About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

House Judiciary Committee Letter to President Trump Whistleblower Complaint on Ukraine (Kelly Smith, comp.) 1 (11/26/2019)

handle is hein.presidents/usgvtwht0205 and id is 1 raw text is: JERROLD NADLER, New York DOUG COLLINS, Georgia CHAIRMAN RANKING MINORITY MEMBER Ut~ J~u~eot 3&epreaentatbe% Committee on the jubitiarp Wiashington, BC 20515-6216 @ne 54punbreb *ixteently CongregS November 26, 2019 Donald J. Trump President of the United States The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. President: Under House Resolution 660, the House of Representatives has approved certain privileges for you in the House Judiciary Committee while the Committee considers whether to recommend articles of impeachment to the full House.' For your reference, a copy of the resolution and related procedures are attached to this letter. These procedures, and the privileges afforded to you therein, are consistent with those used by the Committee in the Nixon and Clinton impeachments. The Committee has noticed its first hearing under these procedures, titled The Impeachment Inquiry into President Donald J. Trump: Constitutional Grounds for Presidential Impeachment. The hearing is scheduled for December 4, 2019 at 10:00 am. I write to ask if- pursuant to H. Res. 660 and the relating Judiciary Committee Impeachment Inquiry procedures-you and your counsel plan to attend the hearing or make a request to question the witness panel. The Committee intends this hearing to serve as an opportunity to discuss the historical and constitutional basis of impeachment, as well as the Framers' intent and understanding of terms like high crimes and misdemeanors. We expect to discuss the constitutional framework through which the House may analyze the evidence gathered in the present inquiry. We will also discuss whether your alleged actions warrant the House's exercising its authority to adopt articles of impeachment. If you would like to participate in the hearing, please provide the Committee with notice as soon as possible, but no later than by 6:00 pm on December 1, 2019. By that time, I ask that you also indicate who will act as your counsel for these proceedings. I remain committed to ensuring a fair and informative process. To that end, I remind you that participation by the President or his counsel has been described by the Committee in past inquiries as not a right but a privilege or a courtesy which is being extended to the President's Page 1 of 2 ' H. Res. 660, 116th Cong. (2019).

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most