Umpteen Reasons Why Trump Must Be Impeached NOW!

Iran is controlled by one of the cruelest, most despicable leaderships in the world, so when the president of the United States says negotiations are happening and Iran’s leadership says they are not, and most of us believe the Iranians, something is seriously wrong.

Among other reasons, it means we cannot wait any longer to impeach Donald Trump. We cannot wait until Democrats (hopefully) take control of Congress in November. Trump must go now!

And We the People have three tools available to help us force it, if only we will use them: Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution; Rule IX of the House of Representatives; and Title 18, Chapter 115, Paragraph 2382 of the U.S. Code.

Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution says any U.S. official “shall be removed from office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other High Crimes and Misdemeanors.

The phrase “high crimes and misdemeanors” refers to serious misconduct by public officials that constitutes an abuse of power or breach of public trust, and it does not have to involve a crime. It encompasses conduct that betrays public confidence, undermines government integrity, or constitutes an abuse of official power. The word “high” historically signifies that the misconduct involves individuals with special duties acquired through an oath of office, distinguishing it from misdeeds by private citizens.

Rule IX of the House of Representatives was written to make sure the House cannot dodge its constitutional responsibilities. It allows any individual member to force a vote on impeachment without prior approval from anyone, such as the member’s party caucus, a committee chair, or even the House leadership. Once a House member has invoked Rule IX, the Speaker of the House is powerless to change it or prevent a vote, and the vote must take place within two legislative days.

At that point, the House has two choices. It can either vote on whether to impeach the president, or whether to dispose of the resolution. A vote to dispose of the resolution is essentially a vote on whether to impeach the president, so either way the House members are forced to go on record as supporting or rejecting impeachment.

And U.S. Code Title 18, Chapter 115, Paragraph 2382 essentially says that anyone who knows treason has been committed and does not report it is guilty of misprision of treason and “shall be” (shall be, not may be) imprisoned for up to seven years, fined, or both. It appears that section might apply to most every Republican in Congress.

It’s almost laughable to even ask the question of whether Trump should be impeached. He most certainly should. Following are a few of the felonies and “high crimes and misdemeanors” he has committed. I have grouped them under various titles, and for the sake of space I have highly condensed them.

As you read through this list, remember that Trump could be impeached for any one of them, as Republicans surely would have demanded had Presidents Barack Obama or Joe Biden committed them. Trump’s crimes involve:

Treason: Treason is considered one of the most severe crimes an American can commit, and conviction of treason can result in death, a minimum of five years in prison, a fine of at least $10,000, and permanent disqualification from holding any federal office. Trump has committed treason several times.

The Constitution stipulates that any U.S. citizen is guilty of treason who has “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” against the United States” or “given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.” Trump did both. He “engaged in insurrection” by leading the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and he gave “aid or comfort to the enemies thereof” by pardoning at least 13 persons who had been convicted of seditious conspiracy for their actions during that insurrection.

Trump committed treason again just a couple of weeks ago when he told his friends he was about to announce that the United States had been engaged in “productive conversations” with Iran to end the war, knowing it would cause the Stock Market to soar and thus allowing his friends time to invest and turn quick, handsome profits. Authorities agree that giving people access to confidential information regarding national security so that they can exploit it for profit is treason. (Incidentally, Iran flatly denied any conversations were happening).

Murder: The U.S. military, acting under Trump’s command, has killed well more than 100 innocent people by attacking small civilian boats operating in or near Venezuelan and Colombian waters. Trump claims, without offering any evidence, that the boats were heading for the United States and were carrying drugs. The boats almost certainly were not headed for the United States, and drug-running is not a capital crime even if they were.

Felony convictions: Trump was convicted of 34 counts of falsifying business records in a case stemming from a $130,000 “hush money” payment that his attorney Michael Cohen made to adult film star Stormy Daniels. Prosecutors said the payment was made shortly before the 2016 election to keep voters from knowing about Daniels’ allegations that she had sex with Trump years earlier.

(Incidentally, Trump still faces 54 more felony charges that involve willful retention of national defense information, conspiring to obstruct justice, concealing a document in a federal investigation, false statements and representations, conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, racketeering, conspiracy to commit impersonating a federal officer, conspiracy to commit forgery in the first degree, making false statements and writings, and conspiracy to commit false statements and writings. It is not clear whether he will ever face trial on any of those charges.)

Rape: Trump was found liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll. The trial was in a civil court, not a criminal court, because she brought the case under a New York law that allows sexual assault victims to file claims after the statute of limitations had expired. Nevertheless, the judge said it was rape. (Thirty other women have accused Trump of sexually assaulting them, and he was famously recorded once while bragging that he could “grab women by their pussies” and get away with it because he was a celebrity.)

Child rape: Although Trump has never been charged with pedophilia, he has been credibly accused of it, and he is doing everything he can to keep parts of the Epstein files that name him from being released. At the very least, Trump knew that Jeffrey Epstein was raping children (“He likes ‘em young”) and did not report it. In most states, that is a crime punishable by fines, time in jail or prison, and a requirement to register as a sex offender.

War crimes: A war crime is a serious violation of the laws and customs applicable in armed conflict, and it includes even making threats to do so. Trump has committed several war crimes, including ordering the intentional killings of the civilians off the coasts of Venezuela and Colombia; unnecessarily destroying or threatening to destroy Iranian civilian property such as desalination plants, power plants, oil wells and bridges; and flouting the requirements of military necessity. He also allowed his Defense Secretary, Pete Hegsith, to promise that the U.S. would “offer no quarter” to Iranians even if they surrender, a phrase that implies that combatants would not be taken prisoner but executed. Even threatening to take no quarter is a war crime.

A nonpartisan campaign led by Free Speech For People, called Impeach Trump Again, has collected more than a million signatures demanding that Congress must impeach Trump because he has committed numerous impeachable breaches that include committing illegal war and humanitarian crimes; unconstitutionally usurping Congress’ power to declare war; committing treason by levying war against the United States, individual states, and their people; committing treason and abusing his power by inciting violence, including murder, in Minnesota and covering up the execution of Minnesota civilians by ICE agents; calling for the execution of members of Congress; abusing the power of his office to unlawfully maintain political power; Illegally kidnapping, detaining, and removing U.S. residents; Illegally kidnapping, detaining, and removing U.S. residents, migrants and asylum-seekers to foreign prisons; unconstitutionally and systemically violating the First Amendment; unconstitutionally usurping Congress’s powers; defying court orders, threatening judges, and unconstitutionally usurping judicial authority; abusing investigatory and prosecutorial powers; abusing his power to remove nonpartisan civil servants, punish perceived adversaries, and reshape federal agencies; unlawful extortion of private industry; engaging in corruption for his own or his close associates’ personal enrichment; co-opting and dismantling independent government oversight of businesses, government institutions and law enforcement; imposing unlawful tariffs; receiving foreign and domestic emoluments; unconstitutionally usurping local and state authority; abusing the emergency power; abusing the pardon power; abusing his power in order to undermine public health and safety; abusing his power in order to deprive the American public of accurate political, historic, scientific, and medical information; unlawfully aggregating and disseminating private data, in violation of individual privacy and liberty rights; depriving citizens of their birthright citizenship; blocking efforts to secure U.S. elections; and engaging in unlawful, corrupt practices during the 2024 presidential campaign.

Keeping in mind that Congress could rightfully impeach Trump for committing any one of those breaches – any one of them! — whether they be crimes or civil breaches, it is astonishing that Congress hasn’t done so long ago. Blame cowardly Republicans, and again consider what they would have done if Obama or Biden had committed even one of them.

But since Congress won’t do it, it is up to We the People now. So please, familiarize yourself with the Constitution’s Article II, Section 4; the House’s Rule IX; and U.S. Code Title 18, Chapter 115, Paragraph 2382, then contact your representatives in the House and Senate and tell them you are watching and waiting, and that you vote.

Or just run copies of this newsletter and mail it to them. That’s what I plan to do.

But whatever you do, please do something. It’s up to We the People now, and doing nothing is no longer an optio

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