At least nine incoming progressive House Democrats are expected to support efforts to impeach President Donald Trump, Fox News Digital reported, potentially extending a campaign led by outgoing Texas Democratic Rep. Al Green into the next Congress. Democrats are preparing to take control of the House in January, giving supporters a possible opening to advance impeachment resolutions.
Green, who introduced articles of impeachment against Trump in August, discussed the campaign with Fox News Digital after a Capitol Hill news conference. Representatives of the Removal Coalition and the Courage for Democracy Project also participated. Green identified Reps.-elect Melat Kiros of Colorado, Dan Koh of Massachusetts, Chris Rabb of Pennsylvania and Angela Gonzales-Torres of California among those he expects to continue the effort.
Green said removing Trump from office was the campaign’s objective and cited the president’s cryptocurrency dealings as an example of conduct he considers corrupt. Gonzales-Torres told Fox News Digital that she planned to carry on Green’s work, citing the more than 100,000 Los Angeles voters she said had elected her.
Organizers acknowledged that their effort might not succeed. Even if impeachment articles pass the House, the Senate could decline to convict Trump, as it did in his two previous impeachment trials. The Constitution requires a simple House majority for impeachment, while conviction and removal require support from two-thirds of senators present.
Keira Havens, co-founder of the Courage for Democracy Project, said organizers believed broader public discussion and grassroots pressure could draw more Democrats to the campaign. She also acknowledged that some lawmakers who oppose Trump might reject impeachment because they consider the allegations legally insufficient or believe a Senate conviction is unlikely.
A constitutional expert affiliated with Havens’ organization cited Senate Rule VIII in arguing that impeachment procedures could offer additional paths toward removing a president. The Constitution assigns the House exclusive authority to impeach and the Senate exclusive authority to conduct impeachment trials.
Removal Coalition founder Jessica Denson criticized Democrats who have focused on congressional hearings and possible prosecutions of Trump administration officials instead of seeking the president’s impeachment. The coalition argued that those measures were insufficient and predicted that public pressure would eventually persuade remaining Democratic lawmakers to support its demands.
The coalition also told Fox News Digital that it plans to pursue impeachment proceedings against War Secretary Pete Hegseth. Organizers argued that wrongdoing uncovered involving Hegseth could implicate Trump as well. A finding against Hegseth, however, would not by itself establish legal or constitutional liability for the president. Neither Trump nor Hegseth responded to the outlet’s request for comment.
