The Trump-Ukraine impeachment inquiry report / House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Report of evidence in the Democrats' impeachment inquiry in the House of Representatives : Republican staff report / prepared for Representatives Devin Nunes, Jim Jordan, and Michael T. McCaul.
"Report of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, pursuant to H. Res. 660 in consultation with the House Committee on Oversight and Reform and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs"--page ix.
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| Language: | English |
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Brooklyn ; London :
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2019.
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| Physical Description: | 9 unnumbered preliminary pages, 300 pages, 10 unnumbered preliminary pages, xii, 110 pages ; 22 cm |
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Report of evidence in the Democrats' impeachment inquiry in the House of Representatives
Evidence in the Democrats' impeachment inquiry in the House of Representatives |
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Contents:
- House Report: Preface
- Executive summary
- Key findings of fact
- Section I. The President's misconduct
- 1. The President forced out the U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine
- 2. The President put Giuliani and the Three Amigos in charge of Ukraine issues
- 3. The President froze military assistance to Ukraine
- 4. The President's meeting with Ukrainian president was conditioned on an announcement of investigations
- 5. The President asked the Ukrainian president to interfere in the 2020 U.S. election by investigating the Bidens and 2016 election interference
- 6. The President wanted Ukraine to announce the investigations publicly
- 7. The President's conditioning of military assistance and a White House meeting on announcement of investigations raised alarm
- 8. The President's scheme was exposed
- Section II. The President's obstruction of the House of Representatives' impeachment inquiry
- 1. Constitutional authority for Congressional oversight and impeachment
- 2. The President's categorical refusal to comply
- 3. The President's refusal to produce any and all subpoenaed documents
- 4. The President's refusal to allow top aides to testify
- 5. The President's unsuccessful attempts to block key witnesses
- 6. The President's intimidation of witnesses
- Appendix A: Key people and entities
- Appendix B: Abbreviations and common terms.
- Republican Staff Report: Executive summary
- Findings
- Table of Contents
- Table of Names
- [Section] I. The evidence does not establish that President Trump pressured the Ukrainian government to investigate his political rival for the purpose of benefitting him in the 2020 presidential election
- A. The evidence does not establish that President Trump pressured President Zelensky during the July 25 phone call to investigate the President's political rival for the purpose of benefitting him in the 2020 election
- B. The evidence does not establish that President Trump withheld a meeting with President Zelensky to pressure Ukraine to investigate the President's political rival for the purpose of benefitting him in the 2020 election
- C. The evidence does not establish the President Trump withheld U.S. security assistance to Ukraine to investigate the President's political rival for the purpose of benefitting him in the election
- D. The evidence does not establish that President Trump set up a shadow foreign policy apparatus to pressure Ukraine to investigate the President's political rival for the purpose of benefitting him in the election
- E. President Trump is not wrong to raise questions about Hunter Biden's role with Burisma or Ukrainian government officials' efforts to influence the 2016 campaign
- F. The anonymous whistleblower who served as the basis for the impeachment inquiry has no firsthand knowledge of events and a bias against President Trump
- [Section] II. The evidence does not establish that President Trump engaged in a cover-up of his interactions with Ukrainian President Zelensky
- A. President Trump declassified and released publicly the summary of his July 25 phone call with President Zelensky
- B. President Trump released a redacted version of the classified anonymous whistleblower complaint
- C. President Trump released publicly the summary of April 21 phone call with President Zelensky
- D. The Trump Administration has experience a surge in sensitive leaks, including details of the President's communications with foreign leaders
- E. The evidence does not establish that access to the July 25 call summary was restricted for inappropriate reasons
- [Section] III. The evidence does not establish that President Trump obstructed Congress in the Democrats' impeachment inquiry
- A. Democrats have abandoned long-standing precedent by failing to guarantee due process and fundamental fairness in their impeachment inquiry
- B. Democrats have engaged in an abusive process toward a pre-determined outcome
- C. President Trump may raise privileges and defensives in response to unfair, abusive proceedings
- D. Although declining to submit to the Democrats' abusive and unfair process, President Trump has released information to help the American public understand the issues
- [Section] IV. Conclusion.