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House Calendar No. 162 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 928 

[Report No. 115–797] 

Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Attorney General to 

transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives 

relating to the President’s use of the pardon power under article II, 

section 2 of the Constitution. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 8, 2018 

Mr. TED LIEU of California (for himself and Mr. PASCRELL) submitted the 

following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

JUNE 28, 2018 

Additional sponsors: Mr. CICILLINE and Mr. COHEN

JUNE 28, 2018 

Reported adversely from the Committee on the Judiciary with an amendment, 

referred to the House Calendar, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the resolving clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

RESOLUTION 

Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Attorney General to transmit, respectively, certain documents 

to the House of Representatives relating to the President’s use of the pardon power under article II, section 

2 of the Constitution. 


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1 Resolved, That the President is requested, and Attor2 ney General of the United States is directed, to transmit, 

3 respectively, to the House of Representatives, not later 

4 than 14 days after the date of the adoption of this resolu5 tion, copies of any document, record, audio recording, 

6 memorandum, correspondence, or other communication in 

7 their possession, or any portion of any such communica8 tion, that refers or relates to the following: 

9 (1) Any pardon issued by the President on or 

10 after January 20, 2017. 

11 (2) Any pardon under consideration by the 

12 President, including pardons under consideration for 

13 any of the following individuals: 

14 (A) Michael Cohen, the President’s per15 sonal attorney. 

16 (B) Paul Manafort, former chairman of 

17 the Trump Presidential campaign. 

18 (C) Richard Gates, former deputy chair19 man of the Trump Presidential campaign. 

20 (D) Former National Security Advisor Mi21 chael Flynn. 

22 (E) George Papadopoulos, advisor to the 

23 Trump Presidential campaign. 

24 (F) Alex van der Zwaan, attorney and 

25 former associate of Paul Manafort. 


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1 (3) Any consideration of the President’s power 

2 to pardon himself, including his assertion that he 

3 has the ‘‘absolute right’’ to pardon himself. 

4 (4) President Trump’s decision to issue pardons 

5 without first consulting the Office of the Pardon At6 torney of the Department of Justice. 

7 That the President is requested, and Attorney General of 

8 the United States is directed, to transmit, respectively, to 

9 the House of Representatives, not later than 14 days after 

10 the date of the adoption of this resolution, copies of any 

11 document, record, audio recording, memorandum, cor12 respondence, or other communication in their possession, or 

13 any portion of any such communication, that refers or re14 lates to the following: 

15 (1) Any pardon issued by the President on or 

16 after January 20, 2017. 

17 (2) Any pardon under consideration by the 

18 President, including pardons under consideration for 

19 any of the following individuals: 

20 (A) Michael Cohen, the President’s personal 

21 attorney. 

22 (B) Paul Manafort, former chairman of the 

23 Trump Presidential campaign. 

24 (C) Richard Gates, former deputy chairman 

25 of the Trump Presidential campaign. 


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1 (D) Michael Flynn, former National Secu2 rity Advisor. 

3 (E) George Papadopoulos, advisor to the 

4 Trump Presidential campaign. 

5 (F) Alex van der Zwaan, attorney and 

6 former associate of Paul Manafort. 

7 (3) Any consideration of the President’s power to 

8 pardon himself, including his assertion that he has 

9 the ‘‘absolute right’’ to pardon himself. 

10 (4) President Trump’s decision to issue pardons 

11 without first consulting the Office of the Pardon At12 torney of the Department of Justice. 


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House Calendar No. 162 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 928 

[Report No. 115–797] 

RESOLUTION 

Of inquiry requesting the President and directing 

tion. power under article II, section 2 of the Constitutives relating to the President’s use of the pardon certain documents to the House of Representathe Attorney General to transmit, respectively, 

JUNE 28, 2018 

Reported adversely with an amendment, referred to the 

House Calendar, and ordered to be printed 


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