Lobbyist and lawyer Adam Waldman responds to a request from Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley request for testimony.
Waldman represents Oleg Deripaska and Christopher Steele, both heavily involved in the opposition research document known as the Steele Dossier that underpinned a fraudulent DOJ/FBI investigation into candidate Donald Trump. Additionally, Waldman represented Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.
Lobbyist and lawyer Adam Waldman responds to a request from Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley request for testimony.
Waldman represents Oleg Deripaska and Christopher Steele, both heavily involved in the opposition research document known as the Steele Dossier that underpinned a fraudulent DOJ/FBI investigation into candidate Donald Trump. Additionally, Waldman represented Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.
Lobbyist and lawyer Adam Waldman responds to a request from Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley request for testimony.
Waldman represents Oleg Deripaska and Christopher Steele, both heavily involved in the opposition research document known as the Steele Dossier that underpinned a fraudulent DOJ/FBI investigation into candidate Donald Trump. Additionally, Waldman represented Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.
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“The Honorable Chases E. Grasley
Chaieman
US. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
224 Dirksen Senate Office Puilding
Washington, DC 20510
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(Mr. Daniel Parker
Investigative Assistant
(Chairman Chatles E, Grasley
US. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
224 Disksen Senate Office Puig
Washington, DC 20510
Dear Senator Grassley,
1am writing on behalf of Adam Waldman in response to your leter of August 10, 2018 requesting
certain documents to be povided to you and the scheduling of a trnsctbed interview. At this
‘witing, Mr. Waldman is out of the county and not espected to return to Washington for several
weeks.” We have consulted with him, and we decline at this time to make any commitment for him
to respond to your request
In prot correspondence with you, I noted that Mr, Waldman i a practicing lawyer and the subject
matter of yout inquities is likely co involve his professional activities for his clients. ‘Thus, his
pirtcipation in an interview or providing documents in the event he were at some poi 1 agree to
do so, would be subject toa reservation of al sights and al privileges to which he is entiled as a
witness, as lawyer, and otherwise. If he agreed to schedule an interview, he would Not waive any
such rights or privileges, aad he would specifically reserve the right to terminate his voluntary
participation at any ime ae for any reason. Io addition, he would expect thatthe scope of any
document production and associated protections around sch document production be agreed upon
by you in advance of any voluntary interview, including confidentiality surrounding such a
production and the transcrist of any interview. Although your letter of August 10 says that your
staffs “willing to work on” these issues, there has been no substantive response from them.“The Honorable Charles P. Grassley
August 17,2018
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Although your staff has mentioned that video interviews had been conducted with some other
‘witnesses and that such an arrangement might be a possibilty here, we did nor agece to a video
interview, nor does our client believe sucha format would be convenient or appropriate, if he were
toragree to an interview.
Ina telephone conversation with your staff on June 2, after OFAC issued a license for Me. Waldman
to cooperate with the Judidary Committee, if he chose ro do so, my colleague Mark Srere and T
stated that we were not authorized to make any commitment for Me. Waldman wo provide
documents or to pattcpale in an interview on the dates requested, or at all, and your staff
acknowledged that position 90 our part. Unless and unl Mr, Waldman determines otherwise, there
is no change in our position
Sincerely yours,
cc: The Honorable Diasne Feinstein
Ranking Member
CCommattee on the Judiciary
United States Sonate
Matk A. Stete, Esq,