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lowing articles of impeachment be exhibited to the United 
States Senate: 
Articles 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 Merrick Brian Garland, Attorney Gen-
eral of the United States of America, in maintenance and 
support of its impeachment against him for endangering, 
compromising, and undermining the justice system of the 
United States by facilitating the persecution of President 
Joseph R. Biden, Jr.’s, political rival, Donald J. Trump, 
the 45th President of the United States. 
The Constitution provides that the House of Rep-
resentatives ‘‘shall have the sole Power of Impeachment’’ 
and that the Attorney General, as a civil officer of the 
United States, ‘‘shall be removed from Office on Impeach-
ment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other 
high Crimes and Misdemeanors’’. 
In his conduct as Attorney General of the United 
States, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to 
execute the office of the Attorney General of the United 
States, and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, 
and defend, the Constitution of the United States, Merrick 
Brian Garland continues to materially endanger the jus-
tice system of the United States and empower President 
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Joseph R. Biden, Jr., to persecute his political adversaries 
at will. 
ARTICLE I 
Attorney General Garland’s personal approval to seek 
a search warrant for the raid on the home of the 45th 
President of the United States, Donald J. Trump, con-
stitutes a blatant attempt to persecute a political oppo-
nent. 
Rather than adhering to an oath he took to defend 
and secure our country and uphold the Constitution when 
he was sworn in as Attorney General on March 11, 2021, 
Attorney General Garland has willingly refused to ensure 
that the laws passed by Congress and signed by the Presi-
dent are faithfully executed. 
Attorney General Garland has failed to uphold his 
oath and has instead overseen a denigration of the prin-
ciples of our democratic republic by politicizing the De-
partment of Justice, and utilizing the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation as a Federal police force to punish or intimi-
date anyone who questions or opposes the current regime. 
Attorney General Garland has taken measures to si-
lence the voice of millions of citizens of the United States 
by persecuting the former duly elected and lawful Presi-
dent of the United States, and potential Presidential can-
didate, Donald J. Trump. 
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ARTICLE II 
The Supreme Court upheld in Department of the 
Navy v. Egan that the President, as Commander in Chief, 
has the power to control the classification and declassifica-
tion of documents pertaining to national security. 
The Executive Vesting Clause of the Constitution 
grants the President the authority to declassify documents 
in the public interest that originated in any department 
or agency of the executive branch, pursuant to Executive 
Order 13526. 
Attorney General Garland, in persecuting former 
President Donald J. Trump over documents he legally de-
classified, has engaged in a pattern of conduct that is in-
compatible with his duties as a civil officer of the United 
States. 
Attorney General Garland, in his failure to uphold 
the oath he took, has, by his actions, lost the trust of citi-
zens of the United States to faithfully execute the laws 
of the United States without partisan bias. 
Attorney General Garland’s effort to unseal the 
search warrant for the home of former President Donald 
J. Trump constitutes an attempt to intimidate, harass, 
and potentially disqualify a political challenger to Presi-
dent Joseph R. Biden, Jr. 
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Attorney General Garland’s actions run counter to 
the steps that employees of the executive branch must take 
to avoid ‘‘an appearance of loss of impartiality’’. 
Attorney General Garland’s failure to address the 
conflict of interest arising from the persecution of his em-
ployer, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.’s, political adver-
sary, Donald J. Trump, demonstrates that he is unfit to 
hold the office of Attorney General. 
Attorney General Garland, by such conduct, has dem-
onstrated that he will remain a threat to the justice system 
of the United States of America if allowed to remain in 
office, and has acted in a manner grossly incompatible 
with democracy, self-governance, and the rule of law. 
Wherefore, Merrick Brian Garland, thus warrants 
impeachment and trial, removal from office, and disquali-
fication to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or 
profit under the United States. 
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