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-488
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2017-07-28
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional oversight

Congressional-executive branch relations

Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Department of Justice

Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad

Elections, voting, political campaign regulation

Espionage and treason

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Federal officials

Fraud offenses and financial crimes

Government ethics and transparency, public corruption

Government information and archives

Government studies and investigations

Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Russia

Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

Sound recording

Subversive activities
Latest action: action_date: 2017-09-28
text: Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 88.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-07-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>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:</p> <ul> <li>the firing of James B. Comey as Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation;</li> <li>the participation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions in Comey's removal;</li> <li>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;</li> <li>the scope or application of executive privilege as applied to Sessions's testimony before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on June 13, 2017;</li> <li>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;;</li> <li> any system used by the White House to secretly record conversations between the President and Comey;</li> <li> any contemporaneous account of any meeting between such individuals;</li> <li> any communication Donald Trump, Jr., Paul Manafort, or Jared Kushner may have had with Sessions or Comey that relates to their June 9, 2016, meeting with Natalia Veselnitskaya, Rinat Akhmetshin, and Irakly Kaveladze;</li> <li>any analysis regarding the violation of any criminal law with respect to such meeting as it may pertain to a federal campaign's attempt to obtain information that would incriminate Hillary Clinton from a foreign government; and</li> <li>the disposition or review of any application for a security clearance submitted by Kushner or Sessions.</li> </ul>

action_date: 2017-09-28
action_desc: Reported to House with amendment(s)
text: <p>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:</p> <ul> <li>the removal of James B. Comey from his position as Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation;</li> <li>the participation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions in Comey's removal;</li> <li>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;</li> <li>the scope or application of executive privilege as applied to Sessions's testimony before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on June 13, 2017;</li> <li>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;;</li> <li> any system used by the White House to secretly record conversations between the President and Comey;</li> <li> any contemporaneous account of any meeting between such individuals;</li> <li> any communication Donald Trump, Jr., Paul Manafort, or Jared Kushner may have had with Sessions or Comey that relates to their June 9, 2016, meeting with Natalia Veselnitskaya, Rinat Akhmetshin, and Irakly Kaveladze;</li> <li>any analysis regarding the violation of any criminal law with respect to such meeting as it may pertain to a federal campaign's attempt to obtain information that would incriminate Hillary Clinton from a foreign government; and</li> <li>the disposition or review of any application for a security clearance submitted by Kushner or Sessions.</li> </ul>

tv_txt: IV 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 488 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 28, 2017 Mr. Cicilline (for himself and Ms. Jayapal ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary RESOLUTION 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.

That the President is requested, and Attorney General of the United States is directed, to transmit, respectively (in a manner appropriate to classified information, if the President or 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, audio recording, memo, correspondence, or other communication in their possessions, or any portion of any such communication, that refers or relates to the following: (1) The firing of Director James B. Comey of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. (2) The participation of Attorney General Jefferson Sessions in the removal of Director Comey. (3) The scope or application of Attorney General Sessions’ recusal from any existing or future investigations of any matters in any way related to the campaigns for President of the United States . (4) The application of Attorney General Sessions’ recusal to the removal of Director Comey. (5) The scope or application of executive privilege as applied to the June 13, 2017, testimony of Attorney General Sessions before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. (6) President Donald J. Trump’s statement, communicated via Twitter on May 12, 2017, at 8:26 a.m.: James Comey better hope that there are no ‘tapes’ of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press! . (7) Any system used by the White House to secretly record conversations between President Trump and Director Comey. (8) Any contemporaneous account of any meeting between President Trump and Director Comey. (9) Any communication Donald Trump, Jr., Paul Manafort, or Jared Kushner may have had with the Department of Justice or the Federal Bureau of Investigation that relates to their June 9, 2016, meeting with Natalia Veselnitskaya, Rinat Akhmetshin, and Irakly Kaveladze. (10) Any analysis regarding the violation of any criminal law with respect to that June 9, 2016, meeting, including any analysis of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, or the Espionage Act of 1917 as it may pertain to a Federal campaign’s attempt to obtain information that would incriminate Hillary from a foreign government. (11) The disposition or review of any application for a security clearance submitted by White House advisor Jared Kushner or Attorney General Sessions.

tv_txt: IV House Calendar No. 88 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 488 [Report No. 115–335] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 28, 2017 Mr. Cicilline (for himself and Ms. Jayapal ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary September 28, 2017 Additional sponsors: Mr. Nadler , Ms. Kaptur , Mr. Johnson of Georgia , Mr. Cohen , Mr. Evans , Mr. McEachin , Ms. Lee , Mr. Welch , Mr. Schneider , Mr. Krishnamoorthi , Mrs. Lowey , Mr. Blumenauer , Ms. Lofgren , Mr. Sherman , Mr. Richmond , Mr. Swalwell of California , Mr. Gutiérrez , Mr. Smith of Washington , Mr. Raskin , Ms. Brownley of California , Mr. Ted Lieu of California , and Mr. Ellison September 28, 2017 Reported adversely 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 removal of former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey.

That the President is requested, and Attorney General of the United States is directed, to transmit, respectively (in a manner appropriate to classified information, if the President or 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, audio recording, memo, correspondence, or other communication in their possessions, or any portion of any such communication, that refers or relates to the following: (1) The firing of Director James B. Comey of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. (2) The participation of Attorney General Jefferson Sessions in the removal of Director Comey. (3) The scope or application of Attorney General Sessions’ recusal from any existing or future investigations of any matters in any way related to the campaigns for President of the United States . (4) The application of Attorney General Sessions’ recusal to the removal of Director Comey. (5) The scope or application of executive privilege as applied to the June 13, 2017, testimony of Attorney General Sessions before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. (6) President Donald J. Trump’s statement, communicated via Twitter on May 12, 2017, at 8:26 a.m.: James Comey better hope that there are no ‘tapes’ of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press! . (7) Any system used by the White House to secretly record conversations between President Trump and Director Comey. (8) Any contemporaneous account of any meeting between President Trump and Director Comey. (9) Any communication Donald Trump, Jr., Paul Manafort, or Jared Kushner may have had with the Department of Justice or the Federal Bureau of Investigation that relates to their June 9, 2016, meeting with Natalia Veselnitskaya, Rinat Akhmetshin, and Irakly Kaveladze. (10) Any analysis regarding the violation of any criminal law with respect to that June 9, 2016, meeting, including any analysis of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, or the Espionage Act of 1917 as it may pertain to a Federal campaign’s attempt to obtain information that would incriminate Hillary from a foreign government. (11) The disposition or review of any application for a security clearance submitted by White House advisor Jared Kushner or Attorney General Sessions.

That the President is requested, and Attorney General of the United States is directed, to transmit, respectively (in a manner appropriate to classified information, if the President or 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, audio recording, memo, correspondence, or other communication in their possessions, or any portion of any such communication, that refers or relates to the following: (1) The removal of James B. Comey from his position as the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. (2) The participation of Attorney General Jefferson Sessions in the removal of Director Comey. (3) The scope or application of Attorney General Sessions’ recusal from any existing or future investigations of any matters in any way related to the campaigns for President of the United States . (4) The application of Attorney General Sessions’ recusal to the removal of Director Comey. (5) The scope or application of executive privilege as applied to the June 13, 2017, testimony of Attorney General Sessions before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. (6) President Donald J. Trump’s statement, communicated via Twitter on May 12, 2017, at 8:26 a.m.: James Comey better hope that there are no tapes of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press! . (7) Any system used by the White House to secretly record conversations between President Trump and Director Comey. (8) Any contemporaneous account of any meeting between President Trump and Director Comey. (9) Any communication Donald Trump, Jr., Paul Manafort, or Jared Kushner may have had with the Department of Justice or the Federal Bureau of Investigation that relates to their June 9, 2016, meeting with Natalia Veselnitskaya, Rinat Akhmetshin, and Irakly Kaveladze. (10) Any analysis regarding the violation of any criminal law with respect to that June 9, 2016, meeting, including any analysis of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, or the Espionage Act of 1917 as it may pertain to a Federal campaign’s attempt to obtain information that would incriminate Hillary from a foreign government. (11) The disposition or review of any application for a security clearance submitted by White House advisor Jared Kushner or Attorney General Sessions.

September 28, 2017 Reported adversely with an amendment, referred to the House Calendar, and ordered to be printed