Exhibit 05 — Blue Flame Medical LLC v. Chain Bridge Bank, N.A., et al.

Factual Summary

Counsel plays a recording of the three-way call and asks Brough to identify the speakers. Brough confirms it was Evinger, not himself, who said on the recording: "We'd like official communication from JPMorgan to us to recall the funds." Brough confirms he is the one who then said, "But if you could send it over the FedLine platform," explaining he suggested that channel because "I think it's neater and tidier if all the communication is done through the FedLine platform."

Key Facts

This is a direct, audio-recorded quotation — not reconstructed testimony — of Evinger himself asking JPMorgan for "official communication... to recall the funds," with Brough specifying the delivery channel (FedLine). This is among the most direct primary-source evidence in this docket's reviewed material bearing on the who-requested-the-recall dispute already mapped in the T22 contradiction register (Pair 1), corroborating JPMorgan's account (and Baxter's expert opinion, Exhibit 4/145-5) that Chain Bridge itself solicited the recall communication, in a party's own recorded voice rather than after-the-fact testimony.
Brough's own stated reason for the FedLine suggestion ("neater and tidier") is procedural/administrative rather than substantive.

Source Caveats

Marked Confidential; excerpted testimony only, spanning a different transcript range than Exhibit 100.
This exhibit does not itself resolve the docket's broader four-way causation dispute (Chain Bridge's own account attributes its calls to relaying California's and JPMorgan's positions); it is presented as one primary-source data point among several already mapped, per the T22 register's mirrored-neutral presentation practice.

Date: 2021-05-20

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EXHIBIT 5
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            UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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        FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
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               (ALEXANDRIA DIVISION)
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_____________________________
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BLUE FLAME MEDICAL LLC       )Civil Action No.
    Plaintiff                )1:20-cv-00658(LMB/IDD)
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vs.                          )
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CHAIN BRIDGE BANK, N.A.,     )
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JOHN J. BROUGH and           )
DAVID M. EVINGER             )
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    Defendants               )
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CHAIN BRIDGE BANK, N.A.      )
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Third-Party Plaintiffs       )
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vs.                          )
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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.    )
Third-Party Defendant        )
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______________________________
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   - CONFIDENTIAL PURSUANT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER -
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     Remote Videotaped Deposition of John Brough
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                  February 2, 2021
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                       9:35 a.m.
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Reported by:  Bonnie L. Russo
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Job No. 4398587
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Remote Videotaped Deposition of John Brough
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held through:
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            Washington, D.C.
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Pursuant to Notice, when were present on behalf
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of the respective parties:
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APPEARANCES:
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On behalf of the Plaintiff:
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   PETER WHITE, ESQ.
   JASON T. MITCHELL, ESQ.
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   EKENEDILICHUKWU E. UKABIALA, ESQ.
   GREGORY KETCHAM-COLWILL, ESQ.
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   SCHULTE ROTH & ZABEL, LLP
   901 Fifteenth Street, N.W.
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   Washington, D.C. 20005
   pete.white@srz.com
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   jason.mitchell@srz.com
   ekenedilichukwu.ukabiala@srz.com
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   gregory.ketchum-colwill@srz.com
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On behalf of the Defendants/Third-Party
Plaintiffs:
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   GARY ORSECK, ESQ.
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   LESLIE ESBROOK, ESQ.
   CAROLYN FORSTEIN, ESQ.
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   ROBBINS RUSSELL ENGLERT ORSECK & UNTEREINER
   2000 K Street, N.W., Fourth Floor
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   Washington, D.C. 20006
   gorseck@robbinsrussell.com
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   lesbrook@robbinsrussell.com
   cforstein@robbinsrussell.com
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          MR. WHITE:  Mr. Brough, we've had a
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bit of a long stretch here.
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          Do you need a -- do you need a
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break?
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          THE WITNESS:  Sure.  We cane take a
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15-minute break here.  Sure.
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          MR. WHITE:  Okay.
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          THE WITNESS:  Or -- yeah.  Whatever
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-- whatever you think is good.
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          MR. WHITE:  I'd appreciate that.
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          Why don't we go off the record.
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          THE VIDEOGRAPHER:  The time is now
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4:38 p.m.
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          We're going off the record.
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          (A short recess was taken.)
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          THE VIDEOGRAPHER:  The time now is
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4:57 p.m.
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          We're going back on the record.
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          BY MR. WHITE:
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    Q.    Mr. Brough, I'd like to play for you
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another audio recording of a March 26th phone
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call.  This one is with you, Mr. Evinger and
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Mr. Coffey.
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          (Whereupon, the tape was played.)
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          BY MR. WHITE:
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    Q.    Mr. Brough, the -- the phone call
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continues for a moment there, but my question
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is only about this first part.
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          Is it you that says, "We'd like
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official communication from JPMorgan to us to
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recall the funds"?
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    A.    No.  That's David Evinger.
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    Q.    And then are -- are you the person
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who first said, "But if you could send it over
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the FedLine platform"?
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          Is that you?
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    A.    Yes.  That's me.
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    Q.    And why did you suggest sending it
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over the FedLine platform?
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    A.    I think it's neater and tidier if
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all the communication is done through the
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FedLine platform.
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    Q.    And why did -- if you know, why did
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Mr. Evinger say that you "would like official
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