Federal Authorities Reportedly Subpoena City Records Related to Erin Stewart Investigation

According to the Hartford Courant and WTNH News 8, the City of New Britain has been served with a subpoena today by federal authorities related to a grand jury investigation into former Mayor Erin Stewart (R).

The subpoena requires the city to produce a series of records related to Stewart.

Records included are, from June 1, 2016, to November 30, 2025:

1. Purchasing Card (P-Card) Program Policies and Procedures Manual
2. City of New Britain Purchasing Cardholder Agreement for Erin Stewart.
3. Records for P-Card training received by Erin Stewart.
4. All account statements for the P-Card assigned to Erin Stewart.
5. All expense reports and receipts related to purchases made with the P-Card assigned to Erin Stewart.
6. All documents related to reimbursements to the City of New Britain by Erin Stewart for P-Card expenses.
7. All documents related to audits of Erin Stewart’s P-Card.
8. All documents and communications related to Erin Stewart’s use of her municipal P-Card, included but not limited to any internal complaints regarding such usage.
9. All documents related to New Britain’s municipal membership at The Hartford Club.
10. All documents or records of City of New Britain municipal accounts on Amazon, including purchases by any municipal employee on Amazon.
11. All documents, guidelines, financial records and memoranda of understanding describing educational reimbursement programs benefiting municipal employees.
12. All documents or records related to the Mayor’s Trophy Charitable Fund (hereinafter the Fund), including to not limited any statements of any bank accounts used by the Fund, lists of contributions to the Fund, financial transfers by the Fund and payouts from the Fund.
13. The names of all the New Britain Directors of Finance and the dates when these individuals served in this capacity.

The subpoena requires the city to provide the information by July 28, 2026.