Impeaching Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Mr. OLSON
(for himself) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on

RESOLUTION

Impeaching Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors.
Resolved,
That Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General

of the United States, is impeached for high crimes and

misdemeanors, and that the following articles of impeach-

ment be exhibited to the Senate:

Articles of impeachment exhibited by the House of

Representatives of the United States of America in the

name of itself and all of the people of the United States

of America, against Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General

of the United States, in maintenance and support of its
impeachment against him for high crimes and mis-

demeanors.

ARTICLE I

Eric H. Holder, Jr., while Attorney General of the

United States, engaged in a pattern of conduct incompat-

ible with the trust and confidence placed in him in that

position by refusing to comply with a subpoena issued by

the House Committee on Oversight and Government Re-

form on October 12, 2011, in connection with a legitimate

Congressional investigation into Operation Fast and Furi-

ous by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms that

put thousands of illegally-purchased weapons into the

hands of cartel leaders, ultimately resulting in the death

of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry in December 14,

2010.

Wherefore, Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General of

the United States, is guilty of high crimes and mis-

demeanors and should be removed from office and dis-

qualified to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or

profit under the United States.

ARTICLE II

Eric H. Holder, Jr., while Attorney General of the

United States, and responsible for enforcing the laws of

the United States regardless of personal bias, failed to en-

force multiple laws, including the Defense of Marriage
Act, the Controlled Substances Act, and the Anti-Drug

Abuse Act of 1986.

Wherefore, Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General of

the United States, is guilty of high crimes and mis-

demeanors and should be removed from office and dis-

qualified to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or

profit under the United States.

ARTICLE III

Eric H. Holder, Jr., while Attorney General of the

United States, has failed his oath of office by refusing to

prosecute individuals involved in the Internal Revenue

Service scandal of unauthorized disclosure of tax records

belonging to political donors.

Wherefore, Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General of

the United States, is guilty of high crimes and mis-

demeanors and should be removed from office and dis-

qualified to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or

profit under the United States.

ARTICLE IV

Eric H. Holder, Jr., while Attorney General of the

United States, testified under oath before Congress in

May 15, 2013, that he was neither involved in nor had

heard of a potential prosecution of the press. However

three days later, the Department of Justice released docu-

ments naming journalist James Rosen as a co-conspirator

in an alleged violation of the Espionage Act. Eric H. Hold-
er, Jr. Attorney General of the United States, confirmed

to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Rep-

resentatives in a letter dated June 19, 2013, that he ap-

proved of a search warrant on James Rosen.

Wherefore, Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General of

the United States, is guilty of high crimes and mis-

demeanors and should be removed from office and dis-

qualified to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or

profit under the United States.