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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAmerican Oversight received 139 pgs of records from DoE re: Perry and Ukraine
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American Oversight ✔@weareoversight
We obtained 139 pages of records from the Energy Department, which provide a window into former Energy Secretary Rick Perry's May 2019 delegation to the inauguration of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky:
https://www.americanoversight.org/energy-department-releases-ukraine-documents-to-american-oversight
2:30 PM - Feb 1, 2020
https://www.americanoversight.org/energy-department-releases-ukraine-documents-to-american-oversight
PUBLISH DATE: JANUARY 28, 2020
On Tuesday evening, the Department of Energy released 139 pages of records in response to American Oversights Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking documents regarding the Trump administrations Ukraine pressure campaign. These are the first impeachment-related documents publicly released by the Department of Energy. You can view and download the documents here.
The records include schedules, talking points and background materials prepared for former Energy Secretary Rick Perrys briefing book for the May 2019 delegation he led to the inauguration of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Perry, along with Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland and former Special Envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker, was one of the three amigos tasked by the White House to run the irregular foreign-policy channel in Ukraine centered on getting the country to announce an investigation of Joe Biden.
The talking points for Perrys meeting with Zelensky reference energy sector reforms, including the statement [Y]ou must be committed to make the hard choices on corruption and good governance reforms. But serious discussion of the White Houses purported concern about Burisma and the Bidens seems to have been absent from the official briefing materials a reminder of the parallel, irregular diplomatic efforts being made in the shadows, including by Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani. Also absent from the documents is the list of recommended energy advisers that Perry reportedly passed to Zelensky during one of their meetings, as well as any email communications regarding the White House meeting that Perry attended with the rest of the three amigos immediately upon his return to Washington.
One document lists attendees at a May 20 meeting in Kyiv whose participation in the delegation had not previously been reported: Assistant Secretary Ted Garrish, public affairs officer Dirk Vande Beek, and Deputy Press Secretary Jessica Szymanski. Former Trump campaign staffer Sam Buchan, a Perry senior adviser, was also present at many of the meetings. Other notable names in the documents are those of Sens. Ron Johnson and Rob Portman two lawmakers who could have relevant information and have not committed to calling key witnesses in the ongoing Senate impeachment trial.
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PUBLISH DATE: JANUARY 28, 2020
On Tuesday evening, the Department of Energy released 139 pages of records in response to American Oversights Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking documents regarding the Trump administrations Ukraine pressure campaign. These are the first impeachment-related documents publicly released by the Department of Energy. You can view and download the documents here.
The records include schedules, talking points and background materials prepared for former Energy Secretary Rick Perrys briefing book for the May 2019 delegation he led to the inauguration of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Perry, along with Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland and former Special Envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker, was one of the three amigos tasked by the White House to run the irregular foreign-policy channel in Ukraine centered on getting the country to announce an investigation of Joe Biden.
The talking points for Perrys meeting with Zelensky reference energy sector reforms, including the statement [Y]ou must be committed to make the hard choices on corruption and good governance reforms. But serious discussion of the White Houses purported concern about Burisma and the Bidens seems to have been absent from the official briefing materials a reminder of the parallel, irregular diplomatic efforts being made in the shadows, including by Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani. Also absent from the documents is the list of recommended energy advisers that Perry reportedly passed to Zelensky during one of their meetings, as well as any email communications regarding the White House meeting that Perry attended with the rest of the three amigos immediately upon his return to Washington.
One document lists attendees at a May 20 meeting in Kyiv whose participation in the delegation had not previously been reported: Assistant Secretary Ted Garrish, public affairs officer Dirk Vande Beek, and Deputy Press Secretary Jessica Szymanski. Former Trump campaign staffer Sam Buchan, a Perry senior adviser, was also present at many of the meetings. Other notable names in the documents are those of Sens. Ron Johnson and Rob Portman two lawmakers who could have relevant information and have not committed to calling key witnesses in the ongoing Senate impeachment trial.
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American Oversight received 139 pgs of records from DoE re: Perry and Ukraine (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
Feb 2020
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2naSalit
(86,072 posts)1. K&R
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)2. This particular administration in the USA is extremely corrupt . . .
And so is the Republican congress . . .
Roland99
(53,342 posts)3. This swamp is the swampiest swamp of all swamps