Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors.

Bill: 117-hres-34
Sponsor: Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]
Introduced: 2021-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses
Business ethics
Civil disturbances
Congressional officers and employees
Congressional operations and organization
Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive branch relations
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Corporate finance and management
Crimes against property
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
District of Columbia
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Europe
Evidence and witnesses
Federal officials
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Georgia
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Government studies and investigations
Judicial procedure and administration
Law enforcement officers
Members of Congress
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Protection of officials
Protest and dissent
Racial and ethnic relations
Real estate business
Rule of law and government transparency
Russia
Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
State and local government operations
Subversive activities
Terrorism
U.S. Capitol
Ukraine
Violent crime
Virginia

Summary:
action_date: 2021-01-11
text: 
This resolution impeaches President Donald John Trump for high crimes and misdemeanors.
 
Specifically, the resolution sets forth four articles of impeachment.
 
The first article states that President Trump abused the powers of the presidency by inciting an insurrection against the U.S. government. The article specifies a pattern of conduct by President Trump, including the following:
 
 
spreading disinformation and unsupported allegations of voter fraud;
 
appealing to and defending white supremacists; and
 
encouraging his supporters to descend on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, while Congress certified the results of the presidential election, leading to destruction and death.
 
 
The second article states that President Trump abused the powers of the presidency by corrupting the electoral process. The article specifies the following conduct by President Trump:
 
 
soliciting a foreign government (Ukraine) to intervene in the 2020 presidential election;
 
soliciting the Secretary of State of Georgia to overturn election results in Georgia; and
 
during the 2016 presidential election, making unlawful payments to silence persons with unfavorable information about him.
 
 
The third article states that President Trump has accepted emoluments, including from foreign states, and, in doing so, has violated anti-corruption provisions of the Constitution and used the power of the presidency for improper personal gain.
 
The fourth article states that President Trump has obstructed justice by, for example, directing the firing of the Special Counsel who was investigating him in 2017 and later ordering federal officials to lie about this directive.
 
Each article states that, by such conduct, President Trump warrants impeachment and trial, removal from office, and disqualification from holding U.S. office.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-03-04
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2021-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2021-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2021-01-11
text: Introduced in House