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Letter from E. Engel, Schiff, and Cummings to Pence for Ukraine Documents Whistleblower Complaint on Ukraine (Kelly Smith, comp.) 1 (10/4/2019)

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                                      October 4, 2019

VIA U.S. AND ELECTRONIC MAIL

The Vice President
Eisenhower Executive Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20502

Dear Mr. Vice President:

       Pursuant to the House of Representatives' impeachment inquiry, we are hereby
requesting that you produce the documents set forth in the accompanying schedule by October
15, 2019.

       This request is being made jointly by the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence,
the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Oversight and Reform under the Rules
of the House of Representatives in exercise of their oversight and legislative jurisdiction. 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 the 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 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.

       Recently, public reports have raised questions about any role you may have played in
conveying or reinforcing the President's stark message to the Ukrainian President. The reports
include specific references to a member of your staff who may have participated directly in the
July 25, 2019, call, documents you may have obtained or reviewed, including the record of the
call, and your September 1, 2019, meeting with the Ukrainian President in Warsaw, during
which you reportedly discussed the Administration's hold on U.S. security assistance to Ukraine.








       See 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 (Aug. 22, 2019) (online at
http-://ljudiciary~house~gov/sites/democrats.judiciary.house.gov/files/documents/FiveChairsLetter-8.22- pdf).


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