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Rep. Al Green Pledges: Donald Trump faces articles of impeachment before Christmas
Rep. Al Green (D-TX), a longtime advocate for presidential accountability, declared Thursday that articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump will be filed before Congress adjourns for the Christmas recess, setting the stage for what would be an unprecedented third impeachment of the...
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Rep. Al Green (D-TX), a longtime advocate for presidential accountability, declared Thursday that articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump will be filed before Congress adjourns for the Christmas recess, setting the stage for what would be an unprecedented third impeachment of the same president.
Speaking at a packed town-hall-style event on Capitol Hill, Green told the crowd: “There will be articles of impeachment filed before the Christmas break; this I will pledge to you.”
The pledge, first reported by Newsweek, marks the most direct promise yet from a Democratic lawmaker that formal impeachment proceedings will be launched before the end of 2025.
Green did not specify the exact charges but cited “multiple high crimes and misdemeanors” including the president’s recent Truth Social posts calling for the execution of Democratic lawmakers, the ongoing Epstein files controversy, and alleged obstruction of the Justice Department’s investigation into the late financier’s sex-trafficking network.
Trump has already survived two impeachments during his first term:
December 2019: impeached by the House 230–197 on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress for pressuring Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to investigate Joe Biden. The Senate acquitted 52–48 (first count) and 53–47 (second count).
January 2021: impeached by the House 232–197 for incitement of insurrection following the January 6 Capitol attack. Ten Republicans joined Democrats. The Senate vote was 57–43 guilty, falling ten votes short of the two-thirds needed for conviction.
A third impeachment would make Trump the only president in American history to face such proceedings three times.
Republicans currently hold a narrow House majority (219–216), meaning any impeachment effort would require at least a handful of GOP defections to succeed.
Speaker Mike Johnson’s office immediately dismissed Green’s announcement as “political theater,” but several moderate Republicans in Biden-won districts have privately told reporters they are “monitoring the Epstein disclosures closely.”
Many analysts believe the December 18 release of the full Epstein files (mandated by the bipartisan bill Trump signed into law on November 19) could be the deciding factor.
Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich argued that definitive proof of Trump’s involvement with Epstein’s trafficking network could fracture the MAGA base.
“The stakes for Trump are huge. If he was in fact one of Epstein’s clients, it could lead to his impeachment in the House and conviction in the Senate, because Trump’s MAGA base — to which congressional Republicans are solicitous — would probably turn against him. They can tolerate all sorts of wrongdoing by him but not pedophilia.”
Green, who has filed impeachment articles against Trump multiple times since 2017, told the audience Thursday that “the evidence is mounting daily” and that “the American people deserve accountability before another holiday season passes under this cloud.”
The House is scheduled to begin its Christmas recess on December 19. If Green follows through, the articles would have to be introduced in the next 27 days.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt responded Friday morning: “Another baseless witch hunt from the same failed Democrats who tried this twice and lost twice. The president is focused on making America great again, not on Al Green’s political stunts.”
As of this writing, no other House Democrats have publicly co-sponsored Green’s forthcoming articles, but leadership sources say the Epstein file deadline has “changed the conversation” in the caucus.
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