Rep. Steve Cohen Introduces 26 Articles of Impeachment Against President Trump
President Donald Trump is facing a new impeachment push, this time with 26 separate articles attached.
Rep. Steve Cohen of Tennessee introduced the resolution on September 24, 2026. Cohen represents the Memphis area and has served in Congress since 2007. He is a senior member of the House Judiciary Committee, the panel that handles impeachment. In announcing the resolution, he called Trump the "most impeachable President."
The 26 articles cover a wide range of claims. They include alleged abuses of power, violations of the oath of office, corrupt use of the pardon power and violations of the Constitution's emoluments clause, which bars a president from taking payments from foreign governments.
The resolution also takes aim at nearly every major part of the second-term agenda. It cites military operations off the coast of Venezuela, the deployment of federal forces to American cities, the executive order ending birthright citizenship and the mass deportation policy. Supporters of the president see those same actions as promises kept, and they describe the resolution as a list of policy disagreements dressed up as crimes. Critics describe the same actions as an overreach of executive power. That gap is why the fight over this resolution is so sharp.
Filing articles is not the same as being impeached, a point that often gets lost online. Any single House member can introduce them, and many have been filed over the years without ever reaching a vote. A president is only impeached if the full House votes to approve at least one article. Removal from office would then require a two-thirds vote in the Senate, a bar that has never been reached in American history.
That makes this a long shot for now. Republicans control the House, and recent votes showed that even Democrats are not united behind another impeachment effort. Party leaders have been wary of a vote that could split their own members weeks before an election.
History is part of this story. Trump was impeached twice in his first term. The first came in December 2019, over his dealings with Ukraine. The second came in January 2021, after the attack on the Capitol. The Senate acquitted him both times, and he went on to win the presidency again in 2024.
The timing is what makes Cohen's move worth watching. The midterm elections are set for November 3. If control of the House changes hands, articles like these could return in January with the votes behind them. If Republicans hold the House, the resolution is likely to stay in committee, where most impeachment filings end up.
For now, the 26 articles are a statement of intent rather than a pending vote. The real decision will be made by voters in about five weeks.
Under House rules, any member can try to force a quick floor vote by offering articles as a privileged resolution. Leaders usually answer with a motion to table, which ends the effort without a direct vote on impeachment itself.
Should the House take up Cohen's 26 articles? YES OR NO?
