Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) introduced more than two dozen articles of impeachment against President Trump. The 26 articles are the largest number of impeachment articles filed against a U.S. President.
The articles accuse President Trump of “undermining democracy,” abusing power, disregarding courts, violating oaths, unlawfully taxing citizens, attacking the press, and other actions.
“Trump is clearly the most impeachable President our country has ever endured. His continued presence in office is a danger to our democracy,” Cohen argued in a press release on the matter. “That the sycophantic Republican majority in Congress is derelict in its duty does not mean that I must abandon my responsibilities. I took an independent oath to support and defend the Constitution. That commitment compels me to introduce this resolution today. When historians write about this period, and our constituents ask who stood up to President Trump’s lawlessness, this resolution is the answer.”
The Tennessee Democrat is set to lose his seat due to the state’s new congressional maps, which split Memphis into three Republican-leaning districts. He indicated he would not run for re-election in any of the districts.
Cohen’s articles come just weeks after Rep. Al Green (D-TX) sought to impeach President Trump. “President Trump has used ICE and CBP to suppress the First Amendment rights to free speech and a free press; violate the Fourth Amendment right to privacy and protections against unlawful searches and excessive force; and defy the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment guarantees of due process and equal protection by allowing and encouraging racially targeted arrests, unjustified detentions, and unjustified killings,” his resolution said. “President Trump, by his conduct, continues to demonstrate that he is a great threat to democracy, the United States Constitution, and the democratic republic, by dangerously flouting constitutional rights.”
The House voted to table Green’s measure in a 232 – 147 vote, with 18 Democrats voting alongside Republicans.
