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DOUGLAS N. LETTER BROOKS M. HANNER

GENERAL COUNSEL ASSOCIATE GENERAL COUNSEL

TODD B. TATELMAN SARAH E. CLOUSE

PRINCIPAL DEPUTY GENERAL COUNSEL
MEGAN BARBERO
DEPUTY GENERAL COUNSEL
JOSEPHINE MORSE
DEPUTY GENERAL COUNSEL
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ASSOCIATE GENERAL COUNSEL
WILLIAM E. HAVEMANN
OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL ASSOCIATE GENERAL COUNSEL
219 CANNON HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING ERIC R. COLUMBUS
WASHINGTON, DC 20515-6532 SPECIAL LITIGATION COUNSEL
(202) 225-9700 LISA K. HELVIN
SPECIAL LITIGATION COUNSEL
FAX: (202) 226-1360
JONATHAN B. SCHWARTZ
ATTORNEY

December 21, 2020

By CM/ECF

Mark Langer
Clerk of Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
333 Constitution Ave. N.W.
Room 5205
Washington, D.C. 20001

Re: Trump v. Mazars USA, LLP, No. 19-5142

The House Committee on Oversight and Reform respectfully submits this

response to President Trump’s FRAP 28(j) letter, which asked this Court to remand
to the district court in light of the Second Circuit’s remand order in Trump v. Deutsche
Bank, AG, No. 19-1540 (2d Cir.). This Court should decide this case and reject
President Trump’s invitation to remand.

Unlike Deutsche Bank, this case is fully briefed and was argued two months ago.
Moreover, the Oversight Committee’s subpoena in this case has not changed since
this Court first upheld it. This case presents pure questions of law that are ready for
decision and that this Court is well situated to resolve.

The Oversight Committee “fully intends to continue this investigation and ethics
reform legislation in the next Congress.” Supp. Br. 36 (quotation marks omitted). If
this case has not been resolved before the end of this Congress, the Chairwoman will
reissue the subpoena to Mazars at the start of the next Congress. It remains critically
important that the Oversight Committee—and the House more broadly—be able to
secure prompt subpoena enforcement without the risk that investigative subjects will
thwart its efforts through litigation delay.
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Respectfully submitted,
/s/ Douglas N. Letter
Douglas N. Letter
General Counsel

Office of General Counsel

U.S. House Of Representatives
219 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Telephone: (202) 225-9700
douglas.letter@mail.house.gov

Counsel for the Committee on Oversight and Reform

of the U.S. House of Representatives
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that on December 21, 2020, I caused the foregoing document to be

filed via the U.S. Court of Appeals for District of Columbia Circuit CM/ECF system,

which I understand caused a copy to be served on all registered parties.

/s/ Douglas N. Letter

Douglas N. Letter