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Schiff Letter to Pence Requesting Declassification of Williams' Supplemental Testimony Whistleblower Complaint on Ukraine (Kelly Smith, comp.) 1 (12/6/2019)

handle is hein.presidents/usgvtwht0224 and id is 1 raw text is: ADAM 0. SCHFV. CALIFORMA ONE HUNDRED SIXTEENTH CONGRESS DEVIN PMNES. CALIPOAINL 1MG~ ft~nt s~ Dm.~-RAWQW #*UE rnnanent bett Committee on JuteLtigence W.O. Eause of R esentatitits December 6, 019 The Honorable Michael Pence Vice President of the United States The White House 1650 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20503 Dear Mr. Vice President: Pursuant to the House of Representatives' impeachment inquiry, I write to request that the Office of Vice President, or other relevant classification authority within the Executive Office of the President, declassify any classified material contained in the supplemental written submission (Supplemental Submission) of Jennifer Williams, your Special Advisor for Europe and Russia, which she submitted to the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (Committee) on November 26, 2019. The Supplemental Submission contains additional information concerning your September 18, 2019 telephone call with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine. The Committee believes that the information in Ms. Williams' Supplemental Submission is relevant to the impeachment inquiry and should not be classified. On November 7, 2019, Ms. Williams appeared for a deposition before the Committee, pursuant to subpoena. At her deposition, Ms. Williams testified about the general contents of your telephone calls with President Zelensky on April 23 and September 18, 2019.' Neither she, her counsel, nor the Office of the Vice President asserted at the time that the contents of those calls were classified. The Committee subsequently released publicly the transcript of Ms. Williams' deposition testimony. On November 19, 2019, Ms. Williams appeared at a public hearing before the Committee, pursuant to subpoena. At the hearing, Ms. Williams again testified publicly about your April 23 call with President Zelensky? In response to a question about your September 18 call, however, counsel to Ms. Williams informed the Committee that the Office of the Vice President has taken the position that the September 18 call is classified. As a result, counsel stated that with respect to that call, he would refer the committee to the public record, which includes Ms. Williams' November -th testimony, which has been publicly released, as well as the ' Williams Dep. Tr. at 16-17 (describing April 23 call); id. at 156-57 (describing September i8 call) (ontine at htps:/Iintelligenceouse.gov/uploadedlles/williams final version with Jetterpdfl. I Vindman-Williams Hearing Tr. at 14, 134.

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