WESLEY K. DUNCAN ADAM PAUL LAXALT ‘Frat Assistant Attorney General “Attorney General ‘NICHOLAS A. TRUTANICH Chief of Staff Ketan D. Bhirud STATE OF NEVADA ‘Genera? Oona: OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 100 North Carson Street Carson City, Nevada 89701 May 15,2017 ‘Assemblywoman Maggie Carlton Nevada State Legislature Carson City, Nevada Dear Assemblywoman Carlton, Last week, my office sent you a letter indicating our willingness to participate in a fair and independent (ie., nonpartisan) hearing relating to the Gaming Control Board and NRS 463. We continue to welcome that. Opportunity. We also sent you a request last week asking you to send us the documents and materials that you received in response to your subpoena relating to this matter. We have not heard back from you regarding that request. We are beginning to have serious reservations with whether your Committee’s hearing will be perceived as fair and primarily focused on seeking the truth. As our State's top law enforcement office, specifically entrusted with protecting the publi confidence in our public officials and due process, we are deeply troubled with the appearance of unfairness and partisanship that could easily result unless this process is handled with more thought and care. Several issues in particular warrant strong concern. ‘s Although we have just been informed of Wednesday's hearing—with only two days’ notice—neither | nor my office have received any materials that you have received In response to the subpoena. Nor have we been informed, even generally, what subjects you intend to explore. Nor have we received any list of concerns that either gave rise to the subpoena in the first place or arose as a result of the subpoena. Indeed, it is our understanding that you have not shared any of the materials you received from‘Assemblywoman Maggie Carlson Page 2 May 15, 2017 your subpoena even with your colleagues that serve with you on the Assembly Ways and Means Committee, let alone your Republican colleagues, despite ongoing media leaks. Surely you can see how any hearing resulting from this process as it is currently proceeding would not only fail to comport with the fundamental minimum procedures ecessary to comply with due process, but moreover could not fail to appear to the watching public as anything other than a partisan ambush proceeding rather than genuinely seeking to discover the whole truth. With that in mind, and to ensure that any legislative hearing on this matter is not only fair and impartial, but also appears so, we ask the following questions and make the following requests: Questions: 1. When and how did you first learn about the existence of Chairman Burnett’s affidavit, in draft form or otherwise? 2. When and how did you first receive Chairman Burnett's affidavit, in draft form or otherwise? 3. What documents, materials, or information did you receive that led to Issuing the subpoena? 4. What is the scope of the proposed hearing? 5. What witnesses and documents do you intend to introduce (or make reference to) at the hearing or anticipate will be introduced (or made reference to) at the hearing? 6. What subjects do you intend to explore at the hearing? Requests: 1. Immediately provide all documents and materials received in response to the subpoena to all members of the Assembly Ways and Means Committee, including Republican members, to avoid the spectacle of an overtly partisan proceeding. 2. Immediately provide all documents and materials received in response to the subpoena to my office and any other government official affected by these materials, so that we can provide this committee and the public with a complete factual picture, instead of the gross speculation, innuendo, and selective secrecy that currently surrounds this inquiry.‘Assemblywoman Maggie Carlson Page 3 May 15, 2017 3. Before holding a hearing, provide my office and any others affected by the subpoenaed materials with a list of questions and areas of inquiry, and allow me and my office reasonable time to investigate the issues and prepare thoughtful, written responses that can form the foundation for a genuine truth-seeking heari Sincerely, 4h ZZ Attorney General