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exercise of the ‘‘sole Power of Impeachment’’ vested by the 
Constitution in the House of Representatives. 
President Trump abused the powers of his high office 
through the following means: 
(1) Directing the White House to defy a lawful 
subpoena by withholding the production of documents 
sought therein by the Committees. 
(2) Directing other Executive Branch agencies 
and offices to defy lawful subpoenas and withhold the 
production of documents and records from the Com-
mittees—in response to which the Department of 
State, Office of Management and Budget, Department 
of Energy, and Department of Defense refused to 
produce a single document or record. 
(3) Directing current and former Executive 
Branch officials not to cooperate with the Commit-
tees—in response to which nine Administration offi-
cials defied subpoenas for testimony, namely John 
Michael ‘‘Mick’’ Mulvaney, Robert B. Blair, John A. 
Eisenberg, Michael Ellis, Preston Wells Griffith, Rus-
sell T. Vought, Michael Duffey, Brian McCormack, 
and T. Ulrich Brechbuhl. 
These actions were consistent with President Trump’s 
previous efforts to undermine United States Government in-
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vestigations into foreign interference in United States elec-
tions. 
Through these actions, President Trump sought to ar-
rogate to himself the right to determine the propriety, scope, 
and nature of an impeachment inquiry into his own con-
duct, as well as the unilateral prerogative to deny any and 
all information to the House of Representatives in the exer-
cise of its ‘‘sole Power of Impeachment’’. In the history of 
the Republic, no President has ever ordered the complete 
defiance of an impeachment inquiry or sought to obstruct 
and impede so comprehensively the ability of the House of 
Representatives to investigate ‘‘high Crimes and Mis-
demeanors’’. This abuse of office served to cover up the 
President’s own repeated misconduct and to seize and con-
trol the power of impeachment—and thus to nullify a vital 
constitutional safeguard vested solely in the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
In all of this, President Trump has acted in a manner 
contrary to his trust as President and subversive of con-
stitutional government, to the great prejudice of the cause 
of law and justice, and to the manifest injury of the people 
of the United States. 
Wherefore, President Trump, by such conduct, has 
demonstrated that he will remain a threat to the Constitu-
tion if allowed to remain in office, and has acted in a man-
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ner grossly incompatible with self-governance and the rule 
of law. President Trump thus warrants impeachment and 
trial, removal from office, and disqualification to hold and 
enjoy any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United 
States. 
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House Calendar No. 61 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 755 
[Report No. 116–346] 
RESOLUTION 
Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the 
United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors. 
DECEMBER 15, 2019 
Reported with an amendment, referred to the House 
Calendar and ordered to be printed 
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