For once I actually agree with Democratic leadership on this point of election strategy. Unless they win the Senate, a third impeachment wouldn’t really accomplish anything. If they win control of the Senate (and can actually get all their people to agree to do it), then an impeachment trial would at least force all of Trump’s skeletons out of the closet for the world to see.
I can think of several impeachable offences:
Bribery, for accepting a jet from Qatar
Bribery, likely from AI/crypto companies (not proven so far but almost certainly occurred)
Bribery, for selling pardons
Sexual assault, a high crime or misdemeanour, for Epstein Island activities
Being an accomplice to interstate sex trafficking, ditto
Violations of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, a high crime or misdemeanour as the Act doesn’t have any other enforcement mechanism, leaving impeachment as the default
Malfeasance in public office, a high crime or misdemeanour, for all the rather obvious grift arising from the actions that funnel taxpayer funds to enterprises connected with his family
Together with the acting Attorney-General, conspiring to defraud the United States, a high crime or misdemeanour, concerning the so-called settlement with the IRS for “leaking his tax returns”
Ordering strikes on Iran’s Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan nuclear sites (June 2025) without congressional authorization, per Article I, Section 8’s grant to Congress of the sole power to declare war (H.Res.537)
Failing to properly brief congressional leaders in advance despite reportedly notifying some foreign leaders (H.Res.537)
Continuing the Iran war into 2026, which Larson’s office said was driving up prices for American families and costing American lives (April 2026 filing)
Threatening “a whole civilization will die” and threatening to destroy Iranian infrastructure, which several Democrats (DeGette, Markey, Tlaib) characterized as threatening war crimes
Judiciary
Calling for a federal judge to be impeached after an adverse ruling (H.Res.939)
Creating an environment of intimidation against judges, citing Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s public statement that attacks on judges “seem designed to intimidate those of us who serve in this critical capacity” (H.Res.939)
Congress / incitement
Calling for the execution of members of Congress, framed as incitement to extrajudicial violence (H.Res.939)
Governance / rule of law (H.Res.353)
Obstruction of justice
Violation of due process
Breach of duty to faithfully execute the laws
Usurpation of Congress’s appropriations power
Abuse of power
Immigration/ICE enforcement (raised in advocacy filings, not yet a formal resolution)
Inciting violence, including deaths, in Minnesota and allegedly covering up civilian deaths during ICE operations
Removing migrants and asylum-seekers to foreign prisons
Personal enrichment for himself or close associates
Removing nonpartisan civil servants and punishing perceived adversaries
Using extortion-style tactics against law firms, media, and private industry
Crypto self-dealing
Trump family launched World Liberty Financial (WLFI) and the $TRUMP memecoin; family gets 75% of token sale proceeds plus stablecoin profits
Reported earnings: $57M in 2024, growing to roughly $550M by March 2026; personal stake valued around $240M
Total family enrichment estimated in the billions
Foreign money concerns
UAE royal family holds a 49% stake in WLFI, arranged before Trump’s inauguration and not disclosed at the time
A UAE-linked firm invested $2B in Binance via WLFI’s stablecoin; shortly after, a UAE-controlled company gained access to advanced AI chips
Dozens of foreign nationals and state-linked entities invested in WLFI’s token sale
Binance (heavily used by WLFI) allegedly let billions flow to Iranian and Russian sanctioned entities while under a DOJ compliance monitor
Alleged quid pro quo / regulatory rollback
Administration halted or dropped investigations into crypto firms that had invested in or donated to Trump (Coinbase, Kraken, Ripple, Robinhood, etc.)
DOJ’s crypto-crime enforcement unit was disbanded
Trump pardoned figures tied to his crypto ventures, including Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, which critics allege was connected to a deal benefiting WLFI’s stablecoin
Oversight activity so far
Senate inquiry opened by Sen. Blumenthal (2025) into conflicts of interest
House Judiciary Democrats released a report, “Trump, Crypto, and a New Age of Corruption” (Nov. 2025), documenting the pattern.
January 6 defendants (mass pardon, January 20, 2025) Roughly 1,500 to 1,600 people received blanket clemency, most as full pardons, 14 (including Oath Keepers and Proud Boys leaders) as commutations. Named individuals include:
Stewart Rhodes (Oath Keepers founder)
Enrique Tarrio (Proud Boys)
Jeremy Bertino
Thomas Caldwell (initially commuted, pardoned two months later)
Edward Jacob “Jake” Lang
Guy Reffitt
Emily Hernandez
Fake electors plot (Proclamation 10989, November 2025) 77 people pardoned, including:
Rudy Giuliani
Mark Meadows
Sidney Powell
Jenna Ellis
Kenneth Chesebro
John Eastman
Family / personal ties
Charles Kushner (Jared Kushner’s father; pardoned in Trump’s first term, 2020, for tax evasion and witness tampering)
Crypto / business associates
Changpeng “CZ” Zhao (Binance founder, pardoned for crimes tied to money laundering and sanctions evasion)
Donors and political allies (fraud/financial crime convictions)
Trevor Milton (Nikola founder)
Julio Herrera Velutini (foreign billionaire, bribery charges)
Timothy Leiweke (Oak View Group CEO)
Julie and Todd Chrisley (reality TV personalities)
Brian Kelsey (former Tennessee state senator)
Imaad Shah Zuberi (venture capitalist, illegal foreign lobbying)
Marian Morgan (Ponzi scheme operator)
Jason Galanis (securities fraud, commutation)
Devon Archer (defrauded Oglala Sioux Nation)
Adriana Camberos and her brother Andres Camberos (mail and wire fraud)
Joseph Schwartz (nursing home fraud)
Political corruption cases
Rod Blagojevich (former Illinois governor)
Rep. Henry Cuellar (bribery indictment)
Rep. George Santos (commutation)
Tina Peters (Colorado county clerk, state-level pardon, had no federal effect)
Wanda Vázquez Garced (former Puerto Rico governor, bribery charges)
Glen Casada and Cade Cothren (Tennessee public corruption case)
Other ones
Michele Fiore (former Las Vegas councilwoman)
James Womack (commutation; son of a sitting Republican congressman)
Five former NFL players: Joe Klecko, Nate Newton, Jamal Lewis, Travis Henry, and the late Billy Cannon (posthumous)
For once I actually agree with Democratic leadership on this point of election strategy. Unless they win the Senate, a third impeachment wouldn’t really accomplish anything. If they win control of the Senate (and can actually get all their people to agree to do it), then an impeachment trial would at least force all of Trump’s skeletons out of the closet for the world to see.
I can think of several impeachable offences:
agreed, and more:
War powers
Judiciary
Congress / incitement
Governance / rule of law (H.Res.353)
Immigration/ICE enforcement (raised in advocacy filings, not yet a formal resolution)
Corruption / institutional abuse (advocacy filings)
Crypto self-dealing
Foreign money concerns
Alleged quid pro quo / regulatory rollback
Oversight activity so far
oh how could I forget, the pardons:
January 6 defendants (mass pardon, January 20, 2025) Roughly 1,500 to 1,600 people received blanket clemency, most as full pardons, 14 (including Oath Keepers and Proud Boys leaders) as commutations. Named individuals include:
Fake electors plot (Proclamation 10989, November 2025) 77 people pardoned, including:
Family / personal ties
Crypto / business associates
Donors and political allies (fraud/financial crime convictions)
Political corruption cases
Other ones
i’m sure there’s so much more