Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors.
Latest action · Mar 4, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
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- IntroducedJan 11, 2021
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
This resolution impeaches President Donald John Trump for high crimes and misdemeanors.
Specifically, the resolution sets forth two articles of impeachment.
The first article states that President Trump abused the powers of the presidency by attempting to unlawfully overturn the results of Georgia's presidential election. The article specifies that President Trump, on a recorded call, repeatedly asked the Secretary of State of Georgia to overturn the verified results of the election and threatened consequences for a failure to do so.
The second article states that President Trump abused the powers of the presidency by inciting violence and orchestrating an attempted coup. The article specifies that, on January 6, 2021, President Trump incited a crowd of supporters to attack the Capitol while Congress was in session to certify the results of the election. The article further specifies that, after those supporters had violently breached the Capitol, President Trump made a statement repeating his false claims of election fraud and expressing affection for the supporters.
Both articles state that, by such conduct, President Trump warrants impeachment and trial, removal from office, and disqualification from holding U.S. office.
Cosponsors 87
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 11, 2021 to May 11, 2021, with 84 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Original | Jan 11, 2021 |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Original | Jan 11, 2021 |
| D-TX | Al Green | Original | Jan 11, 2021 |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Original | Jan 11, 2021 |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Original | Jan 11, 2021 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Original | Jan 11, 2021 |
| D-AZ | Ann Kirkpatrick | Original | Jan 11, 2021 |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Original | Jan 11, 2021 |
| D-MD | Anthony G. Brown | Original | Jan 11, 2021 |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Original | Jan 11, 2021 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Jan 11, 2021 |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Original | Jan 11, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Original | Jan 11, 2021 |
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | Original | Jan 11, 2021 |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Original | Jan 11, 2021 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 4, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
- Jan 11, 2021Introduced in House
- Jan 11, 2021Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
- Assault and harassment offenses
- Civil disturbances
- Congress
- Congressional operations and organization
- Congressional oversight
- Congressional-executive branch relations
- Constitution and constitutional amendments
- Crimes against property
- Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Georgia
- Government buildings, facilities, and property
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Protest and dissent
- Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status
- State and local government operations
- Terrorism
- U.S. Capitol
- Violent crime
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 11, 2021Introduced in House
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