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April 20, 2020

Honorable William Barr

Attorney General of the United States
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Washington, DC. 20530-0001

RE: Evidence of President Donald Trump?s violation of the Hatch Act, 18 U.S.C. 610
Dear General Barr:

We write to request the appointment of a special counsel pursuant to 28 CPR. 6001(a) to
investigate President Donald Trump for allegedly commanding a federal employee to engage in
political activity, the unprecedented, gratuitous placement of Mr. Trump?s signature on the
memo line of tens of millions of United States Treasury checks disbursed to eligible citizens
under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) in violation of 18
U.S.C. 610. You are undoubtedly aware that section 6l0 carries no exceptions for the President
or Vice President, unlike other Hatch Act provisions.

President Trump is actively seeking re-election. The signature of President Trump on United
States Treasury checks is super?uous to their value, legality, or authenticity. The signature
serves no of?cial government purpose. It does serve Mr. Trump?s 2020 re-election campaign by
making it appear that he is responsible for a monetary windfall to tens of millions of voters.

Mr. Trump was the ?rst of?cial in the Executive Branch to publicly ?oat the idea of his
signature appearing on CARES checks. The Washington Post reported on April 15, 2020 that
Mr. Trump?s signature would appear, and that Mr. Trump had asked Secretary of Treasury Steve
Mnuchin to make it happen.

On April 19, 2020, Secretary Mnuchin on CNN belatedly claimed he raised the idea with the
President. The Secretary?s explanation, however, is revealing: ?He is the President, and I think a
terri?c symbol to the American people.? Everyone knows Mr. Trump is President. And his
signature on the CARES checks in the middle of his 2020 presidential campaign is a prominent
symbol that bene?ts his re-election by making it appear that he has alleviated the ?nancial plight
of tens of millions of voters. Neither Mr. Mnuchin nor Mr. Trump has proffered an alternative
symbolic effect of Mr. Trump?s signature.

In any event, the foregoing evidence justi?es a special counsel investigation as to whether
President Trump has violated 18 U.S.C. 610 by commanding a federal employee to enable his
piggybacking on CARES checks to further his re-election campaign.

If you do not ?nd justi?cation for a special counsel, we would request a legal opinion explaining
your decision.

WM ML 31

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