Government of the United States Virgin Islands v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., No. 122-cv-10904 (S.D.N.Y. 2022)/245-20.pdf

EXHIBIT 295 Case 1:22-cv-10904-JSR Document 245-20 Filed 07/25/23 Page 1 of 4 ·1 ·2· · · · · · UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE ·3· · · · · · · · SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ·4· ·-------------------------- · · ·GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED ·5· ·STATES OF AMERICA, ·6· · · · · ·Plaintiff, ·7· ·v· · · · · · · · · · · · · ·Case No. 1:22-cv-10904-UA ·8· ·JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., ·9· · · · · ·Defendant, · · ·--------------------------- 10 11 12 13 14· · · · · · · · · · · · CONFIDENTIAL 15· · · · · · · · ·VIDEOTAPED DEPOSITION OF 16· · · · · · · · · · STACEY E. PLASKETT 17· · · · · · · · · · Tuesday, May 9, 2023 18· · · · · · · · · · · ·9:00 a.m. EST 19 20 21 22 23 24· · Reported by:· Goldy Gold, RPR 25· · Job No. J9647388 Case 1:22-cv-10904-JSR Document 245-20 Filed 07/25/23 Page 2 of 4 ·1· · · · · · ·STACEY PLASKETT - CONFIDENTIAL ·2· ·a letter like this on behalf of any Epstein ·3· ·entity that was written not by the Palm Beach ·4· ·Bank, but by JPMorgan? ·5· · · · · A.· · ·I don't recall. ·6· · · · · Q.· · ·Do you remember in or about 2019 an ·7· ·application being submitted to extend the tax ·8· ·benefits for the Financial Trust Company? ·9· · · · · A.· · ·I do not recall. 10· · · · · · · · ·MR. NEIMAN:· Let me show you some 11· · · · · things and see if these help you refresh 12· · · · · your recollection about it. 13· · · · · Let's start with the document I'll ask you 14· · · · · to mark -- I'll ask the reporter to mark 15· · · · · as Plaskett Exhibit 2. 16· · · · · · · · ·[Exhibit 2, transcript of an 17· · · · · economic development meeting, Bates 202, 18· · · · · was marked for identification.] 19· ·BY MR. NEIMAN: 20· · · · · Q.· · ·Let me ask you, Congresswoman, if 21· ·you recognize Plaskett Exhibit 2? 22· · · · · · · · ·All right.· Let me just repeat my 23· ·question.· It looks like you've had a chance to 24· ·read through the document.· Do you recognize 25· ·this? Case 1:22-cv-10904-JSR Document 245-20 Filed 07/25/23 Page 3 of 4 ·1· · · · · · ·STACEY PLASKETT - CONFIDENTIAL ·2· · · · · A.· · ·It appears to be a transcript of an ·3· ·economic development meeting. ·4· · · · · Q.· · ·All right.· And you can see that ·5· ·there's a list of who was present, and one of the ·6· ·people who's identified as being present is you, ·7· ·right? ·8· · · · · A.· · ·Correct. ·9· · · · · Q.· · ·Do you have any memory of this 10· ·meeting, having had a chance to take a look 11· ·the -- 12· · · · · A.· · ·No. 13· · · · · Q.· · ·Okay.· Let's take a look at the -- 14· ·at the people who are present here, just for a 15· ·moment, on the first page of the document.· You 16· ·can see that there's a reference to somebody 17· ·named Albert Bryan, Jr., Chairman. 18· · · · · · · · ·Is that the same Albert Bryan who is 19· ·now the governor of the Virgin Islands? 20· · · · · · · · ·(Reporter admonition.) 21· ·BY MR. NEIMAN: 22· · · · · Q.· · ·Is that the same Albert Bryan who is 23· ·now the governor of the Virgin Islands? 24· · · · · A.· · ·Yes. 25· · · · · Q.· · ·And then the next person below that Case 1:22-cv-10904-JSR Document 245-20 Filed 07/25/23 Page 4 of 4