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CHENEY
ARTICLE IV. SERVING WITH PURPOSES OF EVASION
In violation of his oath of office to “take this obligation freely, without
any mental reservation or purpose of evasion,” Richard Bruce
Cheney, during his tenure as Vice President of the United States,
has refused to provide information to Congressional investigations,
and to prosecutors investigating the public disclosure of the identity
of a Central Intelligence Agency Operative. This conduct has included
one or more of the following:
(1) As Chair of the National Energy Policy Development Group, which met from
January 29 to May 16, 2001, Richard Bruce Cheney refused to cooperate
with a Congressional investigation, by denying GAO requests to interview
the Group’s staff as well as requests for information on the
process by which this body produced the National Energy Policy report.
(2) In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, Richard
Bruce Cheney publicly opposed any effort by Congress to launch an
investigation into the events of September 11th and the events leading
up to the attacks, After bowing to pressure from the families of
victims of 9/11, from the public and from Congress, a Commission
on Terrorist Acts Upon the United States was formed to study all
aspects of the events, their causes and aftermath and to recommend
policies for the future. Thereupon, Richard Bruce Cheney was part
of concerted efforts by the White House to thwart the investigation,
block release of critical documents for their review, or allow witnesses
to testify, including his own demand that he and the President testify
in private, not under oath, without transcript and with only pre-selected
members and note takers allowed, demanding further that those notes
would be vetted by the White House before release to the full Commission,
contrary to established practice in conducting federal investigations.
(3) In the context of revelations that appeared to contradict Vice President
Cheney’s denials that his office had played any role in arranging
two sole-source contracts awarded to Halliburton Company in 2002
and 2003, his previous employer, Richard Bruce Cheney refused to
comply with requests from the minority office of the Government
Reform Committee for documents from the Office of the Vice President
and the Deputies Committee concerning the sole source contracts,
when such documentation could have clarified the role his office
had played, if any, in awarding the contracts.
(4) Richard Bruce Cheney prevailed upon Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee
to deny a request from the minority party for a Federal Bureau of
Investigations investigation into the public disclosure of the covert
identity of a Central Intelligence Officer, [when his office was
involved]
Whereby, Richard Bruce Cheney, the first Vice President of the United States of America
ever to invoke executive privilege, has abused his office by invoking
such privilege in order to shelter his office and his appointees
from both Congressional oversight and judicial accountability. Whereby
Richard Bruce Cheney did commit and was guilty of high misdemeanors
against the United States of America.
In all of this, Richard Bruce Cheney has acted in a manner contrary to his trust
as Vice 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.
Wherefore, Richard Bruce Cheney, by such conduct, warrants impeachment and
trial, and removal from office.
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