IV 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. RES. 537 
Impeaching Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, for high 
crimes and misdemeanors. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 24, 2025 
Mr. GREEN of Texas submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
to the Committee on the Judiciary; which was laid on the table 
RESOLUTION 
Impeaching Donald J. Trump, President of the United 
States, for high crimes and misdemeanors. 
Resolved, That Donald J. Trump, President of the 
United States, is impeached for high crimes and mis-
demeanors, and that the following articles of impeachment 
be exhibited to the Senate: 
Articles of impeachment exhibited by the House of 
Representatives of the United States of America in the 
name of itself and of the people of the United States of 
America, against Donald J. Trump, President of the 
United States of America, in maintenance and support of 
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its impeachment against him for high crimes and mis-
demeanors. 
ARTICLE I: ABUSE OF PRESIDENTIAL POWERS BY DIS-
REGARDING
THE
SEPARATION
OF
POWERS—DE-
VOLVING
AMERICAN
DEMOCRACY
INTO 
AUTHORITARIANISM
BY
UNCONSTITUTIONALLY 
USURPING CONGRESS’S POWER TO DECLARE WAR 
In his conduct of the office of President of the United 
States, Donald J. Trump, in violation of his constitutional 
oath faithfully to execute the office of President of the 
United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, pro-
tect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, 
and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that 
the laws be faithfully executed, abused the powers of the 
presidency when he disregarded the doctrine of separation 
of powers by usurping Congress’s power to declare war 
and ordered the United States military to bomb another 
country without the constitutionally-mandated congres-
sional authorization or notice to Congress—cognizant of 
the fact that should another country’s military bomb a fa-
cility within the United States of America, it would be a 
de facto declaration of war against the United States of 
America. 
On June 12, 2025, the State of Israel initiated at-
tacks on Iran, ostensibly to target sites and individuals 
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of importance to Iran’s nuclear program. Iran retaliated, 
and the conflict has escalated between Israel and Iran, 
though at no point did Iran pose any imminent threat to 
the United States. 
On June 21, 2025, President Trump announced 
‘‘successful’’ attacks on three nuclear sites in Iran: 
Fordow, Natanz, and Estahan via his social media net-
work, Truth Social. President Trump failed to seek prior 
congressionally-mandated authorization for the use of 
military force. Congressional leaders were not appro-
priately briefed or notified of the attack plans despite for-
eign leaders being given advance notice of the planned 
U.S. military action. 
President Trump’s unilateral, unprovoked use of 
force without congressional authorization or notice con-
stitutes an abuse of power when there was no imminent 
threat to the United States, which facilitates the devolu-
tion of American democracy into authoritarianism, with 
an authoritarian president who has instigated an attack 
on the United States Capitol, denied persons due process 
of the law, and called for the impeachment of Federal 
judges who ruled against him—making Donald J. Trump 
a threat to American democracy. 
Article I, Section 8, Clause 11 of the United States 
Constitution grants Congress the sole power to declare 
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war: ‘‘[The Congress shall have the Power...] To declare 
War...’’ At the time, the Framers of the Constitution em-
phasized the goal of limiting the monarchical power of any 
single individual person to take a country to war over per-
sonal whims and preferences—no constitutional exception 
exists for a successful military action. 
In starting his illegal and unconstitutional war with 
Iran without the constitutionally-mandated consent of 
Congress or appropriate notice to Congress, President 
Trump acted in direct violation of the War Powers Clause 
of the Constitution. President Trump has devolved and 
continues 
to 
devolve 
American 
democracy 
into 
authoritarianism by disregarding the separation of powers 
and now, usurping congressional war powers. 
In all of this, Donald J. Trump has abused the pow-
ers of the presidency in a manner contrary to his trust 
as President, has become a threat to American democracy, 
subverted our constitutional government, and devolved de-
mocracy into authoritarianism, to the great prejudice of 
the cause of law and justice, and to the manifest injury 
of the people of the United States. 
Wherefore Donald J. Trump, by such conduct, war-
rants impeachment and trial, and removal from office. 
Æ 
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