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Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Mr. C

ICILLINE

(for himself, Mr. T

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IEU

of California, Mr. R

ASKIN

, Mr. N

ADLER

, and [see

ATTACHED LIST

of cosponsors]) submitted the fol-lowing resolution; which was referred to the Committee on

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RESOLUTION

Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors.

Resolved,

That Donald John Trump, President of the

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United States, is impeached for high crimes and mis-

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demeanors and that the following article of impeachment

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be exhibited to the United States Senate:

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Article of impeachment exhibited by the House of

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Representatives of the United States of America in the

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name of itself and of the people of the United States of

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America, against Donald John Trump, President of the

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2 United States of America, in maintenance and support of

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its impeachment against him for high crimes and mis-

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demeanors.

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ARTICLE I

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INCITEMENT OF INSURRECTION

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The Constitution provides that the House of Rep-

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resentatives ‘‘shall have the sole Power of Impeachment’’

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and that the President ‘‘shall be removed from Office on

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Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or

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other high Crimes and Misdemeanors’’. Further, section

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3 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution prohibits

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any person who has ‘‘engaged in insurrection or rebellion

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against’’ the United States from ‘‘hold[ing] any office ...

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under the United States’’. In his conduct while President

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of the United States—and in violation of his constitutional

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oath faithfully to execute the office of President of the

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United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, pro-

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tect, and defend the Constitution of the United States,

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and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that

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the laws be faithfully executed—Donald John Trump en-

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gaged in high Crimes and Misdemeanors by inciting vio-

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lence against the Government of the United States, in

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that:

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On January 6, 2021, pursuant to the 12th Amend-

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ment to the Constitution of the United States, the Vice

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President of the United States, the House of Representa-

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tives, and the Senate met at the United States Capitol

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3 for a Joint Session of Congress to count the votes of the

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Electoral College. In the months preceding the Joint Ses-

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sion, President Trump repeatedly issued false statements

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asserting that the Presidential election results were the

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product of widespread fraud and should not be accepted

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by the American people or certified by State or Federal

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officials. Shortly before the Joint Session commenced,

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President Trump, addressed a crowd at the Ellipse in

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Washington, DC. There, he reiterated false claims that

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‘‘we won this election, and we won it by a landslide’’. He

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also willfully made statements that, in context, encour-

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aged—and foreseeably resulted in—lawless action at the

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Capitol, such as: ‘‘if you don’t fight like hell you’re not

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going to have a country anymore’’. Thus incited by Presi-

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dent Trump, members of the crowd he had addressed, in

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an attempt to, among other objectives, interfere with the

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Joint Session’s solemn constitutional duty to certify the

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results of the 2020 Presidential election, unlawfully

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breached and vandalized the Capitol, injured and killed

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law enforcement personnel, menaced Members of Con-

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gress, the Vice President, and Congressional personnel,

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and engaged in other violent, deadly, destructive, and sedi-

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tious acts.

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President Trump’s conduct on January 6, 2021, fol-

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lowed his prior efforts to subvert and obstruct the certifi-

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