Title: Of inquiry requesting the President, and directing the Attorney General, to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to certain communications by the President of the United States.
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
Requests the President, and directs the Department of Justice, to transmit to the House of Representatives copies of any document, correspondence, or other communication in their possession that refers or relates to specified statements of President Donald J. Trump communicated via Twitter on March 4, 2017, regarding alleged wiretapping in Trump Tower by former President Barack Obama.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 203 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 203

    Of inquiry requesting the President, and directing the Attorney 
 General, to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of 
Representatives relating to certain communications by the President of 
                           the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 16, 2017

Mr. Quigley (for himself, Ms. Kaptur, Mr. Nadler, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. 
   Speier, Ms. Moore, and Mr. Swalwell of California) submitted the 
   following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the 
                               Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
    Of inquiry requesting the President, and directing the Attorney 
 General, to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of 
Representatives relating to certain communications by the President of 
                           the United States.

    Resolved, That the President is requested, and the Attorney General 
of the United States is directed, to transmit, respectively (in a 
manner appropriate to classified information, if the President or the 
Attorney General determines appropriate), to the House of 
Representatives, not later than 14 days after the date of the adoption 
of this resolution, copies of any document, record, memo, 
correspondence, or other communication in their possessions, or any 
portion of any such communication, that refers or relates to the 
following:
            (1) President Donald J. Trump's statement, communicated via 
        Twitter on March 4, 2017, at 3:35 a.m.: ``Terrible! Just found 
        out that Obama had my `wires tapped' in Trump Tower just before 
        the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism.''.
            (2) President Trump's statement, communicated via Twitter 
        on March 4, 2017, at 3:49 a.m.: ``Is it legal for a sitting 
        President to be `wire tapping' a race for president prior to an 
        election? Turned down by court earlier. A NEW LOW!''.
            (3) President Trump's statement, communicated via Twitter 
        on March 4, 2017, at 3:52 a.m.: ``I'd bet a good lawyer could 
        make a great case out of the fact that President Obama was 
        tapping my phones in October, just prior to Election!''.
            (4) President Trump's statement, communicated via Twitter 
        on March 4, 2017, at 4:02 a.m.: ``How low has President Obama 
        gone to tapp [sic] my phones during the very sacred election 
        process. This is Nixon/Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy!''.
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