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

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                       Congres of ti eLnit ftate
                                0asiington, BT 20515t

                                      October 10, 2019

VIA  U.S. AND  ELECTRONIC MAIL

The Honorable  James Richard Rick Perry
Secretary
Department  of Energy
1000 Independence  Avenue, S.W.
Washington,  D.C. 20585

Dear Secretary Perry:

       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  18, 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 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 or the White House, shall constitute 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 U.S.
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.

       Recently, public reports have raised questions about any role you may have played in
conveying or reinforcing the President's stark message to the Ukrainian President. These reports
have also raised significant questions about your efforts to press Ukrainian officials to change the
management  structure at a Ukrainian state-owned energy company to benefit individuals involved
with Rudy Giuliani's push to get Ukrainian officials to interfere in our 2020 election.



       ' See 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 E. 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.j udiciary.house.gov/files/documents/FiveChairsLetter8.22.pdf).


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