Al Green introduces article of impeachment against Trump

[orleans]

Al Green introduces article of impeachment against Trump
by Sarah Fortinsky - 06/24/25 9:12 AM ET

Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) filed an article of impeachment against President Trump on Tuesday, accusing the president of failing to notify or seek authorization from Congress before the U.S. launched strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites over the weekend.

The resolution alleges “abuse of presidential powers by disregarding the separation of powers—devolving American democracy into authoritarianism by unconstitutionally usurping Congress’s power to declare war.”

“President Trump’s unilateral, unprovoked use of force without congressional authorization or notice constitutes an abuse of power when there was no imminent threat to the United States, which facilitates the devolution of American democracy into authoritarianism,” Green’s resolution reads.

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Green’s resolution labels Trump “an authoritarian president” and “a threat to American democracy.” The Texas Democrat also pointed to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, controversial immigration agenda and his attacks on federal judges in his push for impeachment.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5365938-al-green-donald-trump-impeachment-article-iran-strikes/

[malaise]

1. Get thee to the greatest page

for visibility

[yellowdogintexas]

2. Rep Green has said he will continue to do this on a regular basis

The House may not comply, but his actions call attention to the administration's many wrongs.
He certainly is never at a loss for an action to take.

If Abbott brings up a mid term redistricting (which I have heard Trump is asking for) Rep Green is certain his area will be drawn to keep him from being re-elected. Our black and Latino seats will be at risk. Now that Tarrant County Commissioner's Court has succeeded in their nefarious actions to redraw our county maps, I will not be in the least surprised if this happens.

Interestingly, there are a number of Republican Congresspersons who do not like this idea because they think the state can't be redrawn without damaging some currently secure Republican seats. Also, Abbott may just not want to deal with the inevitable court cases which will erupt the day after they vote. The County was sued within 24 hours of the Commissioner's vote, and I heard last week that there are potentially 2 more on deck.

A special session has been called but no mention has been made of redistricting.

[lindysalsagal]

3. They must keep trying, if for no other reason but to weld the GOP into the criminality

[ancianita]

12. The other important reason is to get the cause and evidence for Trump's impeachment into the Congressional Record as

part of Congressional history and U.S. History.

[Grim Chieftain]

4. Thank you, sir!

Hey Republican Trump enablers - that's what courage looks like!

[dlilafae]

5. Finally!

Whether it sticks or not. Bring the Articles.

[Wild blueberry]

6. Thank you, Rep. Al Green!

More of this!

[Greg_In_SF]

7. This was settled in court

following Obama's 2011 bombing of Libya. All that is required is for The Commander In Chief to notify Congress within 48 hours after an attack.

[DENVERPOPS]

9. Hey Greg

that's the first thing I thought also!!!!........I am often blown away by people, including Politicans who appear like they never had a civics class or history class.......

Politico has a great discussion about the War Powers Act:

https://www.politifact.com/article/2025/jun/22/did-trump-violate-war-powers-act-by-bombing-iran/

Also: check out: "gang of four" and "gang of eight"

[samsingh]

8. what is the point? it's not going to remove him from office. he's already

been impeached twice - his voters don't care.

[Lonestarblue]

10. I agree. And I think this will favor Republicans in next year's Congressional races.

Republicans will simply claim that electing Democrats means they will remove him from office to keep him from doing the job voters elected him to do. They will claim that Democrats will overturn the election of 2024. To me, this is jyst another self-defeating action that does nothing to make more voters choose Democrats.

[EnergizedLib]

20. 'Any opposition to trump is bad for Democrats'

The Democrats shouldn’t oppose trump, shouldn’t do anything regarding trump, just them breathing and being Democrats is bad.

Do I have that right?

It’s not about overturning an election, it’s about upholding the Constitution and law.

Did any relentless pursuits by House Republicans against President Biden cost them?

[samsingh]

24. actually real opposition to trump would be great

that would involve:
- getting our elected reps infront of cameras speaking the truth and calling out Trump's lies explicitly
- working with billionnaire donors to buy media to get out the message (that's what the repubs did)
- work at the grassroots level and get candidates that will be elected
- develop and TALK about policies we will implement when elected
- understand that we are now in a war with the right - old rules don't apply.

Im not sure what another impeachment that will not pass even the house will accomplish.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

11. Maybe

the rest of us DO care!!

[samsingh]

25. what was the result of the two previous impeachments?

[Martin68]

13. The problem is that Congress has long looked the other way when presidents of both parties have launched unilateral

military actions without consulting Congress. Clinton did it when he bombed Bosnia, Bush Sr did it when he invaded Panama and deposed their president, Bush Jr did it when he enforced a no-fly zone in Iraq, and Reagan did it when he invaded Granada. There are plenty of excellent legitimate reasons to impeach Trump, but, sadly, this is not one of them.

[vanessa_ca]

19. You are correct about the past offenses but it's time we start. Better late than never

Personally, I believe they ALL should have paid the consequences.

They keep getting more brazen about bypassing Congress, to the point that one of them is playing with WW3. When do we reign them in? And when does Congress start doing its job of representing us?

[Martin68]

21. We can't reign Trump in until the Democrats haver a majority in both houses. But are Democrats prepared to deny

a Democratic president the right to launch an attack with a Congressional vote? Remember, if it requires a vote, it will signal to the enemy that we are planning to attack, so we give up the element of surprise.

[vanessa_ca]

22. We can't have it both ways.

Personally, I'm more than prepared to deny all of them, including a Democratic president the right to launch an attack without a Congressional vote, but I recognize I'm probably in the minority among today's Dems. But people like me are also barely hanging on and abandoning the party over things like this. So what do we want? I think most people know, at least deep inside, that our party is at a crossroad. Things like this vote don't help hold on to the kind of people we're bleeding.

(just now noticed your typo of with vs without).

[Martin68]

23. My personal feeling is that I wish both parties would abide by the constitution, but I feel the only bulwark between

democracy and fascism is the Democratic Party. If we splinter and split, they will win and we sill become a fascist state. It seems to be the hunger for total power that allows fascism to persist. The Democratic Party, for all its faults, still abides by ethical, moral and constitutional values.

[Montauk6]

14. All praise to Brother Al but why does the article read like this is the first time he's doing this?

[calimary]

15. About time SOMEBODY did!!!

[AZProgressive]

16. I just saw this

Olga Nesterova: "House votes 344–79 to kill Rep. Al Green’s motion to impeach Trump, with 128 Democrats siding with Republicans."

It was posted on BlueSky so no link, don't know how to embed posts at DU.

[vanessa_ca]

18. Links to the shameful vote results

Here's the tweet I think you're thinking of

128 Democrats vote against impeaching Trump.

— Andy Craig (@andycraig.bsky.social) 2025-06-24T18:15:29.860Z

More information in this thread: 128 Democrats vote against impeaching Trump

[snot]

17. And the emoluments, please!