Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Attorney General to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the removal of former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey.

Bill: 115-hres-446
Sponsor: Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7]
Introduced: 2017-07-14 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Department of Justice
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Federal officials
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
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Summary:
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: 
Requests the President and directs the U.S. Attorney General to transmit to the House of Representatives copies of any document or communication in their possession that refers or relates to:
 
 
the firing of James B. Comey as Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
 
the participation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions in Comey's removal,
 
the scope or application of Sessions's recusal from investigations of matters related to the presidential campaign and the application of such recusal to Comey's removal,
 
the scope or application of executive privilege as applied to Sessions's testimony before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on June 13, 2017,
 
President Trump's Twitter statement on May 12, 2017, that &quot;James Comey better hope that there are no tapes of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!&quot;,
 
 any system used by the White House to secretly record conversations between the President and Comey, and
 
 any contemporaneous account of meetings between such individuals.


action_date: 2017-09-08
text: 
Requests the President and directs the Department of Justice (DOJ) to transmit to the House of Representatives copies of any document or communication in their possession that refers or relates to the firing of the former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director James B. Comey in the following respects:
 
 
then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch directing Comey to refer to the investigation into the handling of classified data and use of an unauthorized email server by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as a matter, rather than a criminal investigation;
 
 Comey's leaks to Columbia University law professor Daniel Richman regarding conversations between Lynch and President Trump and how the leaked information was released to lead to the appointment of special counsel Robert Mueller;
 
the propriety and consequence of immunity deals given to Cheryl Mills, Heather Samuelson, John Bentel, and potentially others by the FBI during the criminal investigation into Clinton's conduct;
 
 Comey's decision to usurp Lynch's authority in announcing that criminal charges would not be brought against Clinton regarding her use of a private email server and handling of classified information;
 
 Comey's knowledge and impressions of any ex-parte conversation between Lynch and former President Bill Clinton on June 27, 2016, at a Phoenix airport on a private jet;
 
 Comey's knowledge of the company Fusion GPS and its creation of a dossier on Donald Trump;
 
any potential leaks by Comey to author Michael Schmidt dating back to 1993;
 
 Comey's knowledge of the purchase of a majority stake in Uranium One by Rosatom;
 
 Comey's refusal to investigate Hillary Clinton regarding selling access to the Department of State through Clinton Foundation donations, Huma Abedin's dual employment at such entities simultaneously, or utilization of the State Department to further paid speaking opportunities for her husband;
 
any collusion between Comey and Robert Mueller; 
 
whether Comey had any knowledge of efforts made by any federal agency to monitor communications of then-candidate Donald Trump, to assess Comey's knowledge about the unmasking of individuals on Donald Trump's campaign team, transition team, or both, to assess the role that former National Security Adviser Susan Rice played in the unmasking of such individuals, or to reveal the purpose served by unmasking any individuals serving on the staff of Donald Trump; and
 
whether Comey had any knowledge of the dissemination of unredacted information to various intelligence agencies and of any attempts to use surveillance of Donald Trump to damage the credibility of his campaign, presidency, or both.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 82.
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 115-300.
action_date: 2017-09-08
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 115-300.
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 15 - 13.
action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Introduced in House