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Letter from Schiff to Maguire Whistleblower Complaint on Ukraine (Kelly Smith, comp.) 1 (9/18/2019)

handle is hein.presidents/usgvtwht0019 and id is 1 raw text is: ADAM B, SCHIFF, CALIFORNIA ONE HUNDRED SIXTEENTH CONGRESS DEWN NUNES, ALFORNIA B n R n, S FF DSRCT RAn m S A M EM0 EO 12021 220-750 www inteIli.jer~ce, viuse.gn AuLnn SOUnA, Mncn> STAF DOn wT Permanent Oclut Commtte 1n 31ntrinc VA0 j?01tqr tit JAtpre', ttatibeI September 18, 2019 The Honorable Joseph Maguire Acting Director of National Intelligence Office of the Director of National Intelligence Washington, D.C. 20511 Dear Acting Director Maguire: The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (Committee) has agreed to postpone by one week your public testimony on the urgent whistleblower disclosure that your office continues to withhold from the Committee. As confirmed by your office, and in lieu of issuing a subpoena for your testimony, you have agreed to appear for a full Committee open hearing at 9 a.m. on Thursday, September 26, 2019. The Committee is making this extraordinary accommodation to provide your office a good-faith opportunity to comply in full with the Committee's duly authorized September 13 subpoena, which compelled your production of the complete, unaltered whistleblower complaint, the Inspector General of the Intelligence Cormmunity's (IC IG) determination that the complaint appears credible, and other materials related to the unprecedented decision not to transmit the disclosure to the Committee, including any communications by your office with the Department of Justice (DOJ) or the White House, or that reflect either.' The Committee subpoena for these materials remains in full effect. Your office has not complied with the subpoena thus far, in defiance of the production deadline of September 16. The Committee has approached this breach of practice and law with the urgency it requires. On August 12, 2019, an individual within the Intelligence Community had the courage to submit to the IC IG a lawful complaint, pursuant to the whistleblower statute, intended for the congressional intelligence committees. According to the IC IG, the complaint alleged a serious or flagrant problem, abuse, violation of law or Executive order, or deficiency relating to the funding, administration, or operation of an intelligence activity within the responsibility and authority of the Director of National Intelligence involving classified information.2 'Letter from Chairman Schiff to Acting Director of National Intelligence Maguire, September 13, 2019, with attached Committee Subpoena and Schedule A. 2 50 U.S.C. § 3033(k)(5)(G).

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