fwd: 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭

about Trump’s Ongoing Impeachment Trial Defend the Vote is proudly dedicated to protecting voting rights for every American. If you'd like to receive fewer emails, [click here.]( If you'd like to unsubscribe, [click here.]( [{NAME}: Trump’s Second Impeachment Trial is Currently Taking Place in the U.S. Senate]( As an Impeachment Vote is currently pending, we need your response: [Do you support the Articles of Impeachment against Donald Trump?]( [YES, I DO >>]( [NO, I DO NOT >>]( [I’M UNSURE >>]( [*ONE-CLICK IMPEACHMENT POLL FOR {NAME}*]( Donald J. Trump is charged with the Incitement of Insurrection. The entire text of the Articles of Impeachment is included below for your reference. [Please CLICK HERE let us know if you support these historic charges against Trump >>]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Resolved, That Donald John Trump, President of the United States, is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors 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 misdemeanors. ARTICLE I: INCITEMENT OF INSURRECTION The Constitution provides that the House of Representatives “shall have the sole Power of Impeachment” and that the President “shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors”. Further, section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution prohibits any person who has “engaged in insurrection or rebellion against” the United States from “hold[ing] any office … under the United States”. In his conduct while President of the United States—and 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 executed—Donald John Trump engaged in high Crimes and Misdemeanors 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 “we won this election, and we won it by a landslide”. He also willfully made statements that, in context, encouraged—and foreseeably resulted in—lawless action at the Capitol, such as: “if you don’t fight like hell you’re not going to have a country anymore”. Thus incited by President Trump, members of the crowd he had addressed, in an attempt to, among other objectives, interfere with the Joint Session’s solemn constitutional duty to certify the results of the 2020 Presidential election, unlawfully breached and vandalized 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 Trump’s 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 “find” 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 imperiled 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 honor, trust, or profit under the United States. --------------------------------------------------------------- [*ONE-CLICK IMPEACHMENT POLL FOR {NAME}*]( [Do you support the Articles of Impeachment against Donald Trump?]( [YES, I DO >>]( [NO, I DO NOT >>]( [I’M UNSURE >>]( [As an Impeachment Vote is currently pending, we need your response:]( Thank you for responding, Defend The Vote [Defend the Vote](#) Paid for by Defend the Vote PAC and not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee Thank you for supporting Defend the Vote! We’re working to protect voting rights for every American. If you’d like to receive fewer emails, you can [click here](. If you’d like to unsubscribe altogether, [click here](. If you want to donate to protect voting rights, please [click here](. From the entire Defend the Vote Team, thank you for all you do!