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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jul 14, 2017
Requests the President and directs the U.S. Attorney General to transmit to the House of Representatives copies of any document or communication in their possession that refers or relates to:
the firing of James B. Comey as Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
the participation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions in Comey's removal,
the scope or application of Sessions's recusal from investigations of matters related to the presidential campaign and the application of such recusal to Comey's removal,
the scope or application of executive privilege as applied to Sessions's testimony before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on June 13, 2017,
President Trump's Twitter statement on May 12, 2017, that "James Comey better hope that there are no tapes of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!",
any system used by the White House to secretly record conversations between the President and Comey, and
any contemporaneous account of meetings between such individuals.
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Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] · D–WA
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Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 82.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 115-300.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 115-300.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 15 - 13.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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