Six of the nine are co-sponsors of HR 799, which contains three articles of impeachment.
Articles I and II of HR 799 accuse Cheney of manipulating intelligence to deceive Congress and the American people about a fabricated threat of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction and an alleged relationship between Iraq and al Qaeda.
Article III charges Cheney with openly threatening Iran absent any real threat to the United States. All three articles say Cheney’s actions have damaged the US national security interests.
The advocates of Cheney’s impeachment believe «the issues at hand are too serious to ignore, including credible allegations of abuse of power that, if proven, may well constitute high crimes and misdemeanors under the Constitution.
«The allegations against Cheney relate to his deceptive actions leading up to the Iraq war, the revelation of the identity of a covert agent for political retaliation and the illegal wiretapping of American citizens,» say the House Judiciary Committee members.
Seventy percent of American voters think Cheney has abused his powers and 43 percent say he should be removed from office, according to a Nov. 13 poll by the American Research Group.