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RESOLUTION

- HOUSE.GOV/NP PHOTO ILLUSTRATI­ON A copy of the Articles of Impeachmen­t drawn up in the U. S. House of Representa­tives.

Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeano­rs. Resolved, That Donald John Trump, President of the United States, is impeached for high crimes and misdemeano­rs and that the following article of impeachmen­t be exhibited to the United States Senate: Article 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 Donald 2John Trump, President of the United States of America, in maintenanc­e and support of its impeachmen­t against him for high crimes and misdemeano­rs.

ARTICLE I: INCITEMENT OF INSURRECTI­ON

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’’. Further, section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the Constituti­on prohibits any person who has ‘‘engaged in insurrecti­on or rebellion against’’ the United States from ‘‘hold[ing] any office . . . under the United States’’. In his conduct while 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—donald John Trump engaged in high Crimes and Misdemeano­rs by inciting violence against the Government of the United States,

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