"FOR WHAT?"

President Obama mocked the suggestion of his impeachment this past week by saying, "For what?". I knew as soon as he said it that I would be taking him up on that challenge. Here you are, sir, with credit to the Nixon articles of impeachment.
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Article 1
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RESOLVED, That Barack H. Obama, President of the United States, is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanours, and that the following articles of impeachment to 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 BARACK H. OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, IN MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT OF ITS IMPEACHMENT AGAINST HIM FOR HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANOURS.
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In his conduct of the office of President of the United States, Barack H. Obama, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of President of the United States 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:
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The President of the United States, Barack H. Obama, did, in direct violation of law, release five detainees from Guantanamo Bay without notifying Congress 30 days before said releases were conducted.
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The President of the United States, Barack H. Obama, has on numerous occasions unlawfully and unconstitutionally subverted both the letter and intent of the Affordable Care Act by altering statutory deadlines and generating numerous regulations outside the scope of the law.
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The President of the United States, Barack H. Obama, has unlawfully and unconstitutionally used the Internal Revenue Service, an agency of the United States, as a tool to suppress and target his political opposition, and did willfully interfere or endeavor to interfere in the investigation thereof.
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The President of the United States, Barack H. Obama, has unlawfully and unconstitutionally used the Environmental Protection Agency, an agency of the United States, as a tool to suppress and target his political opposition, and did willfully interfere or endeavor to interfere in the investigation thereof.
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The President of the United States, Barack H. Obama, has unlawfully and unconstitutionally conducted operations that led to the exportation of arms to Mexican drug gangs, and did willfully interfere or endeavor to interfere in the investigation thereof.
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The President of the United States, Barack H. Obama, has unlawfully and unconstitutionally conducted electronic surveillance of U.S. citizens without probable cause and without judicial authorization or warrant, and did willfully interfere or endeavor to interfere in the investigation thereof.
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The President of the United States, Barack H. Obama, has unlawfully and unconstitutionally conducted electronic surveillance of members of the press, without probable cause and without judicial authorization or warrant, and did willfully interfere or endeavor to interfere in the investigation thereof.
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The President of the United States, Barack H. Obama, has unlawfully and unconstitutionally endeavored or attempted to endeavor to interfere in the investigation of the events at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on September 12, 2012.
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The President of the United States, Barack H. Obama, has unlawfully and unconstitutionally issued Executive Orders contradicting established law and beyond his authority.
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The President of the United States, Barack H. Obama, has unlawfully and unconstitutionally refused to order The Attorney General of the United States to prosecute cases referred to the Justice Department from Congress, and did willfully interfere or endeavor to interfere in the investigation thereof.
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The President of the United States, Barack H. Obama, has unlawfully and unconstitutionally neglected to properly manage the Department of Veterans Affairs, and did willfully interfere or endeavor to interfere in the investigation thereof.
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The means used to implement this course of conduct or plan included one or more of the following:
1. making false or misleading statements to lawfully authorized investigative officers and employees of the United States;
2. withholding relevant and material evidence or information from lawfully authorized investigative officers and employees of the United States;
3. approving, condoning, acquiescing in, and counselling witnesses with respect to the giving of false or misleading statements to lawfully authorized investigative officers and employees of the United States and false or misleading testimony in duly instituted judicial and congressional proceedings;
4. interfering or endeavoring to interfere with the conduct of investigations by the Department of Justice of the United States, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Congressional Committees;
making or causing to be made false or misleading public statements for the purpose of deceiving the people of the United States into believing that a thorough and complete investigation had been conducted with respect to allegations of misconduct on the part of personnel of the executive branch of the United States, and that there was no involvement of such personnel in such misconduct: or
5.endeavoring to cause prospective defendants to expect favored treatment and consideration in return for their silence or false testimony, or rewarding individuals for their silence or false testimony.
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In all of this, Barack H. Obama has acted in a manner contrary to his trust as President and subversive of constitutional government, to the great prejudice of the cause of law and justice and to the manifest injury of the people of the United States.
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Wherefore Barack H. Obama, by such conduct, warrants impeachment and trial, and removal from office.