Ms.

Toop,
It is my understanding that you placed a call to Joe DiBrigida today regarding Mr. Pellinos complaint. As you know, Mr.
Pellinos complaint was dismissed by the Execu ve Branch Ethics Commi ee and there is nothing now pending before
the Commi ee. If you have ques ons, please direct them to me, as legal counsel for the commi ee.

I need to correct your descrip on of my telephone conversa on with Mr. Pellino last evening. I acknowledged that
both A orney Dibrigida and I had sent Mr. Pellino le ers, although I do not recall giving a specic number. I explained
that all of those le ers would have been mailed through the mailroom for the State and likely would have been
stamped using the same postage meter. I have no knowledge as to what the postage meter stamp says or whether it is
the same one used by DES, and thus would not have said anything about that. I did not at any point state that any of
the le ers contained false informa on, or that a le er from A orney Dibrigida men oned individuals that were never
named in the complaint.
I trust that this clarica on is helpful.

From: toopy [mailto:toopy@icloud.com]

Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2015 7:58 AM
To: Rice, Ann
Subject: Phone call with Vincenzo Pellino on 8/12/15