Impeachment of President Donald John Trump The

116TH CONGRESS DOCUMENT " HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ! 2d Session 116–95 IMPEACHMENT OF PRESIDENT DONALD JOHN TRUMP THE EVIDENTIARY RECORD PURSUANT TO H. RES. 798 VOLUME XIV H. Res. 660, Directing Certain Committees to Continue Their Ongoing Investigation as Part of the Existing House of Representatives Inquiry Into Whether Sufficient Grounds Exist for the House of Representatives to Exer- cise its Constitutional Power to Impeach Donald John Trump, President of the United States of America, And for Other Purposes (116th Congress) 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 39–533 WASHINGTON : 2020 03:55 Jan 25, 2020 Jkt 039533 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5012 Sfmt 5012 E:\HR\OC\HD095P32.XXX HD095P32 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) 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) AUTHENTICATE~ U.S. GOVERNMENT INf'ORMATION GPO H. Res. 660 In the House of Representatives, U. S., October 2019. Resolved, That the Permanent Select Committee on In telligence and the Committees on Financial Services, Foreign Affairs, the ,Judiciary, Oversight and Reform, and Ways and Means, are directed to continue their ongoing investigations as part of the existing House of Representatives inquiry into whether sufficient grounds exist for the House of Representa tives to exercise its Constitutional power to impeach Donald ,John Trump, President of the United States of America. SEC. 2. OPEN AND TRANSPARENT INVESTIGATIVE PRO CEEDINGS BY THE PERMANENT SELECT COM MITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE. For the purpose of continuing the investigation described m the first section of this resolution, the Perrnanent Select Committee on Intelligence (referred to in this resolution as the "Permanent Select Committee") is authorized to conduct proceedings pursuant to this resolution as follows: (26703) 26704 (1) The chair of the Permanent Select Committee shall designate an open hearing or hearings pursuant to this section. (2) Notvvithstanding elause 2(j)(2) of rule At of the Rules of the House of Representatives, upon recognition by the chair for such purpose under this paragraph dur mg any hearing designated pursuant to paragraph (1), the chair and ranking minority member of the Pen11a nent Seleet Committee shall be permitted to question witnesses for equal specified periods of longer than five minutes, as determined by the chair. The time available for each period of questioning under this paragraph shall be equal for the chair and the ranking minority member. The chair may confer recognition for multiple periods of such questioning, but each period of questioning shall not exceed 90 minutes in the aggregate. Only the chair and ranking minority member, or a Permanent Seleet Cmmnittee employee if yielded to by the chair or ranking minority member, may question witnesses during such periods of questioning. At the conelusion of questioning pursuant to this paragraph, the committee shall proceed vvith questioning under the five-minute rule pursuant to clause 2(j)(2)(A) of rule XI. (3) To allow for full evaluation of minority witness requests, the ranking minority member may submit to •HRES 660 EH 26705 the chair, in vvriting, any requests for witness testimony relevant to the investigation described in the first section of this resolution Virithin 72 hours after notice is given for the first hearing designated pursuant to paragraph (1) . .Any sueh request shall be accompanied by a detailed wTitten justifieation of the relevance of the testimony of eaeh requested vvitness to the investigation deseribed in the first seetion of this resolution. ( 4)(A) The ranking minority member of the Perina nent Seled Committee is authorized, with the c-oncur rence of the chair, to require, as deemed necessary to the investigation- ( i) by subpoena or otherwise- (I) the attendanee and testimony of an,y person (ineluding at a taking of a deposition); and (II) the production of books, records, cor respondence, memoranda, papers, and docu ments; and (ii) by interrogatory, the furnishing of informa tion. (B) In the case that the ehair declines to coneur in a proposed action of the ranking minority member pnr snant to subparagraph (A), the ranking minority mem ber shall have the right to refer to the committee for de- •HRES 660 EH 26706 4 cision the question whether such authority shall be so ex ercised and the chair shall convene the cornmittee promptly to render that decision, subject to the notice procedure8 for a committee meeting under clause 2(g)(3)(A) and (B) of rule AT ( C) Subpoenas and interrogatories so authorized rnay be signed by the ranking minority member, and may be served by any person designated by the ranking minority member. ( f5) The chair is authorized to make publicly avail able in electronic form the transcripts of depositions con ducted by the Permanent Select Committee in further ance of the investigation described in the first section of this resolution, vvith appropriate redactions for classified and other sensitive information. (()) The Permanent Select Committee is directed to is8ue a report 8etting forth its findings and any rec onnnendations and appending any inforrnation and nia terials the Permanent Select Committee may deem ap propriate with respect to the investigation described in the first section of this resolution. 'l'he chair shall trans mit such report and appendices, along ,vith any supple mental, minority, additional, or dissenting views filed pursuant to clause 2(1) of rule XI, to the Committee on the ,Judiciary and make such report publicly available in •HRES 660 EH 26707 5 electronic form, with appropria.te redactions to protect classified and other sensitive information. The report re quired by this paragraph shall be prepared in consulta tion ,vith the chairs of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Oversight and Reform. SEC. 3. TRANSMISSION OF ADDITIONAL MATERIALS. The chair of the Permanent Select Cornmittee or the chair of any other committee having custody of records or other materials relating to the inquiry referenced in the first section of this resolution is authorized, in consultation with the ranking minority member, to transfer such records or materials to the Committee on the ,Judiciary. SEC. 4. IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY PROCEDURES IN THE COM MITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY. (a) 'l'he House authorizes the Committee on the Judici ary to conduct proceedings relating to the impeachn1ent in quiry referenced in the first section of this resolution pursu ant to the procedures submitted for printing in the Congres sional Record by the chair of the Committee on Rules, includ ing such procedures as to allow for the participation of the President and his counsel. (b) The Committee on the Judiciary is authorized to promulgate additional procedures as it deems necessary for the fair and efficient conduct of committee hearings held pur suant to this resolution, provided that the additional proce- •HRES 660 EH 26708 6 dures are not inconsistent with the procedures referenced m subsection (a), the Rules of the Committee, and the Rules of the House. ( c H1) The ranking minority member of the Committee on the ,Judiciary is authorized, ,vith the concunencc of the chair of the Committee on the Judiciary, to require, as deemed necessary to the investigation- (A) by subpoena or othenv:ise- (i) the attendance and testimony of any person (induding

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