Free Reply/Response Misc - District Court of Connecticut - Connecticut

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FD—302 (Ra. 10-6-95)
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On August 17, 2001, Paul J. Silvester appeared in the
United States Attorney‘s Office, Hartford, Connecticut. Also
present were Attorney Hope Seeley, Assistant United States
Attorneys (AUSA) Nora Dannehy and William Nardini, and Special
Agent Joseph McTague, Internal Revenue Service/Criminal
Investigation (IRS/CID) Division. Silvester provided the
following:
A Silvester remembers a situation where Thiesfield
approached him and said that Keith Robertson wanted to propose a
deal to him. Silvester believes the issue was after the election.
Silvester stated Thiesfield was close to Robertson and many people
approached Thiesfield to get his attention. Silvester described
Thiesfield as a political operative. Silvester stated Thiesfield
told him Robertson's proposal was in the public finance/bond area.
Thiesfield didn't say if she was involved and she didn't provide
any details of the proposal. Silvester doesn’t remember any of the
details. He believes he may have referred Robertson to Rich Gray.
Presumably the proposal would have saved the state money.
Silvester stated the IRS has regulations on how much money can be
made on tax exempt bonds, in part, because it is inconsistent with
the purpose of these bonds.
Silvester did discuss Robertson's proposal with Gray.
Gray's position was either neutral or that the deal was
complicated. Silvester explained the state has general rule of
thumb percentages as a guide to consider these types of
investments. Silvester believes the proposal in Gray's opinion
didn‘t work.
Silvester stated sometime during the process, Thiesfield
told him to be careful. It was Thiesfield's opinion that maybe
somebody other than Gray should look at the proposal because Gray
and Robertson were on the same Town Committee.
On August 31, 2001, Silvester and Hope Seeley met with
the government. Present were AUSAs Nora Dannehy and Michael
Runowicz and Special Agent Timothy Egan, FBI. Silvester provided
the following:
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Silvester described the responsibilities of the
Treasurer's Office and investment allocations.
He stated he was presently living at 213 Park Avenue,
Harrison, New York.
He was told to focus on his whereabouts during election
week November 1998, and be prepared to discuss the events of the
week.
On September 18, 2001, Silvester and Seeley met with the
government. Present were AUSA Dannehy and Special Agent Joseph
McTague, IRS/CID. Silvester provided the following:
Silvester was shown pages of the FD—302 that related to
the TriConn II placement with the State of Connecticut. Silvester
had previously reviewed the portion shown. Silvester reviewed the
expenses relating to the election night party at the Goodwin Hotel.
He and his wife were located in Room 401. He made telephone calls
to his home and office. He remembers his brother, Mark, and Stack
had rooms at the hotel. On the afternoon of November 4th he
remembers meeting with his brother, Mark, and Pat Sullivan at
DePino's office with Connecticut Republican Party people.
Silvester remembers believing he had lost the election and there
was talk of challenging the ballot and requesting a recount.
He remembers going to the Bricco Restaurant on the
afternoon of November 4th with Sullivan and his brother. They
continued the discussion of contesting the election.
He remembers the Governor telephoned him during the
morning of November 4th. He told the Governor he lost the
election.
He believes he went home early on the 4th to get some
sleep. He remembers speaking to a couple well—wishers. He may
have spoken to Spadoni on the night of November 4th.
Silvester stated he remembers going to the Treasurer's
Office on the morning of November 5th. He believes this was when
he had the conversation with Spadoni in the Grant Room, it was the
second conversation he had regarding the TriConn I1 placement.
This was the time he asked Spadoni if Triumph would take care of
Thiesfield and Stack. Silvester asked Spadoni if Merrill Lynch was
receiving a fee on the placement. Spadoni told him, "No."

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Silvester told Spadoni he wanted a point split between the two.
Silvester needed to explain to Spadoni what he meant because
Spadoni was not clear about splitting a point. Silvester made
clear he wanted each to receive a half point. He remembers writing
the math down on paper, in front of Spadoni with different numbers.
Because he was going to do the deal at $100 to $150 million,
Silvester believed he used the number $150 million as an example.
It was obvious from the calculation that more money paid as a fee
resulted in a higher investment, i.e. $150 million times 1 percent
equals $750,000 each. Silvester explained what he previously meant
when he stated he did not tell Spadoni or McCarthy of his
intention. Silvester meant that he did not tell them, that by
increasing the investment he also felt it insured him, Triumph
would honor the contract with Stack and Thiesfield.