[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 208 (Wednesday, December 10, 2025)]
[House]
[Pages H5555-H5556]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO OFFER RESOLUTION RAISING A QUESTION OF THE
PRIVILEGES OF THE HOUSE
Mr. GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to clause 2(a)(1) of rule
IX, I rise to give notice of my intention to raise a question of the
privileges of the House.
The form of the resolution is as follows:
H. Res. 939. Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United
States, for high crimes and misdemeanors.
Resolved, That Donald John Trump, President of the United States, is
an abuser of presidential power who, if left in office, will continue
to promote the incitement of violence, engender invidious hate,
undermine our democracy, and dissolve our Republic, that he is
impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors, and that the following
articles of impeachment be exhibited to the United States 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 its impeachment
against him for high crimes and misdemeanors.
ARTICLE I. Abuse of Presidential Power by Calling for the Execution
of Members of Congress.
In his conduct of the office of President of the United States,
Donald John Trump, in violation of his constitutional oath to
faithfully execute the office of the 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,
has unfaithfully, dangerously, and unconstitutionally abused his
official position by threatening Democratic lawmakers in Congress with
execution.
President Trump called for the execution of six Democratic lawmakers,
all of whom are currently serving in the U.S. Senate or U.S. House of
Representatives and who previously served in the U.S. Military or in
U.S. Intelligence communities, in response to a short video that they
posted on November 18, 2025. In their video, the Democratic lawmakers
appropriately urged current members of the military and intelligence
communities to adhere to the Constitution and the laws of our country.
They specifically said: ``Like us, you all swore an oath to protect and
defend this Constitution. Right now, the threats to our Constitution
aren't just coming from abroad, but from right here at home. Our laws
are clear. You can refuse illegal orders. You can refuse illegal
orders. You must refuse illegal orders. No one has to carry out orders
that violate the law or our Constitution.''
On November 20, 2025, in response, President Trump called for their
execution. In one social media post, he wrote: ``It's called SEDITIOUS
BEHAVIOR AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. Each one of these traitors to our
Country should be ARRESTED AND PUT ON TRIAL. Their words cannot be
allowed to stand--We won't have a Country anymore!!! An example MUST BE
SET. President DJT.'' In another, he wrote of the lawmakers:
``SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!''
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Dangerously and unconstitutionally, he reposted a third party's post:
``HANG THEM GEORGE WASHINGTON WOULD!!''
President Trump's call for the execution of lawmakers is a reckless
and flagrant abuse of presidential power that promotes extra-judicial
punishment and the assassination of Members of Congress, and warrants
impeachment by the U.S. House of Representatives and trial by the
Senate.
ARTICLE II. Abuse of Presidential Power to Intimidate Federal Judges
in Violation of the Separation of Powers and Independence of the
Judiciary.
In his conduct of the office of President of the United States,
Donald John Trump, in violation of his constitutional oath to
faithfully 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, has unfaithfully,
dangerously, and unconstitutionally abused his official position by
threatening federal judges.
President Trump has fostered a political climate in which lawmakers
and judges face threats of political violence and physical assault; and
in this climate has made threats and vituperative comments against
federal judges, putting at risk their safety and well-being, and
undermining the independence of our judiciary.
Case in point, in response to a federal district court ruling with
which President Trump disagreed, he posted: ``This Radical Left Lunatic
of a Judge, a troublemaker and agitator who was sadly appointed by
Barack Hussein Obama, was not elected President. . . This judge, like
many of the Crooked Judges' I am forced to appear before, should be
IMPEACHED!!!''
Another U.S. District Chief Judge has reported receiving increased
numbers of violent threats, particularly after he began hearing
arguments in a lawsuit against the Trump administration.
In 2025, roughly a third the federal judiciary has been flooded with
threats, with data showing that these threats spike each time Trump
uses abusive rhetoric against judges.
On May 2, 2025, Reuters reported that U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Ketanji Brown Jackson addressed President Donald Trump's attacks on the
judiciary. The relevant part of the article stated as follows:
1) ``U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said on
Thursday attacks by Republican President Donald Trump and his allies on
judges were `not random' and seemed `designed to intimidate the
judiciary.' ''
2) Specifically, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Jackson remarked that,
``The attacks are not random. They seem designed to intimidate those of
us who serve in this critical capacity.''
3) Justice Jackson added, ``The threats and harassment are attacks on
our democracy, on our system of government. And they ultimately risk
undermining our Constitution and the rule of law.''
The judiciary is afforded power over ``all Cases, in Law and Equity,
arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and
Treaties made'' and ``to Controversies to which the United States shall
be a Party.'' U.S. Const. art. III, sec. 2. Intimidating judges, and
recklessly calling for the impeachment and removal of judges who
disagree with him demonstrate a willingness by Trump to usurp authority
afforded by our Constitution to the judiciary and demonstrate a
disregard for the Constitution and the careful balance of powers that
protects our country from abuses by any single branch.
President Trump's threats place the lives of federal judges, court
officials, and innocent bystanders at risk, promote the incitement of
violence, and undermine our democracy, which cannot survive where
President Trump's incendiary comments engender invidious hate and where
dissent is punishable by death.
In all of this, Donald John Trump has acted in a manner contrary to
his trust as President and subversive of constitutional government 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 John Trump, by such conduct, warrants impeachment,
trial, and removal from office.
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Mr. GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under rule IX, a resolution offered from the
floor by a Member other than the majority leader or the minority leader
as a question of the privileges of the House has immediate precedence
only at a time designated by the chair within 2 legislative days after
the resolution is properly noticed.
Pending that designation, the form of the resolution noticed by the
gentleman from Texas will appear in the Record at this point.
The Chair will not at this point determine whether the resolution
constitutes a question of privilege. That determination will be made at
the time designated for consideration of the resolution.
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