HCONRES 111
116th Congress
House
Congress
Congressional oversight
Evidence and witnesses
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
To establish defiance of a congressional subpoena for testimony or documents by the President as an impeachable high crimes and misdemeanor within the meaning of Article II, Section 4 of the United States Constitution.
Introduced: August 21, 2020
Introduced by:
Larson, John B.
Democratic
· Connecticut
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Aug 21, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Aug 21, 2020
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
This concurrent resolution declares that (1) a President's, Vice-President's, or Civil Officer's deliberate disobedience and defiance of a congressional subpoena may constitute an impeachable high crime and misdemeanor; and (2) if a President refuses to comply with a congressional subpoena by invoking executive privilege, the failure to assert that privilege with factual and legal specificity shall be taken as evidence of such disobedience and defiance.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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1