IV 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 680 
Impeaching Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., President of the United States, 
for the high crimes and misdemeanors of betrayal of the public trust. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 24, 2021 
Mrs. BOEBERT (for herself, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. GOH-
MERT, and Mr. HICE of Georgia) submitted the following resolution; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
RESOLUTION 
Impeaching Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., President of the 
United States, for the high crimes and misdemeanors 
of betrayal of the public trust. 
Resolved, That Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., Presi-
dent of the United States, is impeached for high crimes 
and misdemeanors and that the following Article of Im-
peachment be exhibited to the United States Senate: 
Article 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 Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., President 
of the United States, in maintenance and support of its 
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impeachment against him for high crimes and mis-
demeanors. 
ARTICLE I 
The Constitution provides that the House of Rep-
resentatives ‘‘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 viola-
tion of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the of-
fice 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— 
Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., has willfully abandoned his 
duty as President of the United States, in betrayal of the 
public trust, in that: 
It is the duty of the President as Commander in 
Chief to ensure the national security of the United States 
of America and its citizens, at home and abroad. 
Despite sufficient warning from military and intel-
ligence personnel, President Biden proceeded to hap-
hazardly withdraw troops from Afghanistan that resulted 
in the Taliban gaining full control of Afghanistan and 
jeopardized the safety of, and in some cases directly re-
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sulted in the death of, United States citizens, United 
States Armed Forces members, and Afghan civilians. 
The President of the United States willfully aban-
doned his duties as Commander in Chief and is directly 
responsible for the failed withdrawal from Afghanistan. 
The President of the United States gave aid and com-
fort to our enemies, while the Taliban rapidly overtook Af-
ghanistan. 
The President of the United States has compromised 
the physical security of tens of thousands of United States 
military personnel, United States Government operatives, 
United States civilians, Afghan allies, other international 
allies, and tens of billions of dollars of advanced United 
States military equipment. 
On March 25, 2021, President Biden stated, ‘‘if we 
leave, we’re going to do so in a safe and orderly way’’ 
when asked about withdrawal plans for United States 
troops in Afghanistan. 
On April 14, 2021, President Biden stated of the 
withdrawal of United States troops in Afghanistan, ‘‘We 
will not conduct a hasty rush to the exit, we’ll do it respon-
sibly, deliberately, and safely’’. 
On May 18, 2021, the Department of Defense Inves-
tigator General reported a 37-percent increase in reported 
attacks initiated by the Taliban on Afghanistan govern-
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ment forces during the first quarter of 2021 for ‘‘large- 
scale offenses’’. 
On June 8, 2021, Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah 
Mujahid stated that once foreign forces leave Afghanistan 
‘‘we will be compelled to continue our war to achieve our 
goal’’. 
On June 8, 2021, President Biden transmitted to the 
Committee on Armed Services of the House of Represent-
atives, the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate, 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate, the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence 
of the House of Representatives, and the Select Committee 
on Intelligence of the Senate, a waiver of the limitations 
under section 1215(a) of the William M. (Mac) Thorn-
berry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2021, which section required a detailed report on the risks 
associated with leaving Afghanistan. Such a report would 
have provided the details of his administration’s national 
security assessment prior to the United States withdrawal 
from Afghanistan. 
On July 6, 2021, the United States military con-
firmed the pullout of Bagram Airfield without notifying 
the Afghan commander resulting in the base getting ran-
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sacked by Taliban looters and releasing thousands of 
ISIS–K terrorists from prison. 
On July 8, 2021, President Biden stated that the 
Taliban ‘‘is at its strongest militarily since 2001’’ and 
stated, ‘‘the likelihood there’s going to be the Taliban 
overrunning everything and owning the whole country is 
highly unlikely’’. 
On July 12, 2021, President Biden ordered 4-star 
General Austin Miller, Commander of North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization’s Resolute Support Mission and 
United States Forces–Afghanistan, to step down from his 
position and depart Afghanistan, leaving the remaining 
United States presence without a seasoned leader in the 
face of growing Taliban powers. 
On July 13, 2021, President Biden received a docu-
ment signed by 23 staff members of the United States 
embassy in Afghanistan, with a warning regarding poten-
tial collapse of the Afghan capital of Kabul soon after the 
President’s withdrawal deadline. 
On August 6, 2021, the Taliban took control of the 
Nimroz province. 
On August 11, 2021, President Biden took a week- 
long vacation at Camp David despite significant advances 
and provincial captures by the Taliban offensive. 
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On August 15, 2021, as Taliban fighters took control 
of Kabul, the United States embassy fell, and billions of 
dollars of United States military weapons, including 
75,000 vehicles, 200 aircraft, 600,000 weapons were given 
over to the Taliban. President Biden stated he stood 
‘‘squarely behind his decision’’. 
On August 16, 2021, President Biden addressed the 
Nation on the debacle in Afghanistan and stated, ‘‘I am 
president of the United States of America, and the buck 
stops with me’’. 
On August 20, 2021, President Biden stated that al- 
Qaida was ‘‘gone’’ from Afghanistan despite recent reports 
from the Inspector General of Congress and the United 
Nations that show that al-Qaida continues to have a pres-
ence in Afghanistan. 
On August 23, 2021, the Chairman of the House 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence stated that, 
‘‘there were any number of warnings that the Taliban 
might take over, and some that included a potential of 
a very rapid takeover’’. 
On August 24, 2021, President Biden stated that he 
will not extend the August 31st deadline for withdrawal 
of troops from Afghanistan despite pleas from members 
of Congress, military personnel, and the G–7 allies. Esti-
mates indicated there were 10,000 United States citizens, 
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50,000 Afghan special immigrant visa applicants, and 
6,000 troops in Afghanistan at the time. The Pentagon, 
however, stated that the United States did not have the 
capability to safely escort Americans in Kabul to the air-
port for evacuation by the August 31st deadline. 
On August 26, 2021, a suicide bomb explosion exe-
cuted by terrorist group ISIS–K occurred at Hamid 
Karzai International Airport, killing eleven Marines, one 
Navy Medic, and one Army soldier, and injuring over 20 
Americans. 
The last American military service member was re-
moved from Afghanistan on August 30, 2021, with hun-
dreds of Americans still stranded in Afghanistan. 
These executive decisions suggest the willful aban-
donment of the national security responsibilities of the 
Commander in Chief. It is the responsibility of the Con-
gress to reprimand such failure through impeachment. 
President Biden promised the American people a re-
sponsible, deliberate, and safe exit withdrawal from Af-
ghanistan and instead conducted a reckless, politically mo-
tivated, and dangerous withdrawal. 
President Biden’s conduct during the withdrawal 
from Afghanistan has led to international condemnation 
of the United States, including from our allies. 
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