IV 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 111 

Of inquiry directing the Attorney General to transmit certain documents 

to the House of Representatives relating to the financial practices of 

the President. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 9, 2017 

Mr. NADLER submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary 

RESOLUTION 

Of inquiry directing the Attorney General to transmit certain 

documents to the House of Representatives relating to 

the financial practices of the President. 

1 Resolved, That the Attorney General of the United 

2 States is directed to transmit, to the extent that such in3 formation is in the possession of the Attorney General, 

4 (in a manner appropriate to classified information, if the 

5 Attorney General determines appropriate) to the House of 

6 Representatives, not later than 14 days after the date of 

7 the adoption of this resolution, copies of any document, 

8 record, memo, correspondence, or other communication of 

9 the Department of Justice, including the Office of Legal 


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1 Counsel, or any portion of any such communication, that 

2 refers or relates to— 

3 (1) any criminal or counterintelligence inves4 tigation targeting President Donald J. Trump, Na5 tional Security Advisor Michael Flynn, Paul 

6 Manafort, Carter Page, Roger Stone, or any em7 ployee of the Executive Office of the President; 

8 (2) any investment by any foreign government 

9 or agent of a foreign government in any entity 

10 owned in whole or in part by President Donald J. 

11 Trump; 

12 (3) President Trump’s proposal to maintain an 

13 interest in his business holdings, while turning over 

14 day-to-day operation of those interests to his sons 

15 Donald J. Trump, Jr., and Eric Trump; 

16 (4) President Trump’s plan to donate the prof17 its of any foreign governments’ use of his hotels to 

18 the United States Treasury, including the decision 

19 to exclude other payments by foreign governments to 

20 any other business holdings of the Trump Organiza21 tion from that arrangement; 

22 (5) the Foreign Emoluments Clause (U.S. Con23 stitution, Article I, § 9, Clause 8) as it may pertain 

24 to President Donald J. Trump or any employee of 

25 the Executive Office of the President; and 


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1 (6) any of the following Federal statutes gov2 erning conflicts of interest as they may pertain to 

3 President Donald J. Trump or any employee of the 

4 Executive Office of the President: 

5 (A) The Ethics in Government Act of 1978 

6 (5 U.S.C. App. 101 et seq.). 

7 (B) Section 3110 of title 5, United States 

8 Code (concerning employment of relatives). 

9 (C) Section 7342 of title 5, United States 

10 Code (concerning receipt and disposition of for11 eign gifts). 

12 (D) Section 7352 of title 5, United States 

13 Code (concerning gifts to Federal employees). 

14 (E) Section 201 of title 18, United States 

15 Code (prohibiting bribery of public officials). 

16 (F) Section 208 of title 18, United States 

17 Code (prohibiting participation by government 

18 officials in matters affecting their personal fi19 nancial interest). 

20 (G) Section 211 of title 18, United States 

21 Code (prohibiting acceptance or solicitation to 

22 obtain appointive public office). 

23 (H) Section 219 of title 18, United States 

24 Code (prohibiting Federal officers and employ25 ees from acting as agents of foreign principals). 


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1 (I) Section 1905 of title 18, United States 

2 Code (prohibiting disclosure of confidential in3 formation). 

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