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 7 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 39–519 WASHINGTON : 2020 VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:37 Jan 24, 2020 Jkt 039519 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5012 Sfmt 5012 E:\HR\OC\HD095P18.XXX HD095P18 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTS 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 06:37 Jan 24, 2020 Jkt 039519 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 E:\HR\OC\HD095P18.XXX HD095P18 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTS 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 06:37 Jan 24, 2020 Jkt 039519 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 7633 Sfmt 5904 E:\HR\OC\HD095P18.XXX HD095P18 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REPORTS MARKUP OF: H. RES. 755, ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT AGAINST PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP VOLUME VII HEARING BEFORE Tm: COMMITTEE ON THE ,JUDICIARY HOUSB OF REPRESBNTATIVES ONE HUNDRED SIXTEENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION DECEMBER 11-13, 2019 Serial No. 116-69 Printed for the use of Lhe Committee on the Judiciary Available http://judiciary.house.gov or www.govinfo.gov U.S. GOVERNMENT PCBLJSHING OFFICE 3\)-407 WASHINC-TON : 2020 US.AOTflENTICATE9 GOVERNMENT lNFORMATtON GPO (17391) 17392 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) 17393 CONTENTS 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) 17394 N 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