IV 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 705 

Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, of high 

misdemeanors. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 19, 2018 

Mr. AL GREEN of Texas submitted the following resolution; which was laid 

on the table 

RESOLUTION 

Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United 

States, of high misdemeanors. 

1 Resolved, That Donald John Trump, President of the 

2 United States, is unfit to be President, unfit to represent 

3 the American values of decency and morality, respect4 ability and civility, honesty and propriety, reputability and 

5 integrity, is unfit to defend the ideals that have made 

6 America great, unfit to defend liberty and justice for all 

7 as extolled in the Pledge of Allegiance, is unfit to defend 

8 the American ideal of all persons being created equal as 

9 exalted in the Declaration of Independence, is unfit to en10 sure domestic tranquility, promote the general welfare and 


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1 secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our pos2 terity as lauded in the preamble to the United States Con3 stitution, is unfit to protect government of the people, by 

4 the people, for the people as elucidated in the Gettysburg 

5 Address, and is impeached for high misdemeanors, and 

6 that the following article of impeachment be exhibited to 

7 the Senate: 

8 Article of Impeachment exhibited by the House of 

9 Representatives of the United States, in the name of itself 

10 and of the people of the United States, against Donald 

11 John Trump, President of the United States, in mainte12 nance and support of its impeachment against him for 

13 high misdemeanors committed as President constituting 

14 harm to American society to the manifest injury of the 

15 people of the United States: 

16 ARTICLE I

17 In his capacity as President of the United States, un18 mindful of the high duties of his high office, of the dignity 

19 and proprieties thereof, and of the harmony, and respect 

20 necessary for stability within the society of the United 

21 States, Donald John Trump has with his bigoted state22 ments done more than simply insult individuals and 

23 groups of Americans, he has harmed the American society 

24 by attempting to convert his bigoted statements into 

25 United States policy and by associating the presidency and 


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1 the people of the United States with bigotry on one or 

2 more of the following occasions: 

3 On January 27, 2017, Donald John Trump issued 

4 Executive Order 13769 providing for a partial shutdown 

5 of immigration from mainly Muslim countries to fulfill a 

6 bigoted campaign promise that read as follows: ‘‘DON7 ALD J. TRUMP STATEMENT ON PREVENTING 

8 MUSLIM IMMIGRATION (New York, NY) December 

9 7th, 2015—Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and 

10 complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States 

11 until our country’s representatives can figure out what’s 

12 going on,’’ thereby attempting to convert a bigoted cam13 paign promise into United States policy, associating the 

14 presidency and the people of the United States with big15 otry, thereby casting contempt upon Muslims, inciting 

16 hate and hostility, and sowing discord among the people 

17 of the United States on the basis of religion. 

18 On July 26, 2017, Donald John Trump made a pub19 lic statement substantially as follows: ‘‘After consulting 

20 with my Generals and military experts, please be advised 

21 that the United States Government will not accept or 

22 allow Transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in 

23 the U.S. Military. Our military must be focused on deci24 sive and overwhelming victory and cannot be burdened 

25 with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that 


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1 transgender in the military would entail,’’ thereby at2 tempting to convert his bigoted statement into United 

3 States policy, associating the presidency and the people 

4 of the United States with bigotry, thereby casting con5 tempt on transgender individuals, inciting hate and hos6 tility, and sowing discord among the people of the United 

7 States on the basis of gender. 

8 On August 15, 2017, Donald John Trump made a 

9 widely-published statement characterizing a group of anti10 Semites, bigots, racists, white nationalists, and Ku Klux 

11 Klansmen who rallied in Charlottesville, Virginia, as ‘‘very 

12 fine people,’’ thereby associating the presidency and the 

13 people of the United States with bigotry. 

14 On October 7, 2017, hate groups returned to Char15 lottesville, Virginia, at the statue of Robert E. Lee, the 

16 Confederate general, chanting ‘‘You will not replace us!’’ 

17 after having chanted in their August Charlottesville rally 

18 that ‘‘Jews will not replace us!’’. Since this event on Octo19 ber 7, the President has made widely-published statements 

20 about many issues, including the National Football 

21 League, but has not made one widely-published statement 

22 condemning the hate groups for returning to the place 

23 where an innocent person lost her life at the hands of hate. 

24 On January 11, 2018, Donald John Trump held a 

25 meeting with a bipartisan group of Congressional leaders 


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1 that focused primarily on legislation that would provide 

2 a statutory protected status for individuals brought to the 

3 United States without documentation. At this meeting, as 

4 has been widely-published, Donald John Trump made ref5 erences to people from s-h-i-t-h-o-l-e (or s-h-i-t-h-o-u-s-e) 

6 countries. He also questioned why we need more Haitians 

7 or people from African countries, proclaiming that we 

8 should take them out. Donald John Trump then suggested 

9 that Norwegians were better suited to be immigrants to 

10 this country, thereby casting contempt on citizens and 

11 noncitizens who were welcomed here by previous Presi12 dents due to natural disaster and civil unrest, thereby at13 tempting to convert his bigoted statements into United 

14 States policy, associating the presidency and the people 

15 of the United States with bigotry, inciting hate and hos16 tility, and sowing discord among the people of the United 

17 States on the basis of national origin. 

18 In all of this, the aforementioned Donald John 

19 Trump has, by his statements, brought the high office of 

20 President of the United States in contempt, ridicule, dis21 grace and disrepute, has sown discord among the people 

22 of the United States, has demonstrated that he is unfit 

23 to be President, and has betrayed his trust as President 

24 of the United States to the manifest injury of the people 


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1 of the United States, and has committed a high mis2 demeanor in office. 

3 Therefore, Donald John Trump by causing such 

4 harm to the society of the United States is unfit to be 

5 President and warrants impeachment, trial, and removal 

6 from office. 

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