Text of impeachment resolution being considered by US House of Representatives

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Here is the text of the impeachment motion being considered by the US House of Representatives.
Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanours.
Resolved, That Donald John Trump, President of the United States, is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanours 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 John Trump, President of the United States of America, in maintenance and support of its impeachment against him for high crimes and misdemeanours.
The Constitution provides that the House of Representatives âshall have the sole Power of Impeachmentâ and that the president âshall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanoursâ. Further, section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution prohibits any person who has âengaged in insurrection or rebellion againstâ the United States from âhold(ing) any office ⊠under the United Statesâ.
In his conduct while President of the United Statesâand 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 executedâDonald John Trump engaged in high Crimes and Misdemeanours by inciting violence against the Government of the United States, in that:
On January 6 2021, pursuant to the 12th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, the Vice President of the United States, the House of Representatives, and the Senate met at the United States Capitol for a Joint Session of Congress to count the votes of the Electoral College.
In the months preceding the Joint Session, President Trump repeatedly issued false statements asserting that the Presidential election results were the product of widespread fraud and should not be accepted by the American people or certified by State or Federal officials.
Shortly before the Joint Session commenced, President Trump, addressed a crowd at the Ellipse in Washington, DC.
There, he reiterated false claims that âwe won this election, and we won it by a landslideâ.
He also wilfully made statements that, in context, encouraged â and foreseeably resulted in â lawless action at the Capitol, such as: âif you donât fight like hell youâre not going to have a country anymoreâ.
Thus incited by President Trump, members of the crowd he had addressed, in an attempt to, among other objectives, interfere with the Joint Sessionâs solemn constitutional duty to certify the results of the 2020 Presidential election, unlawfully breached and vandalised the Capitol, injured and killed law enforcement personnel, menaced Members of Congress, the Vice President, and Congressional personnel, and engaged in other violent, deadly, destructive, and seditious acts.

President Trumpâs conduct on January 6 2021, followed his prior efforts to subvert and obstruct the certification of the results of the 2020 Presidential election.
Those prior efforts included a phone call on January 2 2021, during which President Trump urged the secretary of state of Georgia, Brad Raffensperger, to âfindâ enough votes to overturn the Georgia Presidential election results and threatened Secretary Raffensperger if he failed to do so.
In all this, President Trump gravely endangered the security of the United States and its institutions of Government.
He threatened the integrity of the democratic system, interfered with the peaceful transition of power, and imperilled a coequal branch of Government.
He thereby betrayed his trust as President, to the manifest injury of the people of the United States.
Wherefore, Donald John Trump, by such conduct, has demonstrated that he will remain a threat to national security, democracy, 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. Donald John Trump thus warrants impeachment and trial, removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honour, trust, or profit under the United States.