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H.Res. 488

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.

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What it doesSummary reported to house with amendment(s) (Sep 28, 2017)

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 removal of James B. Comey from his position 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 "James Comey better hope that there are no tapes of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!";
  • any system used by the White House to secretly record conversations between the President and Comey;
  • any contemporaneous account of any meeting between such individuals;
  • 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;
  • 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
  • the disposition or review of any application for a security clearance submitted by Kushner or Sessions.

What just happenedSep 28, 2017

Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 88.

Who’s behind it

Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1](D-RI)Sponsor
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  1. Sep 28, 2017CalendarsH12420

    Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 88.

  2. Sep 28, 2017CommitteeH12200

    Reported adversely (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 115-335.

    Judiciary Committee
  3. Sep 28, 2017Committee5000

    Reported adversely (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 115-335.

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  4. Sep 7, 2017Committee

    Ordered to be Reported Unfavorably (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 8.

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  5. Sep 7, 2017Committee

    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

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  6. Jul 28, 2017IntroReferralH11100

    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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  7. Jul 28, 2017IntroReferralIntro-H

    Introduced in House

  8. Jul 28, 2017IntroReferral1000

    Introduced in House

Reported to House with amendment(s)Sep 28, 201717

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 removal of James B. Comey from his position 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 "James Comey better hope that there are no tapes of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!";
  • any system used by the White House to secretly record conversations between the President and Comey;
  • any contemporaneous account of any meeting between such individuals;
  • 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;
  • 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
  • the disposition or review of any application for a security clearance submitted by Kushner or Sessions.
Introduced in HouseJul 28, 2017

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 "James Comey better hope that there are no tapes of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!";
  • any system used by the White House to secretly record conversations between the President and Comey;
  • any contemporaneous account of any meeting between such individuals;
  • 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;
  • 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
  • the disposition or review of any application for a security clearance submitted by Kushner or Sessions.
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