IV 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 646 

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

misdemeanors. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 6, 2017 

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 and is impeached 

3 for high misdemeanors, and that the following articles of 

4 impeachment be exhibited to the Senate: 

5 Articles of Impeachment exhibited by the House of 

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

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

8 John Trump, President of the United States, in mainte9 nance and support of its impeachment against him for 

10 high misdemeanors committed as President constituting 


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1 harm to American society to the manifest injury of the 

2 people of the United States: 

3 ARTICLE I

4 In his capacity as President of the United States, un5 mindful of the high duties of his high office and the dig6 nity and proprieties thereof, and of the harmony and cour7 tesies necessary for stability within the society of the 

8 United States, Donald John Trump has with his state9 ments done more than insult individuals and groups of 

10 Americans, he has harmed the society of the United 

11 States, brought shame and dishonor to the office of Presi12 dent of the United States, sowing discord among the peo13 ple of the United States by associating the majesty and 

14 dignity of the presidency with causes rooted in white su15 premacy, bigotry, racism, anti-Semitism, white nation16 alism, or neo-Nazism on one or more of the following occa17 sions: 

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

19 widely published statement characterizing a group of anti20 Semites, bigots, racists, white nationalists, and Ku Klux 

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

22 fine people’’. 

23 On August 7, 2017, hate groups returned to Char24 lottesville, Virginia, at the statue of Robert E. Lee, the 

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

26 Since this event on October 7, the President has made 


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1 many widely published statements about many things in2 cluding, the National Football League, but has not made 

3 one widely published statement condemning the hate 

4 groups for returning to the place where an innocent person 

5 lost her life at the hands of hate. 

6 On November 29, 2017, Donald John Trump shared 

7 3 videos posted by a leader of a British political party 

8 considered by many to be an extremist group. The videos 

9 purported to show various violent acts committed by Mus10 lims, and were entitled: ‘‘Muslim migrant beats up Dutch 

11 boy on crutches!’’; ‘‘Muslim Destroys a Statue of Virgin 

12 Mary!’’; and ‘‘Islamist mob pushes teenage boy off roof 

13 and beats him to death!’’. The clearly inferable intent of 

14 the post was to demonstrate the alleged propensity of 

15 Muslim immigrants to engage in violent acts. Even if the 

16 videos showed what they purport to show, in sharing these 

17 videos with his 43,800,000 followers on Twitter, Donald 

18 John Trump’s dissemination of such material evinces an 

19 invidious intent to create division within American society. 

20 In all of this, the aforementioned Donald John 

21 Trump, by his statements, unmindful of the high duties 

22 of his high office and the dignities and proprieties thereof, 

23 and of the harmony, respect, and courtesies necessary for 

24 stability within the society of the United States, has un25 dermined the integrity of his office, has sown discord 


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1 among the people of the United States, has brought disre2 pute, contempt, ridicule and disgrace on the Presidency, 

3 has acted in a manner antithetical to the cause of a just 

4 society, has betrayed his trust as President to the manifest 

5 injury of the people of the United States, and committed 

6 a high misdemeanor in office. 

7 Therefore, Donald John Trump by causing such 

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

9 President and warrants impeachment, trial, and removal 

10 from office. 

11 ARTICLE II

12 In his capacity as President of the United States, un13 mindful of the high duties of his high office, of the dignity 

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

15 necessary for stability within the society of the United 

16 States, Donald John Trump has with his statements done 

17 more than simply insult individuals and groups of Ameri18 cans, he has harmed the American society by publicly cast19 ing contempt on individuals and groups, inciting hate and 

20 hostility, sowing discord among the people of the United 

21 States, on the basis of race, national origin, religion, gen22 der, and sexual orientation, on one or more of the fol23 lowing occasions: 

24 On January 27, 2017, Donald John Trump issued 

25 Executive Order 13769 providing for a partial shutdown 

26 of immigration from mainly Muslim countries, to fulfill a 


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1 campaign promise that read as follows: ‘‘DONALD J. 

2 TRUMP STATEMENT ON PREVENTING MUSLIM 

3 IMMIGRATION (New York, NY) December 7th, 2015— 

4 Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shut5 down of Muslims entering the United States until our 

6 country’s representatives can figure out what’s going on’’, 

7 thereby casting contempt upon Muslims, inciting hate and 

8 hostility, and sowing discord among the people of the 

9 United States on the basis of religion. 

10 On July 26, 2017, Donald John Trump made a pub11 lic statement substantially as follows: ‘‘After consultation 

12 with my Generals and military experts, please be advised 

13 that the United States Government will not accept or 

14 allow Transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in 

15 the U.S. Military. Our military must be focused on deci16 sive and overwhelming victory and cannot be burdened 

17 with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that 

18 transgender in the military would entail’’, and thereby 

19 casting contempt on transgender individuals, inciting hate 

20 and hostility, and sowing discord among the people of the 

21 United States on the basis of gender. 

22 On September 23, 2017, Donald John Trump made 

23 a public statement substantially as follows: ‘‘Wouldn’t you 

24 love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody dis25 respects our flag, to say, ‘Get that son of a b-i-t-c-h off 


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1 the field right now, out, he’s fired? He’s fired!’ ’’ thereby 

2 casting contempt on professional football players who en3 gaged in constitutionally protected protests pertaining to 

4 allegations of police misconduct with regard to racial mi5 norities, as well as casting contempt on the professional 

6 players’ mothers by calling the mothers ‘‘b-i-t-c-h-e-s’’, ef7 fectively calling these mothers dogs, thereby inciting hate 

8 and hostility, and sowing discord among the people of the 

9 United States on the basis of race and gender. 

10 On September 30, 2017, Donald John Trump made 

11 a public statement substantially as follows: ‘‘They want 

12 everything to be done for them when it should be a com13 munity effort’’, in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria 

14 thereby casting contempt on Puerto Rican citizens of the 

15 United States, inciting hate and hostility, and sowing dis16 cord among the people of the United States based on na17 tional origin and race. 

18 On October 3, 2017, Donald John Trump made a 

19 public statement substantially as follows: ‘‘I hate to tell 

20 you, Puerto Rico, but you’ve thrown our budget a little 

21 out of whack because we spent a lot of money on Puerto 

22 Rico, that’s fine, we’ve saved a lot of lives’’, but Donald 

23 John Trump did not make similar comments about Texas 

24 or Florida in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey or Hurri25 cane Irma, treating the Puerto Rican citizens of the 


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1 United States disparately, thereby casting contempt on 

2 Puerto Ricans, inciting hate and hostility, and sowing dis3 cord among the people of the United States based on na4 tional origin and race. 

5 On October 19, 2017, Donald John Trump made a 

6 public statement substantially as follows: ‘‘The Fake News 

7 is going crazy with wacky Congresswoman Wilson (D), 

8 who was SECRETLY on a very personal call, and gave 

9 a total lie on content!’’, thereby casting contempt on an 

10 African-American Member of Congress, inciting hate and 

11 hostility, and sowing discord among the people of the 

12 United States based on gender and race. 

13 On October 21, 2017, Donald John Trump made a 

14 public statement substantially as follows: ‘‘I hope the Fake 

15 News Media keeps talking about Wacky Congresswoman 

16 Wilson in that she, as a representative, is killing the Dem17 ocrat Party!’’ thereby casting contempt on an African18 American female Member of Congress, inciting hate and 

19 hostility, and sowing discord among the people of the 

20 United States based on gender and race. 

21 On October 22, 2017, Donald John Trump made a 

22 public statement substantially as follows: ‘‘Wacky Con23 gresswoman Wilson is the gift that keeps on giving for 

24 the Republican Party, a disaster for Dems. You watch her 

25 in action & vote R!’’ thereby casting contempt on an AfriVerDate Sep 11 2014 02:20 Dec 07, 2017 Jkt 079200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR646.LTH HR646

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1 can-American female Member of Congress inciting hate 

2 and hostility, and sowing discord among the people of the 

3 United States based on gender and race. 

4 In all of this, the aforementioned Donald John 

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

6 President of the United States in contempt, ridicule, dis7 grace and disrepute, has sown discord among the people 

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

9 to be President and has betrayed his trust as President 

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

11 of the United States, and has committed a high mis12 demeanor in office. 

13 Therefore, Donald John Trump, by causing such 

14 harm to the society of the United States, is unfit to be 

15 President, warrants impeachment, trial, and removal from 

16 office. 

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