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 with-
in 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 of-
fice, 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 Presi-
dency by ignoring or injuring vital national interests to 
obtain an improper personal political benefit and be-
trayed 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 demo-
cratic 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-govern-
ance 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 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) censures President Donald J. Trump for ac-
tions taken by the President as outlined in this reso-
lution, which constitute a willful abuse of power; 
(2) censures President Donald J. Trump for 
putting his personal political interests before those 
of the American people in a manner that undermines 
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the integrity of the United States democratic proc-
ess; 
(3) calls on President Donald J. Trump to re-
frain from any conduct that invites foreign inter-
ference in United States elections or undermines 
United States Government investigations into for-
eign interference; 
(4) calls on President Donald J. Trump and the 
executive branch of government to respect the con-
stitutionally defined separation of powers; 
(5) strongly urges President Donald J. Trump 
to uphold his oath of office as established by the 
Constitution of the United States and fulfill his con-
stitutional responsibilities to the American people; 
and 
(6) calls on President Donald J. Trump to ac-
knowledge and admit wrongdoing as outlined in this 
resolution and apologize to the American people. 
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