By April Ryan, BlackPressUSA Washington Bureau Chief and White House Correspondent
Democratic Texas Congressman Al Green is filing Articles of Impeachment against President Donald Trump. Green, who has filed the Articles three times during Trump’s first term, seeks to have Trump impeached with the ultimate goal of removal from office.
House Resolution 537 details Green’s allegations of an “abuse of power” as “President Trump took America to war without consulting with the Congress of America.”
During this morning’s speeches on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, Green alleged that President Trump has committed an “impeachable act with the use of authoritarian powers to declare war.”
Once this Resolution is introduced, a vote could occur within days.
Green initiated impeachment three times during President Trump’s first term. Today’s attempt takes place only five months into Trump’s second term.
Green emoted during a phone conversation with Black Press USA this morning, “This is a time of decision!” He emphasized, “We’re at the crossroads of Democracy and autocracy.” The Senior Texas lawmaker details, “Where we [are] now is in trust of a person who has instigated an assault on the Capitol, who has denied due process,” and has the “ultimate power of determining whether he will decide when more than 300 million people will go to war. “
Trump, who has been impeached twice but never convicted of removal, has seen his approval ratings slip in recent polls. The iPsos/ Reuters poll finds that 57% of Americans disapprove of the president.
Green, a former Judge turned statesman, told this reporter, “If people can accept authoritarianism, then that’s a decision they make. I choose not to.”
Green needs most of the 435 House members to vote for his impeachment attempts. He hopes a Senate conviction will remove President Trump from office this time.
Green recalls that each time he has introduced articles of impeachment, they have been tabled. As for this new impeachment attempt, “I don’t believe that this will be an exception. I will not vote to table it.”