--- title: Comey Memo: All Green Calls for Donald Trump Impeachment description: Texas Democratic Rep. Al Green took to the House floor Wednesday morning to call for President Donald Trump to be impeached. canonical: https://time.com/4782373/comey-memo-donald-trump-impeachment-al-green/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-17T15:57:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-08T09:02:55.041Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read Rep. 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Al Green's Speech Calling for President Trump's Impeachment twitter:description: "No lie can live forever and truth crushed to earth will rise again" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3687493a28ab9a88/6988cdaafb4eac5b4589207c/gettyimages-151295990.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 video:duration: 00:47 video:published: 2017-05-17 section: politics topics: impeachment, obstruction of justice, House of Representatives, President of the United States, rule of law, no one above the law, liberty and justice, government of the people, congressional speech, Texas congressman genre: speech, news tones: solemn, formal, resolute, principled emotions: conviction (high), seriousness (high), determination (medium) sentiment: negative audience: political news followers, general news audiences, civics students, voters people: Al Green organizations: House of Representatives content_suitability: politics [00:00-00:47] transcript_source: automatic transcription transcript_reviewed: not applicable ---  # Read Rep. 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Al Green called for President Trump's impeachment on the House floor on Wednesday._ Description, summary, key points, chapters, key quotes, questions and transcript, where present, were produced automatically from the video or its captions and were not reviewed. ## Summary Texas Rep. Al Green addresses the House Speaker and calls for the impeachment of the President of the United States for obstruction of justice. He says his motivation is not political but rooted in the ideals of liberty and justice for all and government of the people, by the people, for the people. He closes by stating that no one is above the law, including the President. ## Key points - The speaker calls for the impeachment of the President of the United States on the grounds of obstruction of justice. (00:00) - He states he is not acting for political purposes. (00:00) - He says his motivation is belief in the ideals the country stands for, namely liberty and justice for all. (00:00) - He invokes the notion of government of the people, by the people, for the people. (00:27) - He says there is a belief in the country that no one is above the law. (00:32) - He states that the principle that no one is above the law includes the President of the United States. (00:42) ## Chapters - [00:00 to 00:32] Call for impeachment and stated motives. The speaker calls for impeachment for obstruction of justice and says he acts out of belief in liberty, justice and government of the people. - [00:32 to 00:47] No one is above the law. The speaker states the belief that no one is above the law, including the President. ## Key quotes - [00:00] Al Green: "I rise today Mr. Speaker to call for the impeachment of the President of the United States of America for obstruction of justice." - [00:00] Al Green: "I do not do this for political purposes Mr. Speaker." - [00:27] Al Green: "The notion that we should have government of the people, by the people, for the people." - [00:32] Al Green: "I do it because, Mr. Speaker, there is a belief in this country that no one is above the law." - [00:42] Al Green: "And that includes the President of the United States of America." ## Questions this video answers - What did Rep. Al Green call for on the House floor? [00:00] - What charge did Al Green cite as the basis for impeachment? [00:00] - Did Al Green say his call for impeachment was politically motivated? [00:00] - What ideals did Al Green say motivated his call for impeachment? [00:00] - Does Al Green believe the President is exempt from the law? [00:42] ## Content suitability - politics [00:00-00:47]: Congressional speech calling for the impeachment of the President of the United States for obstruction of justice. by [Lisa Marie Segarra](https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra May 17, 2017 3:57 PM UTC Texas Rep. Al Green called for President Trump's impeachment on the House floor on Wednesday. by [Lisa Marie Segarra](https://time.com/author/lisa-marie-segarra/) ## Lisa Marie Segarra May 17, 2017 3:57 PM UTC Texas Democratic Rep. Al Green took to the House floor Wednesday morning to call for [President Donald Trump](http://time.com/donald-trump-after-hours) to be [impeached](http://time.com/4711273/donald-trump-impeachment-odds-challenges/). Green’s speech comes a day after reports that Trump asked then-FBI Director James Comey to [stop his investigation](http://time.com/4781623/michael-flynn-james-comey-donald-trump-fbi-investigation/?iid=sr-link2) into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn. The White House has denied those reports, saying “the President has never asked Mr. Comey or anyone else to end any investigation.” The Texas Congressman has been calling for Trump’s impeachment since Monday. [In a statement](http://algreen.house.gov/press-release/congressman-al-greens-statement-calling-impeachment-president-trump), Green cited as grounds for impeachment the President’s firing of Comey while he was overseeing the investigation into possible ties between Trump associates and Russia, and his actions after the fact. 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