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2021-05-20

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Exhibit 116, filed May 20, 2021 as Document 150-32 in Civil Action No. 1:20-cv-00658-LMB-IDD in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, with Chain Bridge Bank, N.A. among the defendants and a third-party defendant bank. The six-page exhibit contains the cover page and selected transcript pages 50, 90, 91 and 107 of the remote videotaped deposition of defendant Brough, marked confidential pursuant to protective order. In the testimony, Brough answers questions about how incoming wired funds would affect the bank's leverage ratio and risk based capital ratios. He testifies that funds held in a Federal Reserve Bank account would have no impact on risk based capital ratios but would affect the leverage ratio, by about 20 basis points. Page 91 also refers to Plaintiff's Exhibit 64, an email previously introduced.

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      EXHIBIT 116
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                                                                          Page 1

    1                      UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
    2                  FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
    3                         (ALEXANDRIA DIVISION)
    4
    5      BLUE FLAI{E MEDICAL LLC                   )CiviL     Action No.
                 Plaintiff                           ) L : 20 -cv-00 658 (LMB/IDD )
    6                                                )

           vs.                                       )

    7                                                )

           CHAIN BRIDGE BANK, N.A                    )

    8      .TOHN J. BROUGH and                       )

           DAVID M. EVINGER                          )

    9            Defendants                          )



  10
           cHArN BRTDGE BAI{K, N .A                  )

  11       Third-Party Plaintiffs                    )

                                                     )

   L2      vs.                                       )

                                                     )

   13      JPMORGAN CITASE BAI{K, N .A               )
           Third-Party       Defendant               )

   L4
   15
   16             CONFIDENTIAL PURSUANT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER
   L7             Remote Videotaped Deposition of ilohn Brough
   18                              February 2, 2O2L
   19                                   9:35 a.m.
   20
   2t      Reported by: Bonnie L. Russo
   22      Job No. 4398587
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                                                                              Page 50

   1              A.        WeII, it's             ifa              if money comes
   2       into     the bank, then it's              going to increase the
   3       bank' s as sets , which woul-d increase                        the bank's
   4       ave r age    assets,      which wouLd impact the leverage
   5       ratio.
    6             a.        So it        it    would increase the
   7       denominator in the Ieverage ratio                          calculation,
   8       correct?
    9             A.        That's    correct.           If    the money stayed
  10       here.      the money was spent, or if we put it
                       If
  11       into an off -bal-ance-sheet product, then it
  L2       woul-d have no impact.                But if        it    stayed here,
  13       then         then it      woul-d          then it        would        then
  L4       it   would impact the leverage ratio.
  15           A.    If the     a    a wire transfer                            is
  16       put into a zero risk rated      zero risk
  L7       weighted asset,           that has no impact on the risk
  18       based capital- ratio, correct?
  19           A.     That is correct.
  20             A.  In that circumstance, that severely
  2L       limits the amount of money the bank can make in
  22       putting that asset to work, though; isnrt that



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                                                                                          Page 90

   1              a.           What           what do             what would the
   2      impact be if                you did not exercise               options to
   3     rninimize that impact on the bank?
   4              A.           WeIJ., Lf             if         none of those
   5      other things happened.                          So if         if        the funds
   6      just simpJ-y stayed in the account, and if                                           we

   7      did not exercise                   any option to                   to           to
   8      to safeguard the money for the client,                                         then it
   9      would increase the assets of the bank.
  10          A.               Wou1d     that have any regulatory
  11      impact?
  L2              A.           No.      It would have no adverse
  13      reg'ulatory           impact.
  t4          a.    So that would not affect                                        r-   ncrea s e
  15      in assets of the bank would not' affect                                        the
  16      capital            ratios     that we were tal-king about
  L1      ear L ier ?
  18              A            We1l,     1   ike I said earl-ier,                  the
  19      any money that'               just sits          in a Federal Reserve
  20      B   ank account would have no impact because it
  2t      zec o       risk     weighted              woul-d     h ave   no impact on
  22      any of the risk                based capital              ratios.



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                                                                                Page 91

    1                      It would have an impact on the
    2      Ieverage ratio.        But the impact on the levera€te
    3      ratio       would have been I think probably about 20
    4      basis points,           which        which would not bea
    5      material       change for us.
    6                      Excuse me.
    7          A.          Could you bring up Plaintiff's
    I      Exhibit       64 previousJ.y introduced.    You probably
    9      saw it       with Mr. Evinger,           Mr. Brough, if              you had
  10       the video on.
  11                       Itrs     an e-mail       from Mr. Evinger to
  t2       you at the top on March 25th , 2020.
  13                       This is the first              time wefre trying
  t4       the technology, Mr. Brough.                      So I ' 11 rely on
  15       you to J.et me know
  16               A       Okay.      I think       r
  L7               a              when you have it
  18               A       This is an e-mail.
  19                       MR. ORSECK:          Hold on just             a second.
  20                       THE I{ITNESS:          Al-1 right.
  2L                       MR. ORSECK:          First      of all,        you
  22       havenrt gotten a question yet.



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                                                                              Page 107

    1      the customer?
    2              A.       WeII, there wouLd be no impact on
    3      the risk        based capital ratios.  It    it woul-d
    4      impact the J-everage ratio,                   as I           asI
    5      demonstrated before.
    6              a.       And would it          impact the leverage
    7      ratio        in a positive        or negative way?
    8              A.       It    would        pardon me.
    9                       It    would impact it            in a negative
  10       way
  11               a        And if     something weren't                done to
  L2       manage that           negative     impact,        what would that
  13       mean for        the bank ?
  L4               A.       Wel1, Mr. ?Ihite,            I think        that    we
  15       would manag'e i t           So I mean the option                    of not
  L6       managing it           is not reaJ-ly an option.
  L7               A.       What happens if            there's      a mistake
  18       made ?
  19                        I'm just        trying
                                       to understand on how
  20       thi s works on a reguJ-atory basis.
  2L                  What happens if you don' t manage it,
  22       and your leverage              ratio      becomes less than it



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