H. Res. 755 

In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

December 18, 2019. 

Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of 

the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors. 

Resolved, That Donald John Trump, President of the 

United States, is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors 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 Donald John Trump, President of the United States 

of America, in maintenance and support of its impeachment 

against him for high crimes and misdemeanors. 

ARTICLE I: ABUSE OF POWER

The Constitution provides that the House of Representatives ‘‘shall have the sole Power of Impeachment’’ and that 

the President ‘‘shall be removed from Office on Impeachment 

for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high 

Crimes and Misdemeanors’’. In his conduct of the office of 

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President of the United States—and in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of President of 

the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, 

protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, 

and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that 

the laws be faithfully executed—Donald J. Trump has abused 

the powers of the Presidency, in that: 

Using the powers of his high office, President Trump solicited the interference of a foreign government, Ukraine, in 

the 2020 United States Presidential election. He did so 

through a scheme or course of conduct that included soliciting the Government of Ukraine to publicly announce investigations that would benefit his reelection, harm the election 

prospects of a political opponent, and influence the 2020 

United States Presidential election to his advantage. President Trump also sought to pressure the Government of 

Ukraine to take these steps by conditioning official United 

States Government acts of significant value to Ukraine on its 

public announcement of the investigations. President Trump 

engaged in this scheme or course of conduct for corrupt purposes in pursuit of personal political benefit. In so doing, 

President Trump used the powers of the Presidency in a 

manner that compromised the national security of the United 

States and undermined the integrity of the United States 

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democratic process. He thus ignored and injured the interests 

of the Nation. 

President Trump engaged in this scheme or course of 

conduct through the following means: 

(1) President Trump—acting both directly and 

through his agents within and outside the United States 

Government—corruptly solicited the Government of 

Ukraine to publicly announce investigations into— 

(A) a political opponent, former Vice President 

Joseph R. Biden, Jr.; and 

(B) a discredited theory promoted by Russia 

alleging that Ukraine—rather than Russia—interfered in the 2016 United States Presidential election. 

(2) With the same corrupt motives, President 

Trump—acting both directly and through his agents 

within and outside the United States Government—conditioned two official acts on the public announcements 

that he had requested— 

(A) the release of $391 million of United 

States taxpayer funds that Congress had appropriated on a bipartisan basis for the purpose of providing vital military and security assistance to 

Ukraine to oppose Russian aggression and which 

President Trump had ordered suspended; and 

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(B) a head of state meeting at the White 

House, which the President of Ukraine sought to 

demonstrate continued United States support for 

the Government of Ukraine in the face of Russian 

aggression. 

(3) Faced with the public revelation of his actions, 

President Trump ultimately released the military and security assistance to the Government of Ukraine, but has 

persisted in openly and corruptly urging and soliciting 

Ukraine to undertake investigations for his personal political benefit. 

These actions were consistent with President Trump’s 

previous invitations of foreign interference in United States 

elections. 

In all of this, President Trump abused the powers of the 

Presidency by ignoring and injuring national security and 

other vital national interests to obtain an improper personal 

political benefit. He has also betrayed the Nation by abusing 

his high office to enlist a foreign power in corrupting democratic elections. 

Wherefore President Trump, by such conduct, has demonstrated that he will remain a threat to national security 

and the Constitution if allowed to remain in office, and has 

acted in a manner grossly incompatible with self-governance 

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ment and trial, removal from office, and disqualification to 

hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or profit under the 

United States. 

ARTICLE II: OBSTRUCTION OF CONGRESS

The Constitution provides that the House of Representatives ‘‘shall have the sole Power of Impeachment’’ and that 

the President ‘‘shall be removed from Office on Impeachment 

for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high 

Crimes and Misdemeanors’’. In his conduct of the office of 

President of the United States—and in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of President of 

the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, 

protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, 

and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that 

the laws be faithfully executed—Donald J. Trump has directed the unprecedented, categorical, and indiscriminate defiance of subpoenas issued by the House of Representatives 

pursuant to its ‘‘sole Power of Impeachment’’. President 

Trump has abused the powers of the Presidency in a manner 

offensive to, and subversive of, the Constitution, in that: 

The House of Representatives has engaged in an impeachment inquiry focused on President Trump’s corrupt solicitation of the Government of Ukraine to interfere in the 

2020 United States Presidential election. As part of this impeachment inquiry, the Committees undertaking the investigation served subpoenas seeking documents and testimony 

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deemed vital to the inquiry from various Executive Branch 

agencies and offices, and current and former officials. 

In response, without lawful cause or excuse, President 

Trump directed Executive Branch agencies, offices, and officials not to comply with those subpoenas. President Trump 

thus interposed the powers of the Presidency against the lawful subpoenas of the House of Representatives, and assumed 

to himself functions and judgments necessary to the exercise 

of the ‘‘sole Power of Impeachment’’ vested by the Constitution in the House of Representatives. 

President Trump abused the powers of his high office 

through the following means: 

(1) Directing the White House to defy a lawful subpoena by withholding the production of documents 

sought therein by the Committees. 

(2) Directing other Executive Branch agencies and 

offices to defy lawful subpoenas and withhold the production of documents and records from the Committees—in response to which the Department of State, Office of Management and Budget, Department of Energy, 

and Department of Defense refused to produce a single 

document or record. 

(3) Directing current and former Executive Branch 

officials not to cooperate with the Committees—in response to which nine Administration officials defied subVerDate Sep 11 2014 06:30 Jan 14, 2020 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 Z:\IMPEACHMENT\PRESIDENT TRUMP\HR755.EH hr755
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poenas for testimony, namely John Michael ‘‘Mick’’ 

Mulvaney, Robert B. Blair, John A. Eisenberg, Michael 

Ellis, Preston Wells Griffith, Russell T. Vought, Michael 

Duffey, Brian McCormack, and T. Ulrich Brechbuhl. 

These actions were consistent with President Trump’s 

previous efforts to undermine United States Government investigations into foreign interference in United States elections. 

Through these actions, President Trump sought to arrogate to himself the right to determine the propriety, scope, 

and nature of an impeachment inquiry into his own conduct, 

as well as the unilateral prerogative to deny any and all information to the House of Representatives in the exercise of its 

‘‘sole Power of Impeachment’’. In the history of the Republic, 

no President has ever ordered the complete defiance of an impeachment inquiry or sought to obstruct and impede so comprehensively the ability of the House of Representatives to investigate ‘‘high Crimes and Misdemeanors’’. This abuse of office served to cover up the President’s own repeated misconduct and to seize and control the power of impeachment— 

and thus to nullify a vital constitutional safeguard vested 

solely in the House of Representatives. 

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

contrary to his trust as President and subversive of constitutional government, to the great prejudice of the cause of law 

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

United States. 

Wherefore, President Trump, by such conduct, has demonstrated that he will remain a threat to the Constitution if 

allowed to remain in office, and has acted in a manner grossly incompatible with self-governance and the rule of law. 

President Trump 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. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Attest: 

Clerk.