That Matthew M. Graves, United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, is impeached for endangering, compromising, and undermining the justice system of the United States by facilitating the explosion of violent crime in the Nation’s capital, and that the following articles of impeachment be exhibited to the United States Senate: Articles of impeachment exhibited by the House of Representatives of the United States of America in the name of itself and of the people of the United States of America, against Matthew M. Graves, United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, in maintenance and support of its impeachment against him for endangering, compromising, and undermining the justice system of the United States by facilitating the explosion of violent crime in the Nation’s capital. The Constitution provides that the House of Representatives shall have the sole Power of Impeachment and that a United States Attorney, as a civil officer of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors . In his conduct as United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend, the Constitution of the United States, Matthew M. Graves continues to materially endanger the justice system of the United States and empower violent criminals to terrorize Washington, DC. Article I Rather than adhering to an oath he took to defend and secure our country and uphold the Constitution when he was sworn in as United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, Matthew M. Graves has declined to prosecute approximately 67 percent of people arrested by police officers in 2022, almost doubling the declination rate within the last seven years. Matthew M. Graves has failed to uphold his oath and has instead overseen a denigration of the principles of our