Trump’s Impeachment Report, But With Obama Instead
By: Matteo Bautista
Tags: Impeachment, Hillary Clinton, US Politics, Barack Obama, Donald Trump

RESOLUTION

Impeaching Barack Hussein Obama, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors.

Resolved, That Barack Hussein Obama, President of the United States, is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors and that the following 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 Barack Hussein Obama, President of the United States of America, in maintenance and support of its impeachment against him for high crimes and misdemeanors.

ARTICLE I: ABUSE OF POWER

The Constitution provides that the House of Representatives “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 violation of his constitutional 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 — Barack Obama has abused the powers of the Presidency, in that:

Using the powers of his high office, President Obama solicited the interference of several executive agencies and offices, notably the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Central Intelligence Agency, and Office of the Attorney General of the United States, as well as the Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, in the 2016 United States Presidential election. He did so through a scheme or course of conduct that included publicly announcing investigations that would benefit the election of Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton, harm the election prospects of her political opponent, and influence the 2016 United States Presidential election to the advantage of his political party. President Obama also sought to pressure the United States legislative branch to avoid opposing these steps by directing his cabinet members to condition appointments and promotions of agency officials on its public announcement of the investigations and personally threatening the Speaker of the House and Senate Majority Leader to terminate those investigations over a telephone call. President Obama engaged in this scheme or course of conduct for corrupt purposes in pursuit of his political benefit and the political benefit of Democratic Candidate Hillary Clinton. In so doing, President Obama used the powers of the Presidency in a manner that compromised integrity of the United States executive branch and the sanctity of the United States democratic process. He thus ignored and injured the interests of the Nation.

President Obama engaged in this scheme or course of conduct through the following means:

(1) President Obama— acting both directly and through his agents within and outside the United States Government — corruptly solicited United States intelligence agencies to publicly announce investigations into —

(A) a political opponent, Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump; and

(B) a theory alleging that Trump — through solicitation of Russian actors—plans to interfere in the 2016 United States Presidential election.

(2) With the same corrupt motives, President Obama — acting both directly and through his agents within and outside the United States Government — conditioned two official acts on the public announcements that he had requested —

(A) the release of $391 million of United States taxpayer funds that Congress had appropriated on a bipartisan basis for the purpose of providing vital military and security assistance to Libya to oppose terrorist aggression and which President Obama had ordered suspended; and

(B) a meeting at the White House, which the Speaker of the House sought to demonstrate continued United States support for the Government of Libya in the face of terrorist aggression.

(3) Faced with the public revelation of his actions, President Obama ultimately released the military and security assistance to the Government of Libya, but has persisted in openly and corruptly urging and soliciting his cabinet to undertake investigations for his political benefit, including a phone call wherein President Obama threatened to open criminal investigations into the Speaker of the House and Senate Majority Leader if they do not halt their own investigations into his conduct.

These actions were consistent with President Obama’s previous efforts to interfere in government investigations and United States elections. In all of this, President Obama abused the powers of the Presidency by ignoring and injuring the democratic process and exceeding his authority as head of the executive branch of the United States government to obtain an improper political benefit for a political ally. He has also betrayed the Nation by abusing his high office to enlist outside agents in corrupting democratic elections.

Wherefore President Obama, by such conduct, has demonstrated that he will remain a threat to election security, separation of powers, and the Constitution if allowed to remain in office, and has acted in a manner grossly incompatible with self-governance and the rule of law. President Obama 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.

ARTICLE II: OBSTRUCTION OF CONGRESS

The Constitution provides that the House of Representatives “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 violation of his constitutional 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 — Barack Hussein Obama has directed the unprecedented, categorical, and indiscriminate defiance of subpoenas issued by the House of Representatives pursuant to its “sole Power of Impeachment”. President Obama 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 impeachment inquiry focused on President Obama’s corrupt solicitation of the United States government to interfere in the 2016 United States Presidential election. As part of this impeachment inquiry, the Committees undertaking the investigation served subpoenas seeking documents and testimony deemed vital to the inquiry from various Executive Branch agencies and offices, and current and former officials.

In response, without lawful cause or excuse, President Obama directed Executive Branch agencies, offices, and officials not to comply with those subpoenas. President Obama thus interposed the powers of the Presidency against the lawful subpoenas of the House of Representatives, and assumed to himself functions and judgments necessary to the exercise of the “sole Power of Impeachment” vested by the Constitution in the House of Representatives. President Obama 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 Committees — 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 Committees — in response to which nine current and former Administration officials defied subpoenas for testimony, namely Denis Richard McDonough, Rahm Israel Emanuel, Susan Elizabeth Rice, Matthew G. Olsen, Robert Michael Gates, Sylvia Matthews Burwell, Shirley Ann Jackson, Jacob Joseph “Jack” Lew, and Jennifer M. Palmieri.

(4) Demanding in a phone call with the Speaker of the House and Senate Majority Leader that the Committees be dissolved — under the condition that if they are not dissolved, the Office of the Attorney General shall open investigations into the Speaker of the House and Senate Majority Leader.

These actions were consistent with President Obama’s previous efforts to undermine Congressional investigations into the conduct of his administration, namely the attacks on the United States Embassy in Benghazi, and the misuse of private email servers by former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. Through these actions, President Obama sought to arrogate to himself the right to determine the propriety, scope, and nature of an impeachment inquiry into his own conduct, as well as the unilateral prerogative to deny any and all information to the House of Representatives in the exercise 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 Misdemeanors”. This abuse of office served to cover up the President’s own repeated misconduct and to seize and control the power of impeachment — and thus to nullify a vital constitutional safeguard vested solely in the House of Representatives.

In all of this, President Obama has acted in a manner contrary to his trust as President and subversive of constitutional 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 Obama, by such conduct, has demonstrated that he will remain a threat to the Constitution if allowed to remain in office, and has acted in a manner grossly incompatible with self-governance and the rule of law. President Obama 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.