Case 1 19-cv-01333-ABJ Document 19 Filed 10 02 19 Page 1 of 2 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBILITY AND ETHICS IN WASHINGTON et al Plaintiffs No 1 19-cv-1333 ABJ v DONALD J TRUMP et al Defendants NOTICE Pursuant to the Court’s Minute Entry of October 1 2019 Defendants hereby state the following Without waiving Defendants’ arguments that the Court lacks subject matter jurisdiction over this action or Defendants’ arguments regarding privileged legal advice and lack of risk of spoliation and without conceding that the categories of information identified in Plaintiffs’ Motion for Temporary Restraining Order are relevant to the claims and defenses in this action Defendants voluntarily agree solely in the interest of acceding to the Court’s request to moot Plaintiffs’ Motion to preserve the material at issue pending the Court’s resolution of Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss To that end Defendants today instructed relevant personnel to preserve the information in the six categories identified in Plaintiffs’ Motion This preservation instruction is consistent with and supplements the litigation hold already in effect in this action which instructed relevant personnel to preserve all evidence relevant to the claims and defenses in this case It further supplements pre-existing instructions to all White House personnel to preserve all presidential records whether in hard-copy or electronic form See Memorandum for All Personnel Regarding Case 1 19-cv-01333-ABJ Document 19 Filed 10 02 19 Page 2 of 2 Presidential Records Act Obligations Feb 22 2017 https go usa gov xEckn National Archives October 2 2019 Respectfully submitted JOSEPH H HUNT Assistant Attorney General MARCIA BERMAN Assistant Director Federal Programs Branch s Kathryn L Wyer KATHRYN L WYER Federal Programs Branch U S Department of Justice Civil Division 1100 L Street N W Room 12014 Washington DC 20005 Tel 202 616-8475 kathryn wyer@usdoj gov Attorneys for Defendants 2 This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu