Just Security has compiled and curated all publicly available documents related to Congress’s impeachment and trial of President Donald J. Trump. This collection seeks to include significant original source material, including relevant legislation, trial materials, letters, subpoenas, deposition and witness transcripts, executive branch communications, and litigation documents.
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I. Senate Trial Documents
A. Party Submissions (Briefs, Memoranda, Letters, etc.)
B. Trial Procedure Documents
C. Trial Floor Proceedings
D. Historical Documents
II. House Impeachment Documents
A. Impeachment Articles and Resolutions
B. Committee Reports
C. Executive Branch Reports
D. Evidentiary Documents
1. Whistleblower Complaint and Related Documents
2. Other Evidentiary Documents (phone records, text messages, Parnas productions, etc.)
E. Committee Witness Testimony
1. Public Hearings
2. Depositions
F. Judiciary Committee Hearings
1. Public Hearings
2. Executive Branch-Congress Correspondence
3. Majority-Minority correspondence
G. Congressional Subpoenas and Related Documents
1. State Department
2. White House/National Security Council
3. Defense Department
4 .Office of Management and Budget
5. Department of Energy
6. Private Citizens
7. Minority Witnesses
H. Miscellaneous Congressional Documents
1. Communication from or within Congress
2. Committee Press Releases
I. Miscellaneous Executive Documents
1. Communications from or within the Executive Branch
2. OLC Memoranda (Contemporary and Historical)
J. Historical Impeachment Materials
III. Related Litigation and FOIA Documents
IV. Miscellaneous
- House’s Trial Memorandum and Statement of Material Facts in the impeachment trial of President Donald J. Trump (January 18, 2020)
- Answer of President Donald J. Trump to Senate Impeachment Trial Summons (January 18, 2020)
- Trial Memorandum of President Donald J. Trump (January 20, 2020)
- Replication of the United States House of Representatives to the Answer of President Donald J. Trump to the Articles of Impeachment (January 20, 2020)
- Reply Memorandum of the United States House of Representatives in the Impeachment Trial of President Donald J. Trump (January 21, 2020)
- Letter from House Impeachment Managers to White House Counsel Pat Cipollone, notifying him that he is a material witness and must disclose relevant facts (January 21, 2019)
- Amended Resolution to provide for related procedures concerning the articles of impeachment against Donald John Trump, President of the United States (January 21, 2020)
- Draft Resolution to provide for related procedures concerning the articles of impeachment against Donald John Trump, President of the United States (introduced January 21, 2020)
- Senator Schumer Amendment 1 (introduced and rejected January 21, 2020)
- Senator Schumer Amendment 2 (introduced and rejected January 21, 2020)
- Senator Schumer Amendment 3 (introduced and rejected January 21, 2020)
- Senator Schumer Amendment 4 (introduced and rejected January 21, 2010)
- Senator Schumer Amendment 5 (introduced and rejected January 21, 2010)
- Senator Schumer Amendment 6 (introduced and rejected January 21, 2010)
- Senator Schumer Amendment 7 (introduced and rejected January 21, 2010)
- Senator Schumer Amendment 8 (introduced and rejected January 21, 2010)
- Senator Schumer Amendment 9 (introduced and rejected January 21, 2010)
- Senator Schumer Amendment 10 (introduced and rejected January 21, 2010)
- Senator Schumer Amendment 11 (introduced and rejected January 21, 2010)
- Letter from Senator Schumer to Leader McConnell, Regarding Trial Witnesses (December 15, 2019)
- Day 1: January 16, 2020 (video and transcript)
- Day 2: January 21, 2020 (video and transcript)
- Day 3: January 22, 2020 (video and transcript)
- Day 4: January 23, 2020 (video and transcript)
- Day 5: January 24, 2020 (video and transcript)
- Day 6: January 25, 2020 (video and transcript)
- Day 7: January 27, 2020 (video and transcript)
- Day 8: January 28, 2020 (video and transcript)
- Day 9: January 29, 2020 (video and transcript)
- Day 10: January 30, 2020 (video and transcript)
- Day 11: January 31, 2020 (video and transcript)
- Day 12: February 3, 2020 (video and transcript)
- Floor Speeches: February 4, 2020 (video and transcript)
- Floor Speeches and Vote: February 5, 2020 (video part 1, part 2, and transcript)
- Procedure and Guidelines for Impeachment Trials in the U.S. Senate (Revised Edition), Prepared Pursuant To Senate Resolution 439, 99th Congress, 2d Session (August 15, 1986)
- Impeachment of President William Jefferson Clinton – Constitutional Provisions; Rules Of Procedure and Practice in the Senate when Sitting on Impeachment Trials; Articles of Impeachment against President William Jefferson Clinton; President Clinton’s Answer; and Replication of the House of Representatives (January 13, 1999)
II. House Impeachment Documents
A. Articles of Impeachment and Resolutions
- Articles of Impeachment (passed December 18, 2019)
Related Resolutions
- House Resolution 660 – Directing certain committees to continue their ongoing investigations as part of the existing House of Representatives inquiry into whether sufficient grounds exist for the House of Representatives to exercise its Constitutional power to impeach Donald John Trump, President of the United States of America, and for other purposes (Oct. 31, 2019)
- House Resolution 660 Fact Sheet (House Rules Committee)
- House Judiciary Committee Impeachment Inquiry Procedures pursuant to H. Res. 660 (incorporated by reference in House Resolution 660)
- Letter from Speaker Pelosi to Democratic colleagues regarding release of the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate (January 10, 2020)
- H.Res. 798, a resolution appointing and authorizing managers for the impeachment trial of Donald John Trump (January 15, 2020)
- House Republicans’ Staff Report of Evidence in the Impeachment Inquiry (December 2, 2019)
- The Trump-Ukraine Impeachment Inquiry Report (December 3, 2019)
- Judiciary Committee Report on Constitutional Grounds for Presidential Impeachment (December 7, 2019)
- Report of the House Judiciary Committee on the Impeachment of President Donald J. Trump, together with dissenting views (December 16, 2019)
- GAO Decision Re: Office of Management and Budget — Withholding of Ukraine Security Assistance (January 16, 2020)
1. Whistleblower Complaint and Related Documents
- The Whistleblower’s 2-Page Memo (July 26, 2019) (as reported by CBS News)
- The Whistleblower Complaint (August 12, 2019)
- Inspector General Report to Director of National Intelligence Maguire (August 26, 2019)
- Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community’s Statement on Processing of Whistleblower Complaints (September 30, 2019)
OLC Memorandum Regarding Whistleblower Complaint and Related Communications
- OLC Memorandum, “‘Urgent Concern’ Determination by the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community” (September 3, 2019) [See also original September 3, 2019 version and September 24, 2019 redacted version]
- Letter from the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency to the Office of Legal Counsel (October 22, 2019)
- Response from the Office of Legal Counsel to the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (October 25, 2019)
Letters Related to Whistleblower Complaint
- Letter from Intelligence Community Inspector General to Director of National Intelligence Maguire (August 26, 2019)
- Letter from the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community to House Intelligence Committee (September 9, 2019)
- Letter from Chairman Schiff to Acting Director of National Intelligence Maguire (September 10, 2019)
- Letter from Chairman Schiff to Acting Director of National Intelligence Maguire re subpoena (September 13, 2019)
- Letter from Office of the Director of National Intelligence to House Intelligence Committee and Senate Committee on Intelligence (September 13, 2019)
- Report from the Inspector General to House Intelligence Committee (September 17, 2019)
- Letter from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to House Intelligence Committee (September 17, 2019)
- Letter from Chairman Schiff to Acting Director of National Intelligence Maguire (September 18, 2019)
- Letter from Chairmen Schiff, Engel, and Cummings to White House Counsel (September 24, 2019)
- Whistleblower Counsel letter to Acting Director of National Intelligence Maguire re Notice of Intent to Contact Congressional Intelligence Committee (September 24, 2019)
- Chairman Schiff Letter to Whistleblower Counsel Requesting Voluntary Interview (September 24, 2019)
- Chairman Schiff Letter to Attorney General William Barr (September 24, 2019)
- Open Letter from Former National Security Officials on Need to Protect Whistleblower’s Identity (last updated Oct. 7, 2019)
- Whistleblower Counsel cease and desist letter to White House (November 7, 2019)
- Letter from Tom Mueller to Senate Ethics Committee Chair James Lankford and Vice Chair Chris Coons, Regarding Misconduct of Senator Rand Paul Related to the Whistleblower During the Impeachment Trial of the President (February 7, 2020)
Relevant Statutes
- Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection Act
- Civil Service Reform Act of 1978
- Inspector General Act of 1978
- Whistle-Blower Protection Act of 1989
2. Other Evidentiary Documents (phone records, text messages, Parnas productions, etc.)
- Memorandum of Telephone Conversation of July 25 Phone Call between President Trump and President Zelenskyy (declassified September 24, 2019)
- Memorandum of Telephone Conversation of April 21 Phone Call between President Trump and President Zelenskyy (released November 15, 2019)
- Text Messages between Volker, Taylor, Sondland, Yermak, and Giuliani (released October 3, 2019)
- Additional Text Messages Produced by Volker (released November 5, 2019)
- Excerpts of Additional Text Messages Produced by Volker (released November 5, 2019)
Lev Parnas Document Production and Related Documents
- Letter from Chairman Schiff to Chairman Nadler, transmitting additional evidence to the Judiciary Committee as part of the impeachment inquiry, including documents produced by Lev Parnas (January 14, 2020)
- Parnas Excerpts 1 (January 14, 2020)
- Parnas Excerpts 2 (January 14, 2020)
- Parnas Whatsapp Excerpts (January 14, 2020)
- Parnas Additional (January 14, 2020)
- Parnas Calendar Excerpts (January 14, 2020)
- Parnas iMessage Excerpts (January 14, 2020)
- Parnas Photos (January 14, 2020)
- Parnas SMS Excerpts (January 14, 2020)
- Parnas USAO Documents (January 14, 2020)
- Letter from Chairman Schiff to Chairman Nadler, transmitting additional evidence to the Judiciary Committee as part of the impeachment inquiry, including documents produced by Lev Parnas (January 17, 2020)
- Parnas iMessage Excerpt Giuliani 2019-09-30 (January 17, 2020)
- Parnas iMessage Excerpt Harvey With Attachment (January 17, 2020)
- Parnas January 16, 2019 Interview with Anderson Cooper Transcript (January 17, 2020)
- Parnas January 16, 2019 Interview with Anderson Cooper Video Link (Part 1 and Part 2) (January 17, 2020)
- Parnas January 15, 2019 Interview with Rachel Maddow Transcript (January 17, 2020)
- Parnas January 16, 2019 Interview with Rachel Maddow Transcript (January 17, 2020)
- Parnas January 15 and 16, 2019 Interview with Rachel Maddow Video Links (Part 1 and Part 2) (January 17, 2020)
- Parnas Photos Combined (January 17, 2020)
- Whatsapp Excerpts Hyde With Attachments (January 17, 2020)
- Whatsapp Excerpts Hyde Audio (January 17, 2020)
- Whatsapp Excerpts Harvey With Attachments (January 17, 2020)
- Letter from Parnas’ Counsel to Majority Leader McConnell, describing possible Lev Parnas testimony (January 31, 2020)
Documents Relating to Former National Security Advisor John Bolton
- Letter from Cooper & Kirk to NSC Regarding Prepublication Security Review of Bolton Manuscript (December 30, 2019)
- Letter from NSC to Cooper & Kirk Regarding Prepublication Security Review of Bolton Manuscript (January 23, 2020)
- Statement by Charles J. Cooper, with Emails from January 23 and 24 between Cooper and NSC Regarding Prepublication Security Review of Bolton Manuscript (January 29, 2019)
- House Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Engel Statement on September 23, 2019 Call with John Bolton (January 29, 2020)
E. Committee Witness Testimony
Day 1: November 13, 2019 (First Open Hearing)
Full hearing video and transcript
Chairman Schiff Opening Statement for First Open Hearing (November 13, 2019)
Ranking Member Nunes Opening Statement for First Open Hearing (November 13, 2019)
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State George Kent
- Kent Opening Statement (November 13, 2019)
Ambassador William B. Taylor
- Taylor Opening Statement (November 13, 2019)
Day 2: November 15, 2019 (Second Open Hearing)
Full hearing video and transcript
Chairman Schiff Opening Statement for Second Open Hearing (November 15, 2019)
Ranking Member Nunes Opening Statement for Second Open Hearing (November 15, 2019)
Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch (November 15, 2019)
- Yovanovitch Opening Statement (November 15, 2019)
Day 3: Tuesday, November 19, morning (Third Open Hearing)
Full hearing video and transcript
Chairman Schiff Opening Statement for Third Open Hearing (November 19, 2019)
Ranking Member Nunes Opening Statement for Third Open Hearing (November 19, 2019)
Jennifer Williams, aide to Vice President Mike Pence
- Williams Opening Statement (November 19, 2019)
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, Director for European Affairs at the National Security Council
- Vindman Opening Statement (November 19, 2019)
Day 3: Tuesday, November 19, afternoon (Fourth Open Hearing)
Full hearing video and transcript
Chairman Schiff Opening Statement for Fourth Open Hearing (November 19, 2019)
Ranking Member Nunes Opening Statement for Fourth Open Hearing (November 19, 2019)
Ambassador Kurt Volker, former U.S. special envoy to Ukraine
- Volker Opening Statement (November 19, 2019)
Tim Morrison, a White House aide with the National Security Council
- Morrison Opening Statement (November 19, 2019)
Day 4: Wednesday, November 20, morning and afternoon (Fifth Open Hearing):
Full hearing video and transcript
Chairman Schiff Opening Statement for Fifth Open Hearing (November 20, 2019)
Ranking Member Nunes Opening Statement for Fifth Open Hearing (November 20, 2019)
Ambassador Gordon Sondland, U.S. Ambassador to the European Union
- Sondland Opening Statement (November 20, 2019)
Trump administration responses to Sondland’s testimony
- Vice President Mike Pence
Statement by VP Pence’s Chief of Staff Marc Short (November 20, 2019)
Comments made to WISN 12 News (November 20, 2019)
- Department of State
Statement (via Twitter) by Spokesperson Morgan Ortagus (November 20, 2019)
Comments made by Secretary Pompeo during press availability (November 20, 2019)
Chairman Schiff Opening Statement for Fifth Open Hearing (November 20, 2019)
Ranking Member Nunes Opening Statement for Fifth Open Hearing (November 20, 2019)
- Department of Energy
Statement by DOE Press Secretary Shaylyn Hynes (November 20, 2019)
Day 4: Wednesday, November 20, afternoon and early evening (Sixth Open Hearing)
Full hearing video and transcript
Chairman Schiff Opening Statement for Sixth Open Hearing (November 20, 2019)
Ranking Member Nunes Opening Statement for Sixth Open Hearing (November 20, 2019)
Laura Cooper, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russian, Ukrainian, and Eurasian Affairs
- Cooper Opening Statement, as prepared (November 20, 2019) Oral Addendum to Opening Statement (November 20, 2019)
David Hale, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (did not provide an opening statement)
Day 5: Thursday, November 21 (Seventh Open Hearing)
Full hearing video and transcript
Chairman Schiff Opening Statement for Seventh Open Hearing (November 21, 2019)
Ranking Member Nunes Opening Statement for Seventh Open Hearing (November 21, 2019)
Fiona Hill, former National Security Council senior director for Europe and Russia
- Hill Opening Statement (November 21, 2019)
David Holmes
- Holmes Opening Statement (November 21, 2019)
2. Depositions in Closed Hearings
Acting DNI Joseph Maguire
- Maguire Opening Statement (September 26, 2019)
- Maguire Hearing Transcript (September 26, 2019)
Ambassador Kurt Volker
- Volker Opening Statement (October 3, 2019)
- Volker Deposition Transcript (October 3, 2019)
- Volker Deposition Excerpts (conducted October 3, 2019; released November 5, 2019)
Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch
- Yovanovitch Opening Statement (October 11, 2019)
- Yovanovitch Deposition Transcript (October 11, 2019)
- Yovanovitch Deposition Excerpts (conducted October 11, 2019; released November 4, 2019)
Fiona Hill
- Hill Deposition Transcript (conducted October 14, 2019; release Nov. 8, 2019)
- Hill Deposition Excerpts (conducted October 14, 2019; release Nov. 8, 2019)
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State George Kent
- Kent Deposition Transcript (October 15, 2019)
- Kent Deposition Excerpts (conducted October 15, 2019; released November 7, 2019)
Ambassador P. Michael McKinley
- McKinley Deposition Transcript (October 16, 2019)
- McKinley Deposition Excerpts (conducted October 16, 2019; released November 4, 2019)
Ambassador Philip Reeker
- Reeker Deposition Transcript (October 26, 2019; released November 26, 2019)
Ambassador Gordon Sondland
- Sondland Opening Statement (October 17, 2019)
- Sondland Deposition Transcript (October 17, 2019)
- Sondland Deposition Excerpts (conducted October 17, 2019; released November 5, 2019)
- Sondland Supplemental Declaration (November 4, 2019)
Ambassador William B. Taylor
- Taylor Opening Statement (October 22, 2019)
- Taylor Deposition Transcript (October 22, 2019)
- Taylor Deposition Excerpts (conducted October 22, 2019; released November 6, 2019)
Laura K. Cooper (Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine, Eurasia, Department of Defense)
- Cooper Deposition Transcript (October 23, 2019)
- Cooper Deposition Excerpts (conducted October 23, 2019; released November 11, 2019)
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander S. Vindman
- Vindman Opening Statement (October 29, 2019)
- Vindman Deposition Transcript (conducted October 29, 2019; release Nov. 8, 2019)
- Vindman Deposition Excerpts (conducted October 29, 2019; release Nov. 8, 2019)
Catherine M. Croft (Special Adviser for Ukraine, Department of State)
- Croft Opening Statement (October 30, 2019)
- Croft Deposition Transcript (October 30, 2019)
- Croft Deposition Excerpts (conducted October 30, 2019; released November 11, 2019)
Christopher Anderson (Former Special Adviser for Ukraine, Department of State)
- Anderson Opening Statement (October 30, 2019)
- Anderson Deposition Transcript (October 30, 2019)
- Anderson Deposition Excerpts (conducted October 30, 2019; released November 11, 2019)
Special note: Confirmation Hearing for John Sullivan for U.S. Ambassador to Russia
- Sullivan Opening Statement (October 30, 2019)
- Sullivan Full Testimony (October 30, 2019) (transcript and video)
Timothy Morrison
- Morrison Opening Statement (October 31, 2019)
- Morrison Deposition Transcript (October 31, 2019; released Nov.ember 16, 2019)
- Morrison Deposition Excerpts (October 31, 2019; released November 16, 2019)
Mark Sandy
- Sandy Deposition Transcript (November 16, 2019; released November 26, 2019)
David Hale, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
- Hale Deposition Testimony (November 6; released November 18, 2109)
- Hale Deposition Excerpts (November 6; released November 18, 2109)
Jennifer Williams
- Williams Deposition Transcript (November 7, 2019; released Nov.ember 16, 2019)
- Williams Deposition Excerpts (November 7, 2019; released Nov.ember 16, 2019)
David Holmes
- Holmes Opening Statement (November 15, 2019)
- Holmes Deposition Transcript (November 15, 2019; released November 18, 2019)
- Holmes Deposition Excerpts (November 15, 2019; released November 18, 2019)
Witnesses Who Failed to Comply with Congressional Subpoena for Testimony
- Charles Kupperman – Kupperman Deposition (scheduled for October 28, 2019)
- Robert Blair – Blair Deposition (scheduled for November 4, 2019)
- John Eisenberg – Eisenberg Deposition (scheduled for November 4, 2019)
- Michael Ellis – Ellis Deposition (scheduled for November 4, 2019)
- Brian McCormack – McCormack Deposition (scheduled for November 4, 2019)
- Michael Duffey – Duffey Deposition (scheduled for November 5, 2019)
- Preston Wells Griffith – Wells Griffith Deposition (scheduled for November 5, 2019)
- Ulrich Brechbuhl and Russell Vought – Brechbuhl and Vought Deposition (scheduled for November 6, 2019)
- John Michael “Mick” Mulvaney – Mulvaney Deposition (scheduled for November 8, 2019)
Communications Between the Executive Branch and Witnesses
White House/National Security Council
Fiona Hill
- Letter from Fiona Hill’s Counsel to White House (October 13, 2019)
- Letter from White House Counsel to Fiona Hill (October 14, 2019)
- Letter from Fiona Hill’s Counsel to White House (November 18, 2019)
- Letter from White House Counsel to Fiona Hill (November 20, 2019)
Defense Department
Laura Cooper
- Department of Defense Letter to Laura Cooper (October 22, 2019)
F. Judiciary Committee Hearings
December 4, 2019:
Full hearing video
- Noah Feldman (testimony)
- Michael Gerhardt (testimony)
- Pamela Karlan (testimony)
- Jonathan Turley (testimony)
2. Executive Branch-Congress correspondence
- Letter from Chairman Nadler to President Trump, informing of an impeachment hearing and the President and his counsel’s right to participation (November 26, 2019)
- Letter from Chairman Nadler to President Trump, regarding participation in upcoming impeachment proceedings(November 29, 2019)
- Chairman Nadler Notifies President Trump & Ranking Member Collins of Privileges Provided During Impeachment Inquiry (November 29, 2019)
- Letter from White House Counsel Pat Cipollone to Chairman Nadler, declining participation in the upcoming impeachment hearing (December 1, 2019)
- Chairman Nadler Statement on White House Refusal to Participate in First Impeachment Hearing (December 2, 2019)
- Letter from White House Counsel Pat Cipollone to Chairman Nadler, denouncing the impeachment Inquiry(December 6, 2019)
3. Majority-Minority correspondence
- Letter from Chairman Nadler to Ranking Member Collins, regarding possible requests for subpoenas or interrogatories (November 29, 2019)
- Chairman Nadler Notifies President Trump and Ranking Member Collins of Privileges Provided During Impeachment Inquiry (November 29, 2019)
- Letter from Ranking Member Collins to Chairman Nadler, regarding witnesses at the impeachment hearings(November 30, 2019)
- Letter from Ranking Member Collins to Chairman Nadler, regarding the process for Judiciary Committee impeachment hearings (December 2, 2019)
- Letter from Ranking Member Collins to Chairman Nadler, proposing witnesses for the impeachment hearings(December 6, 2019)
G. Congressional Subpoenas and Related Documents
- Letter from House Chairmen Cummings, Engel, and Schiff to Secretary Pompeo, requesting documents(September 9, 2019)
- Letter from House Chairmen Cummings, Engel, and Schiff to Secretary Pompeo, requesting depositions of State Department officials (September 27, 2019)
- Letter from House Chairmen Cummings, Engel, and Schiff to Secretary Pompeo, transmitting a subpoena of documents (September 27, 2019)
- Letter from House Chairmen Cummings, Engel, and Schiff to State Department Counselor T. Ulrich Brechbuhl, requesting a deposition (September 27, 2019)
- Letter from Senator Menendez to Secretary Pompeo regarding Zelensky call (September 27, 2019)
- Letter from Secretary of State Pompeo to Chairman Engel (October 1, 2019)
- Letter from House Chairmen Cummings, Engel, and Schiff to Ambassador Sondland, transmitting a subpoena(October 8, 2019)
- Letter from House Chairmen Cummings, Engel, and Schiff to Ambassador Taylor, requesting a deposition(October 14, 2019)
- Letter from House Chairmen Cummings, Engel, and Schiff to Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan, following up on document requests (October 23, 2019)
- Letter from House Chairmen Cummings, Engel, and Schiff to State Department Counselor T. Ulrich Brechbuhl, transmitting a subpoena (October 25, 2019)
- Email exchange between House Foreign Affairs Committee staff and State Department regarding speaking with Ambassador Yovanovitch (released November 8, 2019)
- Letter from Chairman Engel to Under Secretary of State Bulatao, requesting documents related to potential threats to Ambassador Yovanovitch’s security (January 15, 2020)
- Letter from House Chairmen Cummings, Engel, and Schiff to Vice President Pence, requesting documents(October 4, 2019)
- Letter from House Chairmen Cummings, Engel, and Schiff to Acting White House Chief of Staff Mulvaney, requesting documents (October 4, 2019)
- Letter from House Chairmen Cummings, Engel, and Schiff to Secretary of Defense Esper, transmitting a subpoena of documents (October 7, 2019) (DoD subpoena schedule)
- Subpoena of Laura Cooper from House Intelligence Committee (October 23, 2019)
- Letter from House Chairmen Cummings, Engel, and Schiff to OMB Acting Director Vought, transmitting a subpoena of documents (October 7, 2019) (OMB subpoena schedule)
- Letter from House Chairmen Cummings, Engel, and Schiff to OMB Acting Director Vought, requesting a deposition (October 11, 2019)
- Letter from House Chairmen Cummings, Engel, and Schiff to OMB Associate Director Duffey, requesting a deposition (October 11, 2019)
- Letter from House Chairmen Cummings, Engel, and Schiff to OMB Acting Director Vought, transmitting a subpoena (October 25, 2019)
- Letter from House Chairmen Cummings, Engel, and Schiff to OMB Associate Director Duffey, transmitting a subpoena (October 25, 2019)
- Letter from House Chairmen Cummings, Engel, and Schiff to Secretary Perry, transmitting a subpoena of documents (October 10, 2019)
- Letter from Assistant Secretary of Energy Burnison to House Chairmen Cummings, Engel, and Schiff, giving notice that the Department will not comply with the subpoena (October 18, 2019)
- Letter from House Chairmen Cummings, Engel, and Schiff to Igor Fruman, requesting documents and a deposition (September 30, 2019)
- Letter from House Chairmen Cummings, Engel, and Schiff to Lev Parnas, requesting documents and a deposition (September 30, 2019)
- Letter from House Chairmen Cummings, Engel, and Schiff to Rudolph Giuliani, transmitting a subpoena of documents (September 30, 2019) (Giuliani subpoena schedule)
- Letter from House Chairmen Cummings, Engel, and Schiff to Semyon Kislin, requesting documents and a deposition (September 30, 2019)
- Letter from John M. Dowd (Counsel to Parnas and Fruman) to Nicolas Mitchell (HPSCI Counsel), regarding Parnas and Fruman (October 3, 2019)
- Letter from House Chairmen Cummings, Engel, and Schiff to John Dowd, transmitting subpoena of documents from Parnas and Fruman (October 10, 2019) (Parnas subpoena schedule) (Fruman subpoena schedule)
- Letter from Jon Sale (Counsel to Giuliani) to Nicholas Mitchell (HPSCI Counsel), giving notice that Giuliani will not comply with the subpoena (October 15, 2019)
- Chairman Schiff Formally Requests Proposed Witnesses from Minority (November 7, 2019)
- Letter from Ranking Member Nunes to Chairman Schiff, with list of proposed witnesses from the minority(November 9, 2019)
- Letter from Chairman Schiff to Ranking Member Nunes, replying to proposed witnesses from the minority(November 9, 2019)
H. Miscellaneous Congressional Documents
1. Communication from or within Congress
- Letter from Majority Leader Hoyer and Chairman Engel to Secretary Pompeo, regarding attacks on career foreign service officers, including Ambassador Yovanovitch (April 12, 2019)
- Republican Staff of the three House Committees to Republican Members of three committees, Key Points of Evidence from the Democrats’ Closed-Door “Impeachment Inquiry” (Nov. 12, 2019)
- Letter from Senator Johnson to Representatives Jordan and Nunes regarding firsthand information about President Trump’s actions toward Ukraine (November 18, 2019)
- Letter from Under Secretary of State Bulatao to Senator Menendez, regarding the testimony of State Department personnel in the House impeachment inquiry (November 18, 2019)
- Letter from Senator Schumer to Defense Secretary Esper on protection of Defense Department witnesses including Vindman and Cooper (November 18, 2019)
- Letter from Under Secretary of State Bulatao to Senator Menendez, regarding the testimony of State Department personnel in the House impeachment inquiry (November 18, 2019)
- Letter from Senator Menendez to Assistant Secretary Evanoff, calling for a State Department investigation into the use of personal phones for official business (November 19, 2019)
- Letter from Senator Graham to Secretary Pompeo, requesting documents related to Ukraine and Biden (November 21, 2019)
- Letter from Under Secretary of State Bulatao to Senator Menendez, regarding the testimony of State Department personnel in the House impeachment inquiry (November 18, 2019)
- Letter from Chairman Schiff to Vice President Pence, regarding the declassification of material in the supplemental written submission of Jennifer Williams (December 6, 2019)
- Letter from Chairman Schiff to Chairman Nadler, accompanying the submission to the Judiciary Committee of the classified supplemental written submission of Jennifer Williams (December 11, 2019)
House Intelligence Committee
House Judiciary Committee
I. Miscellaneous Executive Documents
1. Communications from or within the Executive Branch
- Letter from Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Rood to four Congressional Committees, certifying that the Government of Ukraine has taken substantial actions to address corruption (May 23, 2019)
- Letter to White House Counsel Pat Cipollone from Steven A. Engel, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, Re: Testimonial Immunity Before Congress of the Former Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Implementation (September 16, 2019)
- Letter to White House Counsel Pat Cipollone from Steven A. Engel, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, Re: Testimonial Immunity Before Congress of the Former Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary(September 16, 2019)
- Letter from White House Counsel Pat Cipollone to House Leadership (October 8, 2019)
- White House Counsel Pat Cipollone letter to Chairman Nadler on non-participation of President’s lawyers in Judiciary Committee hearings (December 1, 2019)
- Letter from OMB General Counsel Mark R. Paoletta to GAO General Counsel Tom Armstrong, regarding the apportionment of funds for security assistance for Ukraine (December 11, 2019)
- Letter from President Trump to Speaker Pelosi, protesting the impeachment (December 17, 2019)
2. Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) Memoranda
- OLC Memorandum, “Attempted Exclusion of Agency Counsel from Congressional Depositions of Agency Employees” (May 23, 2019)
- OLC, Letter Opinion to the President Regarding Absolute Immunity of the Deputy National Security Advisor (October 25, 2019)
- OLC Memorandum, “Exclusion of Agency Counsel from Congressional Depositions in the Impeachment Context” (November 1, 2019)
- OLC, Letter Opinion to the President Regarding Absolute Immunity of the Legal Advisor to the National Security Counsel (November 3, 2019)
- OLC, Letter Opinion to the President Regarding Absolute Immunity of the Acting Chief of Staff(November 7, 2019)
- OLC, Memorandum Opinion Re: House Committees’ Authority to Investigate for Impeachment (January 19, 2019)
Historical OLC Memoranda
- OLC Memorandum, “Power of Congressional Committee to Compel Appearance or Testimony of “White House Staff”” (February 5, 1971)
- OLC Memorandum, “Availability of Executive Privilege Where Congressional Committee Seeks Testimony of Former White House Official on Advice Given President on Official Matters” (December 21, 1972)
- OLC Memorandum, “Executive Privilege” (May 23, 1977)
- OLC Memorandum for Fred F. Fielding, Regarding Congressional Testimony for Presidential Assistants (April 14, 1981)
- OLC Memorandum, “Congressional Demand for Deposition of Counsel to the President Fred F. Fielding” (July 23, 1982)
- OLC Memorandum to Edward C. Schmults, Deputy Attorney General, regarding the congressional demand for the testimony of Counsel to the President Fred F. Fielding (July 29, 1982)
- OLC Memorandum, “History of Refusals by Executive Branch Officials toProvide Information Demanded by Congress” (December 14, 1982)
J. Historical Impeachment Materials
Johnson
Nixon
- Nixon Articles of Impeachment (approved by the House Judiciary Committee, July 30, 1974)
Clinton
- H. Res. 581 – Authorizing and directing the Committee on the Judiciary to investigate whether sufficient grounds exist for the impeachment of William Jefferson Clinton, President of the United States (approved by the House, October 8, 1998)
- Report of the House Judiciary Committee on the Impeachment of President William Jefferson Clinton, accompanying H.Res.611 (December 16, 1998)
- H.Res.611 – Impeaching William Jefferson Clinton, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors (approved by the House, December 19, 1998)
III. Related Litigation and FOIA Documents
U.S. v. Lev Parnas, et al.
New York Times and Charlie Savage FOIA Litigation
- Complaint against the Office of Management and Budget (filed November 26, 2019)
- Letter from the OMB to Charlie Savage and the New York Times, regarding the withholding of 20 responsive emails (January 3, 2020)
American Oversight FOIA Litigation
- Complaint against the Department of State (filed October 1, 2019)
- Memorandum in Support of Plaintiff’s Motion for a Preliminary Injunction (October 4, 2019)
- Motion for Preliminary Injunction regarding a lawsuit against the Department of State for Rudy Giuliani’s communications with senior department officials (filed October 14, 2019)
- Opinion and Order Granting Motion (October 25, 2019)
- Joint Status Report (October 30, 2019)
- FOIA Release: State Department Records of Giuliani and Ukraine-Related Communications with Department Officials, Including Secretary Pompeo (released November 22, 2019)
- Minute Order Regarding the State Department Search for Giuliani and Ukraine-Related Communications(December 13, 2019)
- FOIA Release: DoD and OMB Documents (December 20, 2019)
- FOIA Release: State Department Records of Giuliani and Ukraine-Related Communications with Department Officials, Including Secretary Pompeo (released January 8, 2020)
- FOIA Release: State Department Records of Communications and Calendar Entries for Ukraine Special Representative Kurt Volker (released January 10, 2020)
- Joint Status Report regarding Secretary of Energy Rick Perry’s communications with Ukraine officials(January 13, 2020)
- FOIA Release: OMB Documents (January 21, 2020)
- FOIA Release: Department of Energy Documents (January 28, 2020)
- FOIA Release: Lifted Redactions from Dec. 20 release of DoD Documents (January 31, 2020)
- FOIA Release: Department of Energy Documents (February 4, 2020)
- Complaint against the Department of State, regarding Vice President Pence’s Ukraine Communications (filed February 6, 2020)
- NEW: FOIA Release: State Department Ukraine Documents (February 21, 2020)
- NEW: FOIA Release: DoD Ukraine Documents (February 28, 2020)
Buzzfeed FOIA Litigation
- Buzzfeed FOIA release of Mueller Report FBI 302 reports (November 1, 2019)
- Buzzfeed FOIA release of Mueller Report FBI 302 Reports (December 1, 2019)
- Buzzfeed FOIA release of Mueller Report FBI 302 Reports (January 2, 2020)
- List of individuals interviewed by the FBI (released January 3, 2020)
- Buzzfeed FOIA release of Mueller Report FBI 302 Reports (January 17, 2020)
- Buzzfeed FOIA release of Mueller Report FBI 302 Reports (February 3, 2020)
- NEW: Buzzfeed FOIA release of Mueller Report FBI 302 Reports (March 2, 2020)
Center for Public Integrity FOIA Litigation
- Opinion Granting a Preliminary Injunction (November 25, 2019)
- FOIA release of DoD and OMB documents (December 12, 2019)
- FOIA release of DoD and OMB documents (December 20, 2019)
- Letter from Public Integrity to the Department of Justice, demanding the release of unredacted copies of the DoD and OMB documents reported on by Just Security (January 3, 2020)
- Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment (January 31, 2020)
- Plaintiff’s Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment (February 14, 2020)
- Memorandum of Amici Curiae American Oversight and Democracy Forward Foundation in Support of Plaintiff Center for Public Integrity’s Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment and Opposition to Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment (February 14, 2020)
Kupperman v. House of Representatives, et al.
- Complaint (filed October 25, 2019)
- Letter from White House Counsel Pat Cipollone to Charles Kupperman’s Counsel (October 25, 2019)
- Notice from House Defendants Withdrawing Kupperman Subpoena, including letter to Kupperman’s Counsel(filed November 6, 2019)
- Kupperman and Bolton’s Counsel letter to House General Counsel Letter (November 8, 2019)
- Mick Mulvaney’s Motion to Intervene (November 8, 2019)
- House Defendants’ Opposition to Mulvaney’s Motion to Intervene (November 11, 2019)
- Kupperman’s Opposition to Mulvaney’s Motion to Intervene (November 11, 2019)
- Mick Mulvaney’s Notice of Withdrawal (November 12, 2019)
- Dismissal (December 30, 2019)
Committee on the Judiciary v. Donald F. McGahn II
- District Court Memorandum Opinion (November 25, 2019)
- D.C. Circuit Memorandum Opinion, Denying DOJ’s Motion for a Stay Pending Appeal (December 2, 2019)
- Rule 28(j) letter from the House Counsel regarding President Trump’s arguments in the impeachment trial contradicting DOJ’s assertion that the Committee may not seek to enforce its subpoenas in court (January 23, 2020)
- Department of Justice response to Rule 28(j) letter from the House Counsel regarding President Trump’s arguments in the impeachment trial (January 24, 2020)
- NEW: D.C. Circuit Opinion (February 28, 2020)
Hatch Act Complaint
- Project on Government Oversight (POGO) Hatch Act complaint Against Mulvaney and Sondland (October 30, 2019)