Democratic Congressman to propose Trump's impeachment within 30 days

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Agencies
6 Apr 2025 14:35
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While Trump has faced impeachment twice by the US House of Representatives—once in 2019 and again in 2021—he was acquitted both times by the Senate.

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Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, speaks as the House of Representatives meets to elect a speaker and convene the new 119th Congress at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025 (AP)

Democratic Congressman Al Green has announced his intention to introduce articles of impeachment against U.S. President Donald Trump within the next 30 days, arguing that the US leader is unfit to hold office.

"We need a Senate that will convict him this time, and I want you to know, from my heart, from my heart, I understand that he is a Goliath. He is a Goliath. He has control of the generals in the military. He has control of the Justice Department. He has control of the Republican Party, but my friends, my friends, for every Goliath, there is a David ... And I want you to know, Mr. President, this David is going to bring articles of impeachment against you within the next 30 days," Green said at a rally in Washington, D.C., on Saturday.

"Within the next 30 days, I’m bringing articles of impeachment. I’m coming for you. Mr. President, this David is coming for you," he asserted.

This would mark Green’s fourth attempt to impeach Trump, following three unsuccessful efforts during the president’s first term from 2016 to 2020.

In early March, the US House of Representatives censured Green of Texas following his removal from the chamber for repeatedly interrupting Trump’s address to Congress.

During Trump’s speech, the 77-year-old lawmaker stood and waved his cane while heckling the president, refusing to sit despite multiple warnings that he could be expelled from the session.

Commenting on the incident, Trump told Fox News Digital that Green was “a fool and a clown” whom no one takes seriously. The president further remarked that Green “should be forced to pass an IQ test,” adding, “He is a low IQ individual and we don't need low IQ individuals in Congress.”

While Trump has faced impeachment twice by the US House of Representatives—once in 2019 and again in 2021—he was acquitted both times by the Senate.

‘Hands off!’ protests sweep US against Trump, Musk

Demonstrators filled streets across the United States on Saturday in a sweeping display of dissent against the Trump administration, staging more than 1,300 rallies under the banner “Hands Off!”

While protesters were animated by a wide range of grievances—cuts to education, threats to reproductive rights, fears over veterans’ benefits—the unified message was one of resistance to what many described as an authoritarian shift intensified by the influence of billionaire Elon Musk in federal affairs.

Participants carried signs such as “Hands off public schools,” “Hands off our unions,” “Hands off our freedoms,” and “Hands off our Constitution."

In Portland, Oregon, thousands marched against what organisers called an “illegal, billionaire power grab.” In Washington, D.C., demonstrators waved placards near the Washington Monument, demanding protection for the press, social security, and healthcare.

Saturday’s events followed months of mounting unrest over mass federal layoffs, intensified immigration raids, and Musk’s growing role in public policy and infrastructure—particularly his controversial contracts with federal agencies.

In Boston, demonstrators condemned research funding cuts and the arrest of Tufts University doctoral student Rumeysa Ozturk by plainclothes federal agents. Meanwhile, in Sylva, North Carolina, more than 300 people turned out to decry reductions in national park services, education funding, and veterans’ care.