What specific charges were cited in the 2025 articles of impeachment against Donald Trump?

1. Who filed 2025 articles — and how many charges are in each filing?

Representative Shri Thanedar publicly introduced a seven-article impeachment resolution in late April 2025; reporting and Thanedar’s office say those seven articles target a range of constitutional violations and name obstruction of justice, abuse of power, usurpation of power, bribery and corruption among the alleged offenses ^{[1] [2]}. Separately, Representative Al Green filed H.Res.415 (and later H.Res.537 appears in the Congressional record) describing impeachment for “high crimes and misdemeanors” and alleging Trump’s actions amount to a devolving of American democracy into authoritarianism; the Green filings are presented as broader political and constitutional charges rather than being itemized identically to Thanedar’s seven-count list ^{[4] [7] [3]}.

2. What specific charges are spelled out in Thanedar’s seven articles?

Reporting on Thanedar’s filing summarizes the core categories: obstruction of justice; abuse of power; usurpation of power; bribery and corruption — described as largely connected to Trump’s consolidation of power and business/personal finances ^[1]. Thanedar’s office frames the package as seven articles alleging “a sweeping abuse of power, flagrant violations of the Constitution, and acts of tyranny” that, in his view, undermine democratic institutions ^[2]. The precise statutory or clause-by-clause legal text of each of the seven separate articles is summarized in press accounts rather than reproduced in the news snippets provided here ^{[1] [2]}.

3. How do Green’s articles differ in tone and content?

Rep. Al Green’s filed resolution (H.Res.415/H.Res.537) frames the case as impeachment for “high crimes and misdemeanors,” emphasizing that Trump “has devolved American democracy into authoritarianism” and asserting violations that include flouting court orders and undermining constitutional norms; Green’s descriptions are broad and constitutional in nature rather than a short list of discrete criminal counts like “bribery” or “obstruction” in the press summaries ^{[4] [7] [3]}. News accounts note Green’s prior history of repeatedly attempting to pursue impeachment during Trump’s earlier term and that his filings were part of a sustained political push rather than a guaranteed path to conviction ^{[8] [6]}.

4. What happened procedurally in the House in mid‑2025?

When the House considered one impeachment effort tied specifically to Trump’s military strikes on Iran, the chamber voted overwhelmingly to set aside a lone charge of abuse of power — demonstrating that even when articles are brought, they may not proceed to a floor adoption or Senate trial ^[9]. GovTrack and Congress.gov entries show multiple resolutions titled to impeach Trump for “high crimes and misdemeanors” (e.g., H.Res.353, H.Res.537), but the sources here do not show a final, unified House adoption of a 2025 article package that led to a Senate trial ^{[5] [7] [6]}.

5. Political context and competing perspectives

Supporters of these filings (Thanedar, Green, allied advocacy groups) argue the articles address an existential threat to constitutional governance and list concrete categories such as obstruction, bribery and abuse of power ^{[1] [4] [2]}. Critics and many Republican lawmakers view the moves as long-shot or politically motivated; reporting notes the filings were unlikely to succeed in a Republican-controlled House or to produce a two-thirds Senate conviction, and that the impeachment push was as much a political signal as a procedural power play ^{[1] [8] [6]}. Independent advocacy campaigns—like Free Speech For People and “Impeach Trump Again”—have proposed many potential grounds for impeachment and encouraged members to act, showing another layer of outside pressure shaping which charges are emphasized ^{[10] [11]}.

6. What reporting does not (yet) say

Available sources do not present a single consolidated list of article-by-article legal text for every 2025 filing in full within these snippets; the exact clause-by-clause wording of each of Thanedar’s seven articles or Green’s drafts is not reproduced here, nor is there reporting in these sources that a unified set of articles was adopted by the full House and sent to the Senate in 2025 ^{[1] [4] [5]}. For the precise legal language of any individual resolution, the Congressional texts on Congress.gov or the members’ official PDF filings would be the authoritative next step ^{[7] [3]}.

— Reporting above cites Thanedar’s press materials and contemporary news coverage for the list of alleged offenses ^{[1] [2]} and Al Green’s filings and Congressional entries ^{[4] [3] [7]}.