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H. Res. 755, Articles of Impeachment Against President Donald J MARKUP OF: H. RES. 755, ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT AGAINST PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP VOLUME VII HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE 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 39–407 WASHINGTON : 2020 VerDate Sep 11 2014 14:28 Jan 17, 2020 Jkt 039407 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 E:\HR\OC\39407P1.XXX 39407P1 rfrederick on DSKBCBPHB2PROD with HEARING 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 14:28 Jan 17, 2020 Jkt 039407 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HR\OC\39407P1.XXX 39407P1 rfrederick on DSKBCBPHB2PROD with HEARING C O N T E N T S VOLUME VII DECEMBER 11–13, 2019 A. PRESS RELEASES Page Press Release, ‘‘Pelosi Remarks Announcing Impeachment Inquiry,’’ Sep- tember 24, 2019 Submitted by the Honorable Jamie Raskin ........................... 1 Press Release, ‘‘Press Briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Sanders and Na- tional Security Officials,’’ August 2, 2018 Submitted by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler ...................................................................................................... 3 Press Release, DOD, ‘‘Secretary of Defense James Mattis Remarks with Presi- dent Petro Poroshenko,’’ August 24, 2017 Submitted by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler ...................................................................................................... 26 Press Release, DOD, ‘‘DOD Announces $250M to Ukraine,’’ June 18, 2019 Submitted by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler ..................................................... 29 Press Release, DOJ, ‘‘Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman Charged with Conspiring to Violate Straw and Foreign Donor Bans,’’ October 10, 2019 Submitted by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler ........................................................................ 31 Press Release, House Foreign Affairs Committee, ‘‘Three House Committees Launch Wide-Ranging Investigation Into Trump-Giuliani Ukraine Scheme,’’ September 9, 2019 Submitted by the Honorable Jamie Raskin ....................... 36 Press Release, HPSCI, ‘‘Chairmen Warn President to Stop Attacking Whistle- blower and Witnesses to His Misconduct and to Halt Efforts to Obstruct Impeachment Inquiry,’’ September 26, 2019 Submitted by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler ...................................................................................................... 47 Press Release, HPSCI, ‘‘House Intelligence Committee Releases Whistleblower Complaint,’’ September 26, 2019 Submitted by the Honorable Jerrold Nad- ler .......................................................................................................................... 48 Press Release, HPSCI, ‘‘Three House Committees Launch Wide-Ranging In- vestigation into Trump-Giuliani Ukraine Scheme,’’ September 9, 2019 Sub- mitted by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler ............................................................ 49 Press Release, Senator Chuck Grassley, ‘‘Grassley Statement Regarding Intel Community Whistleblower,’’ October 1, 2019 Submitted by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler ...................................................................................................... 54 Press Release, Senator Richard Burr, ‘‘Senate Intel Chairman Richard Burr on Trump-Putin Summit,’’ July 16, 2018 Submitted by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler ...................................................................................................... 55 Press Release, Senator Rob Portman, ‘‘Portman, Durbin, Shaheen, and Senate Ukraine Caucus Reaffirm Commitment to Help Ukraine Take on Corrup- tion,’’ February 12, 2016 Submitted by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler ........... 56 Press Release, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, ‘‘Pelosi Remarks Announc- ing Impeachment Inquiry,’’ September 24, 2019 Submitted by the Honor- able Jerrold Nadler .............................................................................................. 58 Press release, U.S. Embassy in Ukriane, ‘‘Transcript: Ambassador Yovanovitch’s Remarks at a Women of Courage Reception in Honor of Kateryna Handziuk,’’ April 24, 2019 Submitted by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler ................................................................................................................... 60 Press Release, White House, ‘‘Press Briefing by Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney,’’ October 17, 2019 Submitted by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler .... 64 Press Release, White House, ‘‘Remarks by President Trump and President Niinisto¨ of the Republic of Finland Before Bilateral Meeting,’’ October 2, 2019 Submitted by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler ............................................ 94 (III) VerDate Sep 11 2014 14:28 Jan 17, 2020 Jkt 039407 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HR\OC\39407P1.XXX 39407P1 rfrederick on DSKBCBPHB2PROD with HEARING IV Page Press Release, White House, ‘‘Remarks by President Trump at Turning Point USA’s Teen Student Action Summit 2019,’’ July 23, 2019 Submitted by the Honorable Jamie Raskin ............................................................................... 105 Press Release, Senator Richard Burr, ‘‘Senate Intel Completes Review of Intelligence Community Assessment on Russian Activities in the 2016 U.S. Elections,’’ May 16, 2018 Submitted by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler ........... 137 REMARKS Remarks at a UN Security Council Briefing on Ukraine, Ambassador Nikki Haley, August 24, 2017 Submitted by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler ............. 138 Remarks by President Trump After Tour of Apple Manufacturing Plant, Aus- tin, TX, November 20, 2019 Submitted by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler ...... 141 Remarks by President Trump and President Buhari of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in Joint Press Conference, April 30, 2018 Submitted by the Honorable Doug Collins ....................................................................................... 149 Remarks by President Trump and President Bukele of El Salvador Before Bilateral Meeting, September 25, 2019 Submitted by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler ................................................................................................................... 162 Remarks by President Trump and President Duda of Poland Before Bilateral Meeting, September 23, 2019 Submitted by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler ... 167 Remarks by President Trump and President Niinisto¨ of the Republic of Fin- land in Joint Press Conference, October 2, 2019 Submitted by the Honor- able Jerrold Nadler .............................................................................................. 176 Remarks by President Trump and President Salih of Iraq Before Bilateral Meeting, New York, NY, September 24, 2019 Submitted by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler ...................................................................................................... 195 Remarks by President Trump and President Zelensky of Ukraine Before Bilateral Meeting, New York, NY, September 25, 2019 Submitted by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler .................................................................................... 200 Remarks by President Trump and Prime Minister Orba´n of Hungary Before Bilateral Meeting, May 13, 2019 Submitted by the Honorable Jerrold Nad- ler .......................................................................................................................... 211 Remarks by President Trump and Prime Minister Trudeau of Canada Before Bilateral Meeting, London, United Kingdon, December 3, 2019 Submitted by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler ........................................................................ 220 Remarks by President Trump at Signing of Executive Orders on Trans- parency in Federal Guidance and Enforcement, October 9, 2019 Submitted by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler ........................................................................ 237 Remarks by President Trump at the Swearing-in Ceremony of Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia, September 30, 2019 Submitted by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler ...................................................................................................... 267 Remarks by President Trump at Turning Point USA’s Teen Student Action Summit 2019, July 23, 2019 Submitted by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler ..... 272 Remarks by President Trump Before Marine
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