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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 755 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 15, 2020 

Received 

RESOLUTION 

Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United 

States, for high crimes and misdemeanors. 

1 Resolved, That Donald John Trump, President of the 

2 United States, is impeached for high crimes and mis3 demeanors and that the following articles of impeachment 

4 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 Donald John Trump, President of the 

9 United States of America, in maintenance and support of 


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1 its impeachment against him for high crimes and mis2 demeanors. 

3 ARTICLE I: ABUSE OF POWER

4 The Constitution provides that the House of Rep5 resentatives ‘‘shall have the sole Power of Impeachment’’ 

6 and that the President ‘‘shall be removed from Office on 

7 Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or 

8 other high Crimes and Misdemeanors’’. In his conduct of 

9 the office of President of the United States—and in viola10 tion of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the of11 fice of President of the United States and, to the best of 

12 his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution 

13 of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional 

14 duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed— 

15 Donald J. Trump has abused the powers of the Presi16 dency, in that: 

17 Using the powers of his high office, President Trump 

18 solicited the interference of a foreign government, 

19 Ukraine, in the 2020 United States Presidential election. 

20 He did so through a scheme or course of conduct that 

21 included soliciting the Government of Ukraine to publicly 

22 announce investigations that would benefit his reelection, 

23 harm the election prospects of a political opponent, and 

24 influence the 2020 United States Presidential election to 

25 his advantage. President Trump also sought to pressure 


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1 the Government of Ukraine to take these steps by condi2 tioning official United States Government acts of signifi3 cant value to Ukraine on its public announcement of the 

4 investigations. President Trump engaged in this scheme 

5 or course of conduct for corrupt purposes in pursuit of 

6 personal political benefit. In so doing, President Trump 

7 used the powers of the Presidency in a manner that com8 promised the national security of the United States and 

9 undermined the integrity of the United States democratic 

10 process. He thus ignored and injured the interests of the 

11 Nation. 

12 President Trump engaged in this scheme or course 

13 of conduct through the following means: 

14 (1) President Trump—acting both directly and 

15 through his agents within and outside the United 

16 States Government—corruptly solicited the Govern17 ment of Ukraine to publicly announce investigations 

18 into— 

19 (A) a political opponent, former Vice Presi20 dent Joseph R. Biden, Jr.; and 

21 (B) a discredited theory promoted by Rus22 sia alleging that Ukraine—rather than Rus23 sia—interfered in the 2016 United States Pres24 idential election. 


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1 (2) With the same corrupt motives, President 

2 Trump—acting both directly and through his agents 

3 within and outside the United States Government— 

4 conditioned two official acts on the public announce5 ments that he had requested— 

6 (A) the release of $391 million of United 

7 States taxpayer funds that Congress had appro8 priated on a bipartisan basis for the purpose of 

9 providing vital military and security assistance 

10 to Ukraine to oppose Russian aggression and 

11 which President Trump had ordered suspended; 

12 and 

13 (B) a head of state meeting at the White 

14 House, which the President of Ukraine sought 

15 to demonstrate continued United States support 

16 for the Government of Ukraine in the face of 

17 Russian aggression. 

18 (3) Faced with the public revelation of his ac19 tions, President Trump ultimately released the mili20 tary and security assistance to the Government of 

21 Ukraine, but has persisted in openly and corruptly 

22 urging and soliciting Ukraine to undertake investiga23 tions for his personal political benefit. 


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1 These actions were consistent with President 

2 Trump’s previous invitations of foreign interference in 

3 United States elections. 

4 In all of this, President Trump abused the powers 

5 of the Presidency by ignoring and injuring national secu6 rity and other vital national interests to obtain an im7 proper personal political benefit. He has also betrayed the 

8 Nation by abusing his high office to enlist a foreign power 

9 in corrupting democratic elections. 

10 Wherefore President Trump, by such conduct, has 

11 demonstrated that he will remain a threat to national se12 curity and the Constitution if allowed to remain in office, 

13 and has acted in a manner grossly incompatible with self14 governance and the rule of law. President Trump thus 

15 warrants impeachment and trial, removal from office, and 

16 disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, 

17 trust, or profit under the United States. 

18 ARTICLE II: OBSTRUCTION OF CONGRESS

19 The Constitution provides that the House of Rep20 resentatives ‘‘shall have the sole Power of Impeachment’’ 

21 and that the President ‘‘shall be removed from Office on 

22 Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or 

23 other high Crimes and Misdemeanors’’. In his conduct of 

24 the office of President of the United States—and in viola25 tion of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the ofVerDate Sep 11 2014 01:05 Feb 06, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR755.RDS HR755

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1 fice of President of the United States and, to the best of 

2 his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution 

3 of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional 

4 duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed— 

5 Donald J. Trump has directed the unprecedented, categor6 ical, and indiscriminate defiance of subpoenas issued by 

7 the House of Representatives pursuant to its ‘‘sole Power 

8 of Impeachment’’. President Trump has abused the pow9 ers of the Presidency in a manner offensive to, and subver10 sive of, the Constitution, in that: 

11 The House of Representatives has engaged in an im12 peachment inquiry focused on President Trump’s corrupt 

13 solicitation of the Government of Ukraine to interfere in 

14 the 2020 United States Presidential election. As part of 

15 this impeachment inquiry, the Committees undertaking 

16 the investigation served subpoenas seeking documents and 

17 testimony deemed vital to the inquiry from various Execu18 tive Branch agencies and offices, and current and former 

19 officials. 

20 In response, without lawful cause or excuse, Presi21 dent Trump directed Executive Branch agencies, offices, 

22 and officials not to comply with those subpoenas. Presi23 dent Trump thus interposed the powers of the Presidency 

24 against the lawful subpoenas of the House of Representa25 tives, and assumed to himself functions and judgments 


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1 necessary to the exercise of the ‘‘sole Power of Impeach2 ment’’ vested by the Constitution in the House of Rep3 resentatives. 

4 President Trump abused the powers of his high office 

5 through the following means: 

6 (1) Directing the White House to defy a lawful 

7 subpoena by withholding the production of docu8 ments sought therein by the Committees. 

9 (2) Directing other Executive Branch agencies 

10 and offices to defy lawful subpoenas and withhold 

11 the production of documents and records from the 

12 Committees—in response to which the Department 

13 of State, Office of Management and Budget, Depart14 ment of Energy, and Department of Defense refused 

15 to produce a single document or record. 

16 (3) Directing current and former Executive 

17 Branch officials not to cooperate with the Commit18 tees—in response to which nine Administration offi19 cials defied subpoenas for testimony, namely John 

20 Michael ‘‘Mick’’ Mulvaney, Robert B. Blair, John A. 

21 Eisenberg, Michael Ellis, Preston Wells Griffith, 

22 Russell T. Vought, Michael Duffey, Brian McCor23 mack, and T. Ulrich Brechbuhl. 

24 These actions were consistent with President 

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1 ernment investigations into foreign interference in United 

2 States elections. 

3 Through these actions, President Trump sought to 

4 arrogate to himself the right to determine the propriety, 

5 scope, and nature of an impeachment inquiry into his own 

6 conduct, as well as the unilateral prerogative to deny any 

7 and all information to the House of Representatives in the 

8 exercise of its ‘‘sole Power of Impeachment’’. In the his9 tory of the Republic, no President has ever ordered the 

10 complete defiance of an impeachment inquiry or sought 

11 to obstruct and impede so comprehensively the ability of 

12 the House of Representatives to investigate ‘‘high Crimes 

13 and Misdemeanors’’. This abuse of office served to cover 

14 up the President’s own repeated misconduct and to seize 

15 and control the power of impeachment—and thus to nul16 lify a vital constitutional safeguard vested solely in the 

17 House of Representatives. 

18 In all of this, President Trump has acted in a manner 

19 contrary to his trust as President and subversive of con20 stitutional government, to the great prejudice of the cause 

21 of law and justice, and to the manifest injury of the people 

22 of the United States. 

23 Wherefore, President Trump, by such conduct, has 

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1 ner grossly incompatible with self-governance and the rule 

2 of law. President Trump thus warrants impeachment and 

3 trial, removal from office, and disqualification to hold and 

4 enjoy any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United 

5 States. 

NANCY PELOSI, 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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