IV 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 766 

Censuring President Donald J. Trump. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 17, 2019 

Ms. GABBARD submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on the Judiciary 

RESOLUTION 

Censuring President Donald J. Trump. 

Whereas 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 the 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, acting both directly and through his agents within and outside the United States Government, abused the 

powers of the Presidency for his own personal political 

gain; 

Whereas President Trump, using the powers of his high office, solicited the interference of Ukraine in the 2020 

United States Presidential election; 


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Whereas President Trump conducted a scheme or course of 

conduct that included soliciting the Government of 

Ukraine to investigate his political rival, former Vice 

President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.; 

Whereas President Trump abused the powers of the Presidency by ignoring or injuring vital national interests to 

obtain an improper personal political benefit and betrayed the Nation by abusing his high office to enlist a 

foreign power in interfering with democratic elections; 

Whereas President Trump used the powers of the Presidency 

to undermine the integrity of the United States democratic process, thereby ignoring and injuring the interests 

of the Nation; 

Whereas President Trump has demonstrated that he has 

acted in a manner grossly incompatible with self-governance and the rule of law; and 

Whereas President Trump has acted in a manner contrary to 

the trust voters placed in him as President, to the great 

prejudice of the cause of law and justice, and to the 

manifest injury of the people of the United States: Now, 

therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) censures President Donald J. Trump for ac3 tions taken by the President as outlined in this reso4 lution, which constitute a willful abuse of power; 

5 (2) censures President Donald J. Trump for 

6 putting his personal political interests before those 

7 of the American people in a manner that undermines 


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1 the integrity of the United States democratic proc2 ess; 

3 (3) calls on President Donald J. Trump to re4 frain from any conduct that invites foreign inter5 ference in United States elections or undermines 

6 United States Government investigations into for7 eign interference; 

8 (4) calls on President Donald J. Trump and the 

9 executive branch of government to respect the con10 stitutionally defined separation of powers; 

11 (5) strongly urges President Donald J. Trump 

12 to uphold his oath of office as established by the 

13 Constitution of the United States and fulfill his con14 stitutional responsibilities to the American people; 

15 and 

16 (6) calls on President Donald J. Trump to ac17 knowledge and admit wrongdoing as outlined in this 

18 resolution and apologize to the American people. 

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