A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate by condemning the handling of the 2019 Ukraine Whistleblower Complaint, calling for the Department of Justice to initiate an investigation and prosecution of the matter, and declaring the impeachment of President Donald J. Trump by the House of Representatives lacks legitimacy.

This Senate resolution states the Senate's position on the 2019 whistleblower complaint about President Trump's July 2019 phone call with Ukraine's president. It condemns how the complaint was handled and its use to start impeachment proceedings. It calls on the Department of Justice to investigate the handling of the complaint and urges the Attorney General to bring criminal charges where the evidence supports them. It declares that the House's 2019 impeachment of President Trump lacks legitimacy and commends the Director of National Intelligence for declassifying related documents. As a sense-of-the-Senate resolution, it expresses a position and does not create law.

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Sponsors

• Rick Scott Republican sponsor
• 1 cosponsors