H.Res. 415 — Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors.

This section declares that Donald John Trump, President of the United States, is unfit to be President and impeaches him for high crimes and misdemeanors on the grounds that he is unable to represent American values of decency, morality, respectability, civility, honesty, propriety, reputability, and integrity or to defend the ideals set forth in the Pledge of Allegiance, the Declaration of Independence, the Preamble to the United States Constitution, and the Gettysburg Address, and directs that the Article of Impeachment be exhibited to the United States Senate.

This section exhibits an Article of Impeachment by the House of Representatives, in the name of itself and the people of the United States, against Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors committed as President that constitute harm to American society and manifest injury to the people of the United States.

This section states that Donald John Trump is devolving democracy within the United States into authoritarianism with himself as an authoritarian President and defines authoritarianism as relating to, or favoring a concentration of power in a leader or an elite not constitutionally responsible to the people.

This section impeaches President Donald John Trump for high crimes and misdemeanors, citing violations of his constitutional oath to faithfully execute the office of President and preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution, as well as his duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed.

This section provides a transcript excerpt from a December 5, 2023, Fox News town hall interview with then-candidate Donald Trump, in which he stated that he would act as a dictator only on day one to close the border and expand drilling.

This section finds that President Trump's conduct undermined the independence of the Federal judiciary, disregarded separation of powers, violated the Fifth Amendment due process clause, denigrated Federal judges, and condoned noncompliance with orders of Federal courts, including the Supreme Court.

This section states that on April 16, 2025, Chief Judge James E. Boasberg of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia found probable cause to hold Trump Administration defendants in contempt for willful disregard of a court order.

This section states that on the evening of March 15, 2025, a court issued a Temporary Restraining Order barring the Government from transferring certain individuals into foreign custody under the Alien Enemies Act, but the Government transferred two planeloads of those individuals to a Salvadoran prison hours later in disregard of the order.

This section concludes that the Government’s actions on March 16, 2025 demonstrate a willful disregard for the Court’s Order, establishing probable cause to find the Government in criminal contempt. The Court reaches this determination after providing the Defendants with ample opportunity to rectify or explain their actions, none of which proved satisfactory.

This section affirms that the Supreme Court’s later vacatur of a temporary restraining order does not excuse the Government’s violation of that order. It codifies the principle that every judicial order must be obeyed until reversed by a court, regardless of any legal defect identified after the fact.

This section provides that a party's willful disobedience of a court order is punishable as contempt, even if the order is later found deficient, rather than awaiting reversal through the judicial process.

This section states that the Constitution does not tolerate willful disobedience of judicial orders by officials of a coordinate branch who have sworn an oath to uphold it, as permitting such officials to annul judgments of the courts of the United States would destroy rights acquired under those judgments and make a solemn mockery of the Constitution itself.

This section finds probable cause that Defendants’ actions constitute contempt. It provides them an opportunity to purge such contempt before identifying the contemnor(s) and referring the matter for prosecution.

This section directs the President to call for the impeachment of a federal judge, as reported in an NPR article published on March 18, 2025.

This section includes statements by the President calling for the impeachment of the chief judge of the district court of Washington, DC, without naming the judge, and criticizing the judge's appointment by former President Barack Obama.

This section includes a statement by Chief Justice John Roberts that for more than two centuries it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreements concerning a judicial decision and that the normal appellate review process exists for that purpose.

This section acknowledges that on March 15, 2025, the United States removed Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to El Salvador in violation of a withholding order prohibiting his removal to that country, states that the removal resulted from an administrative error, and notes his current detention in the Center for Terrorism Confinement (CECOT).

This section affirms that the United States District Court for the District of Maryland’s order properly requires the Government to facilitate Abrego Garcia’s release from custody in El Salvador and to ensure that his case is handled as it would have been had he not been improperly sent to El Salvador.

This section makes findings that the United States Government arrested Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia in Maryland and transferred him to a terrorism confinement center in El Salvador, where he has remained detained for 26 days. It states that the Government has provided no legal basis for the warrantless arrest, removal, or confinement, and remains subject to a 2019 Immigration Judge order that barred removal to El Salvador on grounds of a clear probability of persecution.

This section establishes that the government’s argument implies it could deport and incarcerate any person, including U.S. citizens, without legal consequence if done before a court can intervene.

This section states that on April 14, 2025, President Donald Trump condoned statements by Attorney General Pamela Bondi, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller opposing the Supreme Court's opinion No. 24A949 related to the removal of Abrego Garcia from the United States during a meeting with President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador recorded by C-SPAN.

This section clarifies that the executive branch is not required to return deported Salvadoran citizen Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States despite a Supreme Court ruling directing facilitation of his return. (Thus, the administration may maintain his removal to El Salvador, where he was sent in March following an administrative error, notwithstanding his prior legal presence in the United States and allegations of MS-13 membership.)

This section states that on April 17, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit issued an order exposing untruths used by Attorney General Pamela Bondi, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, and condoned by President Donald Trump to deny due process under the Fifth Amendment.

This section affirms that individuals removed from the United States, including those alleged to be members of MS-13, remain entitled to due process in proceedings to terminate withholding of removal and directs the government to correct mistaken deportations to foreign prisons.

This section directs the government to take active steps to facilitate Abrego Garcia’s release from custody in El Salvador and to ensure that his case is handled as it would have been had he not been improperly sent to El Salvador.

This section limits the scope of facilitation in deportation proceedings by prohibiting the removal of an individual to a country whose prisons are barred by a withholding order, the disregard of a court order, or the transfer of custody to foreign detention centers in a manner that abrogates habeas corpus.

This section discusses the implications of executive claims to deport individuals without due process and in disregard of court orders, including risks to American citizens and the potential application of discretionary powers against political opponents, which could undermine the Executive's constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed.

This section declares that both the United States and El Salvador disclaim any authority or responsibility to return Abrego Garcia, leaving the matter in interminable limbo without recourse to law of any sort.

This section states that conflicts between the Judiciary and the Executive risk diminishing both institutions, with the Judiciary facing repeated intimations of illegitimacy and the Executive facing public perceptions of lawlessness.

This section records a statement by President Donald John Trump acknowledging his authority to secure the release of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia from detention in El Salvador.

This section notes the Trump Administration's continued non-compliance with the Supreme Court’s April 10, 2025, order to facilitate Abrego Garcia’s release from custody in El Salvador and to ensure that his case is handled as it would have been had he not been improperly sent to El Salvador.

This section states that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said on Thursday that attacks by Republican President Donald Trump and his allies on judges were not random and seemed designed to intimidate the judiciary.

This section establishes that on May 4, 2025, President Trump responded "I don’t know" when asked during an NBC News Meet the Press interview whether he needs to uphold the Constitution of the United States as President in the context of facilitating Abrego Garcia’s return, despite the presidential oath to faithfully execute the Office of President and preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution.

This section declares that President Donald John Trump gravely endangered the separation of powers within the government and its institutions by threatening the integrity of the democratic system, condoning the undermining of the judicial independence of the Federal judiciary, violating the due process clause in the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution, denigrating Federal judges, ignoring the separation of powers, and condoning the flouting of orders of United States Federal Courts, including orders of the United States Supreme Court, thereby causing the devolution of democracy within the United States of America into authoritarianism with himself as an authoritarian President and betraying his trust as President to the manifest injury of the people of the United States.

This section declares that President Donald John Trump warrants impeachment, trial, and removal from office on the grounds that his conduct demonstrates he will remain a threat to democracy and the Constitution if allowed to remain in office and is grossly incompatible with self-governance and the rule of law.