IV 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 411 

Impeaching Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General of the United States, 

for high crimes and misdemeanors. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 14, 2013 

Mr. OLSON (for himself, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. WILLIAMS, 

Mr. YOHO, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. FLORES, Mrs. 

BACHMANN, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. DUNCAN of 

South Carolina, Mr. BRIDENSTINE, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. SAM JOHNSON

of Texas, Mr. STOCKMAN, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, and Mr. 

MASSIE) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary 

RESOLUTION 

Impeaching Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General of the 

United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors. 

1 Resolved, That Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General 

2 of the United States, is impeached for high crimes and 

3 misdemeanors, and that the following articles of impeach4 ment be exhibited to the 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 all of the people of the United States 

8 of America, against Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General 


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1 of the United States, in maintenance and support of its 

2 impeachment against him for high crimes and mis3 demeanors. 

4 ARTICLE I

5 Eric H. Holder, Jr., while Attorney General of the 

6 United States, engaged in a pattern of conduct incompat7 ible with the trust and confidence placed in him in that 

8 position by refusing to comply with a subpoena issued by 

9 the House Committee on Oversight and Government Re10 form on October 12, 2011, in connection with a legitimate 

11 Congressional investigation into Operation Fast and Furi12 ous by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms that 

13 put thousands of illegally purchased weapons into the 

14 hands of cartel leaders, ultimately resulting in the death 

15 of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry on December 

16 14, 2010. 

17 Wherefore, Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General of 

18 the United States, is guilty of high crimes and mis19 demeanors and should be removed from office and dis20 qualified to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or 

21 profit under the United States. 

22 ARTICLE II

23 Eric H. Holder, Jr., while Attorney General of the 

24 United States, and responsible for enforcing the laws of 

25 the United States regardless of personal bias, failed to en26 force multiple laws, including the Defense of Marriage 


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1 Act, the Controlled Substances Act, and the Anti-Drug 

2 Abuse Act of 1986. 

3 Wherefore, Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General of 

4 the United States, is guilty of high crimes and mis5 demeanors and should be removed from office and dis6 qualified to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or 

7 profit under the United States. 

8 ARTICLE III

9 Eric H. Holder, Jr., while Attorney General of the 

10 United States, has failed his oath of office by refusing to 

11 prosecute individuals involved in the Internal Revenue 

12 Service scandal of unauthorized disclosure of tax records 

13 belonging to political donors. 

14 Wherefore, Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General of 

15 the United States, is guilty of high crimes and mis16 demeanors and should be removed from office and dis17 qualified to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or 

18 profit under the United States. 

19 ARTICLE IV

20 Eric H. Holder, Jr., while Attorney General of the 

21 United States, testified under oath before Congress on 

22 May 15, 2013, that he was neither involved in nor had 

23 heard of a potential prosecution of the press. However 

24 three days later, the Department of Justice released docu25 ments naming journalist James Rosen as a co-conspirator 

26 in an alleged violation of the Espionage Act. Eric H. HoldVerDate Mar 15 2010 01:45 Nov 15, 2013 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR411.IH HR411

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1 er, Jr., Attorney General of the United States, confirmed 

2 to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep3 resentatives in a letter dated June 19, 2013, that he ap4 proved of a search warrant on James Rosen. 

5 Wherefore, Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General of 

6 the United States, is guilty of high crimes and mis7 demeanors and should be removed from office and dis8 qualified to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or 

9 profit under the United States. 

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