered for each electronic document.
The extracted full text should be delivered on a document level according to the
specifications above similar to paper documents.
6. Social Media and Web Content. Social media and other web content shall be
produced as Group IV TIFF images with associated metadata load files. The parties
will further confer regarding the specific web pages and available metadata.
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C. Production of Structured Data
Databases or structured data should be produced in a mutually agreeable data exchange format.
To the extent a response to discovery requires production of discoverable electronic
information contained in a database, the producing party will make available a data dictionary or
equivalent information identifying the specific fields included in its database and what sort of
information is stored in each field, so that the parties may meet and confer regarding which
data elements will be extracted for production. Ultimately, production should be in an
exportable electronic file (e.g., Excel or CSV format).
D. Non-Substantive Files
System and program files defined on the National Institute of Standards and Technology
(“NIST”) list need not be processed, reviewed or produced.
E. Color
For files not produced in their native format, if an original document contains color, the
producing party may produce black and white image(s). At the request of the receiving party,
the parties shall meet and confer regarding production of color image(s) for specific
documents.
F. Bates Numbering
1. Document Images. Each page of a produced Document shall have a unique page
identifier (“Bates Number”) electronically “burned” onto the image at a location that
does not unreasonably conceal or interfere with any information from the source
document. Any confidentiality legend shall be “burned” onto each document’s image
at a location that does not unreasonably obscure any information from the source
document. Redacted documents will be so identified by electronically “burning” the
legend “Redacted” onto each document’s image at a location that does not
unreasonably obscure any information from the source document.
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G. Production Media
Documents shall be produced by SFTP site or on CD-ROM, DVD, external hard drive (with
standard PC compatible interface), or such other readily accessible computer or electronic
media as the parties may hereafter agree upon (the “Production Media”). Each item of
Production Media shall include: (1) its own unique name and a consistent naming convention;
(2) text referencing that it was produced in the Litigation; and (3) the Bates range contained on
such Production Media item.
H. Attachments
Email attachments and embedded files or links must be mapped to their parent by the
Document or Production number. If attachments and embedded files are combined with their
parent documents, “BeginDoc” and “EndDoc” fields listing the unique beginning and ending
number for each document and “BeginAttach” and “EndAttach” fields listing the begin and
end of the entire document family must be included.
I. Embedded Objects
Objects embedded in Microsoft Word and .RTF documents, which have been embedded with
the “Display as Icon” feature, will be extracted as separate documents and treated like
attachments to the document. Other objects embedded in documents shall be produced as
native files.
J. Compressed Files
Compression file types (i.e., .CAB, .GZ, .TAR, .Z, .ZIP) shall be decompressed in a reiterative
manner to ensure that a zip within a zip is decompressed into the lowest possible compression
resulting in individual folders and/or files.
K. Production Problems
Documents that present imaging or format production problems shall be promptly identified
and disclosed to the requesting party; the parties shall then meet and confer to attempt to
resolve the problems.
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AO 88B (Rev. 02/14) Subpoena to Produce Documents, Information, or Objects or to Permit Inspection of Premises in a Civil Action
To: Trump Old Post Office LLC c/o National Registered Agents, Inc.;
160 Greentree Dr., Suite 101, Dover, DE 19904
(Name of person to whom this subpoena is directed)
✔
O Production: YOU ARE COMMANDED to produce at the time, date, and place set forth below the following
documents, electronically stored information, or objects, and to permit inspection, copying, testing, or sampling of
the material: See Attachment A
Place: Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC Date and Time:
Three Logan Square, 1717 Arch Street, Suite 3610 January 3, 2019, 9:00 AM
Philadelphia, PA 19103
O Inspection of Premises: YOU ARE COMMANDED to permit entry onto the designated premises, land, or
other property possessed or controlled by you at the time, date, and location set forth below, so that the requesting party
may inspect, measure, survey, photograph, test, or sample the property or any designated object or operation on it.
The following provisions of Fed. R. Civ. P. 45 are attached – Rule 45(c), relating to the place of compliance;
Rule 45(d), relating to your protection as a person subject to a subpoena; and Rule 45(e) and (g), relating to your duty to
respond to this subpoena and the potential consequences of not doing so.
Date: 12/4/2018
CLERK OF COURT
OR
The name, address, e-mail address, and telephone number of the attorney representing (name of party)
The District of Columbia and the State of Maryland , who issues or requests this subpoena, are:
Stephanie Litos; 441 4th St. NW, Ste. 630 S, Washington, DC 20001; [email protected]; 202-724-6650
Leah Tulin; 200 St. Paul Place, 20th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202; [email protected]; 410-576-6962
PROOF OF SERVICE
(This section should not be filed with the court unless required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 45.)
on (date) ; or
Unless the subpoena was issued on behalf of the United States, or one of its officers or agents, I have also
tendered to the witness the fees for one day’s attendance, and the mileage allowed by law, in the amount of
$ .
My fees are $ for travel and $ for services, for a total of $ 0.00 .
Date:
Server’s signature
Server’s address
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 45 (c), (d), (e), and (g) (Effective 12/1/13)
(c) Place of Compliance. (ii) disclosing an unretained expert’s opinion or information that does
not describe specific occurrences in dispute and results from the expert’s
(1) For a Trial, Hearing, or Deposition. A subpoena may command a study that was not requested by a party.
person to attend a trial, hearing, or deposition only as follows: (C) Specifying Conditions as an Alternative. In the circumstances
(A) within 100 miles of where the person resides, is employed, or described in Rule 45(d)(3)(B), the court may, instead of quashing or
regularly transacts business in person; or modifying a subpoena, order appearance or production under specified
(B) within the state where the person resides, is employed, or regularly conditions if the serving party:
transacts business in person, if the person (i) shows a substantial need for the testimony or material that cannot be
(i) is a party or a party’s officer; or otherwise met without undue hardship; and
(ii) is commanded to attend a trial and would not incur substantial (ii) ensures that the subpoenaed person will be reasonably compensated.
expense.
(e) Duties in Responding to a Subpoena.
(2) For Other Discovery. A subpoena may command:
(A) production of documents, electronically stored information, or (1) Producing Documents or Electronically Stored Information. These
tangible things at a place within 100 miles of where the person resides, is procedures apply to producing documents or electronically stored
employed, or regularly transacts business in person; and information:
(B) inspection of premises at the premises to be inspected. (A) Documents. A person responding to a subpoena to produce documents
must produce them as they are kept in the ordinary course of business or
(d) Protecting a Person Subject to a Subpoena; Enforcement. must organize and label them to correspond to the categories in the demand.
(B) Form for Producing Electronically Stored Information Not Specified.
(1) Avoiding Undue Burden or Expense; Sanctions. A party or attorney If a subpoena does not specify a form for producing electronically stored
responsible for issuing and serving a subpoena must take reasonable steps information, the person responding must produce it in a form or forms in
to avoid imposing undue burden or expense on a person subject to the which it is ordinarily maintained or in a reasonably usable form or forms.
subpoena. The court for the district where compliance is required must (C) Electronically Stored Information Produced in Only One Form. The
enforce this duty and impose an appropriate sanction—which may include person responding need not produce the same electronically stored
lost earnings and reasonable attorney’s fees—on a party or attorney who information in more than one form.
fails to comply. (D) Inaccessible Electronically Stored Information. The person
responding need not provide discovery of electronically stored information
(2) Command to Produce Materials or Permit Inspection. from sources that the person identifies as not reasonably accessible because
(A) Appearance Not Required. A person commanded to produce of undue burden or cost. On motion to compel discovery or for a protective
documents, electronically stored information, or tangible things, or to order, the person responding must show that the information is not
permit the inspection of premises, need not appear in person at the place of reasonably accessible because of undue burden or cost. If that showing is
production or inspection unless also commanded to appear for a deposition, made, the court may nonetheless order discovery from such sources if the
hearing, or trial. requesting party shows good cause, considering the limitations of Rule
(B) Objections. A person commanded to produce documents or tangible 26(b)(2)(C). The court may specify conditions for the discovery.
things or to permit inspection may serve on the party or attorney designated
in the subpoena a written objection to inspecting, copying, testing, or (2) Claiming Privilege or Protection.
sampling any or all of the materials or to inspecting the premises—or to (A) Information Withheld. A person withholding subpoenaed information
producing electronically stored information in the form or forms requested. under a claim that it is privileged or subject to protection as trial-preparation
The objection must be served before the earlier of the time specified for material must:
compliance or 14 days after the subpoena is served. If an objection is made, (i) expressly make the claim; and
the following rules apply: (ii) describe the nature of the withheld documents, communications, or
(i) At any time, on notice to the commanded person, the serving party tangible things in a manner that, without revealing information itself
may move the court for the district where compliance is required for an privileged or protected, will enable the parties to assess the claim.
order compelling production or inspection. (B) Information Produced. If information produced in response to a
(ii) These acts may be required only as directed in the order, and the subpoena is subject to a claim of privilege or of protection as
order must protect a person who is neither a party nor a party’s officer from trial-preparation material, the person making the claim may notify any party
significant expense resulting from compliance. that received the information of the claim and the basis for it. After being
notified, a party must promptly return, sequester, or destroy the specified
(3) Quashing or Modifying a Subpoena. information and any copies it has; must not use or disclose the information
(A) When Required. On timely motion, the court for the district where until the claim is resolved; must take reasonable steps to retrieve the
compliance is required must quash or modify a subpoena that: information if the party disclosed it before being notified; and may promptly
(i) fails to allow a reasonable time to comply; present the information under seal to the court for the district where
(ii) requires a person to comply beyond the geographical limits compliance is required for a determination of the claim. The person who
specified in Rule 45(c); produced the information must preserve the information until the claim is
(iii) requires disclosure of privileged or other protected matter, if no resolved.
exception or waiver applies; or
(iv) subjects a person to undue burden. (g) Contempt.
(B) When Permitted. To protect a person subject to or affected by a The court for the district where compliance is required—and also, after a
subpoena, the court for the district where compliance is required may, on motion is transferred, the issuing court—may hold in contempt a person
motion, quash or modify the subpoena if it requires: who, having been served, fails without adequate excuse to obey the
(i) disclosing a trade secret or other confidential research, subpoena or an order related to it.
development, or commercial information; or
For access to subpoena materials, see Fed. R. Civ. P. 45(a) Committee Note (2013).
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MARYLAND
GREENBELT DIVISION
Plaintiffs,
Case No. 8:17-cv-01596
v.
Defendant.
DEFINITIONS
whether formal or informal, between two or more Persons, together with modifications or
amendments thereto.
to bring within the scope of these Requests All information that might otherwise be construed to
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5. “Communications” is used in the broadest sense possible and means every manner
written, electronically (including e-mail, voicemail, voicemail which is delivered by email, text
messages, tweet, direct messages, instant messaging, other social media communication, and/or
any other form of electronic correspondence or exchange), by Document, mail, personal delivery,
face-to-face meeting, or otherwise. All such communications in writing shall include, without
7. “Document(s)” means written, recorded, and graphic material of every kind and
photographs, sound recordings, video recordings, images, and other data and data compilations—
stored in any medium from which information can be obtained either directly or, if necessary, after
translation by You into a reasonably usable form. A draft or non-identical copy is a separate
document within the meaning of this term. Document(s) includes the labels or metadata associated
9. “Electronically Stored Information,” or “ESI” means the complete original and any
non-identical copy (whether different from the original because of notations, different metadata,
or otherwise) of any electronically created or stored information, including but not limited to e-
mail, instant messaging, videoconferencing, SMS, MMS, or other text messaging, and other
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presentation files, video recordings, and sound recordings, regardless of how or where the
10. “Emoluments Clauses” means the language in U.S. Const. art. I, § 9, cl. 8
prohibiting any “Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust” from accepting “any present,
Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State,” absent
“the Consent of the Congress” and the language in U.S. Const. art. II, § 1, cl. 7 prohibiting the
President from “receiv[ing] within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or
any of them.”
Washington v. Trump, 17-cv-458 (S.D.N.Y.); District of Columbia & Maryland v. Trump, 8:17-
cv-01596 (D. Md.); Blumenthal v. Trump, 17-cv-1154 (D.D.C.), and any other existing or future
lawsuits alleging that President Donald J. Trump has violated the Emoluments Clauses.
12. “Financial Interest” means (i) direct or indirect ownership of an interest and/or (ii)
United States and any federal, state, or local government in the United States, including each
government’s present and former agencies, branches, units, divisions, subdivisions, districts,
entities, entities in which the government has a Financial Interest, agents, assignees,
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15. “Lease” means Lease Number GS-LS-116-1307, that certain Ground Lease dated
as of August 5, 2013, by and between the United States of America, acting by and through the
Administrator of General Services, as landlord, and Trump Old Post Office LLC, as tenant.
16. “Payment” includes both direct and indirect payments, including those payments
that are passed through a management company, other entity from which You receive payments,
17. “Person(s)” includes without limitation any natural person, entity, individual or
estate.
18. “Trump Trust” refers to any trust or other instrument to which Donald J. Trump has
been a beneficiary or potential beneficiary at any time since January 20, 2017.
19. “You” and “Your” mean the recipient of these requests and shall include All entities
in which You have a Financial Interest, direct and indirect parents, predecessors in interest,
affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, predecessors, successors, and assignees, the present and former
officers, directors, employees, attorneys, agents, and representatives of any of the above, and each
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
1. In responding to these Requests, You are to furnish All available information, including
information in the possession, custody, or control of Your agents and All Persons acting on Your
behalf. This includes Documents presently in the possession, custody or control of Your
attorney(s) or their investigators or any third party or parties to whom You have surrendered
possession, custody or control, or who are acting on Your behalf, or who have otherwise obtained
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possession, custody or control, or who, upon Your request, would surrender possession, custody
or control to You.
2. If any responsive Document was, but no longer is, in Your possession, custody or
control, produce a description of each such Document. The description shall include the following:
(a) the name of each author, sender, creator, and initiator of such Document;
(b) the name of each recipient, addressee, or party for whom such Document was
intended;
otherwise disposed of, and the date and manner of the disposal.
(including but not limited to work product, deliberative process, joint defense, or common interest
protections) for any Document, You shall provide the following information with respect to each
such Document:
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e. such other information as is sufficient to identify the Document for a subpoena
duces tecum, including, where appropriate, the name and title of the author of the
document, the name and title of any recipient, and identification of anyone
Provide the information requested in this instruction in a searchable and sortable electronic
format and with sufficient specificity to enable the undersigned counsel and the Court to assess
All additional or different Documents or information responsive to these Requests, which You
discover, receive, or generate between the time of the original production and trial.
5. All Documents and/or other data which relate to the subject matter of this case or
these requests must be preserved. Any destruction involving such Documents must cease, even if
it is Your normal or routine course of business to delete or destroy such Documents or data and
even if You believe such Documents or data are privileged or otherwise need not be produced.
7. Unless otherwise stated, the relevant time period for All requests are for Documents
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DOCUMENTS SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SUBPOENA
Documents sufficient to show Donald J. Trump’s or Trump Trust’s current, historic, and
future Financial Interest in the Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C. (“Trump International
Hotel”) and BLT Prime by David Burke Washington, D.C. (“BLT Prime”).
All Documents Concerning Your (and the Trump International Hotel’s and BLT Prime’s)
finances, including (i) profit and loss and revenue statements, projections, and estimates, charts of
accounts, and annual plans; (ii) tax Documents including income tax returns; (iii) budget plans,
summaries, and reports; and (iv) the anticipated and actual impact of the 2016 Presidential election
Documents, including organizational charts, sufficient to identify the names, positions, and
job descriptions of All Your employees and agents with responsibilities for management, sales,
promotions, and marketing of the Trump International Hotel or BLT Prime, including the hotel
All Documents and Communications from any time period Concerning draft and final
versions of any Agreements with the United States of America, acting by and through the General
Services Administration (“GSA”), concerning the Trump International Hotel, including any lease
Agreements and amendments, codicils, exhibits, or appendices thereto, as well as All Documents
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REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 6:
All Documents Concerning Communications with the GSA regarding the Trump
All Documents showing any Payments by any Foreign or Domestic Government to the
Trump International Hotel or BLT Prime, including: (i) credit card billing receipts and records, (ii)
summaries or ledgers, (iii) reports, (iv) spreadsheets, (v) emails or correspondence, and (vi)
contracts or agreements.
entities or government personnel, including (i) marketing and sales team meeting minutes; (ii)
sales plans, sales and marketing plans, business plans, strategies, summaries, reports,
presentations, guidelines, and rules; (iii) those that concern the impact of the 2016 Presidential
election on marketing efforts and strategies; (iv) direct mail, email, social media, or other
promotional, marketing, and sales materials, including the identity and address of any recipients
of such materials; (v) marketing and sales tracking programs or systems used for identifying
potential clients and leads; and (vi) those identifying different customer market segments,
customers.
Documents sufficient to identify All hotel guests, restaurant and catering customers, room
service patrons, and renters of event space at the Trump International Hotel or BLT Prime who at
the time represented or were employed by any Foreign or Domestic Government, where “identify”
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means disclose: (i) the name and address of each hotel guest, restaurant guest, and renter of event
space; (ii) the amounts paid by each (and whether a Foreign or Domestic Government was the
source of any Payments) for hotel rooms, catering, event space, or other services; (iii) the period
and terms of any such Payments; and (iv) the complete account files for each, including notes,
other Persons who have booked hotel rooms, catering, meetings, and/or event space at the Trump
International Hotel or BLT Prime for use by any Foreign or Domestic Government, including with
respect to each such Person or entity: (a) the name, address, email address, website, and phone
number of each; (b) for each entity identified pursuant to (a) of this Request, the name, address,
email address, and phone number of a principal contact for that entity; and (c) the business that the
Documents sufficient to identify All bonuses paid to Trump International Hotel or BLT
Prime employees as a reward for or in recognition of generating new business from Foreign or
Domestic Governments.
Documents sufficient to identify All projected, historical, or current room rates at the
Trump International Hotel, where “room rates” include All categories of rates such as rack rates,
Documents sufficient to identify All projected, historical, or current rental rates for meeting
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REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 14:
Documents sufficient to identify All projected, historical, or current rates and prices for
food, catering, and other services at the Trump International Hotel or BLT Prime.
All Documents Concerning the Trump International Hotel’s or BLT Prime’s competitors
and competition, including the geographic scope of competition and the identification of
competitive sets, and including All Documents comparing the Trump International Hotel with
other hotels, such as Smith Travel Research (STAR or STR) monthly reports.
Documents sufficient to identify All services and amenities available at the Trump
Documents sufficient to identify All Businesses doing business in the Washington D.C.
metropolitan area in which Donald J. Trump or Trump Trust has a Financial Interest, where
“identify” means to disclose (i) the name, place of incorporation, and headquarters address of each
Business; (ii) the name of each Business owner and each ownership interest by value and
percentage; and (iii) each Business’s articles of incorporation, operating Agreements, management
All Documents Concerning Your policies or practices with respect to the storage, location,
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Requests, and if such policies or practices have changed over time, Documents sufficient to
All Documents Concerning litigation holds issued as a result of the Emoluments Litigation,
Documents sufficient to identify the payor and/or source of the Payment in the amount of
$151,470 from The Trump Corporation to the U.S. Treasury dated February 21, 2018, as well as
any other Payments made to the U.S. Treasury that purport to reflect profits and/or revenues
received by Donald J. Trump from Foreign or Domestic Governments (excluding payments made
of the Payment in the amount of $151,470 to the U.S. Treasury dated February 21, 2018, as well
as any other Payments made to the U.S. Treasury that purport to reflect profits and/or revenues
received by Donald J. Trump from Foreign or Domestic Governments (excluding payments made
All Communications regarding the Payment in the amount of $151,470 to the U.S.
Treasury dated February 21, 2018, as well as any other Payments made to the U.S. Treasury that
purport to reflect profits and/or revenues received by Donald J. Trump from Foreign or Domestic
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Date: December 4, 2018
DEEPAK GUPTA*
[email protected]
DANIEL TOWNSEND*
Gupta Wessler PLLC
1900 L Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20009
T: (202) 888-1741
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APPENDIX TO DOCUMENT REQUESTS REGARDING FORM OF PRODUCTION
1. All hard copy paper documents should be produced as TIFF image files (black-and-
white) and as JPEG image files (color) in electronic form. Each filename must be
unique and match the Bates number of the page. The filename should not contain any
blank spaces and should be zero padded (for example ABC0000001).
2. Each delivery should be accompanied by an image cross reference file that contains
document breaks.
3. A delimited text file that contains available fielded data should also be included, at a
minimum including Beginning Bates Number, Ending Bates Number, Custodian and
Number of pages, as well as link to OCR text if any (see below). The following
delimiters should be used:
b. Quote (ASCII:0254)
4. To the extent that documents have been run through an Optical Character Recognition
(OCR) software in the course of reviewing the documents for production, full text
should also be delivered for each document. Text should be delivered on a document
level in an appropriately formatted text file (.txt) that is named to match the first bates
number of the document.
5. A text cross reference load file should also be included with the production delivery
that lists the beginning Bates number of the document and the relative path of the text
file for that document on the production media.
6. The TIFF images should be produced as single-page Group IV TIFF format at 300
dpi with an Opticon image load file. The Opticon image load file should contain the
BEGBATES value for each corresponding document and appropriate path or folder
information to the corresponding images that comprise each document. Each TIFF or
JPEG image should be individually Bates numbered. The Bates number must not
obliterate, conceal, or interfere with any information on the produced document.
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B. All Electronic Documents
1. All electronic documents should be produced in such fashion as to identify the location
(i.e. the network file folder, hard drive, backup-tape or other location) where the
documents are stored and, where applicable, the natural person in whose possession
they were found (or on whose hardware device they reside or are stored). If the storage
location was a file share or work group folder, that should be specified as well.
4. For Documents that are produced from electronic format, the full extracted text will
be provided by a link in the main (.DAT) load file. The following extracted data and
metadata fields shall to be provided in the load file:
a. Begbates
b. Endbates
c. Group Identifier 1
d. Custodian
g. Document Type
h. Confidentiality Designation
j. To (for emails)
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The Group Identifier should contain the Begbates value of an attachment’s parent document.
The Group Identifier for a parent document is equal to the Begbates for the parent document.
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l. Cc (for emails)
p. Time Offset Value (indicate which time zone the data is set to when
processed)
s. Link to Extracted Text (body of email for email, extracted text of document
for edocs and attachments)
x. Page Count
aa. Has Hidden Data: Yes or blank (Hidden data refers not only to Excel files with
hidden columbs, rows, spreadsheets, etc., but also PowerPoint files in which comments
or other fields may be hidden)
5. Extracted full text (not OCR text) should be delivered for each electronic document.
The extracted full text should be delivered on a document level according to the
specifications above similar to paper documents.
6. Social Media and Web Content. Social media and other web content shall be
produced as Group IV TIFF images with associated metadata load files. The parties
will further confer regarding the specific web pages and available metadata.
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C. Production of Structured Data
Databases or structured data should be produced in a mutually agreeable data exchange format.
To the extent a response to discovery requires production of discoverable electronic
information contained in a database, the producing party will make available a data dictionary or
equivalent information identifying the specific fields included in its database and what sort of
information is stored in each field, so that the parties may meet and confer regarding which
data elements will be extracted for production. Ultimately, production should be in an
exportable electronic file (e.g., Excel or CSV format).
D. Non-Substantive Files
System and program files defined on the National Institute of Standards and Technology
(“NIST”) list need not be processed, reviewed or produced.
E. Color
For files not produced in their native format, if an original document contains color, the
producing party may produce black and white image(s). At the request of the receiving party,
the parties shall meet and confer regarding production of color image(s) for specific
documents.
F. Bates Numbering
1. Document Images. Each page of a produced Document shall have a unique page
identifier (“Bates Number”) electronically “burned” onto the image at a location that
does not unreasonably conceal or interfere with any information from the source
document. Any confidentiality legend shall be “burned” onto each document’s image
at a location that does not unreasonably obscure any information from the source
document. Redacted documents will be so identified by electronically “burning” the
legend “Redacted” onto each document’s image at a location that does not
unreasonably obscure any information from the source document.
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G. Production Media
Documents shall be produced by SFTP site or on CD-ROM, DVD, external hard drive (with
standard PC compatible interface), or such other readily accessible computer or electronic
media as the parties may hereafter agree upon (the “Production Media”). Each item of
Production Media shall include: (1) its own unique name and a consistent naming convention;
(2) text referencing that it was produced in the Litigation; and (3) the Bates range contained on
such Production Media item.
H. Attachments
Email attachments and embedded files or links must be mapped to their parent by the
Document or Production number. If attachments and embedded files are combined with their
parent documents, “BeginDoc” and “EndDoc” fields listing the unique beginning and ending
number for each document and “BeginAttach” and “EndAttach” fields listing the begin and
end of the entire document family must be included.
I. Embedded Objects
Objects embedded in Microsoft Word and .RTF documents, which have been embedded with
the “Display as Icon” feature, will be extracted as separate documents and treated like
attachments to the document. Other objects embedded in documents shall be produced as
native files.
J. Compressed Files
Compression file types (i.e., .CAB, .GZ, .TAR, .Z, .ZIP) shall be decompressed in a reiterative
manner to ensure that a zip within a zip is decompressed into the lowest possible compression
resulting in individual folders and/or files.
K. Production Problems
Documents that present imaging or format production problems shall be promptly identified
and disclosed to the requesting party; the parties shall then meet and confer to attempt to
resolve the problems.
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AO 88B (Rev. 02/14) Subpoena to Produce Documents, Information, or Objects or to Permit Inspection of Premises in a Civil Action
To: Trump Old Post Office Member Corp. c/o National Registered Agents, Inc.;
160 Greentree Dr., Suite 101, Dover, DE 19904
(Name of person to whom this subpoena is directed)
✔
O Production: YOU ARE COMMANDED to produce at the time, date, and place set forth below the following
documents, electronically stored information, or objects, and to permit inspection, copying, testing, or sampling of
the material: See Attachment A
Place: Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC Date and Time:
Three Logan Square, 1717 Arch Street, Suite 3610 January 3, 2019, 9:00 AM
Philadelphia, PA 19103
O Inspection of Premises: YOU ARE COMMANDED to permit entry onto the designated premises, land, or
other property possessed or controlled by you at the time, date, and location set forth below, so that the requesting party
may inspect, measure, survey, photograph, test, or sample the property or any designated object or operation on it.
The following provisions of Fed. R. Civ. P. 45 are attached – Rule 45(c), relating to the place of compliance;
Rule 45(d), relating to your protection as a person subject to a subpoena; and Rule 45(e) and (g), relating to your duty to
respond to this subpoena and the potential consequences of not doing so.
Date: 12/4/2018
CLERK OF COURT
OR
The name, address, e-mail address, and telephone number of the attorney representing (name of party)
The District of Columbia and the State of Maryland , who issues or requests this subpoena, are:
Stephanie Litos; 441 4th St. NW, Ste. 630 S, Washington, DC 20001; [email protected]; 202-724-6650
Leah Tulin; 200 St. Paul Place, 20th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202; [email protected]; 410-576-6962
PROOF OF SERVICE
(This section should not be filed with the court unless required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 45.)
on (date) ; or
Unless the subpoena was issued on behalf of the United States, or one of its officers or agents, I have also
tendered to the witness the fees for one day’s attendance, and the mileage allowed by law, in the amount of
$ .
My fees are $ for travel and $ for services, for a total of $ 0.00 .
Date:
Server’s signature
Server’s address
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 45 (c), (d), (e), and (g) (Effective 12/1/13)
(c) Place of Compliance. (ii) disclosing an unretained expert’s opinion or information that does
not describe specific occurrences in dispute and results from the expert’s
(1) For a Trial, Hearing, or Deposition. A subpoena may command a study that was not requested by a party.
person to attend a trial, hearing, or deposition only as follows: (C) Specifying Conditions as an Alternative. In the circumstances
(A) within 100 miles of where the person resides, is employed, or described in Rule 45(d)(3)(B), the court may, instead of quashing or
regularly transacts business in person; or modifying a subpoena, order appearance or production under specified
(B) within the state where the person resides, is employed, or regularly conditions if the serving party:
transacts business in person, if the person (i) shows a substantial need for the testimony or material that cannot be
(i) is a party or a party’s officer; or otherwise met without undue hardship; and
(ii) is commanded to attend a trial and would not incur substantial (ii) ensures that the subpoenaed person will be reasonably compensated.
expense.
(e) Duties in Responding to a Subpoena.
(2) For Other Discovery. A subpoena may command:
(A) production of documents, electronically stored information, or (1) Producing Documents or Electronically Stored Information. These
tangible things at a place within 100 miles of where the person resides, is procedures apply to producing documents or electronically stored
employed, or regularly transacts business in person; and information:
(B) inspection of premises at the premises to be inspected. (A) Documents. A person responding to a subpoena to produce documents
must produce them as they are kept in the ordinary course of business or
(d) Protecting a Person Subject to a Subpoena; Enforcement. must organize and label them to correspond to the categories in the demand.
(B) Form for Producing Electronically Stored Information Not Specified.
(1) Avoiding Undue Burden or Expense; Sanctions. A party or attorney If a subpoena does not specify a form for producing electronically stored
responsible for issuing and serving a subpoena must take reasonable steps information, the person responding must produce it in a form or forms in
to avoid imposing undue burden or expense on a person subject to the which it is ordinarily maintained or in a reasonably usable form or forms.
subpoena. The court for the district where compliance is required must (C) Electronically Stored Information Produced in Only One Form. The
enforce this duty and impose an appropriate sanction—which may include person responding need not produce the same electronically stored
lost earnings and reasonable attorney’s fees—on a party or attorney who information in more than one form.
fails to comply. (D) Inaccessible Electronically Stored Information. The person
responding need not provide discovery of electronically stored information
(2) Command to Produce Materials or Permit Inspection. from sources that the person identifies as not reasonably accessible because
(A) Appearance Not Required. A person commanded to produce of undue burden or cost. On motion to compel discovery or for a protective
documents, electronically stored information, or tangible things, or to order, the person responding must show that the information is not
permit the inspection of premises, need not appear in person at the place of reasonably accessible because of undue burden or cost. If that showing is
production or inspection unless also commanded to appear for a deposition, made, the court may nonetheless order discovery from such sources if the
hearing, or trial. requesting party shows good cause, considering the limitations of Rule
(B) Objections. A person commanded to produce documents or tangible 26(b)(2)(C). The court may specify conditions for the discovery.
things or to permit inspection may serve on the party or attorney designated
in the subpoena a written objection to inspecting, copying, testing, or (2) Claiming Privilege or Protection.
sampling any or all of the materials or to inspecting the premises—or to (A) Information Withheld. A person withholding subpoenaed information
producing electronically stored information in the form or forms requested. under a claim that it is privileged or subject to protection as trial-preparation
The objection must be served before the earlier of the time specified for material must:
compliance or 14 days after the subpoena is served. If an objection is made, (i) expressly make the claim; and
the following rules apply: (ii) describe the nature of the withheld documents, communications, or
(i) At any time, on notice to the commanded person, the serving party tangible things in a manner that, without revealing information itself
may move the court for the district where compliance is required for an privileged or protected, will enable the parties to assess the claim.
order compelling production or inspection. (B) Information Produced. If information produced in response to a
(ii) These acts may be required only as directed in the order, and the subpoena is subject to a claim of privilege or of protection as
order must protect a person who is neither a party nor a party’s officer from trial-preparation material, the person making the claim may notify any party
significant expense resulting from compliance. that received the information of the claim and the basis for it. After being
notified, a party must promptly return, sequester, or destroy the specified
(3) Quashing or Modifying a Subpoena. information and any copies it has; must not use or disclose the information
(A) When Required. On timely motion, the court for the district where until the claim is resolved; must take reasonable steps to retrieve the
compliance is required must quash or modify a subpoena that: information if the party disclosed it before being notified; and may promptly
(i) fails to allow a reasonable time to comply; present the information under seal to the court for the district where
(ii) requires a person to comply beyond the geographical limits compliance is required for a determination of the claim. The person who
specified in Rule 45(c); produced the information must preserve the information until the claim is
(iii) requires disclosure of privileged or other protected matter, if no resolved.
exception or waiver applies; or
(iv) subjects a person to undue burden. (g) Contempt.
(B) When Permitted. To protect a person subject to or affected by a The court for the district where compliance is required—and also, after a
subpoena, the court for the district where compliance is required may, on motion is transferred, the issuing court—may hold in contempt a person
motion, quash or modify the subpoena if it requires: who, having been served, fails without adequate excuse to obey the
(i) disclosing a trade secret or other confidential research, subpoena or an order related to it.
development, or commercial information; or
For access to subpoena materials, see Fed. R. Civ. P. 45(a) Committee Note (2013).
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MARYLAND
GREENBELT DIVISION
Plaintiffs,
Case No. 8:17-cv-01596
v.
Defendant.
DEFINITIONS
whether formal or informal, between two or more Persons, together with modifications or
amendments thereto.
to bring within the scope of these Requests All information that might otherwise be construed to
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5. “Communications” is used in the broadest sense possible and means every manner
written, electronically (including e-mail, voicemail, voicemail which is delivered by email, text
messages, tweet, direct messages, instant messaging, other social media communication, and/or
any other form of electronic correspondence or exchange), by Document, mail, personal delivery,
face-to-face meeting, or otherwise. All such communications in writing shall include, without
7. “Document(s)” means written, recorded, and graphic material of every kind and
photographs, sound recordings, video recordings, images, and other data and data compilations—
stored in any medium from which information can be obtained either directly or, if necessary, after
translation by You into a reasonably usable form. A draft or non-identical copy is a separate
document within the meaning of this term. Document(s) includes the labels or metadata associated
9. “Electronically Stored Information,” or “ESI” means the complete original and any
non-identical copy (whether different from the original because of notations, different metadata,
or otherwise) of any electronically created or stored information, including but not limited to e-
mail, instant messaging, videoconferencing, SMS, MMS, or other text messaging, and other
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presentation files, video recordings, and sound recordings, regardless of how or where the
10. “Emoluments Clauses” means the language in U.S. Const. art. I, § 9, cl. 8
prohibiting any “Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust” from accepting “any present,
Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State,” absent
“the Consent of the Congress” and the language in U.S. Const. art. II, § 1, cl. 7 prohibiting the
President from “receiv[ing] within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or
any of them.”
Washington v. Trump, 17-cv-458 (S.D.N.Y.); District of Columbia & Maryland v. Trump, 8:17-
cv-01596 (D. Md.); Blumenthal v. Trump, 17-cv-1154 (D.D.C.), and any other existing or future
lawsuits alleging that President Donald J. Trump has violated the Emoluments Clauses.
12. “Financial Interest” means (i) direct or indirect ownership of an interest and/or (ii)
United States and any federal, state, or local government in the United States, including each
government’s present and former agencies, branches, units, divisions, subdivisions, districts,
entities, entities in which the government has a Financial Interest, agents, assignees,
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15. “Lease” means Lease Number GS-LS-116-1307, that certain Ground Lease dated
as of August 5, 2013, by and between the United States of America, acting by and through the
Administrator of General Services, as landlord, and Trump Old Post Office LLC, as tenant.
16. “Payment” includes both direct and indirect payments, including those payments
that are passed through a management company, other entity from which You receive payments,
17. “Person(s)” includes without limitation any natural person, entity, individual or
estate.
18. “Trump Trust” refers to any trust or other instrument to which Donald J. Trump has
been a beneficiary or potential beneficiary at any time since January 20, 2017.
19. “You” and “Your” mean the recipient of these requests and shall include All entities
in which You have a Financial Interest, direct and indirect parents, predecessors in interest,
affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, predecessors, successors, and assignees, the present and former
officers, directors, employees, attorneys, agents, and representatives of any of the above, and each
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
1. In responding to these Requests, You are to furnish All available information, including
information in the possession, custody, or control of Your agents and All Persons acting on Your
behalf. This includes Documents presently in the possession, custody or control of Your
attorney(s) or their investigators or any third party or parties to whom You have surrendered
possession, custody or control, or who are acting on Your behalf, or who have otherwise obtained
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possession, custody or control, or who, upon Your request, would surrender possession, custody
or control to You.
2. If any responsive Document was, but no longer is, in Your possession, custody or
control, produce a description of each such Document. The description shall include the following:
(a) the name of each author, sender, creator, and initiator of such Document;
(b) the name of each recipient, addressee, or party for whom such Document was
intended;
otherwise disposed of, and the date and manner of the disposal.
(including but not limited to work product, deliberative process, joint defense, or common interest
protections) for any Document, You shall provide the following information with respect to each
such Document:
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e. such other information as is sufficient to identify the Document for a subpoena
duces tecum, including, where appropriate, the name and title of the author of the
document, the name and title of any recipient, and identification of anyone
Provide the information requested in this instruction in a searchable and sortable electronic
format and with sufficient specificity to enable the undersigned counsel and the Court to assess
All additional or different Documents or information responsive to these Requests, which You
discover, receive, or generate between the time of the original production and trial.
5. All Documents and/or other data which relate to the subject matter of this case or
these requests must be preserved. Any destruction involving such Documents must cease, even if
it is Your normal or routine course of business to delete or destroy such Documents or data and
even if You believe such Documents or data are privileged or otherwise need not be produced.
7. Unless otherwise stated, the relevant time period for All requests are for Documents
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DOCUMENTS SOUGHT PURSUANT TO SUBPOENA
Documents sufficient to show Donald J. Trump’s or Trump Trust’s current, historic, and
future Financial Interest in the Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C. (“Trump International
Hotel”) and BLT Prime by David Burke Washington, D.C. (“BLT Prime”).
All Documents Concerning Your (and the Trump International Hotel’s and BLT Prime’s)
finances, including (i) profit and loss and revenue statements, projections, and estimates, charts of
accounts, and annual plans; (ii) tax Documents including income tax returns; (iii) budget plans,
summaries, and reports; and (iv) the anticipated and actual impact of the 2016 Presidential election
Documents, including organizational charts, sufficient to identify the names, positions, and
job descriptions of All Your employees and agents with responsibilities for management, sales,
promotions, and marketing of the Trump International Hotel or BLT Prime, including the hotel
All Documents and Communications from any time period Concerning draft and final
versions of any Agreements with the United States of America, acting by and through the General
Services Administration (“GSA”), concerning the Trump International Hotel, including any lease
Agreements and amendments, codicils, exhibits, or appendices thereto, as well as All Documents
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REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 6:
All Documents Concerning Communications with the GSA regarding the Trump
All Documents showing any Payments by any Foreign or Domestic Government to the
Trump International Hotel or BLT Prime, including: (i) credit card billing receipts and records, (ii)
summaries or ledgers, (iii) reports, (iv) spreadsheets, (v) emails or correspondence, and (vi)
contracts or agreements.
entities or government personnel, including (i) marketing and sales team meeting minutes; (ii)
sales plans, sales and marketing plans, business plans, strategies, summaries, reports,
presentations, guidelines, and rules; (iii) those that concern the impact of the 2016 Presidential
election on marketing efforts and strategies; (iv) direct mail, email, social media, or other
promotional, marketing, and sales materials, including the identity and address of any recipients
of such materials; (v) marketing and sales tracking programs or systems used for identifying
potential clients and leads; and (vi) those identifying different customer market segments,
customers.
Documents sufficient to identify All hotel guests, restaurant and catering customers, room
service patrons, and renters of event space at the Trump International Hotel or BLT Prime who at
the time represented or were employed by any Foreign or Domestic Government, where “identify”
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means disclose: (i) the name and address of each hotel guest, restaurant guest, and renter of event
space; (ii) the amounts paid by each (and whether a Foreign or Domestic Government was the
source of any Payments) for hotel rooms, catering, event space, or other services; (iii) the period
and terms of any such Payments; and (iv) the complete account files for each, including notes,
other Persons who have booked hotel rooms, catering, meetings, and/or event space at the Trump
International Hotel or BLT Prime for use by any Foreign or Domestic Government, including with
respect to each such Person or entity: (a) the name, address, email address, website, and phone
number of each; (b) for each entity identified pursuant to (a) of this Request, the name, address,
email address, and phone number of a principal contact for that entity; and (c) the business that the
Documents sufficient to identify All bonuses paid to Trump International Hotel or BLT
Prime employees as a reward for or in recognition of generating new business from Foreign or
Domestic Governments.
Documents sufficient to identify All projected, historical, or current room rates at the
Trump International Hotel, where “room rates” include All categories of rates such as rack rates,
Documents sufficient to identify All projected, historical, or current rental rates for meeting
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REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 14:
Documents sufficient to identify All projected, historical, or current rates and prices for
food, catering, and other services at the Trump International Hotel or BLT Prime.
All Documents Concerning the Trump International Hotel’s or BLT Prime’s competitors
and competition, including the geographic scope of competition and the identification of
competitive sets, and including All Documents comparing the Trump International Hotel with
other hotels, such as Smith Travel Research (STAR or STR) monthly reports.
Documents sufficient to identify All services and amenities available at the Trump
Documents sufficient to identify All Businesses doing business in the Washington D.C.
metropolitan area in which Donald J. Trump or Trump Trust has a Financial Interest, where
“identify” means to disclose (i) the name, place of incorporation, and headquarters address of each
Business; (ii) the name of each Business owner and each ownership interest by value and
percentage; and (iii) each Business’s articles of incorporation, operating Agreements, management
All Documents Concerning Your policies or practices with respect to the storage, location,
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Requests, and if such policies or practices have changed over time, Documents sufficient to
All Documents Concerning litigation holds issued as a result of the Emoluments Litigation,
Documents sufficient to identify the payor and/or source of the Payment in the amount of
$151,470 from The Trump Corporation to the U.S. Treasury dated February 21, 2018, as well as
any other Payments made to the U.S. Treasury that purport to reflect profits and/or revenues
received by Donald J. Trump from Foreign or Domestic Governments (excluding payments made
of the Payment in the amount of $151,470 to the U.S. Treasury dated February 21, 2018, as well
as any other Payments made to the U.S. Treasury that purport to reflect profits and/or revenues
received by Donald J. Trump from Foreign or Domestic Governments (excluding payments made
All Communications regarding the Payment in the amount of $151,470 to the U.S.
Treasury dated February 21, 2018, as well as any other Payments made to the U.S. Treasury that
purport to reflect profits and/or revenues received by Donald J. Trump from Foreign or Domestic
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Date: December 4, 2018
DEEPAK GUPTA*
[email protected]
DANIEL TOWNSEND*
Gupta Wessler PLLC
1900 L Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20009
T: (202) 888-1741
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APPENDIX TO DOCUMENT REQUESTS REGARDING FORM OF PRODUCTION
1. All hard copy paper documents should be produced as TIFF image files (black-and-
white) and as JPEG image files (color) in electronic form. Each filename must be
unique and match the Bates number of the page. The filename should not contain any
blank spaces and should be zero padded (for example ABC0000001).
2. Each delivery should be accompanied by an image cross reference file that contains
document breaks.
3. A delimited text file that contains available fielded data should also be included, at a
minimum including Beginning Bates Number, Ending Bates Number, Custodian and
Number of pages, as well as link to OCR text if any (see below). The following
delimiters should be used:
b. Quote (ASCII:0254)
4. To the extent that documents have been run through an Optical Character Recognition
(OCR) software in the course of reviewing the documents for production, full text
should also be delivered for each document. Text should be delivered on a document
level in an appropriately formatted text file (.txt) that is named to match the first bates
number of the document.
5. A text cross reference load file should also be included with the production delivery
that lists the beginning Bates number of the document and the relative path of the text
file for that document on the production media.
6. The TIFF images should be produced as single-page Group IV TIFF format at 300
dpi with an Opticon image load file. The Opticon image load file should contain the
BEGBATES value for each corresponding document and appropriate path or folder
information to the corresponding images that comprise each document. Each TIFF or
JPEG image should be individually Bates numbered. The Bates number must not
obliterate, conceal, or interfere with any information on the produced document.
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B. All Electronic Documents
1. All electronic documents should be produced in such fashion as to identify the location
(i.e. the network file folder, hard drive, backup-tape or other location) where the
documents are stored and, where applicable, the natural person in whose possession
they were found (or on whose hardware device they reside or are stored). If the storage
location was a file share or work group folder, that should be specified as well.
4. For Documents that are produced from electronic format, the full extracted text will
be provided by a link in the main (.DAT) load file. The following extracted data and
metadata fields shall to be provided in the load file:
a. Begbates
b. Endbates
c. Group Identifier 1
d. Custodian
g. Document Type
h. Confidentiality Designation
j. To (for emails)
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The Group Identifier should contain the Begbates value of an attachment’s parent document.
The Group Identifier for a parent document is equal to the Begbates for the parent document.
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l. Cc (for emails)
p. Time Offset Value (indicate which time zone the data is set to when
processed)
s. Link to Extracted Text (body of email for email, extracted text of document
for edocs and attachments)
x. Page Count
aa. Has Hidden Data: Yes or blank (Hidden data refers not only to Excel files with
hidden columbs, rows, spreadsheets, etc., but also PowerPoint files in which comments
or other fields may be hidden)
5. Extracted full text (not OCR text) should be delivered for each electronic document.
The extracted full text should be delivered on a document level according to the
specifications above similar to paper documents.
6. Social Media and Web Content. Social media and other web content shall be
produced as Group IV TIFF images with associated metadata load files. The parties
will further confer regarding the specific web pages and available metadata.
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C. Production of Structured Data
Databases or structured data should be produced in a mutually agreeable data exchange format.
To the extent a response to discovery requires production of discoverable electronic
information contained in a database, the producing party will make available a data dictionary or
equivalent information identifying the specific fields included in its database and what sort of
information is stored in each field, so that the parties may meet and confer regarding which
data elements will be extracted for production. Ultimately, production should be in an
exportable electronic file (e.g., Excel or CSV format).
D. Non-Substantive Files
System and program files defined on the National Institute of Standards and Technology
(“NIST”) list need not be processed, reviewed or produced.
E. Color
For files not produced in their native format, if an original document contains color, the
producing party may produce black and white image(s). At the request of the receiving party,
the parties shall meet and confer regarding production of color image(s) for specific
documents.
F. Bates Numbering
1. Document Images. Each page of a produced Document shall have a unique page
identifier (“Bates Number”) electronically “burned” onto the image at a location that
does not unreasonably conceal or interfere with any information from the source
document. Any confidentiality legend shall be “burned” onto each document’s image
at a location that does not unreasonably obscure any information from the source
document. Redacted documents will be so identified by electronically “burning” the
legend “Redacted” onto each document’s image at a location that does not
unreasonably obscure any information from the source document.
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G. Production Media
Documents shall be produced by SFTP site or on CD-ROM, DVD, external hard drive (with
standard PC compatible interface), or such other readily accessible computer or electronic
media as the parties may hereafter agree upon (the “Production Media”). Each item of
Production Media shall include: (1) its own unique name and a consistent naming convention;
(2) text referencing that it was produced in the Litigation; and (3) the Bates range contained on
such Production Media item.
H. Attachments
Email attachments and embedded files or links must be mapped to their parent by the
Document or Production number. If attachments and embedded files are combined with their
parent documents, “BeginDoc” and “EndDoc” fields listing the unique beginning and ending
number for each document and “BeginAttach” and “EndAttach” fields listing the begin and
end of the entire document family must be included.
I. Embedded Objects
Objects embedded in Microsoft Word and .RTF documents, which have been embedded with
the “Display as Icon” feature, will be extracted as separate documents and treated like
attachments to the document. Other objects embedded in documents shall be produced as
native files.
J. Compressed Files
Compression file types (i.e., .CAB, .GZ, .TAR, .Z, .ZIP) shall be decompressed in a reiterative
manner to ensure that a zip within a zip is decompressed into the lowest possible compression
resulting in individual folders and/or files.
K. Production Problems
Documents that present imaging or format production problems shall be promptly identified
and disclosed to the requesting party; the parties shall then meet and confer to attempt to
resolve the problems.
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AO 88B (Rev. 02/14) Subpoena to Produce Documents, Information, or Objects or to Permit Inspection of Premises in a Civil Action
✔
O Production: YOU ARE COMMANDED to produce at the time, date, and place set forth below the following
documents, electronically stored information, or objects, and to permit inspection, copying, testing, or sampling of
the material: See Attachment A
Place: Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC Date and Time:
88 Pine Street, 14th Floor January 3, 2019, 9:00 AM
New York, NY 10005
O Inspection of Premises: YOU ARE COMMANDED to permit entry onto the designated premises, land, or
other property possessed or controlled by you at the time, date, and location set forth below, so that the requesting party
may inspect, measure, survey, photograph, test, or sample the property or any designated object or operation on it.
The following provisions of Fed. R. Civ. P. 45 are attached – Rule 45(c), relating to the place of compliance;
Rule 45(d), relating to your protection as a person subject to a subpoena; and Rule 45(e) and (g), relating to your duty to
respond to this subpoena and the potential consequences of not doing so.
Date: 12/4/2018
CLERK OF COURT
OR
The name, address, e-mail address, and telephone number of the attorney representing (name of party)
The District of Columbia and the State of Maryland , who issues or requests this subpoena, are:
Stephanie Litos; 441 4th St. NW, Ste. 630 S, Washington, DC 20001; [email protected]; 202-724-6650
Leah Tulin; 200 St. Paul Place, 20th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202; [email protected]; 410-576-6962
PROOF OF SERVICE
(This section should not be filed with the court unless required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 45.)
on (date) ; or
Unless the subpoena was issued on behalf of the United States, or one of its officers or agents, I have also
tendered to the witness the fees for one day’s attendance, and the mileage allowed by law, in the amount of
$ .
My fees are $ for travel and $ for services, for a total of $ 0.00 .
Date:
Server’s signature
Server’s address
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 45 (c), (d), (e), and (g) (Effective 12/1/13)
(c) Place of Compliance. (ii) disclosing an unretained expert’s opinion or information that does
not describe specific occurrences in dispute and results from the expert’s
(1) For a Trial, Hearing, or Deposition. A subpoena may command a study that was not requested by a party.
person to attend a trial, hearing, or deposition only as follows: (C) Specifying Conditions as an Alternative. In the circumstances
(A) within 100 miles of where the person resides, is employed, or described in Rule 45(d)(3)(B), the court may, instead of quashing or
regularly transacts business in person; or modifying a subpoena, order appearance or production under specified
(B) within the state where the person resides, is employed, or regularly conditions if the serving party:
transacts business in person, if the person (i) shows a substantial need for the testimony or material that cannot be
(i) is a party or a party’s officer; or otherwise met without undue hardship; and
(ii) is commanded to attend a trial and would not incur substantial (ii) ensures that the subpoenaed person will be reasonably compensated.
expense.
(e) Duties in Responding to a Subpoena.
(2) For Other Discovery. A subpoena may command:
(A) production of documents, electronically stored information, or (1) Producing Documents or Electronically Stored Information. These
tangible things at a place within 100 miles of where the person resides, is procedures apply to producing documents or electronically stored
employed, or regularly transacts business in person; and information:
(B) inspection of premises at the premises to be inspected. (A) Documents. A person responding to a subpoena to produce documents
must produce them as they are kept in the ordinary course of business or
(d) Protecting a Person Subject to a Subpoena; Enforcement. must organize and label them to correspond to the categories in the demand.
(B) Form for Producing Electronically Stored Information Not Specified.
(1) Avoiding Undue Burden or Expense; Sanctions. A party or attorney If a subpoena does not specify a form for producing electronically stored
responsible for issuing and serving a subpoena must take reasonable steps information, the person responding must produce it in a form or forms in
to avoid imposing undue burden or expense on a person subject to the which it is ordinarily maintained or in a reasonably usable form or forms.
subpoena. The court for the district where compliance is required must (C) Electronically Stored Information Produced in Only One Form. The
enforce this duty and impose an appropriate sanction—which may include person responding need not produce the same electronically stored
lost earnings and reasonable attorney’s fees—on a party or attorney who information in more than one form.
fails to comply. (D) Inaccessible Electronically Stored Information. The person
responding need not provide discovery of electronically stored information
(2) Command to Produce Materials or Permit Inspection. from sources that the person identifies as not reasonably accessible because
(A) Appearance Not Required. A person commanded to produce of undue burden or cost. On motion to compel discovery or for a protective
documents, electronically stored information, or tangible things, or to order, the person responding must show that the information is not
permit the inspection of premises, need not appear in person at the place of reasonably accessible because of undue burden or cost. If that showing is
production or inspection unless also commanded to appear for a deposition, made, the court may nonetheless order discovery from such sources if the
hearing, or trial. requesting party shows good cause, considering the limitations of Rule
(B) Objections. A person commanded to produce documents or tangible 26(b)(2)(C). The court may specify conditions for the discovery.
things or to permit inspection may serve on the party or attorney designated
in the subpoena a written objection to inspecting, copying, testing, or (2) Claiming Privilege or Protection.
sampling any or all of the materials or to inspecting the premises—or to (A) Information Withheld. A person withholding subpoenaed information
producing electronically stored information in the form or forms requested. under a claim that it is privileged or subject to protection as trial-preparation
The objection must be served before the earlier of the time specified for material must:
compliance or 14 days after the subpoena is served. If an objection is made, (i) expressly make the claim; and
the following rules apply: (ii) describe the nature of the withheld documents, communications, or
(i) At any time, on notice to the commanded person, the serving party tangible things in a manner that, without revealing information itself
may move the court for the district where compliance is required for an privileged or protected, will enable the parties to assess the claim.
order compelling production or inspection. (B) Information Produced. If information produced in response to a
(ii) These acts may be required only as directed in the order, and the subpoena is subject to a claim of privilege or of protection as
order must protect a person who is neither a party nor a party’s officer from trial-preparation material, the person making the claim may notify any party
significant expense resulting from compliance. that received the information of the claim and the basis for it. After being
notified, a party must promptly return, sequester, or destroy the specified
(3) Quashing or Modifying a Subpoena. information and any copies it has; must not use or disclose the information
(A) When Required. On timely motion, the court for the district where until the claim is resolved; must take reasonable steps to retrieve the
compliance is required must quash or modify a subpoena that: information if the party disclosed it before being notified; and may promptly
(i) fails to allow a reasonable time to comply; present the information under seal to the court for the district where
(ii) requires a person to comply beyond the geographical limits compliance is required for a determination of the claim. The person who
specified in Rule 45(c); produced the information must preserve the information until the claim is
(iii) requires disclosure of privileged or other protected matter, if no resolved.
exception or waiver applies; or
(iv) subjects a person to undue burden. (g) Contempt.
(B) When Permitted. To protect a person subject to or affected by a The court for the district where compliance is required—and also, after a
subpoena, the court for the district where compliance is required may, on motion is transferred, the issuing court—may hold in contempt a person
motion, quash or modify the subpoena if it requires: who, having been served, fails without adequate excuse to obey the
(i) disclosing a trade secret or other confidential research, subpoena or an order related to it.
development, or commercial information; or
For access to subpoena materials, see Fed. R. Civ. P. 45(a) Committee Note (2013).
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MARYLAND
GREENBELT DIVISION
Plaintiffs,
Case No. 8:17-cv-01596
v.
Defendant.
DEFINITIONS
whether formal or informal, between two or more Persons, together with modifications or amendments
thereto.
to bring within the scope of these Requests all information that might otherwise be construed to
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5. “Communications” is used in the broadest sense possible and means every manner
written, electronically (including e-mail, voicemail, voicemail which is delivered by email, text
messages, tweet, direct messages, instant messaging, other social media communication, and/or
any other form of electronic correspondence or exchange), by Document, mail, personal delivery,
face-to-face meeting, or otherwise. All such communications in writing shall include, without
7. “Document(s)” means written, recorded, and/or graphic material of every kind and
photographs, sound recordings, video recordings, images, and/or other data and data
compilations—stored in any medium from which information can be obtained either directly or, if
necessary, after translation by You into a reasonably usable form. A draft or non-identical copy is
a separate document within the meaning of this term. Document(s) includes the labels or metadata
9. “Electronically Stored Information,” or “ESI” means the complete original and any
non-identical copy (whether different from the original because of notations, different metadata,
messaging, videoconferencing, SMS, MMS, or other text messaging, and other electronic
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files, video recordings, and sound recordings, regardless of how or where the information is stored,
10. “Emoluments Clauses” means the language in U.S. Const. art. I, § 9, cl. 8
prohibiting any “Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust” from accepting “any present,
Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State,” absent
“the Consent of the Congress” and the language in U.S. Const. art. II, § 1, cl. 7 prohibiting the
President from “receiv[ing] within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or
any of them.”
Washington v. Trump, 17-cv-458 (S.D.N.Y.); District of Columbia & Maryland v. Trump, 8:17-
cv-01596 (D. Md.); Blumenthal v. Trump, 17-cv-1154 (D.D.C.), and any other existing or future
lawsuits alleging that President Donald J. Trump has violated the Emoluments Clauses.
12. “Financial Interest” means (i) direct or indirect ownership of an interest and/or (ii)
13. “Foreign or Domestic Government(s)” means all governments outside of the United
States and any federal, state, or local government in the United States, including each
government’s present and former agencies, branches, units, divisions, subdivisions, districts,
has a Financial Interest, and each Person acting or purporting to act on the government’s behalf.
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15. “Payment” includes both direct and indirect payments, including those payments
that are passed through another entity including a management company or any other entity from
which You receive payments or to which You make payments. Payments also include payments
16. “Person(s)” includes without limitation any natural person, entity, individual or
estate.
17. “Trump Trust” refers to any trust or other instrument to which Donald J. Trump has
been a beneficiary or potential beneficiary at any time since January 20, 2017.
18. “U.S. Treasury” includes the United States Department of the Treasury but does
19. “Washington D.C. metropolitan area” means the counties and cities designated as
as defined by the Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 15-01, which includes the
District of Columbia; Montgomery County, MD; Prince George's County, MD; Arlington County,
VA; Fairfax County, VA; Fauquier County, VA; Loudoun County, VA; Prince William County,
VA; Stafford County, VA; Alexandria city, VA; Fairfax city, VA; Falls Church city, VA;
20. “You” and “Your” mean the recipient of these requests and shall include all entities
in which You have a Financial Interest; your direct and indirect parents, predecessors-in-interest,
affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, predecessors, successors, and assignees; the present and former
officers, directors, employees, attorneys, agents, and representatives of any of the above; and each
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Person acting or purporting to act on your behalf or on the behalf of any of the aforementioned
entities.
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
1. In responding to these Requests, You are to furnish all available information, including
information in the possession, custody, or control of Your agents and all Persons acting on Your
behalf. This includes Documents presently in the possession, custody, or control of Your
attorney(s) or their investigators and Documents presently in the possession, custody, or control
of any third party or parties to whom You have surrendered possession, custody, or control; or
who are acting on Your behalf; or who have otherwise obtained possession, custody, or control;
or who, upon Your request, would surrender possession, custody, or control to You.
2. If any responsive Document was, but no longer is, in Your possession, custody, or
control, produce a description of each such Document. The description shall include the following:
(a) the name of each author, sender, creator, and initiator of such Document;
(b) the name of each recipient, addressee, or party for whom such Document was
intended;
otherwise disposed of, and the date and manner of the disposal.
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3. If You claim the attorney-client privilege, or any other privilege or protection
(including any deliberative process, work product, joint defense, or common interest protections)
for any Document, You shall provide the following information with respect to each such
Document:
duces tecum, including, where appropriate, the name and title of the author of the
document, the name and title of any recipient, and identification of anyone
Provide the information requested in this instruction in a searchable and sortable electronic
format and with sufficient specificity to enable the undersigned counsel and the Court to assess
all additional or different Documents or information responsive to these Requests, which You
discover, receive, or generate between the time of the original production and trial.
5. All Documents and/or other data which relate to the subject matter of this case or
these requests must be preserved. Any destruction involving such Documents or data must cease,
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even if it is Your normal or routine course of business to delete or destroy such Documents or data
and even if You believe such Documents or data are privileged or otherwise need not be produced.
7. Unless otherwise stated, the relevant time period for all requests are for Documents
Documents sufficient to show Donald J. Trump’s or Trump Trust’s current, historic, and
future Financial Interest in the Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C. (“Trump International
Hotel”).
All of Your state and federal income tax returns, including all schedules, attachments, and
other forms or supporting documentation completed or submitted with the tax returns.
Documents sufficient to establish Your organizational chart from January 1, 2015 to the
present, including Documents identifying the names of the individuals holding the positions
referenced on any organizational charts, and including any changes made since January 1, 2015.
All Documents and Communications Concerning draft and final versions of any
Agreements between the United States of America, acting by and through the Administrator of
General Services Administration and Trump Old Post Office LLC, or between the United States
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and the Trump International Hotel, including any lease Agreements and amendments, codicils,
All Documents Concerning Communications with the GSA regarding the Trump
Documents sufficient to show Donald J. Trump’s or Trump Trust’s current, historical, and
future Financial Interest in BLT Prime by David Burke Washington, D.C. (“BLT Prime”).
All Documents Concerning any Agreement between BLT Prime and Donald J. Trump,
Trump Trust, the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust, or any Businesses in which President Donald
J. Trump possessed a Financial Interest at the time the Agreement was executed, including any
Documents sufficient to Identify all Businesses doing business in the Washington D.C.
metropolitan area in which Donald J. Trump or Trump Trust has a Financial Interest, where
Identify means to disclose (i) the name, place of incorporation, and headquarters address of each
Business; (ii) the name of each Business owner and each ownership interest by value and
percentage; and (iii) each Business’s articles of incorporation, operating Agreements, and
management Agreements.
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REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 11:
All Documents Concerning Your policies or practices with respect to the storage, location,
Requests, and if such policies or practices have changed over time, Documents sufficient to
All Documents Concerning litigation holds issued as a result of the Emoluments Litigation,
Documents sufficient to identify the payor and/or source of the Payment in the amount of
$151,470 from The Trump Corporation to the U.S. Treasury dated February 21, 2018, as well as
any other Payments made to the U.S. Treasury that purport to reflect profits and/or revenues
received by Donald J. Trump from Foreign or Domestic Governments or purport to reflect profits
and/or revenues received by a Business in which Donald J. Trump has a Financial Interest from
All Documents Concerning the determination or calculation of the amount of the Payment
to the U.S. Treasury dated February 21, 2018, and the amount of each other Payment made to the
U.S. Treasury that purports to reflect profits and/or revenues received by Donald J. Trump from
Business in which Donald J. Trump has a Financial Interest from Foreign or Domestic
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REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 15:
All Communications regarding the Payment of $151,470 to the U.S. Treasury dated
February 21, 2018, as well as any other Payments made to the U.S. Treasury that purport to reflect
profits and/or revenues received by Donald J. Trump from Foreign or Domestic Governments or
purport to reflect profits and/or revenues received by a Business in which Donald J. Trump has a
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Date: December 4, 2018
DEEPAK GUPTA*
[email protected]
DANIEL TOWNSEND*
Gupta Wessler PLLC
1900 L Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20009
T: (202) 888-1741
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APPENDIX TO DOCUMENT REQUESTS REGARDING FORM OF PRODUCTION
1. All hard copy paper documents should be produced as TIFF image files (black-and-
white) and as JPEG image files (color) in electronic form. Each filename must be
unique and match the Bates number of the page. The filename should not contain any
blank spaces and should be zero padded (for example ABC0000001).
2. Each delivery should be accompanied by an image cross reference file that contains
document breaks.
3. A delimited text file that contains available fielded data should also be included, at a
minimum including Beginning Bates Number, Ending Bates Number, Custodian and
Number of pages, as well as link to OCR text if any (see below). The following
delimiters should be used:
b. Quote (ASCII:0254)
4. To the extent that documents have been run through an Optical Character Recognition
(OCR) software in the course of reviewing the documents for production, full text
should also be delivered for each document. Text should be delivered on a document
level in an appropriately formatted text file (.txt) that is named to match the first bates
number of the document.
5. A text cross reference load file should also be included with the production delivery
that lists the beginning Bates number of the document and the relative path of the text
file for that document on the production media.
6. The TIFF images should be produced as single-page Group IV TIFF format at 300
dpi with an Opticon image load file. The Opticon image load file should contain the
BEGBATES value for each corresponding document and appropriate path or folder
information to the corresponding images that comprise each document. Each TIFF or
JPEG image should be individually Bates numbered. The Bates number must not
obliterate, conceal, or interfere with any information on the produced document.
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B. All Electronic Documents
1. All electronic documents should be produced in such fashion as to identify the location
(i.e. the network file folder, hard drive, backup-tape or other location) where the
documents are stored and, where applicable, the natural person in whose possession
they were found (or on whose hardware device they reside or are stored). If the storage
location was a file share or work group folder, that should be specified as well.
4. For Documents that are produced from electronic format, the full extracted text will
be provided by a link in the main (.DAT) load file. The following extracted data and
metadata fields shall to be provided in the load file:
a. Begbates
b. Endbates
c. Group Identifier 1
d. Custodian
g. Document Type
h. Confidentiality Designation
j. To (for emails)
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The Group Identifier should contain the Begbates value of an attachment’s parent document.
The Group Identifier for a parent document is equal to the Begbates for the parent document.
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l. Cc (for emails)
p. Time Offset Value (indicate which time zone the data is set to when
processed)
s. Link to Extracted Text (body of email for email, extracted text of document
for edocs and attachments)
x. Page Count
aa. Has Hidden Data: Yes or blank (Hidden data refers not only to Excel files with
hidden columbs, rows, spreadsheets, etc., but also PowerPoint files in which comments
or other fields may be hidden)
5. Extracted full text (not OCR text) should be delivered for each electronic document.
The extracted full text should be delivered on a document level according to the
specifications above similar to paper documents.
6. Social Media and Web Content. Social media and other web content shall be
produced as Group IV TIFF images with associated metadata load files. The parties
will further confer regarding the specific web pages and available metadata.
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C. Production of Structured Data
Databases or structured data should be produced in a mutually agreeable data exchange format.
To the extent a response to discovery requires production of discoverable electronic
information contained in a database, the producing party will make available a data dictionary or
equivalent information identifying the specific fields included in its database and what sort of
information is stored in each field, so that the parties may meet and confer regarding which
data elements will be extracted for production. Ultimately, production should be in an
exportable electronic file (e.g., Excel or CSV format).
D. Non-Substantive Files
System and program files defined on the National Institute of Standards and Technology
(“NIST”) list need not be processed, reviewed or produced.
E. Color
For files not produced in their native format, if an original document contains color, the
producing party may produce black and white image(s). At the request of the receiving party,
the parties shall meet and confer regarding production of color image(s) for specific
documents.
F. Bates Numbering
1. Document Images. Each page of a produced Document shall have a unique page
identifier (“Bates Number”) electronically “burned” onto the image at a location that
does not unreasonably conceal or interfere with any information from the source
document. Any confidentiality legend shall be “burned” onto each document’s image
at a location that does not unreasonably obscure any information from the source
document. Redacted documents will be so identified by electronically “burning” the
legend “Redacted” onto each document’s image at a location that does not
unreasonably obscure any information from the source document.
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G. Production Media
Documents shall be produced by SFTP site or on CD-ROM, DVD, external hard drive (with
standard PC compatible interface), or such other readily accessible computer or electronic
media as the parties may hereafter agree upon (the “Production Media”). Each item of
Production Media shall include: (1) its own unique name and a consistent naming convention;
(2) text referencing that it was produced in the Litigation; and (3) the Bates range contained on
such Production Media item.
H. Attachments
Email attachments and embedded files or links must be mapped to their parent by the
Document or Production number. If attachments and embedded files are combined with their
parent documents, “BeginDoc” and “EndDoc” fields listing the unique beginning and ending
number for each document and “BeginAttach” and “EndAttach” fields listing the begin and
end of the entire document family must be included.
I. Embedded Objects
Objects embedded in Microsoft Word and .RTF documents, which have been embedded with
the “Display as Icon” feature, will be extracted as separate documents and treated like
attachments to the document. Other objects embedded in documents shall be produced as
native files.
J. Compressed Files
Compression file types (i.e., .CAB, .GZ, .TAR, .Z, .ZIP) shall be decompressed in a reiterative
manner to ensure that a zip within a zip is decompressed into the lowest possible compression
resulting in individual folders and/or files.
K. Production Problems
Documents that present imaging or format production problems shall be promptly identified
and disclosed to the requesting party; the parties shall then meet and confer to attempt to
resolve the problems.
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AO 88B (Rev. 02/14) Subpoena to Produce Documents, Information, or Objects or to Permit Inspection of Premises in a Civil Action
To: The Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust c/o Donald J. Trump Jr. as Trustee of the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust;
The Trump Organization, 725 5th Avenue, New York, New York, 10022
(Name of person to whom this subpoena is directed)
✔
O Production: YOU ARE COMMANDED to produce at the time, date, and place set forth below the following
documents, electronically stored information, or objects, and to permit inspection, copying, testing, or sampling of
the material: See Attachment A
Place: Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC Date and Time:
88 Pine Street, 14th Floor January 3, 2019, 9:00 AM
New York, NY 10005
O Inspection of Premises: YOU ARE COMMANDED to permit entry onto the designated premises, land, or
other property possessed or controlled by you at the time, date, and location set forth below, so that the requesting party
may inspect, measure, survey, photograph, test, or sample the property or any designated object or operation on it.
The following provisions of Fed. R. Civ. P. 45 are attached – Rule 45(c), relating to the place of compliance;
Rule 45(d), relating to your protection as a person subject to a subpoena; and Rule 45(e) and (g), relating to your duty to
respond to this subpoena and the potential consequences of not doing so.
Date: 12/4/2018
CLERK OF COURT
OR
The name, address, e-mail address, and telephone number of the attorney representing (name of party)
The District of Columbia and the State of Maryland , who issues or requests this subpoena, are:
Stephanie Litos; 441 4th St. NW, Ste. 630 S, Washington, DC 20001; [email protected]; 202-724-6650
Leah Tulin; 200 St. Paul Place, 20th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202; [email protected]; 410-576-6962
PROOF OF SERVICE
(This section should not be filed with the court unless required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 45.)
on (date) ; or
Unless the subpoena was issued on behalf of the United States, or one of its officers or agents, I have also
tendered to the witness the fees for one day’s attendance, and the mileage allowed by law, in the amount of
$ .
My fees are $ for travel and $ for services, for a total of $ 0.00 .
Date:
Server’s signature
Server’s address
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 45 (c), (d), (e), and (g) (Effective 12/1/13)
(c) Place of Compliance. (ii) disclosing an unretained expert’s opinion or information that does
not describe specific occurrences in dispute and results from the expert’s
(1) For a Trial, Hearing, or Deposition. A subpoena may command a study that was not requested by a party.
person to attend a trial, hearing, or deposition only as follows: (C) Specifying Conditions as an Alternative. In the circumstances
(A) within 100 miles of where the person resides, is employed, or described in Rule 45(d)(3)(B), the court may, instead of quashing or
regularly transacts business in person; or modifying a subpoena, order appearance or production under specified
(B) within the state where the person resides, is employed, or regularly conditions if the serving party:
transacts business in person, if the person (i) shows a substantial need for the testimony or material that cannot be
(i) is a party or a party’s officer; or otherwise met without undue hardship; and
(ii) is commanded to attend a trial and would not incur substantial (ii) ensures that the subpoenaed person will be reasonably compensated.
expense.
(e) Duties in Responding to a Subpoena.
(2) For Other Discovery. A subpoena may command:
(A) production of documents, electronically stored information, or (1) Producing Documents or Electronically Stored Information. These
tangible things at a place within 100 miles of where the person resides, is procedures apply to producing documents or electronically stored
employed, or regularly transacts business in person; and information:
(B) inspection of premises at the premises to be inspected. (A) Documents. A person responding to a subpoena to produce documents
must produce them as they are kept in the ordinary course of business or
(d) Protecting a Person Subject to a Subpoena; Enforcement. must organize and label them to correspond to the categories in the demand.
(B) Form for Producing Electronically Stored Information Not Specified.
(1) Avoiding Undue Burden or Expense; Sanctions. A party or attorney If a subpoena does not specify a form for producing electronically stored
responsible for issuing and serving a subpoena must take reasonable steps information, the person responding must produce it in a form or forms in
to avoid imposing undue burden or expense on a person subject to the which it is ordinarily maintained or in a reasonably usable form or forms.
subpoena. The court for the district where compliance is required must (C) Electronically Stored Information Produced in Only One Form. The
enforce this duty and impose an appropriate sanction—which may include person responding need not produce the same electronically stored
lost earnings and reasonable attorney’s fees—on a party or attorney who information in more than one form.
fails to comply. (D) Inaccessible Electronically Stored Information. The person
responding need not provide discovery of electronically stored information
(2) Command to Produce Materials or Permit Inspection. from sources that the person identifies as not reasonably accessible because
(A) Appearance Not Required. A person commanded to produce of undue burden or cost. On motion to compel discovery or for a protective
documents, electronically stored information, or tangible things, or to order, the person responding must show that the information is not
permit the inspection of premises, need not appear in person at the place of reasonably accessible because of undue burden or cost. If that showing is
production or inspection unless also commanded to appear for a deposition, made, the court may nonetheless order discovery from such sources if the
hearing, or trial. requesting party shows good cause, considering the limitations of Rule
(B) Objections. A person commanded to produce documents or tangible 26(b)(2)(C). The court may specify conditions for the discovery.
things or to permit inspection may serve on the party or attorney designated
in the subpoena a written objection to inspecting, copying, testing, or (2) Claiming Privilege or Protection.
sampling any or all of the materials or to inspecting the premises—or to (A) Information Withheld. A person withholding subpoenaed information
producing electronically stored information in the form or forms requested. under a claim that it is privileged or subject to protection as trial-preparation
The objection must be served before the earlier of the time specified for material must:
compliance or 14 days after the subpoena is served. If an objection is made, (i) expressly make the claim; and
the following rules apply: (ii) describe the nature of the withheld documents, communications, or
(i) At any time, on notice to the commanded person, the serving party tangible things in a manner that, without revealing information itself
may move the court for the district where compliance is required for an privileged or protected, will enable the parties to assess the claim.
order compelling production or inspection. (B) Information Produced. If information produced in response to a
(ii) These acts may be required only as directed in the order, and the subpoena is subject to a claim of privilege or of protection as
order must protect a person who is neither a party nor a party’s officer from trial-preparation material, the person making the claim may notify any party
significant expense resulting from compliance. that received the information of the claim and the basis for it. After being
notified, a party must promptly return, sequester, or destroy the specified
(3) Quashing or Modifying a Subpoena. information and any copies it has; must not use or disclose the information
(A) When Required. On timely motion, the court for the district where until the claim is resolved; must take reasonable steps to retrieve the
compliance is required must quash or modify a subpoena that: information if the party disclosed it before being notified; and may promptly
(i) fails to allow a reasonable time to comply; present the information under seal to the court for the district where
(ii) requires a person to comply beyond the geographical limits compliance is required for a determination of the claim. The person who
specified in Rule 45(c); produced the information must preserve the information until the claim is
(iii) requires disclosure of privileged or other protected matter, if no resolved.
exception or waiver applies; or
(iv) subjects a person to undue burden. (g) Contempt.
(B) When Permitted. To protect a person subject to or affected by a The court for the district where compliance is required—and also, after a
subpoena, the court for the district where compliance is required may, on motion is transferred, the issuing court—may hold in contempt a person
motion, quash or modify the subpoena if it requires: who, having been served, fails without adequate excuse to obey the
(i) disclosing a trade secret or other confidential research, subpoena or an order related to it.
development, or commercial information; or
For access to subpoena materials, see Fed. R. Civ. P. 45(a) Committee Note (2013).
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MARYLAND
GREENBELT DIVISION
Plaintiffs,
Case No. 8:17-cv-01596
v.
DONALD J. TRUMP, in his official capacity
as President of the United States of America,
Defendant.
DEFINITIONS
whether formal or informal, between two or more Persons, together with modifications or amendments
thereto.
to bring within the scope of these Requests all information that might otherwise be construed to
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5. “Communications” is used in the broadest sense possible and means every manner
written, electronically (including e-mail, voicemail, voicemail which is delivered by email, text
messages, tweet, direct messages, instant messaging, other social media communication, and/or
any other form of electronic correspondence or exchange), by Document, mail, personal delivery,
face-to-face meeting, or otherwise. All such communications in writing shall include, without
7. “Document(s)” means written, recorded, and/or graphic material of every kind and
photographs, sound recordings, video recordings, images, and/or other data and data
compilations—stored in any medium from which information can be obtained either directly or, if
necessary, after translation by You into a reasonably usable form. A draft or non-identical copy is
a separate document within the meaning of this term. Document(s) includes the labels or metadata
9. “Electronically Stored Information,” or “ESI” means the complete original and any
non-identical copy (whether different from the original because of notations, different metadata,
messaging, videoconferencing, SMS, MMS, or other text messaging, and other electronic
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files, video recordings, and sound recordings, regardless of how or where the information is stored,
10. “Emoluments Clauses” means the language in U.S. Const. art. I, § 9, cl. 8
prohibiting any “Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust” from accepting “any present,
Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State,” absent
“the Consent of the Congress” and the language in U.S. Const. art. II, § 1, cl. 7 prohibiting the
President from “receiv[ing] within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or
any of them.”
Washington v. Trump, 17-cv-458 (S.D.N.Y.); District of Columbia & Maryland v. Trump, 8:17-
cv-01596 (D. Md.); Blumenthal v. Trump, 17-cv-1154 (D.D.C.), and any other existing or future
lawsuits alleging that President Donald J. Trump has violated the Emoluments Clauses.
12. “Financial Interest” means (i) direct or indirect ownership of an interest and/or (ii)
13. “Foreign or Domestic Government(s)” means all governments outside of the United
States and any federal, state, or local government in the United States, including each
government’s present and former agencies, branches, units, divisions, subdivisions, districts,
has a Financial Interest, and each Person acting or purporting to act on the government’s behalf.
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15. “Payment” includes both direct and indirect payments, including those payments
that are passed through another entity including a management company or any other entity from
which You receive payments or to which You make payments. Payments also include payments
16. “Person(s)” includes without limitation any natural person, entity, individual or
estate.
17. “Trump Trust” refers to any trust or other instrument to which Donald J. Trump has
been a beneficiary or potential beneficiary at any time since January 20, 2017.
18. “U.S. Treasury” includes the United States Department of the Treasury but does
19. “Washington D.C. metropolitan area” means the counties and cities designated as
as defined by the Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 15-01, which includes the
District of Columbia; Montgomery County, MD; Prince George's County, MD; Arlington County,
VA; Fairfax County, VA; Fauquier County, VA; Loudoun County, VA; Prince William County,
VA; Stafford County, VA; Alexandria city, VA; Fairfax city, VA; Falls Church city, VA;
20. “You” and “Your” mean the recipient of these requests and shall include all entities
in which You have a Financial Interest; your direct and indirect parents, predecessors-in-interest,
affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, predecessors, successors, and assignees; the present and former
officers, directors, employees, attorneys, agents, and representatives of any of the above; and each
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Person acting or purporting to act on your behalf or on the behalf of any of the aforementioned
entities.
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
1. In responding to these Requests, You are to furnish all available information, including
information in the possession, custody, or control of Your agents and all Persons acting on Your
behalf. This includes Documents presently in the possession, custody, or control of Your
attorney(s) or their investigators and Documents presently in the possession, custody, or control
of any third party or parties to whom You have surrendered possession, custody, or control; or
who are acting on Your behalf; or who have otherwise obtained possession, custody, or control;
or who, upon Your request, would surrender possession, custody, or control to You.
2. If any responsive Document was, but no longer is, in Your possession, custody, or
control, produce a description of each such Document. The description shall include the following:
(a) the name of each author, sender, creator, and initiator of such Document;
(b) the name of each recipient, addressee, or party for whom such Document was
intended;
otherwise disposed of, and the date and manner of the disposal.
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3. If You claim the attorney-client privilege, or any other privilege or protection
(including any deliberative process, work product, joint defense, or common interest protections)
for any Document, You shall provide the following information with respect to each such
Document:
duces tecum, including, where appropriate, the name and title of the author of the
document, the name and title of any recipient, and identification of anyone
Provide the information requested in this instruction in a searchable and sortable electronic
format and with sufficient specificity to enable the undersigned counsel and the Court to assess
all additional or different Documents or information responsive to these Requests, which You
discover, receive, or generate between the time of the original production and trial.
5. All Documents and/or other data which relate to the subject matter of this case or
these requests must be preserved. Any destruction involving such Documents or data must cease,
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even if it is Your normal or routine course of business to delete or destroy such Documents or data
and even if You believe such Documents or data are privileged or otherwise need not be produced.
7. Unless otherwise stated, the relevant time period for all requests are for Documents
Documents sufficient to show Donald J. Trump’s or Trump Trust’s current, historic, and
future Financial Interest in the Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C. (“Trump International
Hotel”).
All of Your state and federal income tax returns, including all schedules, attachments, and
other forms or supporting documentation completed or submitted with the tax returns.
Documents sufficient to establish Your organizational chart from January 1, 2015 to the
present, including Documents identifying the names of the individuals holding the positions
referenced on any organizational charts, and including any changes made since January 1, 2015.
A copy of each Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust instrument in force or effect at any time
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REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 6:
All Documents and Communications Concerning draft and final versions of any
Agreements between the United States of America, acting by and through the Administrator of
General Services Administration, and Trump Old Post Office LLC, or between the United States
and the Trump International Hotel, including any lease Agreements and amendments, codicils,
All Documents Concerning Communications with the GSA regarding the Trump
Documents sufficient to show Donald J. Trump’s or Trump Trust’s current, historical, and
future Financial Interest in BLT Prime by David Burke Washington, D.C (“BLT Prime”).
All Documents Concerning any Agreement between BLT Prime and Donald J. Trump,
Trump Trust, the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust, or any Businesses in which President Donald
J. Trump possessed a Financial Interest at the time the Agreement was executed, including any
Documents sufficient to Identify all Businesses doing business in the Washington D.C.
metropolitan area in which Donald J. Trump or Trump Trust has a Financial Interest, where
Identify means to disclose (i) the name, place of incorporation, and headquarters address of each
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Business; (ii) the name of each Business owner and each ownership interest by value and
percentage; and (iii) each Business’s articles of incorporation, operating Agreements, and
management Agreements.
All Documents Concerning Your policies or practices with respect to the storage, location,
Requests, and if such policies or practices have changed over time, Documents sufficient to
All Documents Concerning litigation holds issued as a result of the Emoluments Litigation,
Documents sufficient to identify the payor and/or source of the Payment in the amount of
$151,470 from The Trump Corporation to the U.S. Treasury dated February 21, 2018, as well as
any other Payments made to the U.S. Treasury that purport to reflect profits and/or revenues
received by Donald J. Trump from Foreign or Domestic Governments or purport to reflect profits
and/or revenues received by a Business in which Donald J. Trump has a Financial Interest from
All Documents Concerning the determination or calculation of the amount of the Payment
to the U.S. Treasury dated February 21, 2018, and the amount of each other Payment made to the
U.S. Treasury that purports to reflect profits and/or revenues received by Donald J. Trump from
Business in which Donald J. Trump has a Financial Interest from Foreign or Domestic
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Governments, including all documents reviewed, consulted, or created in determining or
All Communications regarding the Payment of $151,470 to the U.S. Treasury dated
February 21, 2018, as well as any other Payments made to the U.S. Treasury that purport to reflect
profits and/or revenues received by Donald J. Trump from Foreign or Domestic Governments or
purport to reflect profits and/or revenues received by a Business in which Donald J. Trump has a
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Date: December 4, 2018
DEEPAK GUPTA*
[email protected]
DANIEL TOWNSEND*
Gupta Wessler PLLC
1900 L Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20009
T: (202) 888-1741
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APPENDIX TO DOCUMENT REQUESTS REGARDING FORM OF PRODUCTION
1. All hard copy paper documents should be produced as TIFF image files (black-and-
white) and as JPEG image files (color) in electronic form. Each filename must be
unique and match the Bates number of the page. The filename should not contain any
blank spaces and should be zero padded (for example ABC0000001).
2. Each delivery should be accompanied by an image cross reference file that contains
document breaks.
3. A delimited text file that contains available fielded data should also be included, at a
minimum including Beginning Bates Number, Ending Bates Number, Custodian and
Number of pages, as well as link to OCR text if any (see below). The following
delimiters should be used:
b. Quote (ASCII:0254)
4. To the extent that documents have been run through an Optical Character Recognition
(OCR) software in the course of reviewing the documents for production, full text
should also be delivered for each document. Text should be delivered on a document
level in an appropriately formatted text file (.txt) that is named to match the first bates
number of the document.
5. A text cross reference load file should also be included with the production delivery
that lists the beginning Bates number of the document and the relative path of the text
file for that document on the production media.
6. The TIFF images should be produced as single-page Group IV TIFF format at 300
dpi with an Opticon image load file. The Opticon image load file should contain the
BEGBATES value for each corresponding document and appropriate path or folder
information to the corresponding images that comprise each document. Each TIFF or
JPEG image should be individually Bates numbered. The Bates number must not
obliterate, conceal, or interfere with any information on the produced document.
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B. All Electronic Documents
1. All electronic documents should be produced in such fashion as to identify the location
(i.e. the network file folder, hard drive, backup-tape or other location) where the
documents are stored and, where applicable, the natural person in whose possession
they were found (or on whose hardware device they reside or are stored). If the storage
location was a file share or work group folder, that should be specified as well.
4. For Documents that are produced from electronic format, the full extracted text will
be provided by a link in the main (.DAT) load file. The following extracted data and
metadata fields shall to be provided in the load file:
a. Begbates
b. Endbates
c. Group Identifier 1
d. Custodian
g. Document Type
h. Confidentiality Designation
j. To (for emails)
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The Group Identifier should contain the Begbates value of an attachment’s parent document.
The Group Identifier for a parent document is equal to the Begbates for the parent document.
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l. Cc (for emails)
p. Time Offset Value (indicate which time zone the data is set to when
processed)
s. Link to Extracted Text (body of email for email, extracted text of document
for edocs and attachments)
x. Page Count
aa. Has Hidden Data: Yes or blank (Hidden data refers not only to Excel files with
hidden columbs, rows, spreadsheets, etc., but also PowerPoint files in which comments
or other fields may be hidden)
5. Extracted full text (not OCR text) should be delivered for each electronic document.
The extracted full text should be delivered on a document level according to the
specifications above similar to paper documents.
6. Social Media and Web Content. Social media and other web content shall be
produced as Group IV TIFF images with associated metadata load files. The parties
will further confer regarding the specific web pages and available metadata.
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C. Production of Structured Data
Databases or structured data should be produced in a mutually agreeable data exchange format.
To the extent a response to discovery requires production of discoverable electronic
information contained in a database, the producing party will make available a data dictionary or
equivalent information identifying the specific fields included in its database and what sort of
information is stored in each field, so that the parties may meet and confer regarding which
data elements will be extracted for production. Ultimately, production should be in an
exportable electronic file (e.g., Excel or CSV format).
D. Non-Substantive Files
System and program files defined on the National Institute of Standards and Technology
(“NIST”) list need not be processed, reviewed or produced.
E. Color
For files not produced in their native format, if an original document contains color, the
producing party may produce black and white image(s). At the request of the receiving party,
the parties shall meet and confer regarding production of color image(s) for specific
documents.
F. Bates Numbering
1. Document Images. Each page of a produced Document shall have a unique page
identifier (“Bates Number”) electronically “burned” onto the image at a location that
does not unreasonably conceal or interfere with any information from the source
document. Any confidentiality legend shall be “burned” onto each document’s image
at a location that does not unreasonably obscure any information from the source
document. Redacted documents will be so identified by electronically “burning” the
legend “Redacted” onto each document’s image at a location that does not
unreasonably obscure any information from the source document.
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G. Production Media
Documents shall be produced by SFTP site or on CD-ROM, DVD, external hard drive (with
standard PC compatible interface), or such other readily accessible computer or electronic
media as the parties may hereafter agree upon (the “Production Media”). Each item of
Production Media shall include: (1) its own unique name and a consistent naming convention;
(2) text referencing that it was produced in the Litigation; and (3) the Bates range contained on
such Production Media item.
H. Attachments
Email attachments and embedded files or links must be mapped to their parent by the
Document or Production number. If attachments and embedded files are combined with their
parent documents, “BeginDoc” and “EndDoc” fields listing the unique beginning and ending
number for each document and “BeginAttach” and “EndAttach” fields listing the begin and
end of the entire document family must be included.
I. Embedded Objects
Objects embedded in Microsoft Word and .RTF documents, which have been embedded with
the “Display as Icon” feature, will be extracted as separate documents and treated like
attachments to the document. Other objects embedded in documents shall be produced as
native files.
J. Compressed Files
Compression file types (i.e., .CAB, .GZ, .TAR, .Z, .ZIP) shall be decompressed in a reiterative
manner to ensure that a zip within a zip is decompressed into the lowest possible compression
resulting in individual folders and/or files.
K. Production Problems
Documents that present imaging or format production problems shall be promptly identified
and disclosed to the requesting party; the parties shall then meet and confer to attempt to
resolve the problems.
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AO 88B (Rev. 02/14) Subpoena to Produce Documents, Information, or Objects or to Permit Inspection of Premises in a Civil Action
To: The Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust c/o Allen Weisselberg as Trustee of the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust;
The Trump Organization, 725 5th Avenue, New York, New York, 10022
(Name of person to whom this subpoena is directed)
✔
O Production: YOU ARE COMMANDED to produce at the time, date, and place set forth below the following
documents, electronically stored information, or objects, and to permit inspection, copying, testing, or sampling of
the material: See Attachment A
Place: Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC Date and Time:
88 Pine Street, 14th Floor
New York, NY 10005
O Inspection of Premises: YOU ARE COMMANDED to permit entry onto the designated premises, land, or
other property possessed or controlled by you at the time, date, and location set forth below, so that the requesting party
may inspect, measure, survey, photograph, test, or sample the property or any designated object or operation on it.
The following provisions of Fed. R. Civ. P. 45 are attached – Rule 45(c), relating to the place of compliance;
Rule 45(d), relating to your protection as a person subject to a subpoena; and Rule 45(e) and (g), relating to your duty to
respond to this subpoena and the potential consequences of not doing so.
Date: 12/4/2018
CLERK OF COURT
OR
The name, address, e-mail address, and telephone number of the attorney representing (name of party)
The District of Columbia and the State of Maryland , who issues or requests this subpoena, are:
Stephanie Litos; 441 4th St. NW, Ste. 630 S, Washington, DC 20001; [email protected]; 202-724-6650
Leah Tulin; 200 St. Paul Place, 20th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202; [email protected]; 410-576-6962
PROOF OF SERVICE
(This section should not be filed with the court unless required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 45.)
on (date) ; or
Unless the subpoena was issued on behalf of the United States, or one of its officers or agents, I have also
tendered to the witness the fees for one day’s attendance, and the mileage allowed by law, in the amount of
$ .
My fees are $ for travel and $ for services, for a total of $ 0.00 .
Date:
Server’s signature
Server’s address
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 45 (c), (d), (e), and (g) (Effective 12/1/13)
(c) Place of Compliance. (ii) disclosing an unretained expert’s opinion or information that does
not describe specific occurrences in dispute and results from the expert’s
(1) For a Trial, Hearing, or Deposition. A subpoena may command a study that was not requested by a party.
person to attend a trial, hearing, or deposition only as follows: (C) Specifying Conditions as an Alternative. In the circumstances
(A) within 100 miles of where the person resides, is employed, or described in Rule 45(d)(3)(B), the court may, instead of quashing or
regularly transacts business in person; or modifying a subpoena, order appearance or production under specified
(B) within the state where the person resides, is employed, or regularly conditions if the serving party:
transacts business in person, if the person (i) shows a substantial need for the testimony or material that cannot be
(i) is a party or a party’s officer; or otherwise met without undue hardship; and
(ii) is commanded to attend a trial and would not incur substantial (ii) ensures that the subpoenaed person will be reasonably compensated.
expense.
(e) Duties in Responding to a Subpoena.
(2) For Other Discovery. A subpoena may command:
(A) production of documents, electronically stored information, or (1) Producing Documents or Electronically Stored Information. These
tangible things at a place within 100 miles of where the person resides, is procedures apply to producing documents or electronically stored
employed, or regularly transacts business in person; and information:
(B) inspection of premises at the premises to be inspected. (A) Documents. A person responding to a subpoena to produce documents
must produce them as they are kept in the ordinary course of business or
(d) Protecting a Person Subject to a Subpoena; Enforcement. must organize and label them to correspond to the categories in the demand.
(B) Form for Producing Electronically Stored Information Not Specified.
(1) Avoiding Undue Burden or Expense; Sanctions. A party or attorney If a subpoena does not specify a form for producing electronically stored
responsible for issuing and serving a subpoena must take reasonable steps information, the person responding must produce it in a form or forms in
to avoid imposing undue burden or expense on a person subject to the which it is ordinarily maintained or in a reasonably usable form or forms.
subpoena. The court for the district where compliance is required must (C) Electronically Stored Information Produced in Only One Form. The
enforce this duty and impose an appropriate sanction—which may include person responding need not produce the same electronically stored
lost earnings and reasonable attorney’s fees—on a party or attorney who information in more than one form.
fails to comply. (D) Inaccessible Electronically Stored Information. The person
responding need not provide discovery of electronically stored information
(2) Command to Produce Materials or Permit Inspection. from sources that the person identifies as not reasonably accessible because
(A) Appearance Not Required. A person commanded to produce of undue burden or cost. On motion to compel discovery or for a protective
documents, electronically stored information, or tangible things, or to order, the person responding must show that the information is not
permit the inspection of premises, need not appear in person at the place of reasonably accessible because of undue burden or cost. If that showing is
production or inspection unless also commanded to appear for a deposition, made, the court may nonetheless order discovery from such sources if the
hearing, or trial. requesting party shows good cause, considering the limitations of Rule
(B) Objections. A person commanded to produce documents or tangible 26(b)(2)(C). The court may specify conditions for the discovery.
things or to permit inspection may serve on the party or attorney designated
in the subpoena a written objection to inspecting, copying, testing, or (2) Claiming Privilege or Protection.
sampling any or all of the materials or to inspecting the premises—or to (A) Information Withheld. A person withholding subpoenaed information
producing electronically stored information in the form or forms requested. under a claim that it is privileged or subject to protection as trial-preparation
The objection must be served before the earlier of the time specified for material must:
compliance or 14 days after the subpoena is served. If an objection is made, (i) expressly make the claim; and
the following rules apply: (ii) describe the nature of the withheld documents, communications, or
(i) At any time, on notice to the commanded person, the serving party tangible things in a manner that, without revealing information itself
may move the court for the district where compliance is required for an privileged or protected, will enable the parties to assess the claim.
order compelling production or inspection. (B) Information Produced. If information produced in response to a
(ii) These acts may be required only as directed in the order, and the subpoena is subject to a claim of privilege or of protection as
order must protect a person who is neither a party nor a party’s officer from trial-preparation material, the person making the claim may notify any party
significant expense resulting from compliance. that received the information of the claim and the basis for it. After being
notified, a party must promptly return, sequester, or destroy the specified
(3) Quashing or Modifying a Subpoena. information and any copies it has; must not use or disclose the information
(A) When Required. On timely motion, the court for the district where until the claim is resolved; must take reasonable steps to retrieve the
compliance is required must quash or modify a subpoena that: information if the party disclosed it before being notified; and may promptly
(i) fails to allow a reasonable time to comply; present the information under seal to the court for the district where
(ii) requires a person to comply beyond the geographical limits compliance is required for a determination of the claim. The person who
specified in Rule 45(c); produced the information must preserve the information until the claim is
(iii) requires disclosure of privileged or other protected matter, if no resolved.
exception or waiver applies; or
(iv) subjects a person to undue burden. (g) Contempt.
(B) When Permitted. To protect a person subject to or affected by a The court for the district where compliance is required—and also, after a
subpoena, the court for the district where compliance is required may, on motion is transferred, the issuing court—may hold in contempt a person
motion, quash or modify the subpoena if it requires: who, having been served, fails without adequate excuse to obey the
(i) disclosing a trade secret or other confidential research, subpoena or an order related to it.
development, or commercial information; or
For access to subpoena materials, see Fed. R. Civ. P. 45(a) Committee Note (2013).
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MARYLAND
GREENBELT DIVISION
Plaintiffs,
Case No. 8:17-cv-01596
v.
DONALD J. TRUMP, in his official capacity
as President of the United States of America,
Defendant.
DEFINITIONS
whether formal or informal, between two or more Persons, together with modifications or amendments
thereto.
to bring within the scope of these Requests all information that might otherwise be construed to
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5. “Communications” is used in the broadest sense possible and means every manner
written, electronically (including e-mail, voicemail, voicemail which is delivered by email, text
messages, tweet, direct messages, instant messaging, other social media communication, and/or
any other form of electronic correspondence or exchange), by Document, mail, personal delivery,
face-to-face meeting, or otherwise. All such communications in writing shall include, without
7. “Document(s)” means written, recorded, and/or graphic material of every kind and
photographs, sound recordings, video recordings, images, and/or other data and data
compilations—stored in any medium from which information can be obtained either directly or, if
necessary, after translation by You into a reasonably usable form. A draft or non-identical copy is
a separate document within the meaning of this term. Document(s) includes the labels or metadata
9. “Electronically Stored Information,” or “ESI” means the complete original and any
non-identical copy (whether different from the original because of notations, different metadata,
messaging, videoconferencing, SMS, MMS, or other text messaging, and other electronic
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files, video recordings, and sound recordings, regardless of how or where the information is stored,
10. “Emoluments Clauses” means the language in U.S. Const. art. I, § 9, cl. 8
prohibiting any “Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust” from accepting “any present,
Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State,” absent
“the Consent of the Congress” and the language in U.S. Const. art. II, § 1, cl. 7 prohibiting the
President from “receiv[ing] within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or
any of them.”
Washington v. Trump, 17-cv-458 (S.D.N.Y.); District of Columbia & Maryland v. Trump, 8:17-
cv-01596 (D. Md.); Blumenthal v. Trump, 17-cv-1154 (D.D.C.), and any other existing or future
lawsuits alleging that President Donald J. Trump has violated the Emoluments Clauses.
12. “Financial Interest” means (i) direct or indirect ownership of an interest and/or (ii)
13. “Foreign or Domestic Government(s)” means all governments outside of the United
States and any federal, state, or local government in the United States, including each
government’s present and former agencies, branches, units, divisions, subdivisions, districts,
has a Financial Interest, and each Person acting or purporting to act on the government’s behalf.
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15. “Payment” includes both direct and indirect payments, including those payments
that are passed through another entity including a management company or any other entity from
which You receive payments or to which You make payments. Payments also include payments
16. “Person(s)” includes without limitation any natural person, entity, individual or
estate.
17. “Trump Trust” refers to any trust or other instrument to which Donald J. Trump has
been a beneficiary or potential beneficiary at any time since January 20, 2017.
18. “U.S. Treasury” includes the United States Department of the Treasury but does
19. “Washington D.C. metropolitan area” means the counties and cities designated as
as defined by the Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 15-01, which includes the
District of Columbia; Montgomery County, MD; Prince George's County, MD; Arlington County,
VA; Fairfax County, VA; Fauquier County, VA; Loudoun County, VA; Prince William County,
VA; Stafford County, VA; Alexandria city, VA; Fairfax city, VA; Falls Church city, VA;
20. “You” and “Your” mean the recipient of these requests and shall include all entities
in which You have a Financial Interest; your direct and indirect parents, predecessors-in-interest,
affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, predecessors, successors, and assignees; the present and former
officers, directors, employees, attorneys, agents, and representatives of any of the above; and each
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Person acting or purporting to act on your behalf or on the behalf of any of the aforementioned
entities.
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
1. In responding to these Requests, You are to furnish all available information, including
information in the possession, custody, or control of Your agents and all Persons acting on Your
behalf. This includes Documents presently in the possession, custody, or control of Your
attorney(s) or their investigators and Documents presently in the possession, custody, or control
of any third party or parties to whom You have surrendered possession, custody, or control; or
who are acting on Your behalf; or who have otherwise obtained possession, custody, or control;
or who, upon Your request, would surrender possession, custody, or control to You.
2. If any responsive Document was, but no longer is, in Your possession, custody, or
control, produce a description of each such Document. The description shall include the following:
(a) the name of each author, sender, creator, and initiator of such Document;
(b) the name of each recipient, addressee, or party for whom such Document was
intended;
otherwise disposed of, and the date and manner of the disposal.
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3. If You claim the attorney-client privilege, or any other privilege or protection
(including any deliberative process, work product, joint defense, or common interest protections)
for any Document, You shall provide the following information with respect to each such
Document:
duces tecum, including, where appropriate, the name and title of the author of the
document, the name and title of any recipient, and identification of anyone
Provide the information requested in this instruction in a searchable and sortable electronic
format and with sufficient specificity to enable the undersigned counsel and the Court to assess
all additional or different Documents or information responsive to these Requests, which You
discover, receive, or generate between the time of the original production and trial.
5. All Documents and/or other data which relate to the subject matter of this case or
these requests must be preserved. Any destruction involving such Documents or data must cease,
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even if it is Your normal or routine course of business to delete or destroy such Documents or data
and even if You believe such Documents or data are privileged or otherwise need not be produced.
7. Unless otherwise stated, the relevant time period for all requests are for Documents
Documents sufficient to show Donald J. Trump’s or Trump Trust’s current, historic, and
future Financial Interest in the Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C. (“Trump International
Hotel”).
All of Your state and federal income tax returns, including all schedules, attachments, and
other forms or supporting documentation completed or submitted with the tax returns.
Documents sufficient to establish Your organizational chart from January 1, 2015 to the
present, including Documents identifying the names of the individuals holding the positions
referenced on any organizational charts, and including any changes made since January 1, 2015.
A copy of each Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust instrument in force or effect at any time
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REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 6:
All Documents and Communications Concerning draft and final versions of any
Agreements between the United States of America, acting by and through the Administrator of
General Services Administration, and Trump Old Post Office LLC, or between the United States
and the Trump International Hotel, including any lease Agreements and amendments, codicils,
All Documents Concerning Communications with the GSA regarding the Trump
Documents sufficient to show Donald J. Trump’s or Trump Trust’s current, historical, and
future Financial Interest in BLT Prime by David Burke Washington, D.C (“BLT Prime”).
All Documents Concerning any Agreement between BLT Prime and Donald J. Trump,
Trump Trust, the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust, or any Businesses in which President Donald
J. Trump possessed a Financial Interest at the time the Agreement was executed, including any
Documents sufficient to Identify all Businesses doing business in the Washington D.C.
metropolitan area in which Donald J. Trump or Trump Trust has a Financial Interest, where
Identify means to disclose (i) the name, place of incorporation, and headquarters address of each
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Business; (ii) the name of each Business owner and each ownership interest by value and
percentage; and (iii) each Business’s articles of incorporation, operating Agreements, and
management Agreements.
All Documents Concerning Your policies or practices with respect to the storage, location,
Requests, and if such policies or practices have changed over time, Documents sufficient to
All Documents Concerning litigation holds issued as a result of the Emoluments Litigation,
Documents sufficient to identify the payor and/or source of the Payment in the amount of
$151,470 from The Trump Corporation to the U.S. Treasury dated February 21, 2018, as well as
any other Payments made to the U.S. Treasury that purport to reflect profits and/or revenues
received by Donald J. Trump from Foreign or Domestic Governments or purport to reflect profits
and/or revenues received by a Business in which Donald J. Trump has a Financial Interest from
All Documents Concerning the determination or calculation of the amount of the Payment
to the U.S. Treasury dated February 21, 2018, and the amount of each other Payment made to the
U.S. Treasury that purports to reflect profits and/or revenues received by Donald J. Trump from
Business in which Donald J. Trump has a Financial Interest from Foreign or Domestic
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Governments, including all documents reviewed, consulted, or created in determining or
All Communications regarding the Payment of $151,470 to the U.S. Treasury dated
February 21, 2018, as well as any other Payments made to the U.S. Treasury that purport to reflect
profits and/or revenues received by Donald J. Trump from Foreign or Domestic Governments or
purport to reflect profits and/or revenues received by a Business in which Donald J. Trump has a
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Date: December 4, 2018
DEEPAK GUPTA*
[email protected]
DANIEL TOWNSEND*
Gupta Wessler PLLC
1900 L Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20009
T: (202) 888-1741
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APPENDIX TO DOCUMENT REQUESTS REGARDING FORM OF PRODUCTION
1. All hard copy paper documents should be produced as TIFF image files (black-and-
white) and as JPEG image files (color) in electronic form. Each filename must be
unique and match the Bates number of the page. The filename should not contain any
blank spaces and should be zero padded (for example ABC0000001).
2. Each delivery should be accompanied by an image cross reference file that contains
document breaks.
3. A delimited text file that contains available fielded data should also be included, at a
minimum including Beginning Bates Number, Ending Bates Number, Custodian and
Number of pages, as well as link to OCR text if any (see below). The following
delimiters should be used:
b. Quote (ASCII:0254)
4. To the extent that documents have been run through an Optical Character Recognition
(OCR) software in the course of reviewing the documents for production, full text
should also be delivered for each document. Text should be delivered on a document
level in an appropriately formatted text file (.txt) that is named to match the first bates
number of the document.
5. A text cross reference load file should also be included with the production delivery
that lists the beginning Bates number of the document and the relative path of the text
file for that document on the production media.
6. The TIFF images should be produced as single-page Group IV TIFF format at 300
dpi with an Opticon image load file. The Opticon image load file should contain the
BEGBATES value for each corresponding document and appropriate path or folder
information to the corresponding images that comprise each document. Each TIFF or
JPEG image should be individually Bates numbered. The Bates number must not
obliterate, conceal, or interfere with any information on the produced document.
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B. All Electronic Documents
1. All electronic documents should be produced in such fashion as to identify the location
(i.e. the network file folder, hard drive, backup-tape or other location) where the
documents are stored and, where applicable, the natural person in whose possession
they were found (or on whose hardware device they reside or are stored). If the storage
location was a file share or work group folder, that should be specified as well.
4. For Documents that are produced from electronic format, the full extracted text will
be provided by a link in the main (.DAT) load file. The following extracted data and
metadata fields shall to be provided in the load file:
a. Begbates
b. Endbates
c. Group Identifier 1
d. Custodian
g. Document Type
h. Confidentiality Designation
j. To (for emails)
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The Group Identifier should contain the Begbates value of an attachment’s parent document.
The Group Identifier for a parent document is equal to the Begbates for the parent document.
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l. Cc (for emails)
p. Time Offset Value (indicate which time zone the data is set to when
processed)
s. Link to Extracted Text (body of email for email, extracted text of document
for edocs and attachments)
x. Page Count
aa. Has Hidden Data: Yes or blank (Hidden data refers not only to Excel files with
hidden columbs, rows, spreadsheets, etc., but also PowerPoint files in which comments
or other fields may be hidden)
5. Extracted full text (not OCR text) should be delivered for each electronic document.
The extracted full text should be delivered on a document level according to the
specifications above similar to paper documents.
6. Social Media and Web Content. Social media and other web content shall be
produced as Group IV TIFF images with associated metadata load files. The parties
will further confer regarding the specific web pages and available metadata.
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C. Production of Structured Data
Databases or structured data should be produced in a mutually agreeable data exchange format.
To the extent a response to discovery requires production of discoverable electronic
information contained in a database, the producing party will make available a data dictionary or
equivalent information identifying the specific fields included in its database and what sort of
information is stored in each field, so that the parties may meet and confer regarding which
data elements will be extracted for production. Ultimately, production should be in an
exportable electronic file (e.g., Excel or CSV format).
D. Non-Substantive Files
System and program files defined on the National Institute of Standards and Technology
(“NIST”) list need not be processed, reviewed or produced.
E. Color
For files not produced in their native format, if an original document contains color, the
producing party may produce black and white image(s). At the request of the receiving party,
the parties shall meet and confer regarding production of color image(s) for specific
documents.
F. Bates Numbering
1. Document Images. Each page of a produced Document shall have a unique page
identifier (“Bates Number”) electronically “burned” onto the image at a location that
does not unreasonably conceal or interfere with any information from the source
document. Any confidentiality legend shall be “burned” onto each document’s image
at a location that does not unreasonably obscure any information from the source
document. Redacted documents will be so identified by electronically “burning” the
legend “Redacted” onto each document’s image at a location that does not
unreasonably obscure any information from the source document.
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G. Production Media
Documents shall be produced by SFTP site or on CD-ROM, DVD, external hard drive (with
standard PC compatible interface), or such other readily accessible computer or electronic
media as the parties may hereafter agree upon (the “Production Media”). Each item of
Production Media shall include: (1) its own unique name and a consistent naming convention;
(2) text referencing that it was produced in the Litigation; and (3) the Bates range contained on
such Production Media item.
H. Attachments
Email attachments and embedded files or links must be mapped to their parent by the
Document or Production number. If attachments and embedded files are combined with their
parent documents, “BeginDoc” and “EndDoc” fields listing the unique beginning and ending
number for each document and “BeginAttach” and “EndAttach” fields listing the begin and
end of the entire document family must be included.
I. Embedded Objects
Objects embedded in Microsoft Word and .RTF documents, which have been embedded with
the “Display as Icon” feature, will be extracted as separate documents and treated like
attachments to the document. Other objects embedded in documents shall be produced as
native files.
J. Compressed Files
Compression file types (i.e., .CAB, .GZ, .TAR, .Z, .ZIP) shall be decompressed in a reiterative
manner to ensure that a zip within a zip is decompressed into the lowest possible compression
resulting in individual folders and/or files.
K. Production Problems
Documents that present imaging or format production problems shall be promptly identified
and disclosed to the requesting party; the parties shall then meet and confer to attempt to
resolve the problems.