The House of Representatives overwhelmingly defeated an attempt by Congressman Al Green (Democrat of Texas) to impeach US President Donald Trump over the strikes on Iran. The Hill reported this on Tuesday, June 24.
The House voted 344 to 79 against the resolution to impeach Trump. The congressman accused Trump of not obtaining permission from Congress before striking three sites in Iran. Green noted that Trump violated his oath and his constitutional duty when he "usurped power."
“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, protect, 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 congressional authorization or notice to Congress — cognizant of the fact that should another country’s military bomb a facility within the United States of America, it would be a de facto declaration of war against the United States of America,” the impeachment resolution reads.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, on March 5, Democratic Congressman Al Green from Texas said he was "working on articles of impeachment" against the American president.
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