Resolved, That Donald John Trump, President of the United States, is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors and that the following article of impeachment  be exhibited to the United States Senate:
ARTICLE I: INCITEMENT OF INSURRECTION
Wherefore, Donald John Trump, by such conduct, has demonstrated that he will remain a threat to national security, democracy, and the Constitution if allowed to remain in office, and has acted in a manner grossly incompatible with self-governance and the rule of law. Donald John Trump thus warrants impeachment and trial, removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States

Cicilline, David N.

Lieu, Ted

Nadler, Jerrold

Raskin, James

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1-11-2021 
RESOLUTION Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the 
United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors 
David N. Cicilline 
Ted Lieu 
James Raskin 
Jerrold Nadler 
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(Original Signature of Member) 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. RES. ll 
Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high 
crimes and misdemeanors. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Mr. CICILLINE (for himself, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. 
NADLER, 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 1
United States, is impeached for high crimes and mis-2
demeanors and that the following article of impeachment 3
be exhibited to the United States Senate: 4
Article of impeachment exhibited by the House of 5
Representatives of the United States of America in the 6
name of itself and of the people of the United States of 7
America, against Donald John Trump, President of the 8
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United States of America, in maintenance and support of 1
its impeachment against him for high crimes and mis-2
demeanors. 3
ARTICLE I: INCITEMENT OF INSURRECTION 4
The Constitution provides that the House of Rep-5
resentatives ‘‘shall have the sole Power of Impeachment’’ 6
and that the President ‘‘shall be removed from Office on 7
Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or 8
other high Crimes and Misdemeanors’’. Further, section 9
3 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution prohibits 10
any person who has ‘‘engaged in insurrection or rebellion 11
against’’ the United States from ‘‘hold[ing] any office . . . 12
under the United States’’. In his conduct while President 13
of the United States—and in violation of his constitutional 14
oath faithfully to execute the office of President of the 15
United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, pro-16
tect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, 17
and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that 18
the laws be faithfully executed—Donald John Trump en-19
gaged in high Crimes and Misdemeanors by inciting vio-20
lence against the Government of the United States, in 21
that: 22
On January 6, 2021, pursuant to the 12th Amend-23
ment to the Constitution of the United States, the Vice 24
President of the United States, the House of Representa-25
tives, and the Senate met at the United States Capitol 26
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for a Joint Session of Congress to count the votes of the 1
Electoral College. In the months preceding the Joint Ses-2
sion, President Trump repeatedly issued false statements 3
asserting that the Presidential election results were the 4
product of widespread fraud and should not be accepted 5
by the American people or certified by State or Federal 6
officials. Shortly before the Joint Session commenced, 7
President Trump, addressed a crowd at the Ellipse in 8
Washington, DC. There, he reiterated false claims that 9
‘‘we won this election, and we won it by a landslide’’. He 10
also willfully made statements that, in context, encour-11
aged—and foreseeably resulted in—lawless action at the 12
Capitol, such as: ‘‘if you don’t fight like hell you’re not 13
going to have a country anymore’’. Thus incited by Presi-14
dent Trump, members of the crowd he had addressed, in 15
an attempt to, among other objectives, interfere with the 16
Joint Session’s solemn constitutional duty to certify the 17
results of the 2020 Presidential election, unlawfully 18
breached and vandalized the Capitol, injured and killed 19
law enforcement personnel, menaced Members of Con-20
gress, the Vice President, and Congressional personnel, 21
and engaged in other violent, deadly, destructive, and sedi-22
tious acts. 23
President Trump’s conduct on January 6, 2021, fol-24
lowed his prior efforts to subvert and obstruct the certifi-25
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cation of the results of the 2020 Presidential election. 1
Those prior efforts included a phone call on January 2, 2
2021, during which President Trump urged the secretary 3
of state of Georgia, Brad Raffensperger, to ‘‘find’’ enough 4
votes to overturn the Georgia Presidential election results 5
and threatened Secretary Raffensperger if he failed to do 6
so. 7
In all this, President Trump gravely endangered the 8
security of the United States and its institutions of Gov-9
ernment. He threatened the integrity of the democratic 10
system, interfered with the peaceful transition of power, 11
and imperiled a coequal branch of Government. He there-12
by betrayed his trust as President, to the manifest injury 13
of the people of the United States. 14
Wherefore, Donald John Trump, by such conduct, 15
has demonstrated that he will remain a threat to national 16
security, democracy, and the Constitution if allowed to re-17
main in office, and has acted in a manner grossly incom-18
patible with self-governance and the rule of law. Donald 19
John Trump thus warrants impeachment and trial, re-20
moval from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy 21
any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United 22
States. 23
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RESOLUTION Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors

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University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln U.S. House of Representatives Documents Congress of the United States 1-11-2021 RESOLUTION Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors David N. Cicilline Ted Lieu James Raskin Jerrold Nadler Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/housedocs  Part of the American Politics Commons, and the Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration Commons This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Congress of the United States at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in U.S. House of Representatives Documents by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. ..................................................................... (Original Signature of Member) 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. ll Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. CICILLINE (for himself, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. NADLER, and [see ATTACHED LIST of cosponsors]) submitted the fol-lowing resolution; which was referred to the Committee on lllllllllllllll RESOLUTION Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors. Resolved, That Donald John Trump, President of the 1United States, is impeached for high crimes and mis-2demeanors and that the following article of impeachment 3be exhibited to the United States Senate: 4Article of impeachment exhibited by the House of 5Representatives of the United States of America in the 6name of itself and of the people of the United States of 7America, against Donald John Trump, President of the 8VerDate Mar 15 2010 23:08 Jan 10, 2021 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MLLEWIS\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\ARTICLES.XJanuary 10, 2021 (11:08 p.m.)G:\CMTE\JD\17\IMPEACH2\ARTICLES.XMLg:\VHLC\011021\011021.023.xml           (785770|5)2 United States of America, in maintenance and support of 1its impeachment against him for high crimes and mis-2demeanors. 3ARTICLE I: INCITEMENT OF INSURRECTION 4The Constitution provides that the House of Rep-5resentatives ‘‘shall have the sole Power of Impeachment’’ 6and that the President ‘‘shall be removed from Office on 7Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or 8other high Crimes and Misdemeanors’’. Further, section 93 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution prohibits 10any person who has ‘‘engaged in insurrection or rebellion 11against’’ the United States from ‘‘hold[ing] any office . . . 12under the United States’’. In his conduct while President 13of the United States—and in violation of his constitutional 14oath faithfully to execute the office of President of the 15United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, pro-16tect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, 17and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that 18the laws be faithfully executed—Donald John Trump en-19gaged in high Crimes and Misdemeanors by inciting vio-20lence against the Government of the United States, in 21that: 22On January 6, 2021, pursuant to the 12th Amend-23ment to the Constitution of the United States, the Vice 24President of the United States, the House of Representa-25tives, and the Senate met at the United States Capitol 26VerDate Mar 15 2010 23:08 Jan 10, 2021 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MLLEWIS\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\ARTICLES.XJanuary 10, 2021 (11:08 p.m.)G:\CMTE\JD\17\IMPEACH2\ARTICLES.XMLg:\VHLC\011021\011021.023.xml           (785770|5)3 for a Joint Session of Congress to count the votes of the 1Electoral College. In the months preceding the Joint Ses-2sion, President Trump repeatedly issued false statements 3asserting that the Presidential election results were the 4product of widespread fraud and should not be accepted 5by the American people or certified by State or Federal 6officials. Shortly before the Joint Session commenced, 7President Trump, addressed a crowd at the Ellipse in 8Washington, DC. There, he reiterated false claims that 9‘‘we won this election, and we won it by a landslide’’. He 10also willfully made statements that, in context, encour-11aged—and foreseeably resulted in—lawless action at the 12Capitol, such as: ‘‘if you don’t fight like hell you’re not 13going to have a country anymore’’. Thus incited by Presi-14dent Trump, members of the crowd he had addressed, in 15an attempt to, among other objectives, interfere with the 16Joint Session’s solemn constitutional duty to certify the 17results of the 2020 Presidential election, unlawfully 18breached and vandalized the Capitol, injured and killed 19law enforcement personnel, menaced Members of Con-20gress, the Vice President, and Congressional personnel, 21and engaged in other violent, deadly, destructive, and sedi-22tious acts. 23President Trump’s conduct on January 6, 2021, fol-24lowed his prior efforts to subvert and obstruct the certifi-25VerDate Mar 15 2010 23:08 Jan 10, 2021 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MLLEWIS\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\ARTICLES.XJanuary 10, 2021 (11:08 p.m.)G:\CMTE\JD\17\IMPEACH2\ARTICLES.XMLg:\VHLC\011021\011021.023.xml           (785770|5)4 cation of the results of the 2020 Presidential election. 1Those prior efforts included a phone call on January 2, 22021, during which President Trump urged the secretary 3of state of Georgia, Brad Raffensperger, to ‘‘find’’ enough 4votes to overturn the Georgia Presidential election results 5and threatened Secretary Raffensperger if he failed to do 6so. 7In all this, President Trump gravely endangered the 8security of the United States and its institutions of Gov-9ernment. He threatened the integrity of the democratic 10system, interfered with the peaceful transition of power, 11and imperiled a coequal branch of Government. He there-12by betrayed his trust as President, to the manifest injury 13of the people of the United States. 14Wherefore, Donald John Trump, by such conduct, 15has demonstrated that he will remain a threat to national 16security, democracy, and the Constitution if allowed to re-17main in office, and has acted in a manner grossly incom-18patible with self-governance and the rule of law. Donald 19John Trump thus warrants impeachment and trial, re-20moval from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy 21any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United 22States. 23VerDate Mar 15 2010 23:08 Jan 10, 2021 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 C:\USERS\MLLEWIS\APPDATA\ROAMING\SOFTQUAD\XMETAL\11.0\GEN\C\ARTICLES.XJanuary 10, 2021 (11:08 p.m.)G:\CMTE\JD\17\IMPEACH2\ARTICLES.XMLg:\VHLC\011021\011021.023.xml           (785770|5)

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