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                         MARKUP OF: H. RES. 755,
                    ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT AGAINST
                       PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP
                               VOLUME VII

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                                HEARING

                              BEFORE THE

                       COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                     ONE HUNDRED SIXTEENTH CONGRESS

                             FIRST SESSION

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                          DECEMBER 11-13, 2019

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                           Serial No. 116-69

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                       COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

                   JERROLD NADLER, New York, Chairman
ZOE LOFGREN, California              DOUG COLLINS, Georgia, Ranking 
SHEILA JACKSON LEE, Texas                Member
STEVE COHEN, Tennessee               F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER, Jr., 
HENRY C. ``HANK'' JOHNSON, Jr.,          Wisconsin
    Georgia                          STEVE CHABOT, Ohio
THEODORE E. DEUTCH, Florida          LOUIE GOHMERT, Texas
KAREN BASS, California               JIM JORDAN, Ohio
CEDRIC L. RICHMOND, Louisiana        KEN BUCK, Colorado
HAKEEM S. JEFFRIES, New York         JOHN RATCLIFFE, Texas
DAVID N. CICILLINE, Rhode Island     MARTHA ROBY, Alabama
ERIC SWALWELL, California            MATT GAETZ, Florida
TED LIEU, California                 MIKE JOHNSON, Louisiana
JAMIE RASKIN, Maryland               ANDY BIGGS, Arizona
PRAMILA JAYAPAL, Washington          TOM McCLINTOCK, California
VAL BUTLER DEMINGS, Florida          DEBBIE LESKO, Arizona
J. LUIS CORREA, California           GUY RESCHENTHALER, Pennsylvania
MARY GAY SCANLON, Pennsylvania,      BEN CLINE, Virginia
  Vice-Chair                         KELLY ARMSTRONG, North Dakota
SYLVIA R. GARCIA, Texas              W. GREGORY STEUBE, Florida
JOE NEGUSE, Colorado
LUCY McBATH, Georgia
GREG STANTON, Arizona
MADELEINE DEAN, Pennsylvania
DEBBIE MUCARSEL-POWELL, Florida
VERONICA ESCOBAR, Texas

        Perry Apelbaum, Majority Staff Director & Chief Counsel
                Brendan Belair, Minority Staff Director
                
                
                
                
                
                
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                               VOLUME VII

                          DECEMBER 11-13, 2019
                           A. PRESS RELEASES

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Press Release, ``Pelosi Remarks Announcing Impeachment Inquiry,'' 
  September 24, 2019 Submitted by the Honorable Jamie Raskin.....     1
Press Release, ``Press Briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Sanders 
  and National Security Officials,'' August 2, 2018 Submitted by 
  the Honorable Jerrold Nadler...................................     3
Press Release, DOD, ``Secretary of Defense James Mattis Remarks 
  with President Petro Poroshenko,'' August 24, 2017 Submitted by 
  the Honorable Jerrold Nadler...................................    26
Press Release, DOD, ``DOD Announces $250M to Ukraine,'' June 18, 
  2019 Submitted by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler.................    29
Press Release, DOJ, ``Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman Charged with 
  Conspiring to Violate Straw and Foreign Donor Bans,'' October 
  10, 2019 Submitted by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler.............    31
Press Release, House Foreign Affairs Committee, ``Three House 
  Committees Launch Wide-Ranging Investigation Into Trump-
  Giuliani Ukraine Scheme,'' September 9, 2019 Submitted by the 
  Honorable Jamie Raskin.........................................    36
Press Release, HPSCI, ``Chairmen Warn President to Stop Attacking 
  Whistleblower and Witnesses to His Misconduct and to Halt 
  Efforts to Obstruct Impeachment Inquiry,'' September 26, 2019 
  Submitted by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler......................    47
Press Release, HPSCI, ``House Intelligence Committee Releases 
  Whistleblower Complaint,'' September 26, 2019 Submitted by the 
  Honorable Jerrold Nadler.......................................    48
Press Release, HPSCI, ``Three House Committees Launch Wide-
  Ranging Investigation into Trump-Giuliani Ukraine Scheme,'' 
  September 9, 2019 Submitted by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler....    49
Press Release, Senator Chuck Grassley, ``Grassley Statement 
  Regarding Intel Community Whistleblower,'' October 1, 2019 
  Submitted by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler......................    54
Press Release, Senator Richard Burr, ``Senate Intel Chairman 
  Richard Burr on Trump-Putin Summit,'' July 16, 2018 Submitted 
  by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler................................    55
Press Release, Senator Rob Portman, ``Portman, Durbin, Shaheen, 
  and Senate Ukraine Caucus Reaffirm Commitment to Help Ukraine 
  Take on Corruption,'' February 12, 2016 Submitted by the 
  Honorable Jerrold Nadler.......................................    56
Press Release, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, ``Pelosi 
  Remarks Announcing Impeachment Inquiry,'' September 24, 2019 
  Submitted by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler......................    58
Press release, U.S. Embassy in Ukriane, ``Transcript: Ambassador 
  Yovanovitch's Remarks at a Women of Courage Reception in Honor 
  of Kateryna Handziuk,'' April 24, 2019 Submitted by the 
  Honorable Jerrold Nadler.......................................    60
Press Release, White House, ``Press Briefing by Acting Chief of 
  Staff Mick Mulvaney,'' October 17, 2019 Submitted by the 
  Honorable Jerrold Nadler.......................................    64
Press Release, White House, ``Remarks by President Trump and 
  President Niinisto of the Republic of Finland Before Bilateral 
  Meeting,'' October 2, 2019 Submitted by the Honorable Jerrold 
  Nadler.........................................................    94
Press Release, White House, ``Remarks by President Trump at 
  Turning Point USA's Teen Student Action Summit 2019,'' July 23, 
  2019 Submitted by the Honorable Jamie Raskin...................   105
Press Release, Senator Richard Burr, ``Senate Intel Completes 
  Review of Intelligence Community Assessment on Russian 
  Activities in the 2016 U.S. Elections,'' May 16, 2018 Submitted 
  by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler................................   137

                                REMARKS

Remarks at a UN Security Council Briefing on Ukraine, Ambassador 
  Nikki Haley, August 24, 2017 Submitted by the Honorable Jerrold 
  Nadler.........................................................   138
Remarks by President Trump After Tour of Apple Manufacturing 
  Plant, Austin, TX, November 20, 2019 Submitted by the Honorable 
  Jerrold Nadler.................................................   141
Remarks by President Trump and President Buhari of the Federal 
  Republic of Nigeria in Joint Press Conference, April 30, 2018 
  Submitted by the Honorable Doug Collins........................   149
Remarks by President Trump and President Bukele of El Salvador 
  Before Bilateral Meeting, September 25, 2019 Submitted by the 
  Honorable Jerrold Nadler.......................................   162
Remarks by President Trump and President Duda of Poland Before 
  Bilateral Meeting, September 23, 2019 Submitted by the 
  Honorable Jerrold Nadler.......................................   167
Remarks by President Trump and President Niinisto of the Republic 
  of Finland in Joint Press Conference, October 2, 2019 Submitted 
  by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler................................   176
Remarks by President Trump and President Salih of Iraq Before 
  Bilateral Meeting, New York, NY, September 24, 2019 Submitted 
  by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler................................   195
Remarks by President Trump and President Zelensky of Ukraine 
  Before Bilateral Meeting, New York, NY, September 25, 2019 
  Submitted by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler......................   200
Remarks by President Trump and Prime Minister Orban of Hungary 
  Before Bilateral Meeting, May 13, 2019 Submitted by the 
  Honorable Jerrold Nadler.......................................   211
Remarks by President Trump and Prime Minister Trudeau of Canada 
  Before Bilateral Meeting, London, United Kingdon, December 3, 
  2019 Submitted by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler.................   220
Remarks by President Trump at Signing of Executive Orders on 
  Transparency in Federal Guidance and Enforcement, October 9, 
  2019 Submitted by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler.................   237
Remarks by President Trump at the Swearing-in Ceremony of 
  Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia, September 30, 2019 Submitted 
  by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler................................   267
Remarks by President Trump at Turning Point USA's Teen Student 
  Action Summit 2019, July 23, 2019 Submitted by the Honorable 
  Jerrold Nadler.................................................   272
Remarks by President Trump Before Marine One Departure, November 
  3, 2019 Submitted by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler..............   304
Remarks by President Trump Before Marine One Departure, November 
  4, 2019 Submitted by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler..............   313
Remarks by President Trump Before Marine One Departure, October 
  10, 2019 Submitted by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler.............   323
Remarks by President Trump Before Marine One Departure, October 
  25, 2019 Submitted by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler.............   333
Remarks by President Trump Before Marine One Departure, October 
  3, 2019 Submitted by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler..............   338
Remarks by President Trump Before Marine One Departure, October 
  4, 2019 Submitted by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler..............   350
Remarks by President Trump Before Marine One Departure, September 
  22, 2019 Submitted by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler.............   350
Remarks by President Trump in a Multilateral Meeting on the 
  Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, September 25, 2019 Submitted 
  by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler................................   358
Remarks by President Trump in front of Marine One, April 24, 2019 
  Submitted by the Honorable Jerrold Nadler......................   372
Remarks by President Trump Upon Air Force One Arrival, September 
  26, 2019.......................................................   375
Remarks by President Trump Upon Arrival at the U.N. General 
  Assembly, New York, NY, September 24, 2019, Submitted by the 
  Honorable Jerrold Nadler.......................................   377
Remarks by US Ambassador Geoffrey Pyatt at the Odesa Financial 
  Forum on September 24, 2015 Submitted by the Honorable Doug 
  Collins........................................................   380





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