UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT August Term, 2023 (Argued: October 25, 2023 Decided: June 18, 2024) Docket No. 22-1207

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

DENNIS A. BRADLEY, JR., JESSICA MARTINEZ, Defendants-Appellees.

Before: SACK AND PÉREZ, Circuit Judges. *

The defendants-appellees Dennis A. Bradley, Jr., and Jessica Martinez were charged with, inter alia, wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1349 and 18 U.S.C. § 1343 in connection with Bradley’s 2018 campaign for Connecticut state senator. As part of its investigation into the allegations, the government interviewed and acquired from Linda and Barry Jackson, videographers who had been hired by Bradley, a 13-minute and a 28-minute video of an event held at Dolphin’s C