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W EST PALM BEA CH D IW SION

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Plaintiff,

UN DER SEAL Ar EX PA RTE

UM TED STATES0F AM ERICA,

D efendant.

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NOTICE BY IN VESTIGATIVE TEAM OF STA TU SOF REVIEW

In its order ofA ugust27,2022,the Courtordered the undersigned to provide a

''particularized noticeindicating the stamsofEthegovernment's)review ofthe seized

property.'' D.E.29 (the 'dpreliminary Order'')at2,Section 3.b.i. Thkssubmission

representsthe ùwestigative team 'snotice.l A separate notice witlbe flled by the t'Ster''

team .

Asofthedateofthisflling,theinvestigativeteam hascom pletedaprelim inaryreview

ofthem aterialsseizedpursuanttothesearch warrantexecutedonA ugust8,2022,with the

exception ofany potentially attom ey-clientprivileged m aterialsthat,pursuantto the fllter

protocolssetforthinthesearchw arrantaf davit,havenotbeenprovidedtotheinvestigative

team . Thedocum entsbealingclassitk ationm arkingsthatwereseized duringtheexecution

ofthe search wananthavebeen segregated 9om therem ainderoftheseized m aterialsand

1ThePreliminary Orderindicatedthatthisnoticeshouldbefiledunderseal. lnanabundance

ofcaution,thegovernm entisfilingthisNoticeundersealandexpartesinceitcontainsthetype

ofinfonuationthat,inthenorm alcourse,wouldnotbesharedwiththeownerofapremisesthat

wassearchedpursuanttoacourt-authorizedcriminalsearchwarrant.

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arebeing separately stored in accordance with the appropriate proceduresgovem ing the

securityofclassifiedm aterial.

Theinvestigativeteam hasreviewedtheseizedm aterialsinfurtheranceofit.songoing

itw estigation,evaluating the relevance and charader of each item seized, and m aking

preliminary determ inations about investigative avenues suggested or w arranted by the

charaderand natureoftheseized item s. Theseized m aterialswillcontinuetobeused to

furtherthegovernm ent'sùwestigation,and thehw estigativeteam witlcontinueto useand

evaluatetheseizedm aterialsasittakesfurtherinvestigativesteps,suchasthroug,hadditional

wimessinterviewsandpandjurypractice. Additionaly,al evidencepertainingtothe

seizeditem s- including,butnotlim itedto,thenam reandmannerinwhichtheywerestored,

aswellasanyevidencewithresped toparticula.rdocum entsoritemsofinterest- willinform

the governm ent's investigation. Thus,it Ls important to note,''review''ofthe seized

l materialsisnotasingleinvestigativestepbutanongoingprocessintllisactivecriminal ! j '

' investigation. Thatsaid,the governm entcan consrm fortheCoul'tthatthe investigative

team hasalreadyexaminedeveryitem seized(ot.herthanmaterialsthatremainsubjed tothe

ftlterprotocols),evenasitsinvestigationandfurtherreview continues. Theùwestigative

team hasbeen and willbecontinually m indfulofthepotentialforattorney-clientprivilege

issuesandthefllterprotocolscontainedirlthesearchwarrant.

Additionally,asthegovernm enthasseparately explainedin itsN oticeofReceiptof

Prelim inary Orderand Attorney Appearance,D .E.31,theD epartm entofJusticeand the

1 OfficeoftheDirectorofNationalInteligence(''ODNI'')arefacilitatingaclassïcation

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l review ofmaterialsrecovered pursuantto thesearch warrant,and ODNILsleading an

intelligencecomm unityassessm entofthepotentialrisktonationalsecuritythaswouldresult

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f'rom disclosureoftheseizedm aterials.

Asdireded by theCourt'sPrelim inary Order,thegovernm enthasattached a m ore

detailedpropertyreceiptasExhibitA hereto.

Respedfullysubm itted,

/sJuanAntonioGonzalez

JUAN AN TON IO GON ZAT,EZ

UN ITED STATESAW ORN EY

FloridaBarNo.897388

99NE 4th Skeet,8thFloor

M iam i,FL 33132

Te1:305-961-9001

Email:juan.antoio.gor alez@usdoj.gov

ZsJavL é'rtzft

JAY 1.BRATT

CHIEF

CounterltelligenceandExportConlol

Sedion

NationalSecurityD ivision

950PennsylvaniaAvenue,(NW

W ashington,D .C.20530

IllinoisBarN o.6187361

Te1:202-233-0986

Email:jay.brattz@usdoj.gov

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