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Articles of impeachment exhibited by the House of Rep-
resentatives 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 impeach-
ment against him for high crimes and misdemeanors. 
ARTICLE I: ABUSE OF POWER 
The Constitution provides that the House of Represent-
atives ‘‘shall have the sole Power of Impeachment’’ and that 
the President ‘‘shall be removed from Office on Impeach-
ment 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 con-
stitutional 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 solic-
iting the Government of Ukraine to publicly announce in-
vestigations that would benefit his reelection, harm the elec-
tion prospects of a political opponent, and influence the 
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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 con-
duct 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 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 Govern-
ment of Ukraine to publicly announce investigations 
into— 
(A) a political opponent, former Vice Presi-
dent Joseph R. Biden, Jr.; and 
(B) a discredited theory promoted by Rus-
sia alleging that Ukraine—rather than Russia— 
interfered in the 2016 United States Presidential 
election. 
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(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 announce-
ments that he had requested— 
(A) the release of $391 million of United 
States taxpayer funds that Congress had appro-
priated 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 
(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 Rus-
sian aggression. 
(3) Faced with the public revelation of his ac-
tions, President Trump ultimately released the mili-
tary and security assistance to the Government of 
Ukraine, but has persisted in openly and corruptly 
urging and soliciting Ukraine to undertake investiga-
tions for his personal political benefit. 
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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 cor-
rupting democratic elections. 
Wherefore President Trump, by such conduct, has dem-
onstrated 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-gov-
ernance and the rule of law. President Trump thus war-
rants impeachment and trial, removal from office, and dis-
qualification 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 Represent-
atives ‘‘shall have the sole Power of Impeachment’’ and that 
the President ‘‘shall be removed from Office on Impeach-
ment 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 con-
stitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of President 
of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, 
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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 di-
rected the unprecedented, categorical, and indiscriminate 
defiance of subpoenas issued by the House of Representa-
tives pursuant to its ‘‘sole Power of Impeachment’’. Presi-
dent 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 im-
peachment 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 in-
vestigation served subpoenas seeking documents and testi-
mony deemed vital to the inquiry from various Executive 
Branch agencies and offices, and current and former offi-
cials. 
In response, without lawful cause or excuse, President 
Trump directed Executive Branch agencies, offices, and offi-
cials 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 as-
sumed to himself functions and judgments necessary to the 
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