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 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.
Cosponsors 12
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 11, 2021 to Jan 12, 2021, with 8 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-TX | Al Green | Original | Jan 11, 2021 |
| D-FL | Al Lawson, Jr. | Original | Jan 11, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Original | Jan 11, 2021 |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Original | Jan 11, 2021 |
| D-NY | Jamaal Bowman | Original | Jan 11, 2021 |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Original | Jan 11, 2021 |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Original | Jan 11, 2021 |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Original | Jan 11, 2021 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Jan 12, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Jan 12, 2021 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Jan 12, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Jan 12, 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
- Business ethics
- Civil disturbances
- Congress
- 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
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Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 11, 2021Introduced in House
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