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Letter from E. Engel, Schiff, and Cummings to Pompeo re: Subpoena Whistleblower Complaint on Ukraine (Kelly Smith, comp.) 1 (9/27/2019)

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                                     September 27, 2019

The Honorable Michael R. Pompeo
Secretary of State
U.S. Department of State
2201 C Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20230

Dear Mr. Secretary:

       Pursuant to the House of Representatives' impeachment inquiry, we are hereby
transmitting a subpoena that compels you to produce the documents set forth in the
accompanying schedule by October 4, 2019.

       This subpoena is being issued by the Committee on Foreign Affairs after consultation
with the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on Oversight and
Reform. The subpoenaed documents shall be part of the impeachment inquiry and shared among
the Committees. Your failure or refusal to comply with the subpoena shall constitute evidence of
obstruction of the House's impeachment inquiry.

       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.

       On September 9, 2019, the Committees wrote to you requesting documents.' We asked
you to produce these documents by September 16, 2019. You failed to comply with the
Committees' request.

       On September 23, 2019, the Committees sent a follow-up letter advising that we would
consider compulsory process if you continued to stonewall our request.2 We asked you to
produce the requested documents by September 26. You again failed to comply.



       'Letter from Chairman Eliot L. Engel, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Chairman Adam Schiff,
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and Chairman Elijah E. Cummings, House Committee on
Oversight and Reform, to Secretary Mike Pompeo, Department of State (Sept. 9, 2019) (online at
https:i/foreignaffairs.house.gov/_cache/files/a/d/ad 1 e0561-2252-4f7c-97ad-
f649db558c83/1 F587BDDA9087BEDDEE8D45A8F92C370.test.ele-schiff-cummings-letter-to-sec-pompeo-on-
ukraine-002-.pdf).
       2 Letter from Chairman Eliot L. Engel, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Chairman Adam Schiff,
House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and Chairman Elijah E. Cummings, House Committee on
Oversight and Reform, to Secretary Mike Pompeo, Department of State (Sept. 23, 2019) (online at
https:/ioversight.housegov/sites/democrats.oversight.house.gov/files20 19-09-
23 .EEC%2OEngel%20Schiff%20to%20Pompeo-State%2Ore%20Ukraine~pdf).


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