U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Memphis) introduced 26 Articles of Impeachment against President Donald Trump Thursday, calling him “the most impeachable President.”
Cohen introduced five such articles against Trump in November 2017. Other House members filed articles earlier that year, but the Republican-controlled House voted down all impeachment measures.
Democrats won the House in 2018 and Trump was impeached in 2019, though the U.S. Senate acquitted him.
Cohen said his new articles of impeachment cite “multiple abuses of power, violations of his oath of office, the corrupt use of the pardon power, and emoluments clause violations,” plus other misconduct and unlawful acts.
The charges span from sending the military into American cities (the Memphis Safe Task Force), demolishing the East Wing of The White House without congressional approval, naming things and buildings after himself, sowing doubts about elections, going to war with Iran without congressional approval, and more.
“Trump is clearly the most impeachable President our country has ever endured,” Cohen said in a statement. “His continued presence in office is a danger to our democracy.
“His continued presence in office is a danger to our democracy.”
U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Memphis)
“That the sycophantic Republican majority in Congress is derelict in its duty does not mean that I must abandon my responsibilities.”
Here are Cohen’s 26 articles of impeachment:
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 (the Center for Terrorism Confinement — CECOT. The U.S. deported 252 Venezuelans there in 2025.)
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 (former FBI Director James Comey, New York Attorney General Letitia James, and U.S. Sen. Adam Schiff, D- California)
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
