City Council call upon the United States House of Representatives to support a resolution authorizing and directing the House Committee on the Judiciary to investigate whether sufficient grounds exist for the impeachment of Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, including but not limited to the violations of the Foreign Emoluments Clause and the Domestic Emoluments Clause of the United States Constitution

How it started

Apr 3, 2017 · Proposed by Councillor McGovern, Vice Mayor Devereux, and Councillor Cheung: a statement of the Council’s position, not a request for action.

What happened

Apr 3, 2017 · ✅ Adopted, 7–1: the Council approved it (Order adopted · one voted present)

Voted yes (7)

Dennis Carlone
Leland Cheung
Jan Devereux
Craig A. Kelley
Nadeem Mazen
Marc McGovern
E. Denise Simmons

Voted no (1)

David Maher

Voted present (1)

Timothy J. Toomey

Roll call of Apr 3, 2017 · from the council’s minutes · photos: City of Cambridge

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Public Comment (1)

1 written comment received (2017-04-03). Letter-writers are named in the city's own agenda and are not republished here, by policy.