[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 652 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 652

Impeaching Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., President of the United States, 
                   for high crimes and misdemeanors.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            August 11, 2023

 Mr. Steube submitted the following resolution; which was referred to 
                     the Committee on the Judiciary

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Impeaching Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., President of the United States, 
                   for high crimes and misdemeanors.

    Resolved, That Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., 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 Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., 
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, bribery, hobbs act extortion & honest 
                             services fraud

    Robert Hunter Biden (Hunter Biden) and James Biden sold access to 
then Vice President Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., (Joe Biden) while he 
was in office from 2009 to 2017 and sold promised access to a future 
Biden Presidential Administration while he was out of office from 2017 
to 2021. Hunter and James Biden appear to have promised official 
actions by Joe Biden in return for payments and business opportunities 
from foreign and domestic business partners. Joe Biden assisted by 
making appearances, phone calls, meeting with the business partners, 
and knowingly allowing his family members to promise access to him and 
actions by him in furtherance of these schemes.
    Hunter Biden threatened business partners that official actions 
could be taken against them if they did not meet terms or make 
payments. In at least one instance, Hunter implied that Joe Biden was 
aware of these threats and willing to assist in enforcing the threats, 
potentially through official actions. Hunter Biden attempted to enrich 
himself and the Biden family by threatening official actions from his 
father, who he claims was willing to assist in these schemes.
    These acts are abuses of power as well as the following Federal 
crimes or conspiracy to commit the following Federal crimes: Bribery of 
Public Officials, 18 U.S.C. 201; Hobbs Act Extortion ``Under Color of 
Official Right,'' 18 U.S.C. 1951; Honest Services Fraud relating to use 
of official position, 18 U.S.C. 1346.
            (1) According to reports released by the U.S. House of 
        Representatives Oversight and Accountability Committee 
        (Oversight Committee) James Biden promised access to a future 
        Biden Administration and ``the highest levels of government'' 
        and that his brother Joe Biden had been made aware of his 
        business dealings, which would be made profitable when it could 
        become part of the Biden platform. James Biden would often 
        explain over the phone that Joe Biden was in the room with him, 
        and James Biden had been explaining the deal to him.
            (2) Also, according to reports released by the Oversight 
        Committee, Hunter Biden, James Biden, Hallie Biden, and an 
        unknown ``Biden'' and their companies collectively received 
        $1.3 million in payments from accounts related to Rob Walker, a 
        Biden family associate. On March 1, 2017, less than two months 
        after Vice President Joe Biden left public office, State Energy 
        HK Limited, a Chinese company, wired $3 million to Rob Walker's 
        company. The next day, the company wired $1,065,000 to a 
        company associated with James Gilliar, another Biden family 
        associate. Afterwards, the Biden family received approximately 
        $1,065,000 in payments over a 3-month period in different bank 
        accounts. From the bank records, it appears that the Biden 
        family received approximately one-third of the money obtained 
        from wires from China.
            (3) Previously, in a 2011 email, Hunter Biden described his 
        value to Chinese investors as ``everything to do with my last 
        name''. In another correspondence with Chinese investors, 
        Hunter said ``we should be able to achieve a great deal. Just 
        give me my marching orders''.
            (4) In 2014 Russian oligarch Elena Baturina paid a company 
        connected to Hunter Biden over $3 million. Also in 2014, Elena 
        Baturina attended a dinner with Hunter Biden and Joe Biden in 
        the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, DC. Notably, Elana 
        Baturina, one of Russia's wealthiest individuals, has not been 
        included in the Treasury Department sanctions against many of 
        Russia's other wealthiest people.
            (5) Additionally, the Biden family received improper 
        payments from Ukrainian energy company Burisma. Hunter Biden 
        received millions of dollars in payments from Burisma from 
        serving on its board. These payments were made entirely based 
        on Hunter Biden's connections to Joe Biden and promised access 
        to Joe Biden.
            (6) In 2015, then Vice President Joe Biden attended a 
        dinner in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, DC, with 
        Burisma executives and Hunter Biden. At the time, Hunter was 
        receiving over $80,000 a month from Burisma based on no other 
        reason than access to his father.
            (7) Several officials in the Obama Administration 
        specifically flagged these payments from Burisma to Hunter 
        Biden as corrupt. In early 2015, the former Acting Deputy Chief 
        of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine, George Kent, 
        raised concerns to officials in Vice President Joe Biden's 
        office about the perception of a conflict of interest with 
        respect to Hunter Biden's role on Burisma's board. In October 
        2015, senior State Department official Amos Hochstein raised 
        concerns with Vice President Biden, as well as with Hunter 
        Biden, that Hunter Biden's position on Burisma's board enabled 
        Russian disinformation efforts and risked undermining U.S. 
        policy in Ukraine.
            (8) In an August 2023 interview, Devon Archer, a business 
        partner of Hunter Biden, said claims that Joe Biden was not 
        involved in Hunter's business deals with foreign partners were 
        false.
            (9) In testimony before Congress, Devon Archer admitted 
        that Burisma would have likely gone out of business had it not 
        been for the Biden brand being attached to it. He also 
        testified that Biden was routinely put on conference calls with 
        Hunter Biden's foreign associates to ``sell the brand''.

                   article ii: obstruction of justice

    According to testimony from IRS whistleblowers, members of the 
Biden campaign colluded with Justice Department (DOJ) officials to 
improperly interfere with investigations into tax crimes alleged to 
have been committed by Hunter Biden.
    These acts constitute an abuse of power as well as Obstruction of 
Justice, 18 U.S.C. 1505, 1510, 1512.
            (1) After Joe Biden became the presumptive Democrat Nominee 
        in 2020, career DOJ officials began stalling the Hunter Biden 
        investigations in Delaware. This continued into the Biden 
        Administration.
            (2) DOJ took unusual steps such as removing Hunter Biden's 
        name from warrants and court filings.
            (3) DOJ refused to pursue search warrants or evidence 
        contained at Joe Biden's guest house.
            (4) DOJ refused to pursue search warrants in general 
        against Hunter Biden even though legal requirements had been 
        met.
            (5) FBI and IRS agents prepared for interviews with 
        multiple subjects including Hunter Biden on December 8, 2020. 
        These were to be unannounced interviews where the agents showed 
        up and asked questions if the subjects were willing to answer. 
        FBI or DOJ officials tipped off the Biden transition team. As a 
        result, Hunter Biden's attorney became involved and most of the 
        interviews did not proceed as planned.
            (6) DOJ made decisions relating to formal actions, such as 
        venue and filing charges, and related to internal review 
        processes that were out of the ordinary during the Hunter Biden 
        case. The IRS whistleblower indicated these actions were unlike 
        actions taken in any other case he had worked on. He indicated 
        that these unusual steps all began after Biden became the 
        presumptive 2020 Democrat nominee.

                           article iii: fraud

    James Biden recruited ``investors'' for business ventures that 
ultimately failed. There is evidence to suggest that these investment 
opportunities were sold to investors based on false and fraudulent 
pretenses and promises. Access to Joe Biden and indications that Joe 
Biden supported these schemes were used to lure investors into the 
schemes.
    These acts constitute fraud or conspiracy to commit fraud in 
violation of 18 U.S.C. 1943, 1949.
            (1) Specifically, in 2019 an American business, Americore 
        Health, LLC, partnered with James Biden to help lead the 
        company and develop business through his political connections. 
        Americore was in the business of purchasing and improving the 
        efficiency of rural hospitals. James approached various 
        businesses in the medical field around the country to enter 
        into business partnerships with him and/or Americore Health in 
        return for expanding the size and reach of those businesses. 
        According to one witness, James allegedly promised both 
        Americore and investors millions of dollars that he claimed 
        variously to be coming from the Middle East, Russia, or China. 
        However, the business owners were cut out of the deals as James 
        gained knowledge of their operations. James deceived investors 
        and attempted to abscond with proprietary processes to enrich 
        himself by delivering the information to Turkish investors.
            (2) Without the ``Biden Brand.'' promise of access to Joe 
        Biden, or the appearance of Joe Biden's support of this 
        venture, James Biden would not have been able to secure 
        investors or business partners for this venture. Joe Biden 
        routinely allowed and actively assisted his family in using his 
        name and the promise of access to him to secure business for 
        the family. Furthermore, Joe Biden mixed and comingled his 
        finances with the rest of his family during this time period 
        and likely financially benefited from this scheme.

 article iv: financial involvement in drug and prostitution activities

    Joe Biden and Hunter Biden have a long history of comingled and 
intertwined finances. Between 2010 and 2019 thousands of dollars of 
Biden family money was spent on illegal drug transactions and 
prostitution.
    These acts constitute violations of or conspiracy to violate 
federal drug laws at 21 U.S.C. 841, 842, 843, 846 and federal 
prostitution laws at 18 U.S.C. 2421, 2421A, 2422.
            (1) 2010 emails between Hunter Biden and business associate 
        Eric Schwerin reference Hunter paying bills on behalf of Joe 
        Biden and managing Joe Biden's finances.
            (2) 2018 texts between Hunter Biden and his daughter 
        referenced Hunter Biden sending half his salary to Joe Biden 
        and paying much of the family's bills.
            (3) A 2018 text from Hunter Biden references a shared bank 
        account with Joe Biden.
            (4) Hunter Biden routinely received money from and sent 
        money to Joe Biden.
            (5) Both Hunter and Joe Biden had their finances largely 
        managed by business associate Eric Schwerin, who would write 
        checks from one Biden on behalf of the other and routinely 
        intermingled their finances.
            (6) Between November 2018 and March 2019, a Florida student 
        named Anna Dekhtiar received over $274,873 in payments flagged 
        as suspicious activity by a Suspicious Activity Report. The 
        money came from eight senders, including Hunter Biden's company 
        Owasco, P.C. Additionally, two of the other depositors were 
        women that text messages found on Hunter Biden's laptop suggest 
        were prostitutes that he hired. Some of these funds were then 
        sent onto ``Moreva,'' a company that Hunter Biden paid to hire 
        prostitutes.
            (7) Between November 2018 and March 2019, Hunter Biden 
        appears to have spent at least $30,000 dollars on prostitutes.
            (8) In December 2018, Hunter Biden booked train tickets for 
        three prostitutes from Boston to New York where he was staying.
            (9) In 2018 Hunter Biden attempted to write off payments to 
        prostitutes and a sex club as tax deductions.
            (10) In May 2018, Hunter Biden wired a prostitute $25,000. 
        He received a text from an ex-Secret Service agent who he and 
        his father had hired for private security asking about the 
        transaction. The agent alerted Hunter that he was getting calls 
        ``from DC'' about the transaction and that there was ``a link'' 
        to his father's account.
            (11) Hunter Biden has on numerous occasions admitted 
        routine drug use between the years of 2010 and 2018. There are 
        numerous images, videos, and electronic communications that 
        support this claim. His drug use necessitated the routine 
        purchase of large dollar amounts of illegal drugs.
            (12) In a recorded phone call between Hunter Biden and 
        Hallie Biden (his sister-in-law turned lover) drug purchases 
        were discussed and strategized.
            (13) In other electronic communications, previous drug 
        purchases are referenced.
            (14) Given the intermingled finances of Joe Biden and 
        Hunter Biden, Joe Biden financially supported and should have 
        been aware of these drug transactions and prostitutions 
        transactions. Many of these transactions would have occurred 
        using accounts with a nexus to Joe Biden.
    In all of this, Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., has undermined the 
integrity of his office, has brought disrepute on the Presidency, has 
betrayed his trust as President, and has acted in a manner subversive 
of the rule of law and justice, to the manifest injury of the people of 
the United States.
    Wherefore, Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr., by such conduct, warrants 
impeachment and trial, and removal from office and disqualification to 
hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United 
States.
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