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Letter from Schiff, Cummings, and E. Engel to Sondland re: Subpoena for Testimony and Documents (with Accompanying Subpoena Schedule) Whistleblower Complaint on Ukraine (Kelly Smith, comp.) [1] (10/8/2019)

handle is hein.presidents/usgvtwht0078 and id is 1 raw text is: QOloujret, of 111C iie ~~t~ 111ad!yhilgon i, BEIc 205~1 October 8, 2019 The Honorable Gordon Sondland U.S. Ambassador to the European Union c/o Mr. Robert Luskin Paul Hastings LLP 875 15th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20005 Dear Ambassador Sondland: Pursuant to the House of Representatives' impeachment inquiry, we are hereby transmitting a subpoena that compels you to appear at a deposition on October 16, 2019, at 9:30 a.m. at the Capitol, HVC-304, and to produce the documents set forth in the accompanying schedule by October 14, 2019. This subpoena 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 deposition transcript and subpoenaed 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 subpoena, including at the direction or behest of the President, the White House, or the State Department, shall constitute further 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 a White House meeting with the President of Ukraine and military assistance provided by Congress to help Ukraine counter Russian aggression, as well as any efforts to cover up these matters. Subpoena for Testimony On September 27, 2019, the Committees requested that you appear for a deposition and provide documents in your personal possession, custody, or control relating to these matters by the date of your appearance.2 The same day, the Committees sent a letter to Secretary of State ISee Letter from Chairman Jerrold Nadler, Committee on the Judiciary, to Chairman Adam B. Schiff, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; Chairwoman Maxine Waters, Committee on Financial Services; Chairman Elijah F. Cummings, Committee on Oversight and Reform; and Chairman Eliot L. Engel, Committee on Foreign Affairs (Aug. 22, 2019) (online at https.//judiciary.house.gov/sites/democrats.judiciary.house.govifiles/documents/FiveChairsLetter8.22.pdf). 2 Letter from Chairman Eliot L. Engel, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Chairman Adam B. Schiff, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and Chairman Flijah E. Cummings, Committee on Oversight and PRINTED ON REDYCLED PAPER

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