--- description: Texas Rep. Al Green called for President Donald Trump's impeachment on the House floor on Wednesday title: Texas Democrat Calls for President Trump's Impeachment on House Floor image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf90be1471eb66027/6988cd9aa988ca3fce6bc409/al-green-congress-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Congress](/tag/congress/) ## Congress Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Texas Democrat Calls for President Trump's Impeachment on House Floor by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. May 17, 2017 3:20 PM CUT  Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, at a demonstration at the Capitol on June 23, 2016. Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, at a demonstration at the Capitol on June 23, 2016.Tom Williams—CQ Roll Call/Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. May 17, 2017 3:20 PM CUT Texas Rep. Al Green called for [President Trump’s impeachment](http://time.com/4711273/donald-trump-impeachment-odds-challenges/ "undefined") on the House floor on Wednesday. “This is where I stand. I will not be moved. The president must be impeached,” the Democratic congressman [said](https://twitter.com/BraddJaffy/status/864846090729910273 "undefined") Wednesday morning. > [](https://twitter.com/BraddJaffy/status/864846090729910273) Green’s call for impeachment follows a [New York _Times_](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/16/us/politics/james-comey-trump-flynn-russia-investigation.html "undefined") report that Trump asked former FBI Director James Comey—who he fired last week—to stop investigating Michael Flynn, the administration’s former National Security Adviser. According to the _Times_, Comey wrote a memo after meeting with Trump the day after [Flynn resigned](http://time.com/4670486/michael-flynn-resignation-record/ "undefined"), following revelations that he had misled Vice President Mike Pence about his conversations regarding sanctions with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak. Comey wrote in the memo that Trump asked him to “let this go” regarding Flynn, according to the _Times_. Talk of impeachment has swirled since the report of Comey’s memo broke. Green said Trump should be impeached “for obstructing a lawful investigation” of his presidential campaign’s ties to Russia in a release. > [](https://twitter.com/RepAlGreen/status/864814620250451971) Green said the combined acts of Trump firing Comey, linking the firing to the [Russia probe](http://time.com/4776737/president-donald-trump-james-comey-fired-russia-investigation/ "undefined") and later threatening Comey via Twitter constituted “intimidation and obstruction.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4782225/al-green-congress-donald-trump-impeachment/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4782225/al-green-congress-donald-trump-impeachment/"},"headline":"Texas Democrat Calls for President Trump's Impeachment on House Floor","datePublished":"2017-05-17T15:20:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T04:58:11.371Z","description":"\"I will not be moved,\" the Democratic congressman said","url":"https://time.com/4782225/al-green-congress-donald-trump-impeachment/","keywords":["Congress","Donald Trump","Impeachment","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf90be1471eb66027/6988cd9aa988ca3fce6bc409/al-green-congress-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf90be1471eb66027/6988cd9aa988ca3fce6bc409/al-green-congress-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"House Dem Sit-In","caption":"House Dem Sit-In","creditText":"Tom Williams—CQ Roll Call/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/congress/","name":"Congress"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4782225/al-green-congress-donald-trump-impeachment/","name":"Texas Democrat Calls for President Trump's Impeachment on House Floor"}}]}] ```