Impeaching Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States, for abuse of power by enabling bribery and other high crimes and misdemeanors.

IV 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. RES. 57 Impeaching Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States, for abuse of power by enabling bribery and other high crimes and misdemeanors. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 21, 2021 Mrs. GREENE of Georgia submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary RESOLUTION Impeaching Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States, for abuse of power by enabling bribery and other high crimes and misdemeanors. Resolved, That Joseph Robinette Biden, President of 1 the United States, is impeached for abuse of power by ena- 2 bling bribery and other high crimes and misdemeanors, 3 and that the following article of impeachment be exhibited 4 to the United States Senate: 5 Article of impeachment exhibited by the House of 6 Representatives of the United States of America in the 7 name of itself and of the people of the United States of 8 America, against Joseph Robinette Biden, President of the 9 United States of America, in maintenance and support of 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:10 Jan 25, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR57.IH HR57 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HRES 57 IH its impeachment against him for abuse of power by ena- 1 bling bribery and other high crimes and misdemeanors. 2 ARTICLE I: ABUSE OF POWER 3 The Constitution provides that the House of Rep- 4 resentatives ‘‘shall have the sole Power of Impeachment’’ 5 and that the President ‘‘shall be removed from Office on 6 Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or 7 other high Crimes and Misdemeanors’’. 8 In his conduct as the former Vice President and cur- 9 rent President of the United States, in violation of his con- 10 stitutional oath faithfully to execute the offices of the Vice 11 Presidency and President of the United States, and, to 12 the best of his ability, preserve, protect, defend, the Con- 13 stitution of the United States, and in violation of his con- 14 stitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully 15 executed—Joseph Robinette Biden abused the power of 16 the Office of the Vice President, enabling bribery and 17 other high crimes and misdemeanors, by allowing his son 18 to influence the domestic policy of a foreign nation and 19 accept various benefits—including financial compensa- 20 tion—from foreign nationals in exchange for certain fa- 21 vors. 22 As Vice President, Joseph Biden was the senior 23 Obama Administration official overseeing anti-corruption 24 efforts in Ukraine. Hence, any illegal activity involving 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:10 Jan 25, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR57.IH HR57 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HRES 57 IH corruption conducted by Hunter Biden within or in rela- 1 tion to Ukraine would fall under the purview of the Office 2 of Vice President Biden and the Obama State Depart- 3 ment’s anti-corruption efforts. In fact, many State De- 4 partment officials within the Obama Administration re- 5 peatedly registered reservations about Hunter Biden’s role 6 on the board of a corrupt company. Thus, any instances 7 of corruption on behalf of Hunter Biden via his role as 8 a board member of the Ukrainian-operated Burisma en- 9 ergy firm were either not investigated or covered up. The 10 evidence of widespread knowledge, corruption, and collu- 11 sion on behalf of the Biden family with foreign nationals 12 is clear and compelling. 13 Among other examples, it has been materially dem- 14 onstrated that: 15 (1) According to the U.S. Senate Committee on 16 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and 17 the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, the Vice 18 President’s office and State Department officials 19 were aware but ignored concerns relating to Hunter 20 Biden’s role on the board of a Ukrainian-based nat- 21 ural gas company (hereafter, ‘‘Burisma’’). 22 (2) According to the same sources, Hunter 23 Biden’s and his family’s financial transactions with 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:10 Jan 25, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR57.IH HR57 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HRES 57 IH Ukrainian, Russian, Kazakh, and Chinese nationals 1 raise criminal concerns and extortion threats. 2 (3) In early 2015 the former Acting Deputy 3 Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, 4 Ukraine, George Kent, raised concerns to officials in 5 Vice President Joe Biden’s office about the percep- 6 tion of a conflict of interest with respect to Hunter 7 Biden’s role on Burisma’s board. Kent’s concerns 8 went unaddressed, and in September 2016, he em- 9 phasized in an email to his colleagues, ‘‘Further- 10 more, the presence of Hunter Biden on the Burisma 11 board was very awkward for all U.S. officials push- 12 ing an anticorruption agenda in Ukraine.’’. 13 (4) In October 2015, senior State Department 14 official Amos Hochstein raised concerns with Vice 15 President Biden, as well as with Hunter Biden, that 16 Hunter Biden’s position on Burisma’s board enabled 17 Russian disinformation efforts and risked under- 18 mining U.S. policy in Ukraine. Vice President Biden 19 did not resolve this conflict of interest. Instead, he 20 enabled it. 21 (5) In addition to the over $4 million paid by 22 Burisma for Hunter Biden’s board membership, 23 Hunter Biden, and his family received millions of 24 dollars from foreign nationals with questionable 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:10 Jan 25, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR57.IH HR57 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 5 •HRES 57 IH backgrounds. Specifically, the ongoing FBI inves- 1 tigation into Hunter Biden’s laptop revealed that 2 Hunter received a 2.8 carat diamond gift from a 3 high-ranking Chinese official in 2017. Hunter Biden 4 told the New Yorker Magazine that he ‘‘felt uncom- 5 fortable receiving the diamond and gave it to other 6 associates’’. 7 (6) Hunter Biden had business associations 8 with Ye Jianming, founder of the CEFC China En- 9 ergy Company, Ltd., Gongwen Dong, and other Chi- 10 nese nationals linked to the Communist government 11 and the People’s Liberation Army. Those associa- 12 tions resulted in millions of dollars in cash flow. 13 There exists a vast web of corporate connections and 14 financial transactions between and among the Biden 15 family and Chinese nationals. 16 (7) Hunter Biden paid nonresident women who 17 were nationals of Russia or other Eastern European 18 countries and who appear to be linked to an ‘‘East- 19 ern European prostitution or human trafficking 20 ring’’. 21 (8) In 2016, Ukraine’s top anti-corruption pros- 22 ecutor, Viktor Shokin, had an active and ongoing in- 23 vestigation into Burisma and its owner, Mykola 24 Zlochevsky. At the time, Hunter Biden continued to 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:10 Jan 25, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR57.IH HR57 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 6 •HRES 57 IH serve on Burisma’s board of directors. According to 1 news reports, then Vice-President Biden ‘‘threatened 2 to withhold $1 billion in United States loan guaran- 3 tees if Ukraine’s leaders did not dismiss [Shokin]’’. 4 After that, Ukraine’s Parliament fired Shokin. 5 (9) Hunter Biden received millions of dollars 6 from foreign sources as a result of business relation- 7 ships that he built during the period when his father 8 was Vice President of the United States and after. 9 The financial transactions which Hunter engaged in 10 illustrate serious counterintelligence and extortion 11 concerns relating to Hunter Biden and his family. 12 (10) Hunter Biden’s work with Chinese nation- 13 als connected to the Communist regime illustrate the 14 deep financial connections that accelerated while his 15 father was Vice President and continued after he 16 left office. 17 (11) On June 23, 2011, Sean Conlon, a busi- 18 ness associate of Hunter Biden, suggested that a 19 $10 billion deal could be struck in exchange for cer- 20 tain persons meeting Vice President Biden. This 21 shows deliberate ‘‘pay-for-play’’ and ‘‘quid-pro-quo’’. 22 The email, in full, to Robert Biden, from Sean 23 Conlon, is as follows: 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:10 Jan 25, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR57.IH HR57 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 7 •HRES 57 IH (A) ‘‘So we have engagement letter if they 1 get other 10 bonds they have a face value of 2 10b. While it is far fetched Devon [Archer] said 3 he talked to his professor and these get traded. 4 We get 10% in fees. We need to get these guys 5 to an event or something where they get to just 6 formally meet your Dad. For follow on they can 7 talk to Chief of Staff. Let me know how soon 8 we can do that. V brief. If Nagi get that done 9 we get more bonds to move. Regards your hard 10 working partner in Positano! Sean’’ (emphasis 11 added). 12 (12) Emails between Hunter Biden and his 13 cousin reveal that the President of Hunter’s Chinese 14 Communist Party-linked firm, Eric Schwerin, re- 15 peatedly asked Hunter for an appointment to the 16 Commission for the Preservation of America’s Herit- 17 age Abroad—a position he ultimately received. The 18 email from Hunter to his cousin, Missy, regarding 19 the request for the appointment to the Commission 20 is as follows: 21 (A) ‘‘Eric asked for one of these [an ap- 22 pointment] the day after the election in 2008. 23 You know better than me what are real and in- 24 teresting appointments. Let’s go through the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:10 Jan 25, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR57.IH HR57 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 8 •HRES 57 IH list with Steve and see what makes sense. I 1 don’t know how much 2016 and nepotism plays 2 into it.’’. 3 In all of this, President Biden gravely endangered the 4 security of the United States and its institutions of gov- 5 ernment. Through blatant nepotism, he enabled his son 6 to influence foreign policy and financially benefit as a re- 7 sult of his role as Vice President. He supported his son 8 engaging in collusion with Chinese Communist Party- 9 linked officials. He allowed his son to trade appointments 10 with his father and other high-ranking administration offi- 11 cials in exchange for financial compensation. He permitted 12 his son to take money from Russian oligarchs, including 13 Elena Baturina, the wife of the former mayor of Moscow. 14 In so doing, Joseph R. Biden threatened the integrity 15 of the democratic system, interfered with the peaceful 16 transition of power, and imperiled a coordinate branch of 17 government. He thereby betrayed his trust as former Vice 18 President and current President, to the manifest injury 19 of the people of the United States. 20 Wherefore President Biden, by such conduct, has 21 demonstrated that he will remain a threat to national se- 22 curity, democracy, and the Constitution if allowed to re- 23 main in office, and has acted in a manner grossly incom- 24 patible with self-governance and the rule of law. President 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:10 Jan 25, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\HR57.IH HR57 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 9 •HRES 57 IH Biden thus warrants impeachment and trial, removal from 1 office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office 2 of honor, trust, or profit under the United States. 3 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:10 Jan 25, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\HR57.IH HR57 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS