What were the charges in Donald Trump's third impeachment article(s)?

1. What the filed articles actually say: “high crimes and misdemeanors” and examples

The House texts and summaries for 2025 impeachment resolutions frame the charge in the constitutional language of “high crimes and misdemeanors,” and the published H.Res.537 text explicitly alleges presidential conduct including “unilateral, unprovoked use of force without congressional authorization or notice” and other abuses that it says “warrants impeachment and trial” and removal from office ^{[1] [2]}. The resolutions therefore use a broad abuse-of-power framing rather than a short list of familiar criminal statutes in the body of the resolution text provided ^{[1] [2]}.

2. How this compares to Trump’s prior impeachments — precedent and differences

Trump’s first two impeachments had narrower, enumerated articles: the first charged abuse of power and obstruction of Congress tied to Ukraine (and included references to bribery and wire fraud in committee reports), the second charged incitement of insurrection after January 6 ^{[5] [6]}. By contrast, the 2025 resolutions cited above ground their case in a sweeping abuse‑of‑power thesis — asserting threats to democratic norms, unauthorized military force, and other conduct — reflecting a broader constitutional claim than the more fact‑specific articles of 2019 and 2021 ^{[2] [5] [6]}.

3. Multiple resolutions, multiple grounds — no single unified “third article” yet

Reporting and congressional records show several impeachment pushes and different sponsors in 2025: for example, Representative Shri Thanedar introduced multiple articles earlier in 2025 alleging obstruction, bribery and corruption; other members advanced privileged resolutions focused on war powers or specific actions ^[3]. H.Res.353 and H.Res.537 are examples that emphasize abuse of power, but available sources show a patchwork of efforts rather than a single, consolidated “third impeachment” package with identical articles ^{[1] [2] [3]}.

4. Political context and competing views about viability

Analysts and politicians differ over whether a third impeachment is politically or practically likely. Commentators note that a Democrats‑run House would be a precondition for a fresh, sustainable impeachment push and that past impeachments did not lead to convictions in the Senate ^{[7] [8]}. Opinion pieces and congressional actors estimate between three and eight possible impeachable acts in 2025, but they disagree on which actions legally amount to impeachable offenses and on Senate appetite to convict ^{[4] [9]}.

5. Legal framing and strategic choices in the resolutions

The 2025 texts use constitutional language about abuse of power and threats to democracy rather than listing discrete criminal statutes; that mirrors a long-running debate over whether impeachment should track criminal charges or constitutional misconduct. Past committee reports tied specific criminal theories (e.g., bribery, wire fraud) to abuse-of-power articles in 2019, showing Congress can mix criminal‑style allegations into impeachment findings — but the new resolutions emphasize institutional harms and unilateral executive acts as the core charge ^{[5] [2]}.

6. What the sources don’t say — unresolved factual or legal details

Available reporting and the resolution texts do not provide a finalized, single set of criminal counts equivalent to the earlier “incitement” or “abuse of power plus obstruction” formulas; they also do not report a completed House vote in 2025 that produced a single conclusive set of articles identical across the chamber ^{[1] [2] [3]}. If you are asking for the precise statutory or criminal wording of a final third impeachment, available sources do not mention a single, consolidated article list beyond the examples in the cited resolutions and sponsor proposals ^{[1] [2] [3]}.

Sources cited: H.Res.353 summary and H.Res.537 text on Congress.gov ^{[1] [2]}; background on prior impeachments and committee report content ^{[5] [6]}; reporting on multiple 2025 impeachment efforts and political context ^{[3] [4] [7] [8]}.