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House Committees Subpoena Department of Defense and Office of Management and Budget for Ukraine Documents

Gordon Ahl
Monday, October 7, 2019, 2:43 PM

The chairmen of three House Committees— Oversight and Reform, Intelligence and Foreign Affairs—sent similar letters to subpoena documents from Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought.

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The chairmen of three House Committees— Oversight and Reform, Intelligence and Foreign Affairs—sent similar letters to subpoena documents from Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and Acting Director of the Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought. The requested documents pertain to President Trump’s reported decision to withhold security assistance from Ukraine. In addition to the letters, the chairmen provided a schedule of the documents Esper and Vought need to supply. The letters and subpoenas are available below.

Letter to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper

Schedule for Esper


Gordon Ahl is a senior at Georgetown University, studying international politics. He is an intern at Lawfare and the Brookings Institution.

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