[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 170 (Friday, October 12, 2018)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6885-S6886]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS

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  SENATE RESOLUTION 685--TO AUTHORIZE TESTIMONY AND REPRESENTATION OF 
         SENATE EMPLOYEE IN UNITED STATES V. ADAM ALBRETT, ETC

  Mr. McCONNELL (for himself and Mr. Schumer) submitted the following 
resolution; which was considered and agreed to:

                              S. Res. 685

       Whereas, in the case of United States v. Adam Albrett, 
     etc., Cr. No. 18-312, pending in the United States District 
     Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, the government 
     has requested testimony from Sam Frazier, an employee in the 
     office of Senator Dianne Feinstein;
       Whereas, pursuant to sections 703(a) and 704(a)(2) of the 
     Ethics in Government Act of 1978, 2 U.S.C. Sec. Sec.  288b(a) 
     and 288c(a)(2), the Senate may direct its counsel to 
     represent Members, officers, and employees of the Senate with 
     respect to any subpoena, order, or request for testimony 
     relating to their official responsibilities;
       Whereas, by the privileges of the Senate of the United 
     States and Rule XI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, no 
     evidence under the control or in the possession of the Senate 
     may, by the judicial or administrative process, be taken from 
     such control or possession but by permission of the Senate; 
     and
       Whereas, when it appears that evidence under the control or 
     in the possession of the Senate may promote the 
     administration of justice, the Senate will take such action 
     as will promote the ends of justice consistent with the 
     privileges of the Senate: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That Sam Frazier, an employee in the Office of 
     Senator Dianne Feinstein, is authorized to testify in the 
     case of United States v. Adam Albrett, etc., except 
     concerning matters for which a privilege should be asserted.
       Sec. 2.  The Senate Legal Counsel is authorized to 
     represent Mr. Frazier in connection with the testimony 
     authorized in section one of this resolution.

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, this resolution concerns a request for 
testimony in a criminal action pending in federal district court. In 
this action, the defendant is charged with eleven counts for sending 
threatening communications in interstate commerce, including sending 
threatening faxes to Senator Feinstein. Trial is set for later this 
month in the Eastern District of Virginia.
  The government is sending trial testimony from the employee in 
Senator Feinstein's office who received and handled the incoming faxes. 
Senator Feinstein would like to cooperate with this request.
  This resolution would accordingly authorize the staffer to testify as 
trial and to be represented by the Senate Legal Counsel.

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