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No. ____________ ___________________________________________________

United States Court of AppealsFor the District of Columbia Circuit

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IN RE: MICHAEL T. FLYNN,

Petitioner

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On Petition for a Writ of Mandamus to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia

Case No. 1:17-cr-232 ___________________________________________________

APPENDIX ___________________________________________________

HARVEY & BINNALL, PLLC Jesse R. Binnall Lindsay McKasson Abigail Frye 717 King Street Suite 200 Alexandria, Virginia 22314 Tel: (703) 888-1943

SIDNEY POWELL, P.C. Sidney Powell Counsel of Record Molly McCann 2911 Turtle Creek Blvd., Suite 300 Dallas, Texas 75219 Tel: (214) 707-1775

ATTORNEYS FOR PETITIONER MICHAEL T. FLYNN

May 19, 2020

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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APPENDIX 1 – TRANSCRIPT OF DEC. 18, 2018HEARING…………………………………………………………….... 1

APPENDIX 2 – WATERGATE PROSECUTORSEMAIL AND FILING………………………………………………….. 64

APPENDIX 3 – MAY 12, 2020, MINUTEORDER……………………………………………………………....... 74

APPENDIX 4 – MAY 13, 2020, ORDERAPPOINTING GLEESON……………………………………………… 76

APPENDIX 5 – SIMILAR MOTIONS TODISMISS AND ORDERS………………………………………………. 79

UNITED STATES V. STEVENS…………………………………. 80

UNITED STATES V. GONCALVES, ET AL(AFRICAN STING CASE) MOTION TO DISMISS……………. 85

UNITED STATES V. ALVIREZ ORDER….……………………. 88

UNITED STATES V. SPILLER ORDER.……………………….. 89

UNITED STATES V. GERI ORDER ……………………………. 90

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE................................................ 91

APPENDIX 1 TRANSCRIPT OF DEC. 18, 2018 HEARING

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$

$250,000 [1] - 18:2$9,000 [1] - 18:8

/

/s [1] - 51:20

1

1 [4] - 17:7, 24; 18:7; 25:51001 [5] - 6:3; 17:25; 29:8; 36:17;

42:2310:19 [1] - 4:1611:00 [1] - 1:611:16 [1] - 3:212/18/18 [1] - 51:2012:04 [1] - 39:212:09 [1] - 39:1612:30 [2] - 39:2, 1112:45 [1] - 39:1612th [2] - 49:513757 [1] - 20:413th [4] - 49:15, 19, 21; 51:517-232 [3] - 1:4; 3:7; 39:1918 [10] - 1:6; 3:1; 6:2; 17:25; 23:8, 13;

28:18; 29:8, 1619 [2] - 30:13; 41:51:01 [1] - 51:151st [1] - 10:5

2

20001 [3] - 2:4, 8, 152016 [13] - 19:13; 20:3, 5-6, 8, 22, 25;

21:8, 13, 18; 22:3, 25; 40:12017 [10] - 5:21; 6:17, 19; 8:20; 10:5;

14:1; 19:9, 11; 22:11; 42:232018 [2] - 1:6; 3:1202 [6] - 1:16, 21; 2:4, 9202.354.3196 [1] - 2:1620530 [2] - 1:16, 2020th [1] - 19:921 [2] - 21:8, 1322nd [4] - 6:18; 14:1; 21:1823rd [1] - 22:324 [2] - 5:21; 6:1724th [7] - 8:20; 9:3; 11:23; 13:25; 14:2;

19:10; 37:2428th [2] - 20:3, 829th [1] - 20:5

3

30 [1] - 48:7

302 [5] - 6:18; 13:25; 14:18, 25; 15:1530th [1] - 20:2231 [1] - 20:2533 [1] - 32:183553(a [1] - 23:83553(a) [1] - 23:14371 [1] - 28:18

4

4 [3] - 17:7; 18:5; 25:4

5

500 [1] - 18:85K1.1 [4] - 18:12, 22; 24:15; 25:11

6

616-0800 [2] - 1:16, 216503 [1] - 2:15662-5105 [1] - 2:9662-5503 [1] - 2:4

7

778-5105 [1] - 2:9778-5503 [1] - 2:57th [1] - 22:11

8

850 [2] - 2:3, 78th [2] - 4:21; 22:25

9

90 [1] - 47:24950 [2] - 1:15, 19951 [2] - 28:20; 29:16

A

a.m [2] - 1:6; 3:2able [1] - 8:17above-entitled [1] - 51:19absolutely [6] - 13:7; 42:3, 25; 43:13;

45:20acceded [3] - 14:21; 15:5accept [5] - 10:12; 16:3; 18:15; 30:11;

38:7acceptance [8] - 7:10; 12:8; 18:6;

24:12; 37:22; 38:8; 41:17, 23accepted [6] - 5:17; 7:16; 17:17; 38:1,

4, 18


accepts [1] - 12:20accommodate [3] - 34:14; 39:14; 49:5acknowledged [2] - 5:16; 43:25acknowledges [1] - 38:4Act [5] - 22:10, 12; 33:9; 35:5, 7acting [1] - 39:22action [1] - 21:11Action [1] - 1:4actions [1] - 5:17activity [2] - 35:18; 36:3add [2] - 15:6, 10Addendum [1] - 29:25addition [2] - 44:10; 45:1additional [7] - 5:20, 24; 6:9; 11:1, 4;

46:21; 50:15address [1] - 14:4adequate [2] - 23:10, 19adjourned [1] - 51:15adjustment [1] - 37:21administer [2] - 5:6; 7:19Administration [2] - 20:2; 32:25administration [1] - 21:25admitted [1] - 19:18admittedly [1] - 5:22advice [1] - 7:14advisor [1] - 19:7Advisor [5] - 19:8; 33:5, 11; 43:21;

45:17advisory [5] - 17:8, 13; 25:8; 32:9affect [1] - 7:9afford [4] - 8:6; 9:15; 23:10, 19affords [1] - 40:24Agent [1] - 14:6agent [2] - 33:9; 39:23agents [5] - 5:23; 6:8, 10; 32:13; 37:23Agents [3] - 22:9, 12; 33:8aggravating [4] - 12:13, 16; 32:22agree [4] - 18:13; 40:4; 45:4; 48:18agreed [10] - 6:8; 17:23; 18:3, 9,

16-18, 21, 25; 19:6agreement [4] - 17:18; 18:18; 45:4agreements [1] - 26:2ahead [1] - 44:19Ahmad [1] - 1:18AHMAD [1] - 3:14Ahmed [1] - 3:12Aid [2] - 5:12; 30:1aid [1] - 33:6aided [1] - 2:18aimed [1] - 21:15alerting [1] - 4:17allow [1] - 47:23allowed [3] - 45:8, 18; 48:20Alptekin [2] - 27:19; 28:22Ambassador [1] - 19:25ambassador [7] - 20:8, 14, 19, 25;

21:24; 22:4; 34:23America [4] - 3:7; 32:8; 34:11; 39:19AMERICA [1] - 1:3

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American [1] - 33:2analogous [1] - 42:18Andrew [1] - 6:5announced [2] - 20:5, 22answer [8] - 25:17; 28:1, 13; 35:2, 13,

23; 36:16; 50:20answered [2] - 46:10answering [1] - 8:4answers [6] - 7:23; 9:12; 19:20; 34:20;

51:2Anthony [3] - 2:6; 3:17; 41:16ANTHONY [1] - 49:8anyway [4] - 12:15; 41:8; 50:20; 51:9appear [1] - 12:4APPEARANCES [2] - 1:12; 2:1applicable [2] - 23:23; 25:6appointed [1] - 9:22appointing [1] - 9:25appreciate [3] - 10:20; 43:9; 44:6approach [1] - 32:2appropriate [5] - 34:22; 37:2; 46:6;

50:10approved [1] - 22:18area [2] - 41:24; 47:19areas [1] - 4:12arguably [5] - 26:13; 31:2, 8; 33:12argue [2] - 31:3; 46:25arrangements [1] - 9:11aspect [1] - 13:21assess [1] - 30:18assist [2] - 26:8, 12assistance [18] - 18:23; 24:13, 17,

23-25; 25:1, 19; 27:6, 8, 11, 20; 30:3, 18; 31:3, 15; 32:20Assistant [2] - 1:13, 18assume [2] - 28:6; 36:23assuming [1] - 38:7assure [1] - 33:15attach [1] - 15:17attempt [3] - 8:5; 12:10; 13:10attempting [1] - 34:21attention [2] - 27:17; 29:21attested [1] - 18:9Attorney [2] - 1:14, 18attorney [8] - 7:18; 8:3; 9:22, 25;

29:22; 42:1; 48:2, 4attorneys [15] - 7:18; 8:17; 9:12, 15,

19; 10:17, 21; 17:5; 27:20; 28:10; 29:19; 32:4; 34:14; 42:7; 50:3August [4] - 6:17-19; 14:1authorized [1] - 48:20available [2] - 23:22; 39:12Avenue [2] - 1:15, 19avoid [1] - 23:24aware [5] - 8:21, 23-24; 15:18; 38:13

B

B-103 [1] - 1:20

backpedaling [1] - 41:23ball [1] - 32:2base [1] - 18:5based [4] - 12:21; 27:6, 10; 48:25basis [2] - 16:14; 18:19BEFORE [1] - 1:11begin [1] - 4:9beginning [4] - 12:19; 37:12; 47:15behalf [2] - 3:11, 23believes [1] - 35:19below [1] - 25:10bench [1] - 4:23benefit [11] - 19:3; 22:16; 23:1; 27:16;

30:2, 4; 31:3; 40:10, 17-18; 51:8Berger [1] - 45:16best [4] - 26:19; 46:25; 51:2bestowing [1] - 40:18between [2] - 19:15, 17beyond [1] - 35:20Bijan [1] - 27:19binding [1] - 18:10bit [1] - 44:18blunt [1] - 34:25book [1] - 31:20bound [1] - 31:4Brady [2] - 10:22; 12:22Brandon [2] - 1:13; 3:10breach [2] - 18:18brief [6] - 12:10; 14:5, 10, 19; 42:10;

44:7Brief [3] - 29:13; 38:21; 50:7briefing [1] - 7:8briefly [1] - 45:15bring [1] - 27:17brought [2] - 35:14; 42:16building [2] - 44:23Bureau [2] - 24:10; 32:13Burling [1] - 3:16BURLING [2] - 2:2, 7business [2] - 22:22; 48:23businesses [1] - 22:[email protected] [1] - 1:17

C

calculation [1] - 18:3calculations [2] - 17:6, 11camera [2] - 4:19; 16:13Campaign [2] - 19:7; 23:5campaign [1] - 19:16cannot [2] - 7:15; 33:15capable [2] - 10:4; 16:9career [1] - 32:16careful [1] - 36:11carefully [2] - 4:5; 16:11case [27] - 3:6; 4:1, 5-6; 10:1; 12:17,

25; 16:12; 19:1; 24:4, 14; 26:11; 28:3; 30:12; 31:8; 41:18; 42:18; 43:8; 45:13, 16; 46:15, 17, 22, 25; 47:19, 21; 49:1


Case [1] - 39:18CASE [1] - 7:21cases [10] - 6:2; 12:11; 37:10; 42:11,

18, 22; 43:7; 44:10; 45:2category [4] - 17:7; 18:7; 25:5; 43:8caused [1] - 32:25caution [1] - 31:23cautions [1] - 30:3Center [2] - 2:3, 8certain [9] - 5:20; 7:12; 9:2, 21; 11:22;

18:14; 24:17certainly [2] - 9:15; 13:13certify [1] - 51:18challenge [2] - 8:8, 13chance [2] - 10:16; 31:3change [1] - 15:3characteristics [3] - 23:15; 24:6; 38:12charged [7] - 6:2; 27:24; 28:13; 35:1;

36:10, 17; 40:13charges [5] - 10:7; 16:10; 35:11, 14charging [3] - 27:18, 21; 36:7Chief [1] - 33:1chosen [1] - 21:1circumstances [15] - 5:13, 21; 6:1;

8:8, 13; 9:21; 12:7, 17, 24; 23:15; 32:22; 37:23; 38:16; 48:22citations [1] - 15:4cite [3] - 6:21; 14:19, 23cited [7] - 6:16, 24; 13:25; 14:5, 7;

42:22; 43:9City [2] - 2:3, 8clarification [3] - 15:11; 37:5; 51:10clarify [7] - 27:1; 29:7, 15; 37:1, 11;

38:14; 40:25classic [1] - 45:6classified [1] - 48:19clear [9] - 12:18; 15:1; 34:10; 35:10;

40:3; 41:13; 42:9; 45:19clearly [1] - 44:2CLERK [3] - 3:4, 6; 39:18clerks [1] - 4:10client [2] - 39:13; 42:1clock [2] - 39:1closed [1] - 31:20Code [4] - 6:2; 17:25; 23:8, 14cogent [1] - 26:7colleagues [1] - 25:14colloquies [1] - 5:7colloquy [2] - 5:5; 9:10COLUMBIA [1] - 1:1committed [6] - 35:19; 40:11, 22; 41:3;

42:20commonly [2] - 6:17; 22:10company [3] - 22:14, 16, 18company's [1] - 22:21competent [2] - 10:3; 16:9complete [2] - 46:20; 47:23completed [4] - 19:2; 26:6; 33:20;

46:20

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completely [1] - 44:3completeness [1] - 24:23complied [1] - 46:12comprehensive [1] - 30:1computer [1] - 2:18computer-aided [1] - 2:18conceivably [1] - 26:14concern [2] - 13:3; 42:9concerned [2] - 7:8; 37:20concerns [7] - 4:23; 8:16; 10:22; 12:5;

13:7, 20; 41:5conclude [1] - 16:13concluded [2] - 7:2; 33:17concludes [1] - 7:11conclusion [1] - 37:3conduct [5] - 6:6; 9:23; 12:21; 36:2;

40:1conducted [1] - 26:2confer [1] - 49:8conference [3] - 10:19; 47:24; 49:13conferred [1] - 28:9confidence [1] - 22:22confusion [1] - 14:5consecutive [1] - 28:25consequences [2] - 10:8; 16:11consequential [3] - 43:21; 44:6consider [14] - 9:25; 13:14; 14:18;

23:13; 24:12, 22; 27:15; 31:6; 32:4; 33:14; 34:19, 21; 36:4consideration [11] - 5:25; 17:19;

32:18, 20, 22; 34:3; 35:10, 21; 40:16; 43:15; 48:25considerations [2] - 15:19; 25:3considered [1] - 27:13considering [2] - 35:12; 36:7consistent [3] - 12:7; 37:13, 15consisting [1] - 47:20conspiracy [2] - 28:18; 40:14constitute [2] - 18:18consult [1] - 8:3consulting [1] - 49:11Cont [1] - 2:1contact [1] - 21:20contacted [2] - 20:8; 21:24contacts [1] - 22:7contained [1] - 5:14contemplated [1] - 24:20contend [1] - 10:25contends [1] - 5:24contention [2] - 11:10, 25contentions [1] - 12:6continuance [1] - 47:22continue [1] - 47:18continues [1] - 38:7continuing [3] - 8:12; 10:12; 25:21Contreras [2] - 10:11; 38:3convenient [1] - 49:7conversation [4] - 20:16, 19; 21:3;

34:22

cooperate [6] - 18:16; 19:2; 25:21; 44:3; 48:10cooperated [1] - 47:16cooperating [4] - 14:20; 25:18; 26:12;

30:23cooperation [23] - 26:2, 6, 15; 27:13,

16; 30:6, 18, 23; 31:7, 9, 25; 32:5; 33:18, 20; 46:9, 19, 21, 24; 47:1, 18, 23cooperator [1] - 44:5coordination [1] - 19:17copies [1] - 6:20copy [1] - 14:10correct [8] - 13:22; 26:25; 28:7; 29:22;

30:14, 20; 39:25; 51:18corrected [1] - 39:24correctional [1] - 23:22Council [3] - 21:8, 14, 17Counsel [16] - 3:13, 18; 12:13; 15:21;

17:11; 25:13; 29:14, 20; 38:20, 22; 39:8, 13; 40:4, 8; 41:9; 44:7counsel [16] - 3:17; 6:15; 7:14; 12:15;

15:9, 14; 30:5; 34:20; 38:17; 39:21; 41:15; 46:13; 49:4, 25; 50:14Counsel's [19] - 1:15; 12:11; 14:11,

17; 15:3, 8; 18:17, 21; 37:9; 38:12; 40:7; 43:18, 22, 25; 45:25; 46:3, 10, 19; 47:17counsel's [2] - 3:11; 6:7Count [1] - 17:24countries [2] - 21:6, 11country [4] - 32:16; 33:10, 14; 36:1country's [1] - 21:10couple [3] - 4:4; 39:20; 43:14court [1] - 50:18Court [52] - 2:14; 4:17, 20, 22; 6:20,

23; 7:2, 6, 8, 11, 15; 9:25; 12:6, 16; 13:3; 15:18; 16:12; 18:10; 19:3; 23:6-8, 13; 24:5, 12, 18, 22; 25:9; 26:7, 15, 20; 27:14; 30:18; 31:5, 13, 24; 32:6, 9; 35:6; 37:20; 38:2, 11; 39:10; 47:1, 25; 48:1, 6; 51:11, 22Court's [14] - 5:25; 17:19; 18:14;

24:19; 27:17; 30:19; 31:4; 33:14; 34:21; 42:5, 8, 17; 43:15; 48:5Courthouse [1] - 2:15courtroom [3] - 5:5; 7:19; 10:17COURTROOM [3] - 3:4, 6; 39:18courtrooms [2] - 26:2; 30:25courts [1] - 26:5covered [2] - 10:10; 14:12Covington [1] - 3:16COVINGTON [2] - 2:2, 7crime [7] - 6:12; 8:22; 11:8; 23:10;

24:5; 32:11; 42:20crimes [1] - 23:20Criminal [2] - 1:4; 39:18criminal [9] - 3:6; 17:7; 18:6; 25:5;

33:22; 35:1criminality [1] - 50:22criticize [1] - 45:13


CRR [3] - 2:14; 51:18, 22crystal [1] - 32:2curious [1] - 40:12curtail [1] - 44:21

D

D.C [2] - 1:8; 2:15date [7] - 15:4; 49:5-7, 15, 17Date [1] - 51:22dated [1] - 14:1days [2] - 36:2; 47:24DC [4] - 1:16, 20; 2:4, 8deal [4] - 4:6; 40:11; 43:17DECEMBER [1] - 3:1December [11] - 1:6; 10:5; 20:3, 8, 22,

25; 21:13, 18; 22:3; 34:23decided [3] - 6:11; 17:4; 50:18decision [3] - 21:3; 44:2, 8decisions [2] - 41:14; 43:23decisively [1] - 44:10defeat [1] - 21:23Defendant [2] - 1:8; 2:2defendant [32] - 3:16; 4:20, 23; 5:7;

6:23; 9:23; 13:12; 23:16, 21; 24:6, 20, 25; 25:10; 27:6, 12, 20, 23; 28:3, 7, 23; 30:23; 31:2; 32:4, 7; 35:19, 22; 36:2, 8; 41:3DEFENDANT [34] - 3:20; 7:21, 25; 8:7,

10, 15, 19, 23, 25; 9:7, 17, 20; 10:2, 6, 9, 14, 20; 11:16; 16:4, 7, 21, 23; 17:1; 29:23; 30:8, 15, 21; 31:11, 16; 33:24; 34:8, 16; 48:12; 50:5defendant's [8] - 9:23; 24:12, 23-25;

25:2; 31:6; 38:10defendants [4] - 12:14; 24:1; 43:2defense [4] - 8:18; 15:13; 38:17; 39:22defer [1] - 44:13degree [1] - 12:1delay [2] - 21:22; 22:2delayed [1] - 19:1delaying [1] - 46:23depart [1] - 24:19DEPARTMENT [2] - 1:14, 19Department [3] - 2:11; 3:21; 22:9departure [4] - 18:11, 21; 24:15; 27:9deputy [2] - 5:6; 7:19Deputy [1] - 6:4der [3] - 12:12; 42:11, 17describes [1] - 19:23description [2] - 5:13; 30:2desire [2] - 20:11; 30:20determination [1] - 27:4determine [2] - 34:21; 40:17determined [2] - 18:23; 19:2determining [2] - 23:12; 24:21deterrence [2] - 23:10, 19different [3] - 30:5; 33:3; 36:16diminish [1] - 41:17

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directed [3] - 21:19; 22:18; 39:21directing [1] - 23:3direction [1] - 23:2Director [2] - 6:5; 47:17disagree [1] - 43:10disagreed [1] - 49:1disclose [1] - 4:8discuss [2] - 4:9; 15:23discussed [2] - 14:17; 20:11Discussion [1] - 49:10discussion [1] - 26:9discussions [1] - 30:24disdain [1] - 33:22disgust [1] - 33:22disparities [1] - 23:25dispute [1] - 45:22dissuaded [1] - 11:18distinguish [3] - 12:10; 37:8; 42:11distinguishable [1] - 42:13distinguishing [1] - 38:11District [4] - 27:18, 21; 28:5, 10DISTRICT [3] - 1:1, 11docket [3] - 4:15; 7:5; 13:20document [5] - 4:16, 18, 21-22; 27:22documents [8] - 6:22; 14:8, 23; 15:1,

18; 22:8, 11; 33:8done [4] - 31:22; 32:8; 34:10doubt [4] - 12:1; 35:20; 38:8, 18downward [3] - 18:11; 24:15; 27:8draft [3] - 14:5, 10, 22drafted [1] - 14:24during [1] - 19:10

E

early [2] - 40:21; 43:23Eastern [4] - 27:18, 21; 28:4, 10ed [1] - 22:24EDVA [4] - 46:15, 22, 25; 47:19effect [1] - 20:4efforts [4] - 19:1, 13; 26:3, 8Egypt [2] - 21:7, 13eight [1] - 24:1either [5] - 10:17; 28:20; 35:16; 39:21;

47:12eke [1] - 46:24Ekim [2] - 27:19; 28:22Elect [1] - 33:1election [2] - 19:14; 20:7elections [1] - 36:1elements [2] - 40:15; 41:7elsewhere [1] - 10:18Email [4] - 1:17, 21; 2:5, 10EMMET [1] - 1:11emphasize [2] - 17:9; 46:1emphasizes [1] - 24:6employed [1] - 43:3end [33] - 5:15, 18, 20; 6:3, 5; 9:4;

11:24; 18:13, 24; 19:4, 15, 17; 20:1, 15, 19, 21; 21:8, 12, 18, 21, 23; 22:17, 23; 26:15; 30:3; 36:20; 37:2, 6, 17; 40:25; 46:4ended [2] - 30:23; 40:1ends [1] - 31:25endured [1] - 25:1ensure [3] - 6:12; 7:12; 29:24entered [4] - 7:12; 8:16; 16:9; 26:23entering [1] - 10:4entirely [1] - 41:16entitled [2] - 11:1; 51:19entrapped [1] - 11:11escalate [3] - 20:12, 14; 21:3escalating [1] - 20:1especially [1] - 36:16Esq [2] - 2:2, 6evaluate [2] - 26:8; 31:21evaluates [1] - 5:25event [1] - 48:10eventual [1] - 50:15evidence [1] - 36:6exactly [2] - 29:9; 47:4example [1] - 36:18examples [2] - 40:14; 45:15excuse [3] - 29:12; 38:20; 50:6Executive [1] - 20:4executive [1] - 20:5exist [1] - 12:17expected [1] - 31:2expects [1] - 46:22explain [1] - 13:24explained [1] - 6:5exposure [5] - 28:16, 23; 29:3, 7extension [1] - 5:4extensive [1] - 46:9extensively [1] - 10:10extent [5] - 22:15; 24:24; 31:6, 14;

32:4extenuating [1] - 48:22

F

fact [11] - 6:4; 11:14, 18; 12:14; 22:17; 32:1; 35:24; 37:3, 7; 44:7factors [5] - 12:13; 23:13; 24:4Facts [2] - 19:5, 23facts [6] - 5:20, 24; 17:18; 19:6; 35:4;

45:13factual [1] - 16:14fair [6] - 28:12; 31:4; 34:17; 35:13;

47:4false [21] - 7:23; 10:12; 17:24; 19:10,

18, 23; 22:6, 13, 20, 24; 24:9; 28:3, 20-21, 23; 32:12; 33:3, 7; 35:15; 38:4; 43:4falsely [2] - 19:24; 20:18far [1] - 30:2FARA [4] - 22:10; 28:3; 35:15; 36:17


Fax [2] - 2:5, 9FBI [28] - 3:12; 5:21, 23; 6:4, 10-11,

17, 25; 8:9, 21; 9:3; 11:7, 11, 23, 25; 12:2; 13:25; 19:11, 14; 21:9; 32:24; 33:3; 37:23; 43:4; 45:8FD-302 [6] - 6:19, 21, 25; 7:3; 14:6;

15:5Federal [2] - 24:9; 32:13federal [3] - 8:22; 11:8; 36:1felony [3] - 17:10; 29:10, 16felt [3] - 12:15; 15:7; 40:2few [4] - 16:18; 34:18; 40:13; 41:11file [5] - 7:5; 9:23; 13:10; 18:21; 49:17filed [11] - 4:16; 13:19; 14:14; 22:11;

24:14; 28:4; 29:25; 33:8; 36:19, 22files [2] - 18:11; 24:18filing [7] - 4:5; 14:9, 16; 22:8; 27:8;

28:4filings [1] - 22:12finally [3] - 16:2; 22:6, 24fine [10] - 18:2, 8; 31:19; 44:17, 19;

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