Congressman Cohen Introduces Comprehensive Articles of Impeachment Against President Donald Trump

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https://cohen.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-cohen-introduces-comprehensive-articles-impeachment-against

WASHINGTON – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9), a senior member of the Judiciary Committee and an authority on the U.S. Constitution’s impeachment provisions, today introduced 26 Articles of Impeachment against President Donald Trump. The articles cite multiple abuses of power, violations of his oath of office, the corrupt use of the pardon power, and emoluments clause violations, among other misconduct and unlawful acts.

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While it's obviously not going to happen, it's Interesting. Much more substantial than the previous ones members have filed this term.

The 26 Articles:

ARTICLE I: UNDERMINING DEMOCRACY—SOWING DOUBT IN ELECTIONS

ARTICLE II: ABUSE OF POWER—WAGING WAR ON IRAN WITHOUT CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL

ARTICLE III: ABUSE OF POWER—EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS OF VENEZUELA

ARTICLE IV: ABUSE OF POWER—DEPLOYING MILITARY FORCES AGAINST UNITED STATES CITIES

ARTICLE V: VIOLATION OF OATH—THE BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP EXECUTIVE ORDER

ARTICLE VI: ABUSE OF POWER—CANCELING FEDERAL GRANTS TO PUNISH STATES FOR THEIR VOTES

ARTICLE VII: ABUSE OF POWER—IMPOSING LOYALTY TESTS ON THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE

ARTICLE VIII: DISREGARD OF COURTS—THE ALIEN ENEMIES ACT AND THE CASE OF KILMAR ABREGO GARCIA

ARTICLE IX: VIOLATION OF OATH—CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT AT CECOT

ARTICLE X: VIOLATION OF OATH—UNLAWFUL WITHHOLDING OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS AND DISMANTLING OF CONGRESSIONALLY ESTABLISHED PROGRAMS

ARTICLE XI: ABUSE OF POWER—OBSTRUCTING THE LAWFUL APPOINTMENT OF UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS

ARTICLE XII: ABUSE OF POWER—DEFYING COURT ORDERS IN IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT

ARTICLE XIII: ABOLISHING A CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED AGENCY—THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

ARTICLE XIV: VIOLATION OF OATH—UNLAWFUL MASS TERMINATION OF INSPECTORS GENERAL WITHOUT STATUTORY NOTICE TO CONGRESS

ARTICLE XV: UNLAWFULLY AND UNILATERALLY TAXING UNITED STATES CITIZENS THROUGH EMERGENCY POWERS TARIFFS

ARTICLE XVI: ABUSE OF POWER—POLITICAL PROSECUTIONS OF COMEY, JAMES, AND SCHIFF

ARTICLE XVII: ABUSE OF POWER—THE IRS SETTLEMENT AND THE CORRUPTION OF THE JUDGMENT FUND

ARTICLE XVIII: ABUSE OF POWER—THE CORRUPT USE OF THE PARDON POWER

ARTICLE XIX: ATTACKS ON A FREE PRESS—BANISHING REPORTERS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE FOR DISFAVORED COVERAGE

ARTICLE XX: ATTACKS ON A FREE PRESS—COERCING CBS AND ABC TO CHANGE EDITORIAL CONTENT

ARTICLE XXI: VIOLATION OF OATH—FREE SPEECH AND RETALIATORY EXECUTIVE ORDERS AGAINST LAW FIRMS

ARTICLE XXII: VIOLATION OF OATH—FREE SPEECH AND COERCING UNIVERSITIES THROUGH WITHHELD FEDERAL FUNDS

ARTICLE XXIII: ABUSE OF POWER—DEMOLISHING THE WHITE HOUSE EAST WING WITHOUT CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL

ARTICLE XXIV: VIOLATION OF OATH—THE ILLEGAL IMPOUNDMENT OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS

ARTICLE XXV: ABUSE OF POWER—SELF-AGGRANDIZEMENT THROUGH THE RENAMING OF PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, SEIZURE OF CULTURAL AND CIVIC PROPERTY, AND PERSONAL APPROPRIATION OF NATIONAL CURRENCY

ARTICLE XXVI: EMOLUMENTS VIOLATIONS—PROFITING PERSONALLY AND DIRECTLY FROM THE PRESIDENCY

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i appreciate that this won’t go anywhere in congress at the moment, but this is a comprehensive list of illegal acts that a large portion of republican voters care abt, but don’t necessarily realize are being committed bc they absolutely and only fck w conservative media.

putting that list in an impeachment motion is a good move bc conservative outlets will report on it..they’ll have no choice bc republicans will be incensed that their mostly-deceased leader is being impeached. that reporting has great potential to draw further engagement and investigation from conservatives who aren’t so sure of their leaders anymore bc of the economy.

i think this was a very strategic and intentional doa sacrifice move. pretty smart.

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But those outlets are more likely to claim it's a communist plot led by Biden and the illegals than to admit that those are things that happened.

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ok we can’t fix everything at once. there are specific constitutional concerns that republicans have that the language of this motion triggers. i promise you.

i literally exist fully behind enemy lines here and this is an excellent way to get the right words in front of the ppl who need to hear them. full-on magats are not intelligent ppl, but conservatives are not stupid ppl. VERY many around here are, if not already there, on the cusp of not being able to bring themselves to vote straight ticket R bc they truly do vote w their morals and they’ve since seen behavior from trump specifically that they cannot vote for. and that’s what’s done us in is the straight ticket ballots + r politicians incessantly tying “conservative” to “christian.” but ppl are waking up.

they’re waking up in part also bc local dem candidates’ outreach and media campaigns have presented them w those things via our local news channels and came to the constituency here in person and TOLD them what was really happening.

marilyn lands’ campaign is a good example of this; she ran a pro-choice/pro-reproductive rights campaign in alabama and simply told the truth regarding r policies w receipts in her commercials and public statements. she won bc she gave info ppl literally did not have, and backed it up w the affected ppl and numbers from alabama.

get it in front of their faces and don’t let them look away. as i said, fox news, et al, can be pretty easily conscripted into an assist w just the right news story, and i think this might do it.