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 therefore to be impeachable for ... Corrupting his electors." Based in their own experience under King George III, as well as the writings of John Locke and other luminaries, "those who wrote our Constitution knew, and feared, that the chief executive could threaten their plan of government by corrupting elections." They included impeachment in the Constitution largely to thwart such treachery. As explained above, "The true nature of this threat is its rejection of government by 'We the People,' who would 'ordain and establish' the Constitution ... When the President concludes that elections threaten his continued grasp on power, and therefore seeks to corrupt or interfere with them, he denies the very premise of our constitutional system. The American people choose their leaders; a President who wields power to destroy opponents or manipulate elections is a President who rejects democracy itself."

These authorities make clear that a President commits "high Crimes and Misdemeanors" where he exercises official power to obtain an improper personal benefit, while ignoring or injuring the national interest. Such an abuse is especially abhorrent where it involves a betrayal of the national interest through foreign entanglements or an effort to corrupt our democracy. "Any one of these violations of the public trust justifies impeachment; when combined in a single course of conduct, they state the strongest possible case for impeachment and removal from office."

C.Key Findings of Fact

The complete evidentiary record bearing on President Trump's abuse of power is set forth in the Trump-Ukraine Impeachment Inquiry Report, (the "Ukraine Report"), and we rely on that Report and its findings here. Because we do not restate all of the facts contained in that Report which support the Committee's conclusions, we fully incorporate the Ukraine Report by reference here. On the basis of that full record, it is indisputable that President Trump engaged in abuse of power. The essential facts bearing on that judgment include the following:


 * Donald J. Trump, the 45th President of the United States—acting personally and through his agents within and outside of the U.S. government—solicited the interference of a foreign government, Ukraine, in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. The President engaged in this course of conduct for the benefit of his reelection, to harm the election prospects of a political opponent, and to influence our nation's upcoming presidential election to his advantage. In so doing, the President placed his personal political interests above the national interests of the