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1. Excerpts from the first article of impeachment of Richard M. Nixon, adopted 27-11 by the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives, July 27, 1974:
2. "In his conduct of the office of President of the United States, Richard M. Nixon, in violation of his constitutional oath...and of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, has prevented, obstructed, and impeded the administration of justice..
3. "...Richard M. Nixon, using the powers of his high office, engaged personally and through his close subordinates and agents, in a course of conduct or plan designed to delay, impede, and obstruct the investigation...; to cover up, conceal and protect those responsible...
4. "The means used to implement this course of conduct or plan included one or more of the following:
making false or misleading statements to lawfully authorized investigative officers and employees of the United States;...
making false or misleading statements to lawfully authorized investigative officers and employees of the United States;...
5. "...withholding relevant and material evidence or information from lawfully authorized investigative officers and employees of the United States;
approving, condoning, acquiescing in, and counseling witnesses with respect to the giving of false or misleading statements...
approving, condoning, acquiescing in, and counseling witnesses with respect to the giving of false or misleading statements...
6. "...to lawfully authorized investigative officers and employees of the United States and false or misleading testimony in duly instituted judicial and congressional proceedings;...
7. "interfering or endeavoring to interfere with the conduct of investigations by the Department of Justice of the United States, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the office of Watergate Special Prosecution Force, and Congressional Committees;
8. "...making or causing to be made false or misleading public statements for the purpose of deceiving the people of the United States...
9. "In all of this, Richard M. Nixon 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.
10. "Wherefore Richard M. Nixon, by such conduct, warrants impeachment and trial, and removal from office."
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