Charges

"IF the present administration is willing to misstate the facts in order to achieve its political objectives in Iraq, and Congress is unwilling to confront or challenge their hegemony, many of our cherished democratic principles are in jeopardy. This is true not only with respect to the Iraq War, but also in regard to other areas of foreign policy, privacy and civil liberties, and matters of economic and social justice.”

“We have found that there is substantial evidence the President, the Vice President and other high ranking members of the Bush Administration misled Congress and the American people regarding the decision to go to war with Iraq; misstated and manipulated intelligence information regarding the justification for such war; countenanced torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment and other legal violations in Iraq; and permitted inappropriate retaliation against critics of their Administration.

There is a prima facie case that these actions by the President, Vice-President, and other members of the Bush Administration violated a number of federal laws, including:

(2) Making False Statements to Congress;
(3) The War Powers Resolution;
(4) Misuse of Government Funds;
(5) federal laws and international treaties prohibiting torture and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment;
(6) federal laws concerning retaliating against witnesses and other individuals; and
(7) federal laws and regulations concerning leaking and other misuse of intelligence.”

- Executive SummaryMinority Report produced at the request of:
Representative John Conyers, Jr.,
Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee.
The Constitution In Crisis, John Conyers

President Bush authorized a war of aggression against Iraq, authorized conduct of the war that involved the commission of “war crimes”, authorized the occupation of Iraq involving the commission of war crimes”, “crimes against humanity” and other illegal acts. (Laws violated include but are not limited to: United Nations Charter, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Geneva Conventions of 1949, United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, The Nuremberg Principles, and others).

President Bush authorized a war of aggression against Iraq, authorized conduct of the war that involved the commission of War crimes, authorized the occupation of Iraq involving the commission of war crimes, Crimes against humanity, and other illegal acts. (Laws violated include but are not limited to: United Nations Charter, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Geneva Conventions of 1949, United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners, The Nuremberg Principles, and others).

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President Bush authorized the use of torture and abuse in violation of international humanitarian and human rights law and domestic constitutional and statutory law. (U.S. laws violated include, but are not limited to: the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution; 18 U.S.C. Section 242 (War Crimes); 18 U.S.C. Section 2340 (Convention Against Torture Statute); the Uniform Code of Military Justice, Army Regulation 190-8, Articles 3 and 5 of the Third and Fourth Geneva Conventions, and customary international law reflected, in multilateral treaties and other international instruments).

President Bush authorized the transfer (Rendition) of persons held in U.S. custody to foreign countries where torture is known to be practiced (Laws violated include but are not limited to, the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution; 18 U.S.C. Section 242 (War Crimes); 18 U.S.C. Section 2340 (Convention Against Torture Statute), 28 U.S.C. ¡¦1350, note (the Torture Victim Protection Act), 5 U.S.C. ¡¦702 (Administrative Procedure Act); the Convention Against Torture and implementing regulations, and others)

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President Bush authorized indefinite detention of and denied the protections of the Geneva Conventions and the U.S. Constitution to persons seized on and off battlefields. (Laws violated include but are not limited to: Article II of the U.S. Constitution; the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution; the due process requirements embodied in the common law; 5 U.S.C. Section 702 (the Administrative Procedure Act); 18 U.S.C. Section 242 (War Crimes); Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law (18 USC 242); Conspiracy Against Rights (18 USC 241); the Uniform Code of Military Justice, Army Regulation 190-8, Articles 3 and 5 of the Third and Fourth Geneva Conventions, and others).

There is substantial and credible evidence that starting September 11, 2000, and for sometime prior thereto, President Bush and members of his administration commenced a plan, scheme and design to start an illegal war on Iraq as part of a strategy to dominant the Middle East and the resources thereof with full knowledge that his actions were not permitted by United States or international law.


	Constitution of the United States of America Article II, Section IV. * * * * * The President, Vice President and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.