January 24, 2020 - Issue: Vol. 166, No. 15 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 2nd Session
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EXPLANATORY MATERIAL STATEMENT ON H. RES. 798, APPOINTING AND AUTHORIZING MANAGERS FOR IMPEACHMENT TRIAL OF DONALD JOHN TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, SUBMITTED BY MR. NADLER, CHAIRMAN OF...; Congressional Record Vol. 166, No. 15
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[Pages H337-H534] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] EXPLANATORY MATERIAL STATEMENT ON H. RES. 798, APPOINTING AND AUTHORIZING MANAGERS FOR IMPEACHMENT TRIAL OF DONALD JOHN TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, SUBMITTED BY MR. NADLER, CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY Mr. NADLER. Madam Speaker, pursuant to section 4(b) of H. Res. 767, which provides for consideration of the resolution impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, I insert the following material explanatory of H. Res. 798. Congress of the United States, Washington, DC, December 6, 2019. Hon. Jerrold Nadler, Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Washington, DC. Dear Chairman Nadler: Pursuant to Section 2, paragraph 6 of H. Res. 660, enclosed is the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence's (``Committee'') Trump-Ukraine Impeachment Inquiry Report, together with its appendices and the views submitted by the Committee's Minority. Additionally, as authorized by Section 3 of H. Res. 660, we are today transmitting to the Committee on the Judiciary additional records and other materials relating to the impeachment inquiry. These records and materials are being transmitted by the Committees on flash drives containing materials and records already released publicly, other records cited in the report, and certain sensitive materials. Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Sincerely, Adam B. Schiff, Chairman, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman, Committee on Oversight and Reform. Eliot L. Engel, Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs. Enclosures. [[Page H338]] __________ [January 22, 2020] OMB Releases 192 Pages of Ukraine Records to American Oversight At 11:58 p.m. on Jan. 21, just two minutes before the deadline, the Office of Management and Budget released 192 pages of Ukraine-related documents, including records that have not been produced to Congress in its impeachment investigation. Included in the documents are emails from OMB Acting Director Russell Vought and Michael Duffey, OMB's associate director for national security, including one from Duffey on the day of President Donald Trump's July 25 call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksy. Both officials were key players in the withholding of aid to Ukraine last fall, which last week the Government Accountability Office said was illegal. As the president's defenders in the Senate repeatedly voted down amendments to subpoena documents and witnesses in the Senate impeachment trial, these documents--obtained through the Freedom of Information Act--show a flurry of activity on a number of days in late June 2019 after a Washington Examiner article <https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/ defense-national-security/pentagon-to-send-250m-in-weapons- to-ukraine> about military assistance for Ukraine. Additional emails through the summer and early fall, when Pentagon official Elaine McCusker was raising concerns about the legality of the freeze, are heavily redacted. American Oversight filed several FOIA requests with OMB on for a range of records related to the office's role in suspending military aid to Ukraine as part of the president's attempt to pressure Ukraine to launch a political investigation. OMB agreed to search for and release by Jan. 21, 2020, records of emails sent by Vought and Duffey containing key terms related Ukraine, as well as copies of the July 25 OMB memo justifying the withholding of aid. Statement from Austin Evers, American Oversight's executive director: ``President Trump's lawyers stood in the Senate on Tuesday arguing that documents are totally unnecessary for the impeachment trial, but these documents give lie to that entire position. Despite the Trump Administration's obstruction and the rhetoric at the trial, the public can now see even more evidence of the president's corrupt scheme as it unfolded in real time. The volume of material released, and the volume of material still secreted away, only highlights how much the administration has withheld from the House, the Senate, and the American public.'' [[Page H339]] [GRAPHIC] [TIFF OMITTED] T24JA20.001 [[Page H340]] __________ [From rollingstone.com, Jan. 22 2020] Trump Brags About Concealing Impeachment Evidence: `We Have All the Material, They Don't' (By Peter Wade) President Trump said he's happy with the way the impeachment trial is going thus far because his administration has not released ``materials'' that would hurt his cause. ``When we released that conversation all hell broke out with the Democrats,'' Trump said. ``Because they said, `Wait a minute, this is much different than [what Adam Schiff] told us.' '' The president continued, ``So, we're doing very well. I got to watch [the impeachment trial] enough. I thought our team did a very good job. But honestly, we have all the material. They don't have the material.'' Trump made the stark admission while attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. When asked about the impeachment trial, Trump initially spoke about what he usually refers to as the ``perfect call'' with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. In that phone conversation, on July 25, 2019, Trump reportedly asked Zelensky to investigate the Bidens eight times. The Trump administration has exerted executive privilege while ignoring subpoenas for documents and have directed individuals not to respond to subpoena requests since the beginning of the impeachment process. For comparison, the Clinton administration turned over more than 90,000 pages of documents and material during its impeachment. Usually, the Trump administration either refuses to explain their stonewalling or excuses their lack of cooperation away by bashing the investigation, calling it illegitimate or a witch hunt. 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