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Bondy Letter to Barr Requesting Barr's Recusal from Parnas Investigation/Prosecution Whistleblower Complaint on Ukraine (Kelly Smith, comp.) 1 (1/20/2020)

handle is hein.presidents/usgvtwht0314 and id is 1 raw text is: Case 1:19-cr-00725-JPO Document 73-1 Filed 01/20/20 Page 1 of 38 THE LAW OFFICES OF JOSEPH A. BONDY JOSEPH A. BONDY 1776 BROADWAY SUITE 2000 STEPHANIE SCHUMAN NEW YORK NY 10019 (OF COUNSEL) TEL 212.219.3572 FAX 212.219.8456 ,LOSEPHBONDY@MAC.COM January 20, 2020 :B Flax: 102 307-6777 Id M il) William P Barr Attorney General United States Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington, DC 20530 Re: Reque t for RecusaL Lev Pai s Dear Attorney General Barr, We are counsel to Lev Parnas regarding the Federal Election Act charges for which he is under indictment in the Southern District of New York and the investigation of his alleged involvement in the subject matter of the Presidential impeachment. As explained below, due to the conflict of interest of your being involved in these matters as Attorney General, and in an effort to preserve the public trust in the rule of law, we request that you recuse yourself and allow the appointment of a special prosecutor from outside the Department of Justice to handle this case. The public record is replete with requests for your recusal, the reasons for that request, and public outcry that you have not. Federal ethics guidelines bar federal employees from participating in matters in which their impartiality could be questioned, including matters in which they were personally involved or about which they have personal knowledge. 5 CER. § 2635.502; Justice Manual § 1-4.020. TheJuly 25, 2019 transcript of President Trump's call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky contains multiple references to you, alone and in conjunction with the President's attorney, Rudolf Giuliani, as being the point person for the Zelensky administration to work with in commencing an investigation into the President's chief political rival, Joe Biden. (Exhibit A). In the August 12, 2019, whistleblower complaint, you were personally named as a participant in the President's abuse of the power of his office to solicit interference with the government of Ukraine in connection with the 2020 election, including pressuring Ukraine to investigate one of the President's political opponents, Joe Biden. (Exhibit B). Page 1 of 3

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