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Menendez Letter to Perry re: Interactions with Zelensky and Other Ukrainian Officials Whistleblower Complaint on Ukraine (Kelly Smith, comp.) [1] (10/1/19)

handle is hein.presidents/usgvtwht0382 and id is 1 raw text is: JAMES F RISCH IAHO. CHAIRMAN MARCO R1O, F1LORIDA ROBERT ENENDE., NEW JERSEY RON JOHNSON. WISCONSIN BENJAMIN L CARDINS MARYLAND CORY GARONER, COLORADO JEANNE SHAHEEN, NLW HAMPSHIRE MITT ROMNEY, UTAH CHRISTOP-ER A. COONS, DELAWARE LINDSEY GRAHAM. SOUTH CARLN TOM UDALLNEWV.MEXICO JOHNNY SAKON, GEORGIA CHR STOPHER MURPHY CONNECTICUT JOHN BARRASSO, VWOMING TIM KAINE VIRGINIA D iteda Sttc *cnat ROE PORTMANR OHIO EDWARD J MARKEY, MASSACHUSETTS TODTONO ININCRA BOOKE NWERSEY COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS TED CRUJZ, TEXAS WASHINGTON, DC 20510--6225 October 1, 2019 The Honorable Rick Perry Secretary of Energy U.S. Department of Energy 1000 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20585 Dear Secretary Perry: I write to determine the details and circumstances around your interactions with Ukraine President Zelensky and other Ukrainian officials, particularly relating to your trip to President Zelensky's inauguration in May 2019. Given your role as the leader of the official United States delegation to the inauguration, and the White House's recent release of evidence that President Trump requested that Ukraine's government investigate his domestic political opponent, your insight into the U.S. delegation's trip is of particular interest to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. According to a whistleblower complaint addressed to Congress, Vice President Pence planned to lead the May 2019 delegation to Ukraine, but, after President Trump instructed the Vice President not to, you led the delegation instead.' You also attended a dinner with President Zelensky in June 2019. According to the complaint, likely around the time of your trip it was made clear to Ukrainian officials that President Trump did not want to meet with President Zelensky until Trump saw how Zelensky 'chose to act' in office.3 According to the readout of your travels, you met with Ukraine's President, Prime Minister, and head of parliament.4 President Trump's phone call and the allegations in the whistleblower complaint raise serious questions about the messages that were communicated on behalf of President Trump to the government of Ukraine. To that end, and to assist the Committee in fulfilling its oversight role of U.S. foreign policy, I request that you answer the following: 1. Who requested that you to lead the delegation to Ukraine in May 2019, when did they make the request, and what reason were you given for the request? 2. Were you aware that Vice President Pence had cancelled his plans to travel to President Zelenksy's inauguration? If so, were you aware of the reason? 'Whistleblower Complaint to the Chairmen of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Select Committee on Intelligence, Aug. 12, 2019, Classified Appendix at 1-2. 2 U.S. Mission to the European Union, USEU Dinner, June 4, 2019. httos:/ wwwjlickr.com) hotos/us2eu48003307277 in/ hotostream. Readout of Secretary Pery's Delegation Visit to the Inauguration of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Department of Energy, May 21, 2019, https: www.energv.go\ articles/readout-secretar-nerr-s-dieletation-visit- inauguration-ukrainian-president-volodvnvir

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