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If anyone else engaged in a similar bribery scheme, they’d be charged with a crime.

Americans are entitled to a free and fair election in 2020. That’s why Congress—through the impeachment process—is holding Trump accountable for abusing his power. Because in America, nobody is above the law—not even the president.

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The facts on impeachment are clear.

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Abuse of Power

President Trump abused his power by personally soliciting foreign government interference into our elections for his own political gain. Trump pressured the Ukrainian president to investigate his political opponent—and withheld $250 million in military aid and a White House meeting as leverage.

Source: New York Times, 9/23/19

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OBSTRUCTING THE INVESTIGATION

Trump has obstructed and impeded Congress’ investigation at every turn—ordering his political appointees and inner circle to refuse to comply with lawful Congressional subpoenas and document requests. These actions were aimed at covering up Trump’s misconduct.

Source: New York Times, 11/12/19

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IMPEACHMENT IS THE ONLY OPTION

Trump’s behavior threatens every American’s right to free and fair elections. Left unchecked, this behavior threatens the very foundation of our democracy. The only way to hold Trump accountable is for the House of Representatives to impeach him and the Senate to remove him from office.

Source: U.S. Constitution

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Key Players

Possible Defendant:

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I would like you to do us a favor though.”
President Donald Trump

Trump is the 45th president of the United States. He is currently under investigation by the U.S. House of Representatives for withholding military aid from Ukraine until they agreed to help in his reelection campaign.

Trump’s Inner Circle

Rudy Giuliani
Trump’s Personal Lawyer

Rudy Giuliani

Trump’s Personal Lawyer
CNN’s Chris Cuomo: “So you did ask Ukraine to look into Joe Biden?” Giuliani: “Of course I did!”

Giuliani is President Trump’s personal lawyer and the former mayor of New York City who ran a “shadow foreign policy” pressuring Ukraine to investigate Trump’s political rivals at Trump’s direction.

Gordon Sondland
Trump’s E.U. Ambassador

Gordon Sondland

Trump’s E.U. Ambassador
I said that resumption of U.S. aid would likely not occur until Ukraine provided the public anti-corruption statement that we had been discussing for many weeks."

Sondland is the Trump-appointed ambassador to the European Union, who executed President Trump’s orders, demanding the Ukrainians to bribe the president with a public investigation into Trump’s political rivals before they’d get military aid.

Mick Mulvaney
Trump’s acting chief of staff

Mick Mulvaney

Trump’s acting chief of staff
I have news for everybody: Get over it. There’s going to be political influence in foreign policy.”

Mulvaney is the director of the Office of Management and Budget and acting White House chief of staff who was responsible for implementing Trump’s order to withhold military assistance from Ukraine. At a White House press conference, Mulvaney publicly confirmed that there was a bribery scheme.

Key Witnesses:

Ambassador William Taylor
Acting U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine

Ambassador William Taylor

Acting U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine
To withhold that assistance for no good reason other than help with a political campaign made no sense...It was illogical. It could not be explained. It was crazy.”

Ambassador Taylor was an officer in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War and has served as a diplomat under Republican and Democratic presidents. In his testimony to Congress, he confirmed that military aid and meetings with President Trump were being withheld until the Ukrainian government publicly announced the investigation into Trump's political rivals that Trump was demanding.

Lt. Colonel Alexander Vindman
Director for European Affairs for the United States National Security Council

Lt. Colonel Alexander Vindman

Director for European Affairs for the United States National Security Council
I was concerned by the call. I did not think that it was proper to demand that a foreign government investigate a U.S. citizen.”

Vindman is a U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who works on the National Security Council (NSC). As part of his NSC duties, he joined the July 25, 2019, phone call between President Trump and the president of Ukraine. He confirmed to Congress his understanding that Trump would only release the military aid to Ukraine in exchange for an investigation into Trump’s political rivals, and said that Trump’s actions were “harmful to U.S. national security.”

Kurt Volker
Former U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine

Kurt Volker

Former U.S. Special Representative for Ukraine
The allegations against vice-president Joe Biden are self-serving and not credible."

Volker is Trump’s former special envoy to Ukraine and one of the three people Trump charged with executing his effort to pressure the Ukrainian president into publicly announcing investigations into Trump’s political opponents. He testified to Congress that he spoke with Trump about Ukraine and that Trump repeatedly told him to “talk to Rudy” about Ukraine.

Fiona Hill
Former Senior Director of European and Russian Affairs

Fiona Hill

Former Senior Director of European and Russian Affairs
I sat in an awful lot of calls, and I have not seen anything like this. And I was there for two and a half years. So I was just shocked.”

President Trump appointed Dr. Hill to the National Security Council staff in April 2017. She testified to Congress that Trump would not meet with the president of Ukraine until the Ukrainian government started investigations into Trump’s political rivals.

George Kent
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs

George Kent

Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs
I do not believe the United States should ask other countries to engage in selective...prosecutions against opponents of those in power, because such selective actions undermine the rule of law.”

President Trump appointed Kent, who has served in diplomatic roles under both Republican and Democratic presidents, to be deputy assistant secretary of state in September 2018. Kent also testified to Congress that Trump would not meet with the president of Ukraine until the Ukrainian government started investigations into Trump’s political rivals.

Maria Yovanovitch
Former Ambassador to Ukraine

Maria Yovanovitch

Former Ambassador to Ukraine
It sounded like a threat.”

Ambassador Yovanovitch has served in diplomatic roles under both Republican and Democratic administrations. She was the ambassador to Ukraine when President Trump and Rudy Guiliani’s pressure campaign against Ukraine started. However, she was ousted from her position as ambassador when it became clear that she was unlikely to support and advance Trump’s corrupt behavior.

Timeline of Key Events

April 2019:

President Trump and Rudy Giuliani begin to feed the media unproven conspiracies about Trump’s political rivals and Ukraine.

May 6, 2019:

Ambassador Yovanovitch is removed as ambassador to Ukraine once it becomes clear that she is unlikely to support and advance President Trump and Rudy Giuliani’s corrupt behavior.

June 18, 2019:

The Pentagon announces that it will be providing Ukraine with $250 million in military aid. This aid had been approved by Congress.

July 10, 2019:

Senior White House and State Department officials meet with high-ranking Ukrainian government representatives at the White House. A Trump administration staffer tells Ukrainian government officials that a meeting between Trump and the president of Ukraine is dependent on Ukraine opening an investigation into Trump’s political rivals.

July 18, 2019:

President Trump personally blocks military aid from going to Ukraine.

July 25, 2019:

President Trump and President Zelensky of Ukraine talk by phone. President Trump says he wants President Zelensky to do him a “favor” and then brings up investigating his political rival.

August 12, 2019:

An anonymous whistleblower files a complaint stating that "the president of the United States is using the power of his office to solicit interference from a foreign country in the 2020 U.S. election."

September 1, 2019:

At a meeting in Warsaw, Poland, Trump officials tell the Ukrainian government that military aid will not be released until Ukraine launches investigations into President Trump’s political rivals. Those conditions came directly from Trump.

September 9, 2019:

Ambassador Taylor exchanges texts with Ambassador Sondland. One of the texts from Ambassador Taylor says, "As I said on the phone, I think it's crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign."

September 11, 2019:

Knowing that there is a whistleblower report, and under pressure from Congress, the White House releases military aid to Ukraine.

September 18, 2019:

The Washington Post publishes the first story about the existence of a whistleblower complaint concerning President Trump’s bribery scheme. In the following days, numerous news outlets publish details corroborating the complaint.

September 24, 2019:

Speaker Nancy Pelosi announces that the House of Representatives will launch a formal impeachment inquiry into President Trump’s corrupt behavior.

September 27, 2019:

House committees begin holding depositions of Trump administration officials with knowledge of Trump’s engagements with Ukraine.

November 13, 2019:

The House Intelligence Committee begins public hearings as part of the impeachment inquiry into President Trump.

December 3, 2019:

The House Intelligence Committee finalizes its report, which summarizes months of evidence collected during the impeachment inquiry.

December 4, 2019:

The House Judiciary Committee holds a public hearing where constitutional scholars testify that Trump’s conduct meets the constitutional standard for impeachment.

December 5, 2019:

Speaker Nancy Pelosi announces that the House of Representatives will begin drafting articles of impeachment for President Trump.

December 10, 2019:

Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the chairs of six House committees announce two articles of impeachment charging President Trump with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.

December 13, 2019

The House Judiciary Committee approves articles of impeachment against President Trump, sending the articles to the full House for consideration and a vote.

December 18, 2019

The House of Representatives approves articles of impeachment against President Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.

So how exactly does impeachment work?

The Constitution gives Congress the power to impeach and remove a sitting president for “treason, bribery, high crimes, and misdemeanors.” The House of Representatives is in the process of investigating President Trump and will soon vote on whether to impeach him. If he is impeached, the Senate will hold a trial and eventually vote to determine whether President Trump should be removed from office.

Learn more about the impeachment process