Government of the United States Virgin Islands v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., No. 122-cv-10904 (S.D.N.Y. 2022)/283-04.pdf

E XHIBIT 307 Case 1:22-cv-10904-JSR Document 283-4 Filed 08/14/23 Page 1 of 5 ·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 283-4 Filed 08/14/23 Page 2 of 5 ·1· · · · · · ·STACEY PLASKETT - CONFIDENTIAL ·2· · · · · Q.· · ·What are the limits? ·3· · · · · A.· · ·At that time, I believed an ·4· ·individual could give over 30,000.· I can't ·5· ·remember the exact amount, but it was in the ·6· ·range of 30,000. ·7· · · · · Q.· · ·How much did you ask Mr. Epstein to ·8· ·give? ·9· · · · · A.· · ·To the maximum, whatever that 10· ·maximum was. 11· · · · · Q.· · ·Okay.· How do you get somebody to 12· ·give that much money? 13· · · · · A.· · ·You ask them. 14· · · · · Q.· · ·Okay.· Did Mr. Epstein ever ask for 15· ·anything from you? 16· · · · · A.· · ·No. 17· · · · · · · · ·MR. NEIMAN:· Let me know mark now as 18· · · · · Plaskett Exhibit 40, a one-page text 19· · · · · exchange. 20· · · · · · · · ·[Exhibit 40, September 2018 text 21· · · · · exchange, was marked for identification.] 22· ·BY MR. NEIMAN: 23· · · · · Q.· · ·All right.· Ms. Plaskett, I've 24· ·handed you Exhibit 40, which is a text exchange 25· ·between you and Jerome, your chief of staff, in Case 1:22-cv-10904-JSR Document 283-4 Filed 08/14/23 Page 3 of 5 ·1· · · · · · ·STACEY PLASKETT - CONFIDENTIAL ·2· · · · · Q.· · ·Lawyers for JPMorgan, correct? ·3· · · · · A.· · ·Yes. ·4· · · · · Q.· · ·Thank you.· We can put that aside. ·5· · · · · · · · ·Ms. Plaskett, I am going to try to ·6· ·be as brief as I can today, but we had a lot of ·7· ·questions this morning about your tenure at EDA ·8· ·and I want to make sure that a few things are ·9· ·clear on the record. 10· · · · · · · · ·When did you leave ADA? 11· · · · · A.· · ·In April of 2012. 12· · · · · Q.· · ·After April of 2012, did you have 13· ·any role in the Virgin Islands government? 14· · · · · A.· · ·No. 15· · · · · Q.· · ·Currently, you are a Congresswoman 16· ·representing the Virgin Islands, correct? 17· · · · · A.· · ·Yes. 18· · · · · Q.· · ·And that's part of the federal 19· ·government, right? 20· · · · · A.· · ·Yes. 21· · · · · Q.· · ·And do you understand that there's a 22· ·difference between the Virgin Islands government 23· ·and the federal government? 24· · · · · A.· · ·Very much so. 25· · · · · Q.· · ·Thank you.· After 2012, did you have Case 1:22-cv-10904-JSR Document 283-4 Filed 08/14/23 Page 4 of 5 ·1· · · · · · ·STACEY PLASKETT - CONFIDENTIAL ·2· ·any authority over decisions regarding EDA tax ·3· ·benefits? ·4· · · · · A.· · ·No, I did not have authority over ·5· ·tax benefits at any time. ·6· · · · · Q.· · ·Thank you.· After April of 2012, did ·7· ·you have any input over decisions regarding EDA ·8· ·tax benefits? ·9· · · · · A.· · ·No, I did not after 2012. 10· · · · · Q.· · ·After April of 2012, did you have 11· ·any responsibility for anything having to do with 12· ·the granting or renewal or applications or 13· ·monitoring or compliance regarding EDA tax 14· ·benefits? 15· · · · · A.· · ·No, I did not. 16· · · · · Q.· · ·When did you join EDA? 17· · · · · A.· · ·In December 2007. 18· · · · · Q.· · ·When you joined EDA, was Financial 19· ·Trust Company already receiving tax benefits from 20· ·the Virgin Islands? 21· · · · · A.· · ·Yes. 22· · · · · Q.· · ·Before you joined EDA, did you have 23· ·anything to do with the decisions to initially 24· ·grant Mr. Epstein's company tax benefits from the 25· ·Virgin Islands? Case 1:22-cv-10904-JSR Document 283-4 Filed 08/14/23 Page 5 of 5