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Al Green, a Democrat, said he will bring articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to a House vote on Wednesday canonical: https://time.com/5050177/donald-trump-house-democrats-impeachment-vote/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-12-05T18:57:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:53:53.325Z article:section: Politics og:title: Democrats Plan to Take the Next Step Towards Impeaching Donald Trump og:description: The effort is likely to face strong opposition in a Republican-controlled House og:url: https://time.com/5050177/donald-trump-house-democrats-impeachment-vote/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt80aae0efe12f61d9/6988f3d3656a3fda08bd2b72/donald-trump-impeachment-house-vote.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: President Trump Meets With GOP Senators At The White House og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Democrats Plan to Take the Next Step Towards Impeaching Donald Trump twitter:description: The effort is likely to face strong opposition in a Republican-controlled House twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt80aae0efe12f61d9/6988f3d3656a3fda08bd2b72/donald-trump-impeachment-house-vote.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Democrats Plan to Take the Next Step Towards Impeaching Donald Trump > Sponsored content. 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A half-dozen Democrats on Wednesday introduced articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, accusing him of obstruction of justice and other offenses, in a long-shot effort that stands little chance in the Republican-led House._  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Dec 5, 2017 6:57 PM UTC  President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Republican members of Congress in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Dec. 5, 2017 in Washington, D.C. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Republican members of Congress in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Dec. 5, 2017 in Washington, D.C. Win McNamee/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Dec 5, 2017 6:57 PM UTC Texas Rep. Al Green said Tuesday that he will bring [articles of impeachment](http://time.com/5026052/democrats-impeach-donald-trump/) against President Trump to a vote on Wednesday, the latest step in an impeachment effort that does not yet have broad Democratic support and is unlikely to succeed in the Republican-led House. “Tomorrow we will bring Articles of Impeachment to the floor of the Congress of the United States of America for a vote,” Green [said Tuesday morning](https://twitter.com/cspan/status/938081776639016962) on the House floor, announcing that “three prominent Democrats” have asked to meet with him to discuss impeachment. A handful of Democrats [introduced articles of impeachment](http://time.com/5026052/democrats-impeach-donald-trump/) against Trump in November, the first official step in the process. They accused him of obstructing justice, violating the Constitution’s foreign and domestic emoluments clause, undermining the federal judiciary system and threatening the freedom of the press. But the [process of impeaching an American president](http://time.com/4711273/donald-trump-impeachment-odds-challenges/) and removing him from office is complex and challenging. Most top Democrats have dismissed talk of impeachment. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said last month that impeaching Trump [would be a waste of time and energy](http://time.com/5029752/nancy-pelosi-impeach-trump/), according to those [who attended her event](https://twitter.com/emmajune/status/931561224076185600) at Hearst. Earlier in November, she [told CNN](https://twitter.com/CNNPolitics/status/927179703563309056) that “it’s not someplace that I think we should go,” when asked about impeachment proceedings. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, in an [interview with the Daily Beast](https://www.thedailybeast.com/chuck-schumer-to-dems-chill-out-with-the-donald-trump-impeachment-talk) last month, advised Democrats to wait before moving forward with impeachment proceedings. “There may be a time. It is premature. And to call for \[impeachment\] now you might blow your shot when it has a better chance of happening,” he said, according to the Daily Beast. “It is serious, serious, serious. And so… \[pause\]… you wait.” > [](https://twitter.com/cspan/status/938081776639016962) ## Transcript Morning, we're gonna go ahead and get started. Although a couple people are gonna join us. And a couple other people who are on the resolution will not be here today. But I'm proud to stand here with my friend, Congressman Gutierrez, with other Congress people that will be here, and announcing that we're introducing articles of impeachment. To remove President Trump from office. There would b, I believe six signatories on the resolution. We have taken this action because of great concern for our country, and our constitution, our national security, and our democracy. We believe that President Trump has violated the Constitution, and we've introduced five articles of impeachment. The first is obstruction of justice, which deals with Mr. Comey's firing. The second is a violation of the Constitution's foreign emolument clause, which deals with monies he's taken from foreign powers without the consent of Congress. The third is a violation of the Domestic Emoluments Clause which deals with monies he's made from the United States at his personal businesses beyond that of his person salary, which is also forbidden by our Constitution. The fourth is undermining our federal Judiciary and the [ UNKNOWN ] is undermining freedom of the press. These are aggressive actions he has taken over a period of time against the press and against the judiciary with the positive actions to cap off a series of pattern of behavior belittling and Questioning these institutions that are so important for our democracy. The judiciary obviously is in the constitution an equal branch of government. The press is not in the constitution but freedom of press is and he's threatened licenses of broadcast stations, so called fake news and other actions that Hurt our democracy. The definitely hurt our democracy. They're fundamental parts of it. So we're calling upon the house to begin impeachment hearings immediately. It's not a call for a vote. It's a call for hearings. I don't expect the house judiciary committee which is operated like a branch of the administration to take up hearings. It's their responsibility in my opinion, and I believe Congressman Gutierrez and our other colleagues to have hearings. But of the four committees that have jurisdiction, House and Senate Intelligence and House and Senate Judiciary, the House Judiciary, which is particular committee which would have responsibility for bringing impeachment charges through the Constitution. Al, come join us, please. Has that responsibility, and which, if I sit as the ranking member on the constitution sub committee, has not taken any action whatsoever, or had any hearings whatsoever. And because of that, it's even more important that congressman Gutierrez, who's a member of the committee, and myself, Bring this impeachment article for failure of our chairman to even have hearings. If we don't have hearings which we don't respect, we won't be holding briefings and participating the briefings on these particular charges to let people know what's going on as we. Experience them, that the Constitution is being violated, that our democracy is being threatened and to bring these charges to light in the form of briefings with experts who will help us explain them to the American people. Some people may say why in light of the investigation of Bob Muller. We support Bob Muller's investigation but he's looking at criminal charges. And that can or may not be an impeachable offense. More likely than not, it will be. We think he's gonna come up with things. But that's for him, and it's gonna take some time. There's no reason why we don't start now with definite Violations of our constitution and threats to our democracy. There are already sufficient facts in the public record to warrant the start of impeachment proceedings in congress. Given the magnitude of the constitutional crisis there's no reason to delay. With regard to obstruction we know president Trump fired FBI director Comey while the bureau was investigating potential collusion with Russia And the Trump campaign and the president has already admitted on national television that he had the Russian investigation on his mind when he fired Director Comey. We already know that Donald Trump Jr. met with the Russian attorney, who offerred to bribe damaging evidence on Hillary Clinton, as part of Russian Government's efforts to help his. Father's campaign. These facts are uncontested. They are similarly clear cut facts with regard to the foreign and domestic emoluments clauses. You just have to go to the Trump hotel, the Trump Tower, See what the Saudi's have paid. What other foreign governments have paid. What the Secret Service is paying. What people pay to stay at Mar- a- Lago and other expenses that we are paying right now. And it is because President Trump, unlike any President in history has not released his taxes and has not put his ownership of assets into a blind trust. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] [ NOISE ] [ BLANK_AUDIO ] The framers of our Constitution wisely prohibited Presidents from the accepting the payments as have been made. Such as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia paying $ 270, 000 to the Trump International Hotel as part of their lobbying effort. And the embassy of Kuwait held an event there spanning give or take, $ 50, 000. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] Harry Trueman didn't do it. President Eisenhower didn't do it. The Bush's didn't do it. Nobody's done it. Nobody benefits financially, directly, as they are President of the United States. It demeans the office. It demeans the Country. It demeans the Constitution. President Trump is repeated this as the Trump branded properties, which he retains an ownership interest. And that has caused the federal government to spent money there. As I've mentioned, Secret Service golf carts at Mar- a- Lago, lodging at Mar- a- Lago and Hawaii couldn't help it said that the golf tournament. Or maybe it's Korea. Their golf tournament was won by a Korean. It was at his golf club. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] Well- established record of President Trump with regard to undermining the independence of the judiciary. 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