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Letter from Schiff, E. Engel, and Cummings to Parnas re: Subpoena Whistleblower Complaint on Ukraine (Kelly Smith, comp.) 1 (9/30/2019)

handle is hein.presidents/usgvtwht0052 and id is 1 raw text is: September 30, 2019 VIA U.S. MAIL Dear Mr. Lev Parnas: Pursuant to the House of Representatives' impeachment inquiry, we hereby request that you preserve and produce certain documents and material listed in the attached document request and relevant to the Committees' investigations, by no later than October 7, 2019. We further request your appearance at a deposition on October 10, 2019. This request is being issued by the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence under the Rules of the House of Representatives in exercise of its oversight and legislative jurisdiction and after consultation with the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Oversight and Reform. The requested documents shall be collected as part of the House's impeachment inquiry and shared among the Committees, as well as with the Committee on the Judiciary as appropriate.' Your failure or refusal to comply with this request, including at the direction or behest of the President or the White House, shall constitute evidence of obstruction of the House's impeachment inquiry and may be used as an adverse inference against you and anyone with whom you are acting in concern, including the President. The Committees are investigating the extent to which President Trump jeopardized national security by pressing Ukraine to interfere with our 2020 election and by withholding security assistance provided by Congress to help Ukraine counter Russian aggression, as well as any efforts to cover up these matters. A growing public record indicates that the President, his agent Rudy Giuliani, and others appear to have pressed the Ukrainian government to pursue two politically-motivated investigations. The first is a prosecution of Ukrainians who provided evidence against Mr. Trump's convicted campaign chairman, Paul Manafort. The second relates to former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., who is challenging President Trump for the presidency in 2020. The Committees have reason to believe that you have information and documents relevant to these matters. The Committees are prepared to work cooperatively with you to obtain this information. Please let us know by 5:00 pm on October 1, 2019 whether you intend to voluntarily comply with the Committees' request, or whether the Committees should pursue alternative means to obtain the information. ISee Letter from Jerrold Nadler, Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary, to Adam B. Schiff, Chairman, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; Maxine Waters, Chairwoman, Committee on Financial Services; Elijah E. Cummings, Chairman, Committee on Oversight and Reform; and Eliot L. Engel, Chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs (August 22, 2019). PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER

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