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H. Res. 553
In the House of Representatives, U. S.,
September 12, 2019.
Whereas on September 26, 2017, Roger J. Stone Jr. ap-
peared in Washington, DC, and was interviewed by the
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the
House of Representatives in connection with that Com-
mittee’s investigation into Russian interference in the
2016 United States election;
Whereas the Department of Justice requested in a December
14, 2018, letter to the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence that the Committee provide a transcript of
its September 26, 2017, interview with Mr. Stone, as well
as any other written submissions or correspondence from
Mr. Stone or his attorneys before and after his interview;
Whereas on December 20, 2018, pursuant to a bipartisan
Committee vote on that date authorizing the release of
Executive Session materials, the then-Chair and ranking
minority member of the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence jointly sent the Department of Justice the
transcript of Mr. Stone’s September 26, 2017, interview,
as well as an enumerated list of related materials;
Whereas on January 24, 2019, Mr. Stone was indicted by a
grand jury on seven counts, including one count of ob-
struction of an official proceeding, in violation of sections
1505 and 2 of title 18, United States Code, and five
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counts of making false statements in violation of sections
1001(a)(2) and 2 of title 18, United States Code;
Whereas the Department of Justice requested via letter on
August 20, 2019, that the House voluntarily provide to
it a copy of the on-the-record portions of the audio
backup file of Mr. Stone’s September 26, 2017, tran-
scribed interview;
Whereas by the privileges and rights of the House of Rep-
resentatives, an audio backup file of Mr. Stone’s tran-
scribed interview may not be taken from the possession
or control of the Clerk of the House of Representatives
by mandate of process of the article III courts of the
United States, and may not be provided pursuant to re-
quests by the court or the parties to United States of
America v. Stone except at the direction of the House;
and
Whereas it is the judgment of the House of Representatives
that, in the particular circumstances of this case, pro-
viding a copy of the on-the-record portions of the audio
backup file of Mr. Stone’s transcribed interview to the
prosecuting attorneys in the case of United States v.
Stone would promote the ends of justice in a manner con-
sistent with the privileges and rights of the House: Now,
therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives directs the
Clerk of the House to provide for use at trial a copy of the
on-the-record portions of the audio backup file of the tran-
scribed interview of Roger J. Stone Jr. that was conducted
by the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the
House of Representatives on September 26, 2017, to the
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prosecuting attorneys in the case of United States of America
v. Stone, No. 1:19-cr-00018–ABJ (D.D.C.).
Attest:
Clerk.