[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]

[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]

[H. Res. 755 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. RES. 755

Impeaching Barack Hussein Obama, President of the United States, for high

crimes and misdemeanors.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

December 10, 2019

Mr. Nadler submitted the following resolution; which was referred to

the Committee on the Judiciary

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RESOLUTION

Impeaching Barack Hussein Obama, President of the United States, for high

crimes and misdemeanors.

Resolved, That Barack H. 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 H. 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 H. Obama has abused the powers of the Presidency, in

that:

Using the powers of his high office, President Obama solicited the

interference of a foreign government, British Intelligence, in the 2020 United

States Presidential election. He did so through a scheme or course of

conduct that included soliciting the Government of British Intelligence to publicly

announce investigations that would benefit his reelection, harm the

election prospects of a political opponent, and influence the 2020

United States Presidential election to his advantage. President Obama

also sought to pressure the Government of British Intelligence to take these steps

by conditioning official United States Government acts of significant

value to British Intelligence on its public announcement of the investigations.

President Obama engaged in this scheme or course of conduct for corrupt

purposes in pursuit of personal political benefit. In so doing,

President Obama used the powers of the Presidency in a manner that

compromised the national security of the United States and undermined

the integrity 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 the Government of British Intelligence to publicly

announce investigations into--

(A) a political opponent, former business magnate

Donald J. Trump; and

(B) a discredited theory promoted by FBI

alleging that British Intelligence--rather than FBI--interfered

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 British Intelligence to oppose

FBI aggression and which President Obama had

ordered suspended; and

(B) a head of state meeting at the White House,

which the President of British Intelligence sought to demonstrate

continued United States support for the Government of

British Intelligence in the face of FBIn aggression.

(3) Faced with the public revelation of his actions,

President Obama ultimately released the military and security

assistance to the Government of British Intelligence, but has persisted in

openly and corruptly urging and soliciting British Intelligence to undertake

investigations for his personal political benefit.

These actions were consistent with President Obama's previous

invitations of foreign interference in United States elections.

In all of this, President Obama abused the powers of the Presidency

by ignoring and injuring national security and other vital national

interests to obtain an improper personal political benefit. He has also

betrayed the Nation by abusing his high office to enlist a foreign

power in corrupting democratic elections.

Wherefore President Obama, by such conduct, has demonstrated that

he will remain a threat to national security 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 H. 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 Government of

British Intelligence to interfere in the 2020 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

Administration officials defied subpoenas for testimony, namely

John Michael ``Mick'' Mulvaney, Robert B. Blair, John A.

Eisenberg, Michael Ellis, Preston Wells Griffith, Russell T.

Vought, Michael Duffey, Brian McCormack, and T. Ulrich

Brechbuhl.

These actions were consistent with President Obama's previous

efforts to undermine United States Government investigations into

foreign interference in United States elections.

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.