[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1318 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. RES. 1318
Impeaching Merrick Brian Garland, Attorney General of the United
States, for endangering, compromising, and undermining the justice
system of the United States by facilitating the persecution of
President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.'s, political rival, Donald J. Trump, the
45th President of the United States.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 12, 2022
Mrs. Greene of Georgia submitted the following resolution; which was
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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RESOLUTION
Impeaching Merrick Brian Garland, Attorney General of the United
States, for endangering, compromising, and undermining the justice
system of the United States by facilitating the persecution of
President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.'s, political rival, Donald J. Trump, the
45th President of the United States.
Resolved, That Merrick Brian Garland, Attorney General of the
United States, is impeached for endangering, compromising, and
undermining the justice system of the United States by facilitating the
persecution of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.'s, political rival,
Donald J. Trump, the 45th President of the United States, 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 Merrick Brian Garland,
Attorney General of the United States of America, in maintenance and
support of its impeachment against him for endangering, compromising,
and undermining the justice system of the United States by facilitating
the persecution of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.'s, political rival,
Donald J. Trump, the 45th President of the United States.
The Constitution provides that the House of Representatives ``shall
have the sole Power of Impeachment'' and that the Attorney General, as
a civil officer of the United States, ``shall be removed from Office on
Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high
Crimes and Misdemeanors''.
In his conduct as Attorney General of the United States, in
violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office
of the Attorney General of the United States, and, to the best of his
ability, preserve, protect, and defend, the Constitution of the United
States, Merrick Brian Garland continues to materially endanger the
justice system of the United States and empower President Joseph R.
Biden, Jr., to persecute his political adversaries at will.
article i
Attorney General Garland's personal approval to seek a search
warrant for the raid on the home of the 45th President of the United
States, Donald J. Trump, constitutes a blatant attempt to persecute a
political opponent.
Rather than adhering to an oath he took to defend and secure our
country and uphold the Constitution when he was sworn in as Attorney
General on March 11, 2021, Attorney General Garland has willingly
refused to ensure that the laws passed by Congress and signed by the
President are faithfully executed.
Attorney General Garland has failed to uphold his oath and has
instead overseen a denigration of the principles of our democratic
republic by politicizing the Department of Justice, and utilizing the
Federal Bureau of Investigation as a Federal police force to punish or
intimidate anyone who questions or opposes the current regime.
Attorney General Garland has taken measures to silence the voice of
millions of citizens of the United States by persecuting the former
duly elected and lawful President of the United States, and potential
Presidential candidate, Donald J. Trump.
article ii
The Supreme Court upheld in Department of the Navy v. Egan that the
President, as Commander in Chief, has the power to control the
classification and declassification of documents pertaining to national
security.
The Executive Vesting Clause of the Constitution grants the
President the authority to declassify documents in the public interest
that originated in any department or agency of the executive branch,
pursuant to Executive Order 13526.
Attorney General Garland, in persecuting former President Donald J.
Trump over documents he legally declassified, has engaged in a pattern
of conduct that is incompatible with his duties as a civil officer of
the United States.
Attorney General Garland, in his failure to uphold the oath he
took, has, by his actions, lost the trust of citizens of the United
States to faithfully execute the laws of the United States without
partisan bias.
Attorney General Garland's effort to unseal the search warrant for
the home of former President Donald J. Trump constitutes an attempt to
intimidate, harass, and potentially disqualify a political challenger
to President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Attorney General Garland's actions run counter to the steps that
employees of the executive branch must take to avoid ``an appearance of
loss of impartiality''.
Attorney General Garland's failure to address the conflict of
interest arising from the persecution of his employer, President Joseph
R. Biden, Jr.'s, political adversary, Donald J. Trump, demonstrates
that he is unfit to hold the office of Attorney General.
Attorney General Garland, by such conduct, has demonstrated that he
will remain a threat to the justice system of the United States of
America if allowed to remain in office, and has acted in a manner
grossly incompatible with democracy, self-governance, and the rule of
law.
Wherefore, Merrick Brian Garland, 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.
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