IV 

118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 652 

Impeaching Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., President of the United States, 

for high crimes and misdemeanors. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

AUGUST 11, 2023 

Mr. STEUBE submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary 

RESOLUTION 

Impeaching Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., President of the 

United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors. 

1 Resolved, That Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., Presi2 dent of the United States, is impeached for high crimes 

3 and misdemeanors, and that the following articles of im4 peachment be exhibited to the United States Senate: 

5 Articles of impeachment exhibited by the House of 

6 Representatives of the United States of America in the 

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

8 America, against Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., President 

9 of the United States of America, in maintenance and supVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:56 Aug 11, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR652.IH HR652

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1 port of its impeachment against him for high crimes and 

2 misdemeanors. 

3 ARTICLE I: ABUSE OF POWER, BRIBERY, HOBBS ACT

4 EXTORTION & HONEST SERVICES FRAUD

5 Robert Hunter Biden (Hunter Biden) and James 

6 Biden sold access to then Vice President Joseph Robinette 

7 Biden, Jr., (Joe Biden) while he was in office from 2009 

8 to 2017 and sold promised access to a future Biden Presi9 dential Administration while he was out of office from 

10 2017 to 2021. Hunter and James Biden appear to have 

11 promised official actions by Joe Biden in return for pay12 ments and business opportunities from foreign and domes13 tic business partners. Joe Biden assisted by making ap14 pearances, phone calls, meeting with the business part15 ners, and knowingly allowing his family members to prom16 ise access to him and actions by him in furtherance of 

17 these schemes. 

18 Hunter Biden threatened business partners that offi19 cial actions could be taken against them if they did not 

20 meet terms or make payments. In at least one instance, 

21 Hunter implied that Joe Biden was aware of these threats 

22 and willing to assist in enforcing the threats, potentially 

23 through official actions. Hunter Biden attempted to enrich 

24 himself and the Biden family by threatening official ac25 tions from his father, who he claims was willing to assist 

26 in these schemes. 


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1 These acts are abuses of power as well as the fol2 lowing Federal crimes or conspiracy to commit the fol3 lowing Federal crimes: Bribery of Public Officials, 18 

4 U.S.C. 201; Hobbs Act Extortion ‘‘Under Color of Official 

5 Right,’’ 18 U.S.C. 1951; Honest Services Fraud relating 

6 to use of official position, 18 U.S.C. 1346. 

7 (1) According to reports released by the U.S. 

8 House of Representatives Oversight and Account9 ability Committee (Oversight Committee) James 

10 Biden promised access to a future Biden Adminis11 tration and ‘‘the highest levels of government’’ and 

12 that his brother Joe Biden had been made aware of 

13 his business dealings, which would be made profit14 able when it could become part of the Biden plat15 form. James Biden would often explain over the 

16 phone that Joe Biden was in the room with him, and 

17 James Biden had been explaining the deal to him. 

18 (2) Also, according to reports released by the 

19 Oversight Committee, Hunter Biden, James Biden, 

20 Hallie Biden, and an unknown ‘‘Biden’’ and their 

21 companies collectively received $1.3 million in pay22 ments from accounts related to Rob Walker, a Biden 

23 family associate. On March 1, 2017, less than two 

24 months after Vice President Joe Biden left public of25 fice, State Energy HK Limited, a Chinese company, 


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1 wired $3 million to Rob Walker’s company. The next 

2 day, the company wired $1,065,000 to a company 

3 associated with James Gilliar, another Biden family 

4 associate. Afterwards, the Biden family received ap5 proximately $1,065,000 in payments over a 3-month 

6 period in different bank accounts. From the bank 

7 records, it appears that the Biden family received 

8 approximately one-third of the money obtained from 

9 wires from China. 

10 (3) Previously, in a 2011 email, Hunter Biden 

11 described his value to Chinese investors as ‘‘every12 thing to do with my last name’’. In another cor13 respondence with Chinese investors, Hunter said 

14 ‘‘we should be able to achieve a great deal. Just give 

15 me my marching orders’’. 

16 (4) In 2014 Russian oligarch Elena Baturina 

17 paid a company connected to Hunter Biden over $3 

18 million. Also in 2014, Elena Baturina attended a 

19 dinner with Hunter Biden and Joe Biden in the 

20 Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, DC. Nota21 bly, Elana Baturina, one of Russia’s wealthiest indi22 viduals, has not been included in the Treasury De23 partment sanctions against many of Russia’s other 

24 wealthiest people. 


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1 (5) Additionally, the Biden family received im2 proper payments from Ukrainian energy company 

3 Burisma. Hunter Biden received millions of dollars 

4 in payments from Burisma from serving on its 

5 board. These payments were made entirely based on 

6 Hunter Biden’s connections to Joe Biden and prom7 ised access to Joe Biden. 

8 (6) In 2015, then Vice President Joe Biden at9 tended a dinner in the Georgetown neighborhood of 

10 Washington, DC, with Burisma executives and Hun11 ter Biden. At the time, Hunter was receiving over 

12 $80,000 a month from Burisma based on no other 

13 reason than access to his father. 

14 (7) Several officials in the Obama Administra15 tion specifically flagged these payments from 

16 Burisma to Hunter Biden as corrupt. In early 2015, 

17 the former Acting Deputy Chief of Mission at the 

18 U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine, George Kent, raised 

19 concerns to officials in Vice President Joe Biden’s 

20 office about the perception of a conflict of interest 

21 with respect to Hunter Biden’s role on Burisma’s 

22 board. In October 2015, senior State Department 

23 official Amos Hochstein raised concerns with Vice 

24 President Biden, as well as with Hunter Biden, that 

25 Hunter Biden’s position on Burisma’s board enabled 


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1 Russian disinformation efforts and risked under2 mining U.S. policy in Ukraine. 

3 (8) In an August 2023 interview, Devon Ar4 cher, a business partner of Hunter Biden, said 

5 claims that Joe Biden was not involved in Hunter’s 

6 business deals with foreign partners were false. 

7 (9) In testimony before Congress, Devon Archer 

8 admitted that Burisma would have likely gone out of 

9 business had it not been for the Biden brand being 

10 attached to it. He also testified that Biden was rou11 tinely put on conference calls with Hunter Biden’s 

12 foreign associates to ‘‘sell the brand’’. 

13 ARTICLE II: OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE

14 According to testimony from IRS whistleblowers, 

15 members of the Biden campaign colluded with Justice De16 partment (DOJ) officials to improperly interfere with in17 vestigations into tax crimes alleged to have been com18 mitted by Hunter Biden. 

19 These acts constitute an abuse of power as well as 

20 Obstruction of Justice, 18 U.S.C. 1505, 1510, 1512. 

21 (1) After Joe Biden became the presumptive 

22 Democrat Nominee in 2020, career DOJ officials 

23 began stalling the Hunter Biden investigations in 

24 Delaware. This continued into the Biden Adminis25 tration. 


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1 (2) DOJ took unusual steps such as removing 

2 Hunter Biden’s name from warrants and court fil3 ings. 

4 (3) DOJ refused to pursue search warrants or 

5 evidence contained at Joe Biden’s guest house. 

6 (4) DOJ refused to pursue search warrants in 

7 general against Hunter Biden even though legal re8 quirements had been met. 

9 (5) FBI and IRS agents prepared for inter10 views with multiple subjects including Hunter Biden 

11 on December 8, 2020. These were to be unan12 nounced interviews where the agents showed up and 

13 asked questions if the subjects were willing to an14 swer. FBI or DOJ officials tipped off the Biden 

15 transition team. As a result, Hunter Biden’s attor16 ney became involved and most of the interviews did 

17 not proceed as planned. 

18 (6) DOJ made decisions relating to formal ac19 tions, such as venue and filing charges, and related 

20 to internal review processes that were out of the or21 dinary during the Hunter Biden case. The IRS 

22 whistleblower indicated these actions were unlike ac23 tions taken in any other case he had worked on. He 

24 indicated that these unusual steps all began after 


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1 Biden became the presumptive 2020 Democrat 

2 nominee. 

3 ARTICLE III: FRAUD

4 James Biden recruited ‘‘investors’’ for business ven5 tures that ultimately failed. There is evidence to suggest 

6 that these investment opportunities were sold to investors 

7 based on false and fraudulent pretenses and promises. Ac8 cess to Joe Biden and indications that Joe Biden sup9 ported these schemes were used to lure investors into the 

10 schemes. 

11 These acts constitute fraud or conspiracy to commit 

12 fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1943, 1949. 

13 (1) Specifically, in 2019 an American business, 

14 Americore Health, LLC, partnered with James 

15 Biden to help lead the company and develop busi16 ness through his political connections. Americore 

17 was in the business of purchasing and improving the 

18 efficiency of rural hospitals. James approached var19 ious businesses in the medical field around the coun20 try to enter into business partnerships with him and/ 

21 or Americore Health in return for expanding the size 

22 and reach of those businesses. According to one wit23 ness, James allegedly promised both Americore and 

24 investors millions of dollars that he claimed var25 iously to be coming from the Middle East, Russia, 

26 or China. However, the business owners were cut out 


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1 of the deals as James gained knowledge of their op2 erations. James deceived investors and attempted to 

3 abscond with proprietary processes to enrich himself 

4 by delivering the information to Turkish investors. 

5 (2) Without the ‘‘Biden Brand.’’ promise of ac6 cess to Joe Biden, or the appearance of Joe Biden’s 

7 support of this venture, James Biden would not have 

8 been able to secure investors or business partners 

9 for this venture. Joe Biden routinely allowed and ac10 tively assisted his family in using his name and the 

11 promise of access to him to secure business for the 

12 family. Furthermore, Joe Biden mixed and comin13 gled his finances with the rest of his family during 

14 this time period and likely financially benefited from 

15 this scheme. 

16 ARTICLE IV: FINANCIAL INVOLVEMENT IN DRUG AND

17 PROSTITUTION ACTIVITIES

18 Joe Biden and Hunter Biden have a long history of 

19 comingled and intertwined finances. Between 2010 and 

20 2019 thousands of dollars of Biden family money was 

21 spent on illegal drug transactions and prostitution. 

22 These acts constitute violations of or conspiracy to 

23 violate federal drug laws at 21 U.S.C. 841, 842, 843, 846 

24 and federal prostitution laws at 18 U.S.C. 2421, 2421A, 

25 2422. 


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1 (1) 2010 emails between Hunter Biden and 

2 business associate Eric Schwerin reference Hunter 

3 paying bills on behalf of Joe Biden and managing 

4 Joe Biden’s finances. 

5 (2) 2018 texts between Hunter Biden and his 

6 daughter referenced Hunter Biden sending half his 

7 salary to Joe Biden and paying much of the family’s 

8 bills. 

9 (3) A 2018 text from Hunter Biden references 

10 a shared bank account with Joe Biden. 

11 (4) Hunter Biden routinely received money 

12 from and sent money to Joe Biden. 

13 (5) Both Hunter and Joe Biden had their fi14 nances largely managed by business associate Eric 

15 Schwerin, who would write checks from one Biden 

16 on behalf of the other and routinely intermingled 

17 their finances. 

18 (6) Between November 2018 and March 2019, 

19 a Florida student named Anna Dekhtiar received 

20 over $274,873 in payments flagged as suspicious ac21 tivity by a Suspicious Activity Report. The money 

22 came from eight senders, including Hunter Biden’s 

23 company Owasco, P.C. Additionally, two of the other 

24 depositors were women that text messages found on 

25 Hunter Biden’s laptop suggest were prostitutes that 


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1 he hired. Some of these funds were then sent onto 

2 ‘‘Moreva,’’ a company that Hunter Biden paid to 

3 hire prostitutes. 

4 (7) Between November 2018 and March 2019, 

5 Hunter Biden appears to have spent at least 

6 $30,000 dollars on prostitutes. 

7 (8) In December 2018, Hunter Biden booked 

8 train tickets for three prostitutes from Boston to 

9 New York where he was staying. 

10 (9) In 2018 Hunter Biden attempted to write 

11 off payments to prostitutes and a sex club as tax de12 ductions. 

13 (10) In May 2018, Hunter Biden wired a pros14 titute $25,000. He received a text from an ex-Secret 

15 Service agent who he and his father had hired for 

16 private security asking about the transaction. The 

17 agent alerted Hunter that he was getting calls ‘‘from 

18 DC’’ about the transaction and that there was ‘‘a 

19 link’’ to his father’s account. 

20 (11) Hunter Biden has on numerous occasions 

21 admitted routine drug use between the years of 2010 

22 and 2018. There are numerous images, videos, and 

23 electronic communications that support this claim. 

24 His drug use necessitated the routine purchase of 

25 large dollar amounts of illegal drugs. 


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1 (12) In a recorded phone call between Hunter 

2 Biden and Hallie Biden (his sister-in-law turned 

3 lover) drug purchases were discussed and 

4 strategized. 

5 (13) In other electronic communications, pre6 vious drug purchases are referenced. 

7 (14) Given the intermingled finances of Joe 

8 Biden and Hunter Biden, Joe Biden financially sup9 ported and should have been aware of these drug 

10 transactions and prostitutions transactions. Many of 

11 these transactions would have occurred using ac12 counts with a nexus to Joe Biden. 

13 In all of this, Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., has under14 mined the integrity of his office, has brought disrepute 

15 on the Presidency, has betrayed his trust as President, 

16 and has acted in a manner subversive of the rule of law 

17 and justice, to the manifest injury of the people of the 

18 United States. 

19 Wherefore, Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., by such con20 duct, warrants impeachment and trial, and removal from 

21 office and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of 

22 honor, trust, or profit under the United States. 

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