Blue Flame v. Chain Bridge — Text Messages on N95 Mask Offer to California (Exhibit 13)
- Date
- 2021-05-06
Summary
Exhibit 13, Document 130-13 in Case 1:20-cv-00658-LMB-IDD, Blue Flame v. Chain Bridge, filed May 6, 2021. The two-page exhibit reproduces a log of text messages dated March 20, 2020, marked as a defendant's exhibit and stamped CONFIDENTIAL and BFM000200058. In the sent messages, the sender states that 100mil 3M masks are sitting in containers at the port, asks the recipient to reach out to California state contacts so the state can buy them, and says the sale would be at standard market rate with no price gouging. The received messages describe leaving word for a contact and suggest texting a state Assemblywoman.
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“Blue Flame v. Chain Bridge — Text Messages on N95 Mask Offer to California (Exhibit 13).”
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Case 1:20-cv-00658-LMB-IDD Document 130-13 Filed 05/06/21 Page 1 of 2 PageID#
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EXHIBIT 13
BFM000200058
Case 1:20-cv-00658-LMB-IDD Document 130-13 Filed 05/06/21 EXHIBIT
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! Mar 20. 2020 : Sent 'Hey Matt I have 100mil 3m masks sitting here at the Port. Can
; 7:45:57 AM ' , you reach out to newsoms people? We can sell them to
' newsom right now and he can do a presser with the containers
. and say he has a mask for every Californian. These are the
· gold standard masks and I've locked them down here. Well
1 kick you percentage of our net. Mind making that call?
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, Mar 20, 2020 'Sent ; No price gouging btw. Just standard market rate for 3m masks
: 7:46:.18 AM
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1 Mar 20. 2020 ; Received Left word for Anthony Williams just now on his cell
7:49:22 AM
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i 7:49:39AM
: Mar 20. 2020 'Sent · Thank u
i 7:49:43 AM
, Mar 20, 2020 Sent .I can have the product to them today.
'7A9:54 AM
! Mar 20, 2020 , Sent . Sitting in containers here right now. I've inspected the product
; 7:50:10 AM myse lf. It's real
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! Mar 20. 2020 Sent ; Thank you.
'7:52:23 AM
t Mar 20, 2020 tSent If I were Gav1n is do a presset and say I found 100m mask and
17:53:13 AM , had the state buy them to give to every Californian or 1
'something like that. Makes him an instant hero.
i Mar 20, 2020 , Received · There is a state Assemblywoman named Buffy Wicks, up
, 7:53:22 AM ; north. Very good. connected. Can I text her and see how she
responds?
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i Mar 20. 2020 , Sent Yes
, 7;53:31 AM
CONFIDENTIAL BFM000200058
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