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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 405 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 405

 Impeaching Matthew M. Graves, United States Attorney for the District 
of Columbia, for endangering, compromising, and undermining the justice 
 system of the United States by facilitating the explosion of violent 
                     crime in the Nation's capital.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 16, 2023

  Ms. Greene of Georgia submitted the following resolution; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION

 
 Impeaching Matthew M. Graves, United States Attorney for the District 
of Columbia, for endangering, compromising, and undermining the justice 
 system of the United States by facilitating the explosion of violent 
                     crime in the Nation's capital.

    Resolved, That Matthew M. Graves, United States Attorney for the 
District of Columbia, is impeached for endangering, compromising, and 
undermining the justice system of the United States by facilitating the 
explosion of violent crime in the Nation's capital, and that the 
following articles of impeachment be exhibited to the United States 
Senate:
     Articles of impeachment exhibited by the House of Representatives 
of the United States of America in the name of itself and of the people 
of the United States of America, against Matthew M. Graves, United 
States Attorney for the District of Columbia, in maintenance and 
support of its impeachment against him for endangering, compromising, 
and undermining the justice system of the United States by facilitating 
the explosion of violent crime in the Nation's capital.
    The Constitution provides that the House of Representatives ``shall 
have the sole Power of Impeachment'' and that a United States Attorney, 
as a civil officer of the United States, ``shall be removed from Office 
on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high 
Crimes and Misdemeanors''.
    In his conduct as United States Attorney for the District of 
Columbia, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute 
the office of United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, and, 
to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend, the 
Constitution of the United States, Matthew M. Graves continues to 
materially endanger the justice system of the United States and empower 
violent criminals to terrorize Washington, DC.

                               article i 

    Rather than adhering to an oath he took to defend and secure our 
country and uphold the Constitution when he was sworn in as United 
States Attorney for the District of Columbia, Matthew M. Graves has 
declined to prosecute approximately 67 percent of people arrested by 
police officers in 2022, almost doubling the declination rate within 
the last seven years.
    Matthew M. Graves has failed to uphold his oath and has instead 
overseen a denigration of the principles of our justice system by 
allowing the District of Columbia to be on pace to set records for 
crime.
    According to police data, crime is up 23 percent on U.S. Attorney 
Graves's watch. Homicides are up 30 percent. Murders in Washington, DC, 
exceeded 200 in 2021 and 2022 for the first time since 2003.
    Instead of preventing prosecuting these crimes, Graves's office has 
hired more attorneys solely to prosecute more than 1,000 individuals 
who have been arrested for political protest or touring the U.S. 
Capitol. United States Attorney Graves has perversely and 
unconstitutionally sought lengthy pretrial detention for dozens these 
political opponents, including individuals not accused of committing 
any violence. In doing so, Graves is systematically criminalizing 
political dissent.
    Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco admitted that the Department of 
Justice has pulled prosecutors from cases around the country in order 
to prosecute such cases in Washington, DC, instead of serious crime.
     Matthew M. Graves has engaged in abuse of power by becoming a tool 
of the Biden regime's pro-crime, anti-democracy agenda.

                              article ii 

    Matthew M. Graves, in his inability to enforce the law, has engaged 
in a pattern of conduct that is incompatible with his duties as a civil 
officer of the United States.
    Matthew M. Graves, in his failure to uphold the oath he took, has, 
by his actions, lost the trust of citizens of the United States to 
faithfully execute the laws of the United States.
    Matthew M. Graves, by such conduct, has demonstrated that he will 
remain a threat to the justice system of the United States of America 
if allowed to remain in office, and has acted in a manner grossly 
incompatible with self-governance and the rule of law.
    Wherefore, Matthew M. Graves, 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.
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