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Impeachment of President Donald John Trump The 1 116TH CONGRESS " ! DOCUMENT 2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 116–95 IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT DONALD JOHN TRUMP THE EVIDENTIARY RECORD PURSUANT TO H. RES. 798 VOLUME X, PART 11 Transcript of December 11–13, 2019 Committee on the Judiciary Markup of: H. Res. 755, Articles of Impeach- ment Against President Donald J. Trump, Volumes I–XI Printed at the direction of Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk of the House of Representatives, pursuant to H. Res. 798, 116th Cong., 2nd Sess. (2020) JANUARY 23, 2020.—Ordered to be printed U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 39–523 WASHINGTON : 2020 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:31 Jan 25, 2020 Jkt 039523 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5012 Sfmt 5012 E:\HR\OC\HD095P22.XXX HD095P22 dlhill on DSKBBY8HB2PROD with HEARING E:\Seals\Congress.#13 COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY JERROLD NADLER, New York, Chairman ZOE LOFGREN, California DOUG COLLINS, Georgia, Ranking Member SHEILA JACKSON LEE, Texas F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER, JR., STEVE COHEN, Tennessee Wisconsin HENRY C. ‘‘HANK’’ JOHNSON, JR., Georgia STEVE CHABOT, Ohio THEODORE E. DEUTCH, Florida LOUIE GOHMERT, Texas KAREN BASS, California JIM JORDAN, Ohio CEDRIC L. RICHMOND, Louisiana KEN BUCK, Colorado HAKEEM S. JEFFRIES, New York JOHN RATCLIFFE, Texas DAVID N. CICILLINE, Rhode Island MARTHA ROBY, Alabama ERIC SWALWELL, California MATT GAETZ, Florida TED LIEU, California MIKE JOHNSON, Louisiana JAMIE RASKIN, Maryland ANDY BIGGS, Arizona PRAMILA JAYAPAL, Washington TOM MCCLINTOCK, California VAL BUTLER DEMINGS, Florida DEBBIE LESKO, Arizona J. LUIS CORREA, California GUY RESCHENTHALER, Pennsylvania MARY GAY SCANLON, Pennsylvania, BEN CLINE, Virginia Vice-Chair KELLY ARMSTRONG, North Dakota SYLVIA R. GARCIA, Texas W. GREGORY STEUBE, Florida JOE NEGUSE, Colorado LUCY MCBATH, Georgia GREG STANTON, Arizona MADELEINE DEAN, Pennsylvania DEBBIE MUCARSEL-POWELL, Florida VERONICA ESCOBAR, Texas PERRY APELBAUM, Majority Staff Director & Chief Counsel BRENDAN BELAIR, Minority Staff Director (II) VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:31 Jan 25, 2020 Jkt 039523 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HR\OC\HD095P22.XXX HD095P22 dlhill on DSKBBY8HB2PROD with HEARING MAJORITY STAFF AMY RUTKIN, Chief of Staff PERRY APELBAUM, Staff Director and Chief Counsel JOHN DOTY, Senior Advisor AARON HILLER, Deputy Chief Counsel and Chief Oversight Counsel BARRY BERKE, Special Counsel NORMAN EISEN, Special Counsel ARYA HARIHARAN, Deputy Chief Oversight Counsel MADELINE STRASSER, Chief Clerk PRIYANKA MARA, Professional Staff WILLIAM S. EMMONS, Professional Staff ANTHONY L. VALDEZ, Staff Assistant MINORITY STAFF BRENDAN BELAIR, Staff Director, Counsel BOBBY PARMITER, Deputy Staff Director, Chief Counsel ASHLEY CALLEN, Chief Oversight Counsel STEPHEN CASTOR, Counsel DANNY JOHNSON, Oversight Counsel JAKE GREENBERG, Oversight Counsel PAUL TAYLOR, Chief Counsel, Constitution Subcommittee DANIEL FLORES, Counsel RYAN BREITENBACH, Counsel JON FERRO, Parliamentarian, Counsel ERICA BARKER, Deputy Parliamentarian ELLA YATES, Member Services Director ANDREA WOODARD, Professional Staff Member (III) VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:31 Jan 25, 2020 Jkt 039523 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 7633 Sfmt 5904 E:\HR\OC\HD095P22.XXX HD095P22 dlhill on DSKBBY8HB2PROD with HEARING MARKUP OF: H. RES. 755, ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT AGAINST PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP VOLUME XI HEARING BEFORE THE COl\11\IIITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED SIXTEENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION DECEMBER 11-13, 2019 Serial No. 116-69 Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary Available http://judiciary.house.gov or www.govinfo.gov U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 39--411 WASHINGTON : 2020 AUTHENTICATE~ U,S, COVERNMENT INFORMATION GPO (21665) 21666 COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY JERROLD NADLER, New York, Chairman ZOE LOFGREN, California DOUG COLLINS, Georgia, Ranking Member SHEILA JACKSON LEE, Texas F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER, JR., STEVE COHEN, Tennessee Wisconsin HENRY C. "HANK" JOHNSON, JR., Georgia STEVE CHABOT, Ohio THEODORE E. DEUTCH, Florida LOUIE GOHMERT. Texas KAREN BASS, California JIM JORDAN, Ohi~ CEDRIC L. RICHMOND, Louisiana KEN BUCK, Colorado HAKEEM S. JEFFRIES, New York JOHN RATCLIFFE, Texas DAVID N. CICILLINE, Rhode Island MARTHA ROBY, Alabama ERIC SWALWELL, California MATT GAETZ, Florida TED LIEU, California MIKE JOHNSON, Louisiana JAMIE RASKIN, Maryland ANDY BIGGS, Arizona PRAMILA JAYAPAL, Washington TOM McCLINTOCK, California VAL BUTLER DEMINGS, Florida DEBBIE LESKO, Arizona J. LUIS CORREA, California GUY RESCHENTHALER, Pennsylvania MARY GAY SCANLON, Pennsylvania, BEN CLINE, Virginia Vice-Chair KELLY ARMSTRONG, North Dakota SYLVIA R. GARCIA, Texas W. GREGORY STEUBE, Florida JOE NEGUSE, Colorado LUCY McBATH, Georgia GREG STANTON, Arizona MADELEINE DEAN, Pennsylvania DEBBIE MUCARSEL-POWELL, Florida VERONICA ESCOBAR, Texas PERRY APELBAUM, Majority Staff Director & Chief Counsel BRENDAN BELAIR, Minority Staff Director (II) 21667 CONTENTS VOLUME XI DECEMBER 11-13, 2019 A. SUPPLEMENTAL Page Article, Wall Street Journal, Rick Perry Called Rudy Giuliani at Trump's Direction on Ukraine Concerns, October 16, 2019 ........................................... 1 Article, BBC, Ukraine's Deadliest Day: The Battle of Ilovaisk, August 2014, August 29, 2019 ................................................................................................... 8 Report, CRS, Ukraine: Background, Conflict with Russia, and U.S. Policy, September 19, 2019 ............................................................................................. 17 Article, Defense News, US State Department Clears Ukraine Security Assist- ance Funding. Is the Pentagon Next?, September 12, 2019 ............................ 60 Factsheet, U.S. Foreign Aid by Country, USAID, September 23, 2019 ............. 62 Article, Washington Post, Trump Defends Call With Ukrainian President, Calling it "Perfectly Fine and Routine," September 21, 2019 ......................... 63 Article, Washington Post, Trump Promised Zelensky a White House Meeting. More Than a Dozen Other Leaders Got One Instead, December 13, 2019 ..... 67 Article, CBS News, Trump Quotes Sondland Quoting Him: "I Want Nothing. I want No Quid Pro Quo, November 20, 2019 .................................................. 76 Article, New York Times, Giuliani, Facing Scrutiny, Travels to Europe to Interview Ukrainians, December 4, 2019 ......................................................... 80 Article, Washington Post, Ukraine Lawmaker Seeking Bi den Probe Meets with Giuliani in Kyiv, December 5, 2019 .......................................................... 83 Article, Washington Post, Giuliani May be Making a Stronger Case Against Trump Than Eiden, December 16, 2019 ........................................................... 91 Tweet by Rudy Giuliani on the Impeachment Inquiry, December 5, 2019 ........ 100 Tweet by Donald Trump, December 4, 2019 ........................................................ 101 Article, NBC New, Trump Tweeted as Maria Yovanovitch Testified: Was it Witness Tampering?, November 16, 2019 ..................................................... 102 Tweet by Trump War Room, December 26, 2019 ................................................. 106 Report, GAO, Decision in the Matter of: Office of Management and Budget- Withholding of Ukraine Security Assistance, January 16, 2020 ..................... 107 Report, US House of Representatives, H. Rept. 105-795 Investigatory Powers of the Committee on the Judiciary with Respect to its Impeachment In- quiry, October 7, 1998 ......................................................................................... 116 Fact Sheet, European Commission, EU Aid Explorer: Donors, Updated Janu- ary 16, 2020 ......................................................................................................... 164 Article, National Law Journal, DOJ Tells "Unelected and Unaccountable" Judges to Stay Out of Fight for McGahn Testimony, January 3, 2020 .......... 165 Article, USA Today, "Food fight" or congressional oversight? Appeals court weighs whether to enforce subpoenas issued in impeachment inquiry, Janu- ary 3, 2020 ........................................................................................................... 170 Letter, Rudy Guiliana to Volodymyr Zelensky, May 10, 2019 ............................ 174 Letter, Letter from Senators to President Poroshenko, February 12, 2019 ...... 175 Letter from Chairman Eliot L. Engel (HFAC), Chairman Adam Schiff (HPSCI), and Chairman Elijah Cummings (HCOR), to Pat Cipollone (White House), September 9, 2019 ................................................................................. 177 (III) 21668 21669 1 1116/2020 Rick Perry Called Rudy Giuliani at Trump's Direction on Ukraine Concerns - WSJ This copy is for your personal, non-commercialST use only. 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