Case: 1:20-mj-00525-SKB Doc #: 5 Filed: 07/21/20 Page: 1 of 82 PAGEID #: 91 AO 91 (Rev. 08/09) Criminal Complaint UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT for the SouthernDistrict Districtof of__________ Ohio __________ United States of America v. ) ) ) ) ) ) Larry Householder Case No. 0- Defendant(s) CRIMINAL COMPLAINT I, the complainant in this case, state that the following is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. On or about the date(s) of District of Southern July 16, 2020 Ohio in the county of in the , the defendant(s) violated: Code Section 18 U.S.C. § 1962(d) Hamilton Offense Description Conspiracy to Participate, Directly or Indirectly, in the Conduct of an Enterprise’s Affairs through a Pattern of Racketeering Activity This criminal complaint is based on these facts: See Affidavit ✔ Continued on the attached sheet. u Complainant’s signature Blane J. Wetzel, Special Agent, FBI Printed name and title Sworn to before me and signed in my presence. via Facetime Video. Date: Jul 17, 2020 Judge’s signature City and state: Cincinnati, Ohio Hon. Stephanie K. 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futru?e federal tax code.? The attorney, signed the application as the treasurer of Generation Now. 45. Although Householder was not listed on registration documents or in account records for Generation Now, the Enterprise used Generation Now to receive secret payments for Householder. Recorded conversations indicate that the Enterprise intended to use Generation Now, a 501(c)(4), in this way. For example, in a recorded call, Clark discussed with Householder, the use of a 501(c)(4), controlled by Householder, to receive payments: ?what?s interesting is that there ?s a newer solution that didn't occur in, 13 years ago, is that they can give as much or more to the and nobody would ever know. So you don?t have to be afraid of anyone because there?s a mechanism to change it.? Clark believed that Householder should utilize his 501(c)(4) to gain political support in his campaign for Speaker against Representative 1 because reportable- hard dollars will cause industry groups to give to both sides, the implication being that Householder would obtain larger amormts of cash through a 46. Similarly, in a recorded conversation in mid-2019, Clark summed 11p the bene?t of 501(c)(4)s to Householder as follows: ?it '5 secret, a is secret. Nobody knows the monev goes to the Speaker ?5 account, it is controlled by his people, one of his people, and it?s not recorded. A is B. Use of Generation Now to Receive Millions in Secret Payments from Company A 47. At the time it was aggressively lobbying for legislative action to save its two nuclear power plants, Company A was paying millions in secret payments to the Enterprise through Generation Now. Table 1 lists each Company A payment received by Generation Now dining the relevant period, starting ?'om March 2017 (shortly after Company A started its ZEN energy legislative campaign and Householder won his House seat back) until March 2020: Table l: ompanv A Payments to Generation Now Bank Accormt x3310 Date Amount Method Source 3/16/2017 $2 50,000 Wire ornpany A Service 0. 5/17/2017 $2 50,000 Wire Company A Service 0. 8/10/2017 $250,000 Wire Company A Service 0. 12/8/2017 $250,000 Wire Company A Service Co. 3/1 5/2018 $300,000 Wire Energy Pass-Through 5/4/201 8 $100,000 Wire Energy Pass-Through 8/ 16/2018 $500,000 Wire Energy Pass-Through 15 Case: Doc 5 Filed: 07/21/20 Page: 17 of 82 PAGEID 107 Date Amount Method Source 10/16/2018 $400,000 Check Company A Service 0. 10/29/2018 $100,000 Check Company A Service Co. 4/30/2019 $1,500,000 Wire Company A Service Co. 5/7/2019 $1,500,000 Wire Company A Service Co. 5/ 15/2019 $2,500,000 Wire Company A Service Co. 5/22/2019 $2,500,000 Wire Company A Service Co. 5/29/2019 $1,500,000 Wire Company A Service Co. 6/5/2019 $2,000,000 Wire Company A Service Co. 6/13/2019 $1,361,899 Wire Company A Service Co. 6/20/2019 $2,116,899 Wire Company A Service Co. 7/5/2019 $1,879,457 Wire Company A-l Corp. 8/2/2019 $734,250 Wire Company A Service Co. 8/7/2019 $4,390,000 Wire Company A Service Co. 8/22/2019 $653,000 Wire Company A Service Co. 8/29/2019 $2,003,000 Wire Company A Service 0. 9/5/2019 $2,403,000 Wire Company A Service o. 9/ 12/2019 $2,403,000 Wire Company A Service o. 9/ 19/2019 $4,695,000 Wire Company A Service 0. 9/26/2019 $2,445,000 Wire Company A Service 0. 10/3/2019 $4,160,000 Wire Company A Service Co. 10/8/2019 $1,600,000 Wire Company A Service Co. 10/10/2019 $10,000,000 Wire Energy Pass-Through 10/17/2019 $248,000 Wire Company A Service 0. 10/22/2019 $3,000,000 Wire $4,330.86 Cashier Check Energy Pass-Through 3/3/2020 $2,000,000 Wire Energy Pass-Though Total: $59,996,835.86 48. In addition to the $59,996,835.86 that Company A paid directly to Generation Now, Company A made $890,000 in other timely payments to the Enterprise, to include: Company A payments of $500,000 to Dark Money Group 1 and $90,000 to Coalition, and an Energy Pass- Through payment of $300,000 to Coalition, all of which are detailed below. These payments bring the total amormt of direct payments from Company A to the Enterprise during the relevant period as $60,886,835.86. During the time of the conspiracy, other entities besides Company A deposited money into Generation Now; the amounts of those deposits, however, are dwarfed by the Company A payments. 16 Case: Doc 5 Filed: 07/21/20 Page: 18 of 82 PAGEID 108 Generation Now Deposits (2017-2020) Funding Entity Total Percentage Company A Energy Pass-Through $59,996,835.86 93% Energy Interested Parties $1,500,000.00 2% Other $2,853,319.82 5% Total $64,350,155.68 C. Householder?s Control of Generation Now 49. Although Householder?s name is not on Generation Now?s paperwork, Householder?s statements, lark?s statements, and a review of documentation obtained pursuant to search warrants and grand jruy subpoenas shows that Householder controls Generation Now to further the Enterprise?s goals. 50. Clark stated expressly in multiple recorded conversations in 2019 that Generation Now is Householder?s entity.13 In a 2019 recorded meeting, Clark discussed making ?soft money? payments to Householder relating to the passage of unrelated legislation. Clark stated that the Speaker would have to see the check before it goes to Generation Now. Clark explained that they could write a check?a ?noticeable number. . . $15-20?25, 000 to ?Gen Now and hand deliver the check to the Speaker.? Clark then made clear: ?Generation Now is the Speaker ?s (4), that?s the one I work for.? 51. The next day, Clark again referenced ?Gen Now? as a that works like a PAC but there?s ?no reporting.? Clark stated that he was ?not on any documents? connected to Generation Now. but they call him ?the overseer? of Generation Now. explaining ?uther. ?I?m the Speaker?s appointed guy to do that. Okay, so, it?s like having him in the room.? Clark then explained an upcoming Generation Now meeting that will be attended by Householder: When I, so like, we have a meeting on riday, he ?5 going to be in the room, so I?ll be just like everyone else, I?ll be, I?ll be another fucking sta?er. When he ?s out of the room, I?m the guy. Later in the conversation, Clark indicated again that ?Gen Now? ?is the Speaker?s that Householder created for himself. Clark stated that he spent $450,000 out of the Generation Now account that very day: and Clark further stated that he ?spent close to $20 million in the last eight weeks.? Bank records corroborate both statements. 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Attendees- -. SLH Goal - recap the previous week and set goals and expectations for the following week. 64. The meeting involved discussion about fundraising and member recruitment, among other things. The Generation Now meeting?detailed directly below on the same, two- page Word document?listed Householder, and Associate 1 as ?Attendees? of that meeting, which was scheduled one hour later from ?12:00?1:00?: Generation Now- Monday Staff Meeting 12:00-1:00 Mondays at 25 Lunch at noon. Attendees- SLH, 1P1..- Goal: recap the previous week and set goals and expectations for the following week. 65. The format of the Generation Now meeting was the same as the Friends of Householder18 meeting and involved discussion about fundraising, messaging, budget, and campaigns, among other things. This document shows that, immediately after he met with his campaign staff, Householder met personally with his Enterprise members and associates about their collective efforts involving Generation Now, further showing Householder?s direct involvement and connection with Generation Now. 111. Enterprise Used Company A Payments to Increase Householder?s Political Power 66. The Householder?s Enterprise bene?tted from Company A?s money by spending Company A?to-Generation Now funds to back Householder-selected candidates who would help elect Householder as Speaker. The Enterprise also used the money to pay for part of Householder?s own campaign. A. Building Team Householder 67. Members of the Ohio House of Representatives serve two-year terms, and are limited to four, consecutive, two-year elected terms. At the end of 2018, the then-current Speaker would be term-limited and the legislature would elect a new Speaker to begin the 2019 legislative session. 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A Service 0. x6496) May 4. 2018 $100,000 wire Energy Pass-Through (originally from o. A Service o. x6496) August 8, 2018 $54.000 wire Coalition (originally from o. A Service o. x6496 through Energy Pass-Through) August 16. 2018 $500,000 wire Energy Pass-Through (originally from o. A Service o. x6496) October 9. 2018 $400000 check Company A Service o. (x4788) October 29. 2018 $100,000 check ompany A Service o. (x4788) Total: $2,454,000 83. In addition, Company A Service o. paid the Enterprise an additional $500,000 to Dark Money Group 1 on October 29. 2018. bringing the total that ompany A paid to the Enterprise through Generation Now in 2017-2018 as $2.954,000.23 84. Toll records corroborate the close coordination between the Enterprise and Company A dru?ing the 2018 primary. even though the payments were sent via Energy Pass- Through. For example. several days before a $300,000 payment through Energy Pass-Through on March 15. 2018. multiple comrnrurications between Householder and Company A occurred: Date Time Caller Called Party Duration March 12. 14:03 Householder Sr. VP of External Affairs 24 seconds 2018 for Company A Service 0. March 12, 15:06 Sr. VP of External Householder 3:03 2018 Affairs for Company A nrinutes Service 0. March 12. 15:11 Sr. VP of External Householder 9 seconds 2018 Affairs for Company A Service 0. March 12, 16:59 Householder Ohio Director of State 11:34 2018 Affairs, Company A minutes orp.24 33 This number does not include 390.000 that Company A paid to the Coalition on March 21. 2017 and 3300.000 that 0111 an A aid to the Coalition on Ma 1. 2018 through Ener Pass-Throu . 26 Case: Doc 5 Filed: 07/21/20 Page: 28 of 82 PAGEID 118 Date Time Caller Called Party Duration March 12, 17:45 Ohio Director of State Householder 0 seconds 2018 Affairs, Company A Corp. March 12, 17:45 Ohio Director of State Householder 13 seconds 2018 Affairs, Company A Corp. March 12, 19:55 Householder Ohio Director of State 11:17 2018 Affairs, Company A 011). minutes March 13, 17:22 Sr. VP of External Householder 1:32 2018 Affairs for Company A minutes Service 0. March 13, 17:24 Sr. VP of External Householder 56 seconds 2018 Affairs for Company A Service 0. March 15. Energy Pass-Tlnough Payment for 8300.000 2018 85. A similar pattern occrured with respect to the May 4, 2018 payment of $100,000 through Energy Pass-Through, just days before the May primary, this time between and Company A: Date Time Caller Called Party Duration April 27, 2018 10:49 Sr. VP of External 0 seconds Affairs for Company A Service Co. April 27, 2018 10:49 Sr. VP of External 3 seconds Affairs for Company A Service 0. April 27, 2018 10:55 Sr. VP of External 2:47 minutes Affairs for Company A Service 0. April 27, 2018 13:37 Sr. VP of External 2:56 minutes Affairs for Company A Service Co. April 28, 2018 10:38 Sr. VP of External 1:30 minutes Affairs for Company A Service o. Affairs for Company A Service o. April 28, 2018 11:40 Sr. VP of External 2: 14 minutes Affairs for Company A Service 0. April 30, 2018 9:11 Sr. VP of External 2:11 minutes 27 Case: Doc 5 Filed: 07/21/20 Page: 29 of 82 PAGEID 119 Date Time Caller Called Party Duration May 1, 2018 18:41 Ohio Director of State 15:49 minutes Affairs, Company A Corp. May 3, 2018 22:09 Ohio Director of State Text Affairs, Company A Corp. May 4, 2018 6:10 Ohio Director of State Text Affairs, Company A Corp. May 4, 2018 6:18 Ohio Director of State Text Affairs, Company A Corp. May 4, 2018 6:25 Ohio Director of State 14: 12 minutes Affairs, Company A Corp. MM 4. 2018 Energv Pass-Through Payment for 8100.000 86. Toll records around this period do not otherwise show regular contact between Householder and Company A employees or and Company A employees, fruther demonstrating the signi?cance of these calls. D. Enterprise Spending Company A Money on Spring 2018 Election 87. Not only was the volrune of the Company A payments critical to the Enterprise?s efforts, but the timing was also signi?cant. As noted above, during the 2018 election, the then- current Speaker was a lame duck Speaker, who had picked Representative 1 to be his successor. Thus, the Enterprise needed a substantial amount of money to beat the Representative 1 candidates in the May primary election. Company A came through, paying the Enterprise $1.4 million before the May 8, 2018 primary date. 88. But the Enterprise?s ability to capitalize on an unexpected opportunity that arose a month before the primary election date also demonstrates how critical the volume and timing of payments from Company A was. On April 12, 2018, about a month before the primary, the then- current Speaker abruptly resigned. The Enterprise seized upon this opportunity. 89. Because of the money accumulated in the Generation Now war chest, the majority of which came from Company A, the Enterprise was able to move close to $1 million in the three weeks before the primary. In fact, the same day that the Speaker resigned, bank records reveal that the Enterprise wired $750,000 to the PAC. (That wire followed a $250,000 wire Generation Now sent to the PAC in early April.) The majority of the $1 million from Generation Now was wired to a media services company and a political strategy ?rm for media buys and mailers for Team Householder candidates. In addition, Generation Now wired $234,450 to JPL in three increments between April 12 and May 7, adding to the already $775,054 it wired to JPL in the ?rst quarter of 2018. 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Bank records and text messages between and Cespedes show that Company A flmded the entire campaign. For just the House portion of the media blitz, Company A wired approximately $9.5 million into the main Generation Now account between April and May 2019: April 30, 2019 $1,500,000 wire Company A Service Co May 7, 2019 $1,500,000 wire Company A Service Co May 15, 2019 $2,500,000 wire Company A Service Co May 22, 2019 $2,500,000 wire Company A Service Co May 29, 2019 $1 500 000 wire Company A Service Co Total: $9,500,000 126. Text messages recovered from show communications with Cespedes about the $15 million budget: o1614?811t?7Je?Lagsrm 5-: Se" 3 9'0? PW mum 9142019 MUTCOO) Jun Cespedes That take methroogn saving up thmugi next Wednesday Suns Read Rudd: 2' 6/?42010 3.56 31 SwneExW Les-m6: 46143781107 .13! team San mun-t 9140019 3:58:37 qutcm 9142019 3.5&37 M0700) Sm Emo'a'l: [51 ?611585326 Jim Capedes Tno company approved S15M so I assume we have abt I01. 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The money from Company funded a media blitz?television ads, radio ads, mailers, and digital media?With all of the Company A money running through the Enterprise, which got paid for the work. 37 Case: 1:20-mj-00525-SKB Doc #: 5 Filed: 07/21/20 Page: 39 of 82 PAGEID #: 129 %DVHG RQ P\ WUDLQLQJ DQG H[SHULHQFH WKH IDFW WKDW *HQHUDWLRQ 1RZ WKH 6SHDNHU¶V F HQWLW\ FRQGXFWHG WKH PHGLD FDPSDLJQ LV VLJQLILFDQW )LUVW LW LV IXUWKHU HYLGHQFH RI WKH FRUUXSW UHODWLRQVKLS ZLWK &RPSDQ\ $²WKH (QWHUSULVH OLNHO\ ZRXOG QRW EH VSHQGLQJ PLOOLRQV RI GROODUV IURP &RPSDQ\ $ WKDW ZDV SDVVHG WKURXJK D F DFFRXQW IRU WKH EHQHILW RI &RPSDQ\ $¶V PDLQ OHJLVODWLYH SULRULW\ DEVHQW DQ DJUHHPHQW ZLWK &RPSDQ\ $ 6HFRQG LW DOORZHG WKH (QWHUSULVH WR FRQWURO WKH PHVVDJLQJ LQ D ZD\ WKDW ZRXOG EHQHILW WKH (QWHUSULVH DQG SURYLGHG WKH DXWRQRP\ WR VSHQG WKH PRQH\ KRZ LW GHHPHG DSSURSULDWH 7KLUG EDVHG RQ P\ WUDLQLQJ DQG H[SHULHQFH LW VROLGLILHG +RXVHKROGHU¶V SROLWLFDO SRZHU E\ VKRZLQJ PHPEHUV WKH VWUHQJWK DQG UHDFK RI KLV SROLWLFDO RSHUDWLRQ )LQDOO\ WKH PHPEHUV RI WKH (QWHUSULVH ILQDQFLDOO\ EHQHILWHG IURP WKLV DUUDQJHPHQW 7KH PHVVDJLQJ RI WKH PHGLD FDPSDLJQ IRFXVHG RQ WKH ORVV RI MREV LI +% GLG QRW SDVV DQG XUJHG FRQVWLWXHQWV WR FRQWDFW WKHLU UHSUHVHQWDWLYHV WR VXSSRUW +% 7KH PHGLD FDPSDLJQ DOVR FODLPHG WKDW QRW SDVVLQJ +% ZRXOG DOORZ ³ELJ RLO´ WR KDUP FRQVWLWXHQWV¶ FRPPXQLWLHV ,Q WKH VHDUFK ZDUUDQW UHWXUQ IURP /RQJVWUHWK¶V SRVVHVVLRQ WKH )%, UHFRYHUHG D GUDIW VFULSW IRU D *HQHUDWLRQ 1RZ +% FRPPHUFLDO WR UXQ LQ WKH GLVWULFWV RI WZR UHSUHVHQWDWLYHV IURP WKH &LQFLQQDWL DUHD KLJKOLJKWV LQ RULJLQDO 7KH GUDIW WUDQVFULSW ZDV ZULWWHQ RQ WKH OHWWHUKHDG RI 3ROLWLFDO $GYHUWLVLQJ $JHQF\ ZKLFK LV FRQVLVWHQW ZLWK SXEOLFO\ ILOHG )&& GRFXPHQWV VKRZLQJ WHOHYLVLRQ DG WLPH SXUFKDVHG Case: Doc 5 Filed: 07/21/20 Page: 40 of 82 PAGEID 130 by the Political Advertising Agency or its sister company, Media Placement Company 1 during this timeframe. For example, Media Placement Company 1 purchased $63,105 of airtime on Generation Now?s behalf, from WKRC Channel 12 in Cincinnati, beginning on May 24, 2019. WKRC airs in the representatives? districts. The content shows Householder and the Entelprise in?uencing public of?cials through the ad buys. 131. The media campaign was successful and provided ?cover? for Householder supporters to vote in favor of a bailout they otherwise may not support. In fact, Representative 3, a freshman sponsor of the bill, texted after the vote and celebration about ?the cover?: 9 Thank you for the gathering last eveningprovide members cover on Slim! Rt?art Rooms-3020111339155 530/2011} 2:13qu Source - Legacy 16143701 107 Jet? Wrath It was great fun to the team together and celebrate a victory! lt's super important to have this wm on 3 issue for the Freshmen so early in most of their careers It will ive them con?dence to 0 big thugs in the future. Everyone went up to SLH and said. at's next" Can?t tell you how much we all apprecnate your hard work and leadership. I know how much time and effort you put in. Couldn't have done it without you! Stain 613N209 5182-54 5:18 513 132. Likewise, Householder himself acknowledged the importance of ?protecting? the representatives who had voted in favor of HB 6. A little more than two weeks following HB 6?s passage from the House, Householder texted to inquire as to whether ?we? were running positive advertisements for Representative 5, who had voted ?yes?: 39 Case: Doc 5 Filed: 07/21/20 Page: 41 of 82 PAGEID 131 Are we running positive radio in district Sum: RISII R806: OH [/4019 I 1.: 6:1 [4:23:71 lCHl) Sou'co Extracm Leann/(5 l6143781 07JP?l000?tYem Not right now. It ended with the vote. sum: Sent Dunn-u: (vi/r1019 8.23 Pmulcw) 6/17le 8:50:51 0 SI Got to protect the troops - especially make sure they believe we are protecting them Saint Htuul li'7'1?35) ll :00) (L 17.77019 8:?521?3 ITCOU) 133. The exchange about the representative is particularly interesting given that Representative 5 voted against Householder for Speaker, but supported 6. Thus, Householder?s message appears to convey a newfound allegiance for a representative who voted for H3 6, thus showing HB 6?s signi?cance to Householder. The exchange also showed Householder?s direct involvement in the Enterprise?s messaging and media campaign and Householder?s understanding that public of?cials know that Householder is behind Generation Now messaging. 134. The media campaign was effective in using constituents to pressure the targeted representative. For example, even mailers that unexpectedly arrived after the vote prompted constituents of ?no? voters to call and complain. For example, Representative 6, angrily contacted about a mailer that arrived in his disuict after the vote, urging Representative 6 to have the ?courage? to save jobs and vote for HB 6. 40 Case: Doc 5 Filed: 07/21/20 Page: 42 of 82 PAGEID 132 . - . -l I I I I I I'l" Call Representative and tell hiIn to have the courage to support House Bill 6 and sax; 4 000 jobs just like you ould an! hinI to Ilght tn protect yours! CALL 614-466- 41 Case: Doc 5 Filed: 07/21/20 Page: 43 of 82 PAGEID 133 Whasbeensemmhevue Modymiersser?mhetwoposlweones beforethevote. moan 15 54120194 9 People race-wed them yesterday The ?lers do not say 'cal Rep and thank hm' I am Sumng my o?ice Mstemrx; to my constituent ande explain to repeated calers today why I dich't have 'the courage' to vote 'ys' Thanks great to know you have my back(") ?Rand but 04.0019 LDLU MUTDO, 624.20%? 4 22 01 916143781107Je?ungsm Lazaruveywrback. Wwassenta?erthe a 003319 4:25:53 6119019 425 62 PUNTCOO) Lie-=16) Nd me call We vote about a mader Not one. I am Sitting here hstemng to my ande take repeated cals about mailer recewed yesterday from Generation Now YESTERDAY and 04.13319 6?44'2019 6 06 00 MEM lac-cum ?61?3761107Je?La-gsteh Thafsthe FridaybefaeMemondDay ratemanl daym? mac/1919:1333 135. The text exchange also shows that Representative 6 knew exactly who to contact about the Generation Now ads. The same day, after receiving Representative 6?s angry texts, 42 Case: Doc 5 Filed: 07/21/20 Page: 44 of 82 PAGEID 134 texted Householder to warn him about what had happened in Representative 6?s district. +16143781107 Jeff FYI pissed off about this mailing It went out before the vote, but apparently I the USPS took its time delivering and it was sti delivered on time. hitting some houses late. 90% was This further shows Householder?s involvement in using Generation Now money for mailers targeting public of?cials to support HB 6. iv. Householder Attempts to Gain Votes for Bailout 136. The investigation provides probable cause to believe that Householder and the Enterprise attempted to in?uence and provide advice to legislators in an effort to pass HB 6 after receiving millions of dollars from Company A. 137. Representative 7 was one such legislator who was contacted directly by Householder to gain support for HB 6. On or about Tuesday, May 28, 2019?the same day that HB 6 was sent to the Rules and Reference House Committee chaired by Householder?I interviewed Representative 7, a current member of the Ohio House of Representatives. Representative 7 advised that HB 6 had been handled unlike any legislation that Representative 7 had seen before. Representative 7 advised that Householder had been attempting to secure yes votes for HB 6 for several weeks. According to Representative 7, despite his efforts, Householder did not have enough votes to pass H3 6. Representative 7 was aware of fourteen Republican Caucus members who had committed to be no votes and was aware of only two Democratic members who would vote yes. Representative 7 felt the bill would not pass unless something drastic changed. 138. Representative 7 also explained that he was in frequent contact with Clark, at the direction of Householder. Representative 7 explained that Clark is a close advisor of Householder, and was working with Representative 7 extensively on a piece of legislation unrelated to HB 6. Representative 7 felt it was unusual and odd that Clark was assigned by Householder to work with a member on legislation, instead of House policy staff, but complied with Householder?s request. Clark and Representative 7 had daily contact, and Representative 7 felt that they had become friends. 139. On the day before the meeting with Representative 7, Clark had spoken with Representative 7. According to Representative 7, Clark warned him not to vote against HB 6. Clark told Representative 7 that people who vote against Householder lose a lot, including committee chairmanships, caucus ?nancial aid, and that their legislation may not continue to legislatively progress. 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VWDWHPHQW RQ 0D\ ³This bill provides an effective legislative solution to keep [Company A-1’s] nuclear power plants open for many years to come, while preserving 4,300 highly-skilled jobs and an important revenue source ´ 7KH VWDWHPHQW ZHQW RQ ³Until the Senate vote, [Company A-1] will continue to engage in a constructive dialogue with legislators about the need to protect 90% of the state's zero-emissions electricity and provide the majority of Ohioans considerable savings on their electricity bills ´ Case: Doc 5 Filed: 07/21/20 Page: 47 of 82 PAGEID 137 150. The day a?er Company A-l?s press release, HB 6 was introduced to the Ohio Senate. Although HB 6 passing the House helped the Enterprise maintain its agreement with Company A, it did not ful?ll the agreement. Rather, the Enterprise needed to ensure H3 6 passed the Senate and was signed into law. 151. Shortly after the bill was introduced in the Senate, the Enterprise began pressuring for Senate passage. To fund the effort, Company A wired more than $7 million into Generation Now, which records show used the money, in part, for polls, media buys, and mailers: June 5, 2019 $2,000,000 wire from Company A Service Co. June 13, 2019 $1,361,899 wire from Company A Service Co. June 20, 2019 $2,116,899 wire ?om Company A Service Co. July 5, 2019 $1 879 457 wire from Company A-l. Total: $7,358,255 152. Text messages from recovered during the investigation show that Company A had budgeted for, and was paying for the costs associated with the campaign to pass H3 6 through Senate. 153. The Enterprise?s efforts regarding the Senate began a few days after HB 6?s House passage. On June 3, 2019, pulled the ?Whole HB 6 team? together for a strategy session. This meeting appears to have been partially prompted by Householder?s response to the negative press the passage of HB received. Legacy (5) +17407o72500 SLH Does - do a fucking thing Has there been a plan you guys are following or is the plan just to spend money Stalls: Read Read: 5/31/2019 12?37?45 531/2019 12: 10:36 46 Case: Doc 5 Filed: 07/21/20 Page: 48 of 82 PAGEID 138 0 16143181107 Jett have the whole H86 team coming into the of?ce on Monday. Neil really hates and (for good reason) but I don't care. Neil and don't trust each other. Yada, yada. yada. I don't give a shit about their egos. Here's what I care about- I don't ever want to get another call from you like I got this morning. Let's go win! Status: Sent W:5l31f20191146 154. Following the above message and phone call from Householder, texted Company A-l lobbyist Cespedes: ?Speaker has asked me to pull together the whole HB 6 team on Monday. Are you available?? added, the ?Speaker is on a rampage.? Cespedes responded, ?Understood. Just let me know what I should be prepared for. I want to make sure I have answers and do not want the speaker ?s rage directed at me lol.? A?er LongsUeth stated that Householder ?was pissed? about a newspaper article, Cespedes replied, ?Aw fuck. Sorry to hear that. I?ve got your back. You have been great. Let?s z'ust regoug and get the rest at the deal done.? Consistent with the investigation, the context of these messages indicates that the and Householder?s ?inn? is the same ?deal? referenced by Company A-lobbyist Cespedes?successful passage of HB 6. 155. Based on text messages recovered during the investigation, the meeting went forward as planned, and Associate 1 drafted meeting minutes, which were sent to and were recovered by agents. Portions of the minutes are excerpted below. 47 Case: Doc 5 Filed: 07/21/20 Page: 49 of 82 PAGEID 139 GENERATION Generation Now, Inc. Meeting Monday, June 3, 2019 I. Recap H3 6 strategy for Hbuse A. Member feedback: what worked, what didn?t 1. What didn't work: our calls, the TV was weak (didn?t mention the members? names) new strategy needs to be targeted cable mentioning the names. 2. What didn?t work: the bill repeatedly changing, which meant the message repeatedly changed. 3. What did work: calls for ?on the fence? members relayed she was feeling the heat from calls, talked to an was feeling an influence by proxy). 4. What did work: their names. Anything that mentioned their names, they got lots of feedback from friends, family, district people: radio, mail. II. Senate strategy A. Senator-by-Senator game plan: hyper local B. Change in media/ digital approach C. Timeline 1. Hard stop June 30 (based off refueling for the Nukes) Need to develop a 10-day plan to decide what we?re doing going forward. If we're not successful in the next 10 days, the Nukes need to be stripped out and put into the budget. Have 10 days to run through a media strategy and see where we are. 0 Sub bill introduced June 10-11 0 Conference committee will begin June 15 Run through a direct mail piece (named), direct cable (named), direct radio (named), continue our broadcast strategy 156. These meeting minutes not only outline the Senate campaign, but con?rm what Generation Now did during the House?s consideration of the bill. The investigation showed that the Enterprise followed the steps outlined in the notes, and that Householder remained engaged during the process. For example, the same day as the June 3, 2019 meeting, Householder and had the following exchange: 48 Case: 1:20-mj-00525-SKB Doc #: 5 Filed: 07/21/20 Page: 50 of 82 PAGEID #: 140 /RQJVWUHWK DWWHPSWHG WR FDOO +RXVHKROGHU GLUHFWO\ DIWHU WKHVH WH[W PHVVDJHV 7KH QH[W PRUQLQJ DW D P +RXVHKROGHU DQG /RQJVWUHWK KDG D FDOO ODVWLQJ PLQXWHV DQG VHFRQGV +RXVHKROGHU WKHQ IROORZHG XS ZLWK 1HLO &ODUN UHJDUGLQJ WKH -XQH PHHWLQJ WKDW VDPH GD\ Case: 1:20-mj-00525-SKB Doc #: 5 Filed: 07/21/20 Page: 51 of 82 PAGEID #: 141 7KHVH H[FKDQJHV VKRZ +RXVHKROGHU GLUHFWO\ LQYROYHG LQ WKH (QWHUSULVH¶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ase: Doc 5 Filed: 07/21/20 Page: 52 of 82 PAGEID 142 17407072000 RI When does the Gen Now TV message change 7 Status: Read Ram 5::7'7310101; 37 Mil-1:25 Souce macaw: Legacy mow/2500 SLH I think it is burnt in well burnt in Slams Read 03 8/170019 10 15:07 Souce Extracton Leoacv(5 .16143781107 .M 1 They are working on a draft now Polling shows it's working. 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Senator [1], Ohio families need your help before June 30... ask Senator [1] to pass HB 6 before summer break . . . more jobs, lower bills, for Ohio ´ 7KH FRPPHUFLDO HQGV ZLWK ³Paid for by Generation Now, Inc ´ $ GRFXPHQW UHFRYHUHG E\ DJHQWV IURP /RQJVWUHWK¶V SRVVHVVLRQ DSSHDUV WR EH D GUDIW VFULSW FRPSOHWH ZLWK UHGOLQLQJ DQG KLJKOLJKWV IRU D VHW RI FRPPHUFLDOV WDUJHWLQJ VHQDWRUV LQFOXGLQJ 6HQDWRU 7KH WH[W LV VLPLODU WR WKH FRPPHUFLDO GHVFULEHG DERYH 6HQDWRU DQG WKH Case: Doc 5 Filed: 07/21/20 Page: 54 of 82 PAGEID 144 other senators on the draft transcript, were the same senators identi?ed in the June 3rd meeting minutes as senators to target with messaging. Direct mail pieces were recovered from possession that targeted other senators identi?ed in the June 3rd meeting minutes. For example, Senator 2 was identi?ed as a senator to target with a message of saving jobs and money and to convey a sense of urgency. Messages recovered from state that the Enterprise was spending $68,000 per week in Senator 2?s district. 164. Mock mailers targeting Senator 2?s district were also recovered from possession, consistent with the messages discussed at the meeting: "The reforms in House Bill 6 will lower our electric bill. Senator will you help us?" 3 ml bl! family Ibd? Ohm A 4 CALL (614) 466- EMAIL rm ssh/mom nous: BIU. 6 FOE INIDLTIJN NOW IN: Over otbeilu lost by lure 30th they act now! Senator can protect jobs, save communities, lower electric bill: and produce energy in Ohio for Ohio, TEL ?"701? TO PASS HOUSE BILL 6 cm mu SIUE OUR JOBS. nun 53 Case: Doc 5 Filed: 07/21/20 Page: 55 of 82 PAGEID 145 165. In addition to the draft mailers copied above, budget docrunents recovered from that track Generation Now?s spending per week of 20 senators, including Senator 2. corroborate statement that he was spending $68,000 in Senator 2?s district. For example, the following excel spreadsheet entitled 6 Paid Media Week 6 J1me 2019? (copied below), shows that the Enterprise spent approximately $45,780 on radio, social, and mail advertisements dining that week. The $45,780 does not include the amount spent on television ads, which the spreadsheet depicts as $500,000 for all 20 senators. If that $500,000 amormt were divided equally amongst the 20 senators, $25,000 would be added to Senator 2?s amormt, totaling $70,780?which is close to what approximated in his text message. Week 6 June 7-14 RADIO 7,177 16,279 12,805 10,525 16,304 16,304 7,425 8,260 13,127 10,280 18,417 7,400 19,417 19,318 9,081 7,870 7,212 8,938 7,600 5 9,800 ,160 $500,000 $233,539 I GRAND TOTAL: 5 1,961,899] SOCIAL 5,500 5,500 5,500 5,500 5,500 5,500 5,500 5,500 5,500 5,500 5,500 5,500 5,500 5,500 5,500 5,500 5,500 5,500 5,500 5,500 DIST LAST FIRST CALLS CABLE See Separate Sheet 81 $122,500 $134,400 $195,300 $452,200 Cincinnati Columbus Cleveland TOIAI. 166. Like the media campaign dining the House?s consideration of HB 6. the costly media campaign targeting Senators provides further evidence of the corrupt arrangement. 167. In addition to a media blitz, Householder continued to use his Team-Householder- candidate-turned-sponsor-of?HB 6, Representative 3. to support the bill through the Senate. On June 10, 2019, and Householder had the following exchange: Case: Doc 5 Filed: 07/21/20 Page: 56 of 82 PAGEID 146 016143781107 helmebttheweek mheisasreadyasmu?shets his: Sal nub-utenaznsasazsnunntum ?@2119 33826 MUTCOO) Sunnfnuam ?40-th ?7407072503 SLH Yeah Silu?ild 3 39? H1UZO19 3 3946 WOO) noun? ?7407072511 SLH We are 90mg to talk a lot about government mandates and savmg people 88% 06 the fee SHUZOW 3 4045 WCW) 168. Consistent with this exchange, Representative 3 testi?ed before the Senate Energy and Public Utilities Committee as a proponent of HB 6 the next day. This shows Householder working with ?the team? to coordinate support for passage of H3 6 by using Team Householder candidates to in?uence public of?cials in the Senate. 169. While in the Senate, H3 6 was further amended. Those amendments included a provision that gave an electric distribution utility, such as Company A Corp., the ability to decouple its energy rates. Decoupling is the dissociation of annual revenue from volume of energy sales. The decoupling mechanism was based upon the baseline revenue the company received in 2018. Therefore, if a given year?s annual revenue is less than it was in 2018, the company may charge retail customers a rider, or surcharge, to compensate for the lost revenue. Company A Corp. ?s CEO referred to this provision, in a call with investors on November 4 2019, as addressing company risk. In response to an investor question, the CEO stated ?[decoupling] ?xes our base revenues and essentially it takes about one-third of our company and I think makes it somewhat recession-proof So, I get a question a lot about where I?m worried about a?tture recession. It?s 2 million customers in Ohio that this is going to help make sure that that doesn ?t impact us.? 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I'll tell you who's paying for these ads: it's working men and women from Ohio, who want to save their jobs and it's Ohio corporations, headquartered in Ohio, that want to stay here. That's who's paying for it +RXVHKROGHU ZDV DOVR UHFHLYLQJ SUHVVXUH IURP +RXVH PHPEHUV DERXW KLV XVH RI *HQHUDWLRQ 1RZ WR IXUWKHU +% DV +RXVHKROGHU WROG /RQJVWUHWK LQ D WH[W H[FKDQJH :KR SDLG IRU DOO WKH QXFOHDU EDLORXW DGV UDLQLQJ RQ 2KLR" :/15 -XO\ :KR SDLG IRU DOO WKH QXFOHDU EDLORXW DGV UDLQLQJ RQ 2KLR" :/15 Case: Doc 5 Filed: 07/21/20 Page: 65 of 82 PAGEID 155 "7007? am Women: dscuss rcmcemmnenyeamws basedeBGMMiJdemh. in.? mom? mm 194. In addition to showing Householder?s knowledge that Generation Now was taking a hit in the media, the message also shows that some public of?cials knew that Householder was behind the Generation Now campaign to pressure members to support HB 6, particularly relevant given the millions of dollars Householder?s Enterprise spent on media buys and ads urging Ohio citizens to pressure public of?cials to support House Bill 6. 195. In the wake of the negative press and pressure from House leadership relating to Generation Now media buys supporting HB 6, the Enterprise used ?Front Company,? which was controlled by the Enterprise, to conceal their efforts to combat the referendum. As described below, the Enterprise pumped $23,000,000 of Company A-to-Generation-Now money into Front Company and used the organization to ?md criminal acts to defeat the referendum. C. The Enterprise Used Front Company to Defeat Ballot Campaign 196. HB 6 was important to the Householder?s Enterprise because it received millions of dollars into Generation Now from Company A in exchange for enactment of the bailout legislation. And, thus, the repeal of HB 6, which would prevent H8 6 from taking effect in October 2019, was viewed as a threat to Householder?s Enterprise. But, the Enterprise also viewed the Ballot Campaign as a threat to its power and territory generally. 197. For example, at the dinner club meeting on September 23, 2019, in the context of a discussion about the Ballot Campaign, Householder told Clark in a recorded meeting?: ?It is so important, it is so important, that they are not successful, because when the legislature votes on something it needs to stay law.? Staffer followed up, ?it?s the beginning of your Speakership; it sets a bad precedent for the next six years, what we need to make them realize is that you (Householder) can ?t be fucked with.? Clark then agreed, ?it sends the message to everyone else . . . . if you attack a member, we ?re going to fucking rip your dick 013?.? Enterprise members thus made clear that preserving their legislative Victory was necessary to proving the strength of the Enterprise going forward. 198. As set forth above, Front ompany?organized and registered under Ohio law on July 30, 2019, less than a week after the bill was signed by the governor?is a pass-through entity through which the Enterprise funneled Company A-to-Generation?Now money to further the conspiracy. Associate 1, along with Associate 4?who had hundreds of phone contacts with Enterprise members from July to October 2019, including regular calls with Clark, 64 Case: Doc 5 Filed: 07/21/20 Page: 66 of 82 PAGEID 156 and Borges?opened the Fifth-Third Bank checking account for the Front Company on August 12, 2019. Between August 1, 2019 and October 31, 2019, over $23 million was deposited into Front Company?s accormt. Subpoenaed bank records show that everv penny of that $23 million came from Generation Now via Company A entities?speci?callv, Companv A Service Co. and Eneigv Pass-lerouglt?wired approximatelv $38 million to Generation Now. 199. The Enterprise frmneled the Company A payments through the Front Company account to defeat the Ballot Campaign. One of the clearest examples, again, comes from On September 26, 2019, Company A wired $2,445,000 to Generation Now which wired a total of $2.1 million to Front Company (Associate 1- controlled) (over the next several days), which wired $2.2 million on September 30, 2019 to Constant Content which wired $1.22 million to Direct Mail Company the same day. The Enterprise passed the remaining $21 million through Front Company to pay Media Placement Company 1 and the Political Advertising Agency for' television commercials42 (approximately $6.9 million), Petition Signature Services Co 1 (approximately $11 million) and Petition Signature Services 2 ($688,000) for ballot petition signatru'e services, Billboard for billboards and approximately $3,500 for t-shirts. Front Company also frumeled another $2.2 million to a different Constant Content account controlled by 200. In terms of commercials and ?iers, the Company A money wired from Generation Now to Front Company ?mded a media blitz of commercials and ?iers orchestrated by the Enterprise. Again, the media campaign against the ballot initiative is indicative of the corrupt exchange with Company A. 201. These advertisements intended to invoke fear by asserting that China was invading Ohio?s energy grid, and that signing the petition equated with ceding control of Ohio energy to China. For example, Front Company mailed the following ?iers to of thousands of Ohioans: COMING WEEKS. CHINESE VGUII BELL PMNE, OB SIGII YOUR CHINA IS QUIETLY INVADING OUFI ENERGY GRID AND COMING FOR OUR OHIO JOBS. SIGN THEIR PETITION ALLOWING CHINA (manor overt omo ?2 Public ?lings on the FCC website show that Media Placement Company I bought television ads for Front Company between August 2019 and October 2019. 65 Case: Doc 5 Filed: 07/21/20 Page: 67 of 82 PAGEID 157 YOUR FOREIGN ENTITIES HAVE INFILTRATED OUR ENERGY Want '7 1:113:50 .w w' iln?y mint-y "91' hon' Ijvou; llwar or.? 3?0 55": 1.: Dersrva 10' not or TELL THEM l0! Tl] Sl?ll These above ?iers were mailed to voters throughout the state of Ohio. 202. Dining the September 23, 2019 recorded dinner-party, in which Householder also was present, Clark relayed the story behind the second ?ier, which Clark and Householder thought was hilarious. Through laughter, Clark described what he termed ?the direct mail piece? as ?so fucking cold-blooded.? He stated that Jeff designed it. He explained that because 15 out of the 150 signatru?e collectors hired by the opposition had prior arrests, they were technically criminals rmder the law. When Representative 8 (another representative of the Ohio House of Representatives. who is not known to be part of the Enterprise asked how they knew the signature collectors had prior arrests, Householder explained, ?they have to sign up and when they sign up, we run a background check.? 43 Clark went on to explain, Jeff, of course, designs a piece going ?thev?re coming to your house, criminals . . . don?t answer the door. . . decline to sign?? As Clark explained, he later had to explain the direct mail piece to Associate 4?that they were mailing 4.9 million pieces explaining that the people coming to your house for signatures are criminals, and Associate 4 refused to put his name on it. Clark played hardball with Associate 4, and told him that he (Clark) had to get off the phone now and tell his boss (presrunably Householder) that Associate 4 didn?t want to do it. Clark explained that eventually, Associate 4 agreed on a softer piece. 203. The investigation later revealed that payment for the postage on these same ?iers was ultimately paid for by Generation Now, but had been frumeled through at least three bank accounts. Speci?cally, the ?iers were sent ?presorted stande US Postage PAID olrunbus OH Permit 6871.? According to US. Postal records, a Digital Print Marketing Group is the account holder of Permit 6871, and the customer reference ID lists a company related to Direct Mail Company 2. Subpoenaed bank records show that the Digital Print Marketing Group received approximately $3.5 million from Direct Mail Group 2 in October 2019, which received approximately $3.6 million combined from Constant Content bank accounts, which received a combined $4.4 million from Front Company?all of which originally came from ?3 Householder was likely referring to Ohio Secretary of State Form 15. which Ohio law requires to be ?led by people working being conrpensated for working on behalf of a statewide ballot petition. See Ohio Rev. 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Now they are coming for our energy jobs. The Chinese government is quietly invading the American electric grid, intertwining them financially in our energy infrastructure. Now a special interest group boosting Chinese financial interests is targeting Ohio energy, taking Ohio money, exporting Ohio jobs, even risking our national security. They are meddling in our elections. In the coming weeks you may be approached on the street or at your door to sign a petition to defund U.S. jobs and energy. They will ask for your name, your address, your signature. Tell them no. Don’t sign your name to a plan that kills Ohio jobs, harms Ohio communities, and endangers our energy independence. China turned off the power on Ohio manufacturing. Don’t let them do it to you. 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Generatlon Now Sponsored . Pa: by . Generation Now, INC Tel Scrozor _to Pass ~oasc Bill 6, more Jobs .oww Is. 'r?or Ow?o. medium. - ?zul 208. The Generation Now money also was used to buy t-shirts for Front Company. Bank records, subpoena returns, and photos from social media provide the con?rmation. D. The Enterprise Con?icts Out Signature Firms 209. Besides paying for advertisements, mailers and t-shirts, Generation Now subverted the Ballot Campaign by hiring signature collection ?rms in an effort to con?ict them from working for the Ballot Campaign. Bank records show that between July 23, 2019 and July 30, 2019, Generation Now spent over $549,250 retaining the services of national signature collection ?rms to defeat the ballot initiative. The retention of signature collection ?rms is in keeping with practices outlined by Clark in multiple recorded conversations. In those instances, Clark advised his clients that if they would retain as many of the signature collection ?rms as possible, then those ?rms could not work for their opposition, which would decrease the likelihood that the referendum would collect the requisite number of signatures for a ballot initiative. 210. For example, in a meeting on July 24, 2019, which was Clark stated that he wired about $450,000 today hiring signature collections people to not work. He repeated that 69 Case: 1:20-mj-00525-SKB Doc #: 5 Filed: 07/21/20 Page: 71 of 82 PAGEID #: 161 KH KDG ³hired them not to work ´ &ODUN FRQWLQXHG H[SODLQLQJ WKDW KH KDG KLUHG FRPSDQLHV QDWLRQZLGH²QLQH RI WKH ELJJHVW RQHV²DQG VHQW WKHP DOO FKHFNV UDQJLQJ WR WR QRW WR ZRUN DQG SD\PHQWV WR WKH VPDOOHU ILUPV &ODUN VWDWHG WKDW WKHVH SHRSOH RQ WKH SKRQH ³they are all full of shit. I have been a lobbyist for 39 years, been around a long time. 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Clark then texted an excel spreadsheet listing various petition gathering ?rms, which included ?rms that received wires from Generation Now a month later as indicated by Clark on the recording. E. The Enterprise Bribes an Employee of Ballot Initiative for Inside Information 216. Based on my training, experience, and the investigation in this case, in order defeat the Ballot Campaign and ensure H3 6 went into effect in October 2019, the Enterprise would bene?t from real-time information about how successful the signature collection effort was in order to best allocate their resources. However, the investigation revealed that the Enterprise?s own daily, internal estimates about the signature collection were not adding up to the numbers claimed by the ballot initiative proponents. 217. Indeed, during the September 23, 2019 recorded dinner party, Clark explained, in the presence of Householder, how the Enterprise was addressing the ballot campaign: Every day we send out a crew of 235 people and we survey about 2600 sites . . . and we stay there to see if they have people there . . . so then we do every day do a report estimating how many signatures they ?ve done . . . [they now have about 80 people collecting signatures] . . . how many signatures do you think you can collect in an hour; how many can you collect in a shift; they were working in the first few weeks 10 hours shifts, most people just working 6; so in all the math that was done, they weren ?t getting where they were, so we kept saying it wasn ?t right, until last week they started advertising they needed more people; they went to some of our subs, they couldn ?t get any of our A class subs . . . 71 Case: 1:20-mj-00525-SKB Doc #: 5 Filed: 07/21/20 Page: 73 of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¶ VROLFLWDWLRQ DQG FRQWDFWHG WKH )%, DIWHU PHHWLQJ ZLWK %RUJHV LQ HDUO\ 6HSWHPEHU 7KHUHDIWHU &+6 UHFRUGHG KLV FRQYHUVDWLRQV ZLWK %RUJHV LQFOXGLQJ %RUJHV¶ SD\PHQW RI WR KLP 2Q RU DERXW 6HSWHPEHU %RUJHV FRQWDFWHG &+6 DQG GXULQJ D PHHWLQJ WKH QH[W GD\ RIIHUHG D VXEVWDQWLDO DPRXQW RI PRQH\ IRU LQVLGH LQIRUPDWLRQ WKDW %RUJHV ZRXOG XVH IRU KLV FOLHQW WR GHIHDW WKH UHIHUHQGXP FDPSDLJQ 6SHFLILFDOO\ DFFRUGLQJ WR &+6 %RUJHV RIIHUHG WKDW LI &+6 SURYLGHG LQVLGH LQIRUPDWLRQ %RUJHV ZRXOG SURYLGH &+6 ZLWK PRQHWDU\ SD\PHQWV D MRE RU DJUHH WR SD\ &+6¶V GHEWV %RUJHV IXUWKHU LQGLFDWHG WKDW RWKHUV DUH JHWWLQJ ³IDW´ RII WKH +% LVVXH VR WKH\ PLJKW DV ZHOO EHQHILW WRR 7KHQ %RUJHV DVNHG &+6 WR WKLQN DERXW WKH RIIHU DQG JHW EDFN WR KLP %RUJHV LQLWLDOO\ UHDFKHG RXW WR &+6 MXVW WZR GD\V DIWHU WKH 2KLR $WWRUQH\ *HQHUDO DSSURYHG WKH EDOORW ODQJXDJH DQG MXVW ZHHNV DIWHU *HQHUDWLRQ 1RZ ZLUHG RYHU D PLOOLRQ GROODUV RI &RPSDQ\ $ PRQH\ WR %RUJHV¶ //& &RQVXOWLQJ ,Q D WH[W PHVVDJH IROORZLQJ WKH PHHWLQJ &+6 WROG %RUJHV KH FRXOG QRW DFFHSW WKH EULEH SD\PHQW 7KHVH WH[W PHVVDJHV ZHUH SURYLGHG WR PH 6SHFLILFDOO\ &+6 WROG %RUJHV ³I’ve thought about it. 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CH8 1 then provided a limited amount of inside information?the ?ballpark? vote count for one region in the state. Borges responded, ?Got it. I?ll get this done.? 222. These messages indicate that the substantial ?buy out? Borges previously offered was tied to sensitive information the CH8 1 would provide about the Ballot Campaign. Borges made clear that he was working on behalf of a group of individuals, and that Borges needed inside information?the signature count, for example?to ?nail down the opportunity? because ?th_ev_just want to know they have the right source.? 223. A series of text message exchanges followed, during which Borges and CH8 1 set a time to meet in person. In one of those messages Borges stated, ?I?ve gotten more clarity. Protects you.? In another, Borges texted, promise this will be worth your while.? 224. CH8 I eventually met with Borges on September 10, 2019 to discuss the deal. The meeting was recorded. Borges framed the exchange as a private transaction between the two of them that no one would know?despite the prior solicitation and text messages, which made clear that Borges was working on behalf of others. But Borges? true motivations became clear, and demonstrate how much Borges and the Enterprise wanted inside information about the Ballot Campaign. For example, when CH8 I asked how the deal would work, Borges told CH8 1 that it would help to know locations in advance and they ?really need to know how many signatures you have.? Borges then asked CH8 1 whether he had access to the statewide numbers or only his region. 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