evidence is necessary or desirable to a full and fair record in the inquiry, and, if so, whether the summaries shall be accepted as part of the record or additional testimony or evidence in some other form shall be received. C. If and when witnesses are to be called, the following additional procedures shall be applicable to hearings held for that purpose: 1. The President and his counsel shall be invited to attend all hearings, including any held in executive session. 2. Objections relating to the examination of witnesses or to the admissibility of testimony and evidence may be raised only by a witness or his counsel, a Member of the Committee, Committee counsel or the President's counsel and shall be ruled upon the Chairman or presiding Member. Such rulings shall be final, unless overruled by a vote of a majority of the Members present. In the case of a tie vote, the ruling of the Chair shall prevail. 3. Committee Counsel shall commence the questioning of each witness and may also be permitted by the Chairman or presiding Member to question a witness at any point during the appearance of the witness. 4. The President's counsel may question any witness called before the Committee, subject to instructions from the Chairman or presiding Member respecting the time, scope and duration of the examination. D. The Committee shall determine, pursuant to the Rules of the House, whether and to what extent the evidence to be presented shall be received in executive session. E. Any portion of the hearings open to the public may be covered by television broadcast, radio broadcast, still photography, or by any of such methods of coverage in accord with the Rules of the House and the Rules of Procedure of the Committee as amended on November 13, 1973. F. The Chairman shall make public announcement of the date, time, place and subject matter of any Committee hearing as soon as practicable and in no event less than twenty-four hours before the commencement of the hearing. G. The Chairman is authorized to promulgate additional procedures as he deems necessary for the fair and efficient conduct of Committee hearings held pursuant to H. Res. 803, provided that the additional procedures are not inconsistent with these Procedures, the Rules of the Committee, and the Rules of the House. Such procedures shall govern the conduct of the hearings, unless overruled by a vote of a majority of the Members present. H. For purposes of hearings held pursuant to these rules, a quorum shall consist of ten Members of the Committee. RESOLUTION OFFERED BY MR. DONOHUE Resolved, That Richard M. Nixon, President of the United States, is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors, and that the following articles of impeachment 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 of all of the people of the United States of America, against Richard M. Nixon, President of the United States of America, in maintenance and support of its impeachment against him for high crimes and misdemeanors. ARTICLE 1 In his conduct of the office of President, Richard M. Nixon, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of the President 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, has prevented, obstructed and impeded the administration of justice in that: On June 17, 1972, and prior thereto, agents of the Committee to Reelect the President committed illegal entry of the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee in Washington, D.C. for the purpose of securing political intelligence. Subsequent thereto, Richard M. Nixon, using the powers of his high office, has made it his continuing policy to act, and in furtherance of that policy, did act, directly and personally and through his close subordinates and agents to delay, impede, and obstruct the investigation of such illegal entry; to cover up and conceal the identity of those responsible; and, to cover up and to conceal the existence and scope of related unlawful covert activities. The means used to implement this policy have included one or more of the following or others: (1) Making false or misleading statements to lawfully authorized investigative officers and employees of the Government of the United States or in duly instituted judicial proceedings. (2) Approving, condoning, acquiescing in, and counseling witnesses to give false or misleading statements to investigative officers or false or misleading testimony in duly instituted judicial and congressional proceedings. (3) Interfering with the conduct of investigations by the Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Watergate Special Prosecution Force. (4) Approving and concealing the payment of money for the purpose of obtaining the silence of participants in the illegal entry into the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee and other illegal activities. (5) Endeavoring to misuse the Central Intelligence Agency. 2256 (6) Suppressing, withholding, and concealing relevant and material evidence. (7) Endeavoring to cause prospective defendants, and persons duly tried and convicted, to expect favored treatment in return for their silence or false testimony. (8) Disseminating information received from officers of the U.S. Department of Justice to subjects of the investigations for the purpose of aiding and assisting their avoidance of criminal liability. (9) Making false or misleading public statements in his capacity as President for the purpose of deceiving the people of the United States into believing that a thorough and complete investigation had been conducted into the allegations of misconduct at the White House and the Committee for the reelection of the President and that there was no involvement of personnel from the White House or the Committee to Reelect the President in such misconduct. All of this has been carried on by Richard M. Nixon in a manner contrary to his trust as President, to the manifest injury of the confidence of the Nation and to the great prejudice of the cause of law and justice, and to the subversion of constitutional government. Wherefore, Richard M. Nixon by such conduct, warrants impeachment and trial, and removal from office. ARTICLE II In his conduct of the office of President of the United States, Richard M. Nixon, contrary to his oath faithfully to execute the office and to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, has abused the powers vested in him as President by one or more of the following, either directly or through his subordinates or agents: (1) He has used the executive power to authorize illegal surveillance and investigations of individuals by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Secret Service, and agents of the office of the President and the use and dissemination of information obtained thereby in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens. (2) He has used the executive power to unlawfully establish a special investigative unit within the White House to engage in unlawful covert activities. This special investigative unit was supervised by one of the presidential assistants and was financed. in part by the unlawful conversion of funds raised for campaign purposes and controlled on behalf of Richard M. Nixon by one of his assistants. On September 3, 1971, agents of the special investigative unit, in order to obtain information to be used by Richard M. Nixon and his subordinates in public defamation of Daniel Ellsberg, unlawfully committed burglary at the office of Dr. Lewis Fielding, Ellsberg's psychiatrist, in the State of California. (3) He has endeavored to use the executive power to obtain confidential tax return information from the Internal Revenue |