Rep. Al Greene (D-TX) filed impeachment articles against President Donald Trump after he launched strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.
Green’s resolution accuses Trump of “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,” the resolution says.
The resolution further calls Trump an “authoritarian president” and a “threat to American democracy,” going on to claim that Trump has “devolved and continues to devolve American democracy into authoritarianism by disregarding the separation of powers and now, usurping congressional war powers.”
While Congress has the sole power to declare war under the U.S. Constitution, the Trump administration has asserted that the strikes on Iranian facilities were not acts of war.
Green said in a statement that he “did not come to Congress to be a bystander while a president abuses power and devolves American democracy into authoritarianism with himself as an authoritarian president.” He noted that Trump’s “unauthorized bombing of Iran constitutes a de facto declaration of war,” adding that his “authoritarian actions are a warning sign we cannot ignore, making him a threat to American democracy; we must uphold and protect our Constitution from being dismantled by an authoritarian president who seeks unchecked power.”
In February, Green introduced articles of impeachment against Trump for his proposal to take over Gaza.
