Six Democrats in the House of Representatives have introduced articles of impeachment targeting President Donald Trump.
The legislators singled out five of Mr Trump's actions they say merit impeachment, including his decision to fire FBI director James Comey in May.
They assert that Mr Trump obstructed justice by dismissing the top law enforcement official, who was leading a federal investigation into alleged ties between Russia and the Trump campaign. Mr Trump has insisted that there was no collusion between his campaign's advisers and the Kremlin.
“Given the magnitude of the constitutional crisis, there’s no reason for delay,” said Representative Steve Cohen, the sponsor of the resolution. Creating a constitutional crisis would mean the President has disregarded checks on the executive branch.
Joining Mr Cohen in endorsing the articles are Democratic Representatives Luis Gutiérrez, Al Green, Adriano Espaillat, Marcia Fudge and John Yarmuth.
“We believe that President Trump has violated the Constitution, and we've introduced five articles of impeachment,” Mr Cohen said at a press conference.
Well they said it was coming, and here it is.
I don't think that there is much chance that this really has a real impact, and there are a lot of Democrats who think this is premature.
However it is the necessary first step in what will likely be the removal of Donald Trump from office at some point.
After all it's not as if there is not overwhelming evidence that he is unfit for office.
But that won't be this year, and it may not even be the next. But I really feel that it is coming.
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