Resolution of Inquiry

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115TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION

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Of inquiry directing the Attorney General to transmit certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the financial practices of the President.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. NADLER submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on lllllllllllllll

RESOLUTION Of inquiry directing the Attorney General to transmit certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the financial practices of the President. 1

Resolved, That the Attorney General of the United

2 States is directed to transmit, to the extent that such in3 formation is in the possession of the Attorney General, 4 (in a manner appropriate to classified information, if the 5 Attorney General determines appropriate) to the House of 6 Representatives, not later than 14 days after the date of 7 the adoption of this resolution, copies of any document, 8 record, memo, correspondence, or other communication of G:\VHLC\020917\020917.009.xml February 9, 2017 (9:33 a.m.) VerDate 0ct 09 2002

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2 1 the Department of Justice, including the Office of Legal 2 Counsel, or any portion of any such communication, that 3 refers or relates to— 4

(1) any criminal or counterintelligence inves-

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tigation targeting President Donald J. Trump, Na-

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tional

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Manafort, Carter Page, Roger Stone, or any em-

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ployee of the Executive Office of the President;

Advisor

Michael

Flynn,

Paul

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(2) any investment by any foreign government

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or agent of a foreign government in any entity

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owned in whole or in part by President Donald J.

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Trump;

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(3) President Trump’s proposal to maintain an

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interest in his business holdings, while turning over

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day-to-day operation of those interests to his sons

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Donald J. Trump, Jr., and Eric Trump;

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(4) President Trump’s plan to donate the prof-

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its of any foreign governments’ use of his hotels to

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the United States Treasury, including the decision

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to exclude other payments by foreign governments to

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any other business holdings of the Trump Organiza-

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tion from that arrangement;

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(5) the Foreign Emoluments Clause (U.S.

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Const. art. I, §9, cl. 8) as it may pertain to Presi-

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dent Donald J. Trump or any employee of the Exec-

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utive Office of the President; and

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(6) any of the following Federal statutes gov-

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erning conflicts of interest as they may pertain to

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President Donald J. Trump or any employee of the

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Executive Office of the President:

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(A) The Ethics in Government Act of 1978

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(5 U.S.C. app. 101 et seq.).

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(B) Section 3110 of title 5, United States

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Code (concerning employment of relatives).

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(C) Section 7342 of title 5, United States

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Code (concerning receipt and disposition of for-

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eign gifts).

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(D) Section 7352 of title 5, United States

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Code (concerning gifts to federal employees).

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(E) Section 201 of title 18, United States

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Code (prohibiting bribery of public officials).

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(F) Section 208 of title 18, United States

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Code (prohibiting participation by government

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officials in matters affecting their personal fi-

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nancial interest).

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(G) Section 211 of title 18, United States

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Code (prohibiting acceptance or solicitation to

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obtain appointive public office).


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(H) Section 219 of title 18, United States

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Code (prohibiting federal officers and employees

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from acting as agents of foreign principals).

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(I) Section 1905 of title 18, United States

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Code (prohibiting disclosure of confidential in-

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formation).


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