IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 621 
Impeaching Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, of high crimes 
and misdemeanors. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 15, 2017 
Mr. COHEN (for himself, Mr. GUTIE´RREZ, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. AL GREEN of 
Texas, Ms. FUDGE, and Mr. ESPAILLAT) submitted the following resolu-
tion; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
RESOLUTION 
Impeaching Donald J. Trump, President of the United 
States, of high crimes and misdemeanors. 
Resolved, That Donald J. Trump, President of the 
United States, is impeached for high crimes and mis-
demeanors, and that the following Articles of Impeach-
ment be exhibited to the Senate: 
Articles of Impeachment exhibited by the House of 
Representatives of the United States of America in the 
name of itself and all of the people of the United States 
of America, against Donald J. Trump, President of the 
United States, in maintenance and support of its impeach-
ment against him for high crimes and misdemeanors. 
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ARTICLE I 
OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE 
In his conduct while President of the United States, 
Donald J. Trump, in violation of his constitutional oath 
to faithfully 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, as well 
as his constitutional obligation to take care that the laws 
be faithfully executed, has prevented, obstructed, and im-
peded the administration of justice, and has to that end 
engaged personally, and through his subordinates and 
agents, in a course of conduct or scheme designed to delay, 
impede an investigation, and to conceal information 
sought by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 
the course of its investigation into Russian interference 
with the 2016 United States Presidential election, includ-
ing any possible collusion between Russia and Donald J. 
Trump’s campaign. 
The means used to implement this course of conduct 
or scheme included one or more of the following acts: 
On November 17, 2016, President-elect Trump des-
ignated Retired General Michael Flynn to serve as Na-
tional Security Advisor. 
On December 25, 2016, Retired General Michael 
Flynn communicated with Russian Ambassador to the 
United States Sergey Kislyak. 
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On December 29, 2016, the same day that President 
Barack Obama announced sanctions against Russian enti-
ties and the expulsion of suspected Russian intelligence 
operatives from the United States, Retired General Flynn 
spoke again with Russian Ambassador Kislyak. 
On January 15, 2017, in response to questions about 
Retired General Flynn’s communications with Russian of-
ficials during the Presidential transition, Vice President- 
elect Mike Pence said that Retired General Flynn and Am-
bassador Kislyak, ‘‘. . . did not discuss anything having 
to do with the United States’ decision to expel diplomats 
or impose censure against Russia.’’. 
On January 23, 2017, White House Press Secretary 
Sean Spicer reiterated that National Security Advisor 
Flynn and Ambassador Kislyak had only discussed holiday 
greetings, a December plane crash, a conference in Syria 
on ISIS and setting up a call between President Putin 
and Donald J. Trump. 
On January 26, 2017, Acting Attorney General Sally 
Yates warned White House Counsel Don McGahn that 
National Security Advisor Flynn had misled Vice Presi-
dent Pence about his communications with Ambassador 
Kislyak, and that, as a result, Flynn was at risk for being 
blackmailed by the Russians. 
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Flynn was asked to resign from the Trump adminis-
tration on February 13, 2017. 
On January 27, 2017, Donald J. Trump invited FBI 
Director James Comey to a one-on-one dinner at the 
White House, during which he demanded Director 
Comey’s loyalty. 
On February 14, 2017, at the conclusion of an Oval 
Office meeting on counterterrorism attended by the Vice 
President, the Deputy Director of the CIA, the Director 
of the National Counter-Terrorism Center, the Secretary 
of Homeland Security, the Attorney General and the Di-
rector of the FBI, Donald J. Trump requested that every-
one leave the room so he could speak with FBI Director 
Comey alone. Once alone, Donald J. Trump told Director 
Comey, ‘‘I hope you can see your way clear to letting this 
go, to letting Flynn go,’’ and, ‘‘he is a good guy. I hope 
you can let this go.’’. 
On March 20, 2017, Director James Comey testified 
before Congress that the FBI was investigating Russian 
interference with the 2016 U.S. Presidential election, in-
cluding the possibility of its collusion with the Trump cam-
paign. 
On March 30, 2017, Donald J. Trump called FBI 
Director James Comey and said the Russia investigation 
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was, ‘‘a cloud,’’ that was impairing his ability to act on 
behalf of the country. 
On May 9, 2017, while the FBI was investigating 
whether there was any collusion between the Trump cam-
paign and Russia, Donald J. Trump fired FBI Director 
James Comey. In his letter informing Director Comey that 
he was being terminated, Donald J. Trump said, ‘‘While 
I greatly appreciate you informing me, on three separate 
occasions, that I am not under investigation, I neverthe-
less concur with the judgment of the Department of Jus-
tice that you are not able to effectively lead the Bureau.’’. 
According to the New York Times, on May 10, 2017, 
Donald J. Trump told Russian Foreign Minister Sergey 
Lavrov and Russian Ambassador to the United States 
Sergey Kislyak, ‘‘I just fired the head of the F.B.I. He 
was crazy, a real nut job . . . I faced great pressure be-
cause of Russia. That’s taken off.’’. 
On May 17, 2017, the U.S. Department of Justice 
appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller to serve 
as a special counsel to investigate links between the Rus-
sian government and Donald J. Trump’s Presidential 
campaign. 
According to the New York Times, shortly after 
learning that a special counsel had been appointed, Donald 
J. Trump berated Attorney General Jeff Sessions in an 
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Oval Office meeting, said Sessions should resign, and ac-
cused Sessions of ‘‘disloyalty’’. According to the New York 
Times, Sessions told Donald J. Trump he would quit and 
sent a resignation letter to the White House. According 
to the New York Times, Donald J. Trump rejected Ses-
sions’ resignation letter after senior members of his ad-
ministration argued that dismissing the attorney general 
would only create more problems. 
On May 12, 2017, while speaking in a nationally tele-
vised interview about his decision to fire Director Comey, 
Donald J. Trump said, ‘‘And in fact when I decided to 
just do it, I said to myself, I said you know, this Russia 
thing with Trump and Russia is a made up story, it’s an 
excuse by the Democrats for having lost an election that 
they should have won.’’. 
According to the Washington Post, on July 8, 2017, 
Donald J. Trump personally dictated a statement for his 
son and former Trump campaign operative, Donald 
Trump, Jr., to use to explain Donald Trump, Jr.’s, meet-
ing during the 2016 Presidential campaign with Russian 
lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya. In the statement, Donald 
Trump, Jr., said he and Veselnitskaya had, ‘‘primarily dis-
cussed a program about the adoption of Russian chil-
dren,’’ and that the subject of the meeting was, ‘‘not a 
campaign issue at the time’’. 
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Donald Trump, Jr., later released emails showing 
that he had accepted the meeting with Veselnitskaya in 
response to an email offering to provide damaging infor-
mation about Hillary Clinton as a part of a Russian gov-
ernment effort to help his father’s campaign. Specifically, 
a June 3, 2017, email to Trump, Jr., stated, ‘‘The Crown 
prosecutor of Russia met with his father Aras this morn-
ing and in their meeting offered to provide the Trump 
campaign with some official documents and information 
that would incriminate Hillary and her dealings with Rus-
sia and would be very useful to your father. This is obvi-
ously very high level and sensitive information but is part 
of Russia and its government’s support for Mr. Trump 
. . .’’. 
In all of this, Donald J. Trump has obstructed the 
administration of justice. In so doing he has undermined 
the integrity of his office, brought disrepute on the Presi-
dency, and betrayed his trust as President in a manner 
subversive of constitutional government, to the great prej-
udice of the cause of law and justice and to the manifest 
injury of the people of the United States. 
Wherefore Donald J. Trump, by such conduct, war-
rants impeachment and trial, and removal from office. 
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ARTICLE II 
VIOLATION OF THE FOREIGN EMOLUMENTS CLAUSE—AR-
TICLE I, SECTION 9 OF THE UNITED STATES CON-
STITUTION 
In his conduct while President of the United States, 
Donald J. Trump, in violation of his constitutional oath 
to faithfully 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, as well 
as his constitutional obligation to take care that the laws 
be faithfully executed, accepted, without the consent of 
Congress emoluments from foreign states in the following 
manner: 
Donald J. Trump refused to divest, place into a blind 
trust, or otherwise give up his ownership interest in his 
worldwide business holdings since becoming President. 
Donald J. Trump refused to release his tax returns, 
with the intent to conceal the exact nature of his holdings 
from Congress and the American people. 
Donald J. Trump acknowledged, through his personal 
attorney, that his businesses receive funds and make a 
profit from payments by foreign governments, and would 
continue to do so while serving as President. 
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FOREIGN PAYMENTS DERIVED FROM REAL ESTATE 
HOLDINGS 
Donald J. Trump owns approximately 77 percent of 
Trump International Hotel in Washington, DC, which 
holds a lease from the General Services Administration. 
The Trump International Hotel in Washington, DC, 
has actively courted foreign diplomats for their business, 
and according to public reports, since the November 2016 
Presidential election, diplomats have made plans to stay 
at the hotel to curry favor with Donald J. Trump and 
some diplomats have said spending money at Trump’s 
hotel is an easy, friendly gesture to the new President. 
The Embassy of Kuwait canceled a ‘‘save the date’’ 
reservation for an event at the Four Seasons Hotel in 
Washington, DC, and held its National Day Celebration, 
instead, at Trump International Hotel in Washington, 
DC, on February 22, 2017. According to Reuters, similar 
events for a crowd of several hundred at the Trump Inter-
national Hotel can run from $40,000 to $60,000. 
On or about April 6, 2017, the Ambassador & Perma-
nent Representative of Georgia to the United Nations 
tweeted, ‘‘Trump International Hotel Washington DC 
@TrumpDC – great #hotel and so far the best service 
I’ve seen in the United States! Keep it up! #travel’’. 
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According to the Washington Post, in May 2017, 
business groups promoting Turkish American relations 
held an annual convention at the Trump International 
Hotel in Washington, DC. The Turkish ambassador and 
a high-ranking official from the U.S. Department of State 
attended. The convention included a $95 per person din-
ner for 190 guests. On May 23, 2017, breakfast, dinner 
and drinks ran more than $30,000, including a ‘‘Banquet 
Event Service Charge’’ of 24 percent. 
According to the Washington Post, from May 11, 
2017, to May 13, 2017, an Italian medical foundation 
hosted doctors from the University of Texas and the Uni-
versity Medical Center in Hamburg at the Trump Inter-
national Hotel in Washington, DC. 
According to the Washington Post, in September 
2017, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak’s visit to the 
White House was accompanied by at least 24 hours of ac-
tivity and sales to the Trump International Hotel in 
Washington, DC. On September 11, 2017, more than a 
dozen members of Najib’s entourage were seen in a lounge 
area for hotel guests. On September 12, 2017, dozens of 
delegation members met in meeting rooms with name 
cards bearing the Malaysian coat of arms and some at-
tended a breakfast in the hotel’s Lincoln Library meeting 
room. According to the Washington Post, events of this 
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scale probably generated hundreds of thousands of dollars 
in revenue for the Trump Organization, based on con-
firmed spending totals of other groups. 
According to the Washington Post, the Kingdom of 
Saudi Arabia paid the Trump International Hotel in 
Washington, DC, $270,000 in hotel charges, including 
about $190,000 for rooms, $78,000 for catering and 
$1,600 for parking as part of an effort to bring veterans 
groups to Washington, DC, to lobby Congress against a 
law allowing victims of the September 11, 2001, attacks 
to sue Saudi Arabia. 
Donald J. Trump did not first seek or obtain the con-
sent of Congress before accepting any of the benefits from 
foreign states derived from their patronage of the Trump 
International Hotel in Washington, DC. 
Donald J. Trump owns Trump Tower, a mixed-use 
skyscraper in New York City. At least two tenants of 
Trump Tower are entities owned by foreign states: (1) the 
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, which is owned 
by China, and (2) Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Author-
ity, which is owned by the United Arab Emirates. 
Donald J. Trump did not first seek or obtain the con-
sent of Congress before accepting any of the benefits from 
foreign states derived from their patronage of the Trump 
Tower in New York City. 
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Donald J. Trump also owns Trump World Tower in 
New York City. 
In 2001, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia purchased a 
floor of Trump World Tower, and the floor currently be-
longs to the Saudi Mission to the United Nations. At the 
time of the sale, the floor had yearly common charges of 
$85,585 for building amenities. 
Donald J. Trump has likely accepted common 
charges from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for its use of 
Trump World Tower. 
Donald J. Trump did not first seek or obtain the con-
sent of Congress before accepting benefits from Saudi 
Arabia due to its use of Trump World Tower in New York 
City. 
FOREIGN REGULATORY BENEFITS 
In November 2016, when Argentine President 
Mauricio Macri called Donald J. Trump to congratulate 
him on his victory, the President reportedly asked him to 
deal with the permitting issues that were delaying an of-
fice building project in Buenos Aires, Argentina, that 
Donald J. Trump and Argentine partners had been work-
ing on for a number of years. Three days after Trump 
spoke with Argentina’s President, the long-delayed project 
moved ahead. 
Shortly after Donald J. Trump’s Presidential election 
victory, a news agency in the country of Georgia reported 
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that a long-stalled plan for a Trump-branded tower in a 
seaside Georgian resort town was back on track to move 
ahead. 
Donald J. Trump did not first seek or obtain the con-
sent of Congress before accepting regulatory benefits from 
Argentina or the country of Georgia. 
DONATIONS TO U.S. TREASURY 
On January 11, 2017, Donald J. Trump held a press 
conference at which his attorney Sheri Dillon announced 
that Donald J. Trump would donate hotel profits gen-
erated by foreign government payments to the Treasury 
of the United States. 
On April 21, 2017, House Committee on Oversight 
and Government Reform Chairman Jason Chaffetz and 
Ranking Member Elijah Cummings requested documents 
and information from Ms. Dillon regarding how and when 
funds would be remunerated to the Treasury of the United 
States. The letter specifically requested details as to how 
payments from foreign governments or foreign-owned enti-
ties are being identified by the Trump Organization and 
whether the Trump Organization, Donald J. Trump, or 
his trust planned to claim donations to the Treasury of 
the United States as a gift for tax deduction purposes. 
In response to the committee’s request, the Trump 
Organization produced a pamphlet stating, ‘‘To fully and 
completely identify all patronage at our Properties by cus-
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