{"id":17937,"date":"2017-05-25T21:47:28","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T03:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=17937"},"modified":"2021-05-20T19:40:50","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T01:40:50","slug":"rep-al-green-trump-impeachment-articles-now-drafted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2017\/05\/rep-al-green-trump-impeachment-articles-now-drafted\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Al Green: Trump Impeachment Articles Now Being Drafted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-14308\" src=\"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Al_Green-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" data-wp-pid=\"14308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Al_Green-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Al_Green-800x543.jpg 800w, https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Al_Green.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Newsweek<\/b> &#8211; Democratic Representative Al Green has said he is pushing ahead with the process of impeaching President Donald Trump and is currently drawing up articles of impeachment.<\/p>\n<p>The Texas congressman last week appeared on the floor of the House of Representatives to call for his colleagues to begin impeachment proceedings. The appeal came a day after revelations of a memo from former FBI Director James Comey claiming that Trump had asked him to drop an investigation into former national security adviser Michael Flynn.<\/p>\n<p>Green has since <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/05\/22\/politics\/al-green-racist-threats-trump-impeachment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">detailed racially charged threats<\/a> he has received but insists he has not been dissuaded from the process. \u201cWe will move forward, and as a matter of fact, I am currently crafting, drafting if you will, articles of impeachment,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?428911-5\/washington-journal-representative-al-green-discusses-call-president-trumps-impeachement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">he told C-Span<\/a> Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 140%; font-weight: 500;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/trump-impeachment-articles-impeach-green-614841\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14021\" src=\"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Whisper_Impeach_Ad-2.png\" alt=\"How to impeach a president\" width=\"854\" height=\"569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Whisper_Impeach_Ad-2.png 854w, https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Whisper_Impeach_Ad-2-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Whisper_Impeach_Ad-2-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Whisper_Impeach_Ad-2-800x533.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 140%; font-weight: 500;\">Citizen led Trump impeachment method. The Rules of the House of Representatives stipulate citizens can initiate impeachment. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newsweek &#8211; Democratic Representative Al Green has said he is pushing ahead with the process of impeaching President Donald Trump and is currently drawing up articles of impeachment. The Texas congressman last week appeared on the floor of the House of Representatives to call for his colleagues to begin impeachment proceedings. 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