Title: 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.
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement

Summary:
Requests the President and directs the Attorney General to transmit to the House of Representatives copies of any document, record, audio recording, memorandum, correspondence, or other communication in their possession, or any portion of any such communication, that refers or relates to:

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 928 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 928

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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                    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

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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 the President's use of the pardon power 
            under article II, section 2 of the Constitution.

    Resolved, That the President is requested, and Attorney General of 
the United States is directed, to transmit, respectively, to the House 
of Representatives, not later than 14 days after the date of the 
adoption of this resolution, copies of any document, record, audio 
recording, memorandum, correspondence, or other communication in their 
possession, or any portion of any such communication, that refers or 
relates to the following:
            (1) Any pardon issued by the President on or after January 
        20, 2017.
            (2) Any pardon under consideration by the President, 
        including pardons under consideration for any of the following 
        individuals:
                    (A) Michael Cohen, the President's personal 
                attorney.
                    (B) Paul Manafort, former chairman of the Trump 
                Presidential campaign.
                    (C) Richard Gates, former deputy chairman of the 
                Trump Presidential campaign.
                    (D) Former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn.
                    (E) George Papadopoulos, advisor to the Trump 
                Presidential campaign.
                    (F) Alex van der Zwaan, attorney and former 
                associate of Paul Manafort.
            (3) Any consideration of the President's power to pardon 
        himself, including his assertion that he has the ``absolute 
        right'' to pardon himself.
            (4) President Trump's decision to issue pardons without 
        first consulting the Office of the Pardon Attorney of the 
        Department of Justice.
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