IV 

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. 

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 

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. 

1 Resolved, That Matthew M. Graves, United States At2 torney for the District of Columbia, is impeached for en3 dangering, compromising, and undermining the justice 

4 system of the United States by facilitating the explosion 

5 of violent crime in the Nation’s capital, and that the fol6 lowing articles of impeachment be exhibited to the United 

7 States Senate: 


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1 Articles of impeachment exhibited by the House of 

2 Representatives of the United States of America in the 

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

4 America, against Matthew M. Graves, United States At5 torney for the District of Columbia, in maintenance and 

6 support of its impeachment against him for endangering, 

7 compromising, and undermining the justice system of the 

8 United States by facilitating the explosion of violent crime 

9 in the Nation’s capital. 

10 The Constitution provides that the House of Rep11 resentatives ‘‘shall have the sole Power of Impeachment’’ 

12 and that a United States Attorney, as a civil officer of 

13 the United States, ‘‘shall be removed from Office on Im14 peachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or 

15 other high Crimes and Misdemeanors’’. 

16 In his conduct as United States Attorney for the Dis17 trict of Columbia, in violation of his constitutional oath 

18 faithfully to execute the office of United States Attorney 

19 for the District of Columbia, and, to the best of his ability, 

20 preserve, protect, and defend, the Constitution of the 

21 United States, Matthew M. Graves continues to materially 

22 endanger the justice system of the United States and em23 power violent criminals to terrorize Washington, DC. 

24 ARTICLE I

25 Rather than adhering to an oath he took to defend 

26 and secure our country and uphold the Constitution when 


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1 he was sworn in as United States Attorney for the District 

2 of Columbia, Matthew M. Graves has declined to prosecute 

3 approximately 67 percent of people arrested by police offi4 cers in 2022, almost doubling the declination rate within 

5 the last seven years. 

6 Matthew M. Graves has failed to uphold his oath and 

7 has instead overseen a denigration of the principles of our 

8 justice system by allowing the District of Columbia to be 

9 on pace to set records for crime. 

10 According to police data, crime is up 23 percent on 

11 U.S. Attorney Graves’s watch. Homicides are up 30 per12 cent. Murders in Washington, DC, exceeded 200 in 2021 

13 and 2022 for the first time since 2003. 

14 Instead of preventing prosecuting these crimes, 

15 Graves’s office has hired more attorneys solely to pros16 ecute more than 1,000 individuals who have been arrested 

17 for political protest or touring the U.S. Capitol. United 

18 States Attorney Graves has perversely and unconstitution19 ally sought lengthy pretrial detention for dozens these po20 litical opponents, including individuals not accused of com21 mitting any violence. In doing so, Graves is systematically 

22 criminalizing political dissent. 

23 Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco admitted that 

24 the Department of Justice has pulled prosecutors from 


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1 cases around the country in order to prosecute such cases 

2 in Washington, DC, instead of serious crime. 

3 Matthew M. Graves has engaged in abuse of power 

4 by becoming a tool of the Biden regime’s pro-crime, anti5 democracy agenda. 

6 ARTICLE II

7 Matthew M. Graves, in his inability to enforce the 

8 law, has engaged in a pattern of conduct that is incompat9 ible with his duties as a civil officer of the United States. 

10 Matthew M. Graves, in his failure to uphold the oath 

11 he took, has, by his actions, lost the trust of citizens of 

12 the United States to faithfully execute the laws of the 

13 United States. 

14 Matthew M. Graves, by such conduct, has dem15 onstrated that he will remain a threat to the justice system 

16 of the United States of America if allowed to remain in 

17 office, and has acted in a manner grossly incompatible 

18 with self-governance and the rule of law. 

19 Wherefore, Matthew M. Graves, thus warrants im20 peachment and trial, removal from office, and disqualifica21 tion to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or profit 

22 under the United States. 

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