[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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