Senate 140 lawmakers petition for Trump's impeachment
Executive summary
There is no evidence in the provided reporting that "140 Senate lawmakers" have formally petitioned to impeach Donald Trump; the material instead documents grassroots petition drives and House impeachment resolutions, and confirms the constitutional division of impeachment powers between the House and Senate [1] [2] [3] [4]. Activist campaigns have mounted large public petitions and calls for impeachment, while Congress has seen multiple House resolutions that would, if passed, send articles to the Senate for trial [1] [5] [4] [6].
1. What the sources actually show about impeachment activity
The documents collected are dominated by advocacy sites and petition platforms urging Congress to impeach Trump — for example ImpeachDonaldTrumpNow and Need to Impeach run ongoing campaigns and call constituents to pressure lawmakers [1] [2], and several Change.org and Action Network petitions likewise urge impeachment and removal [7] [8]. Separately, Congress.gov records show active formal House measures: H.Res.353 and the text of H.Res.537 are modern House impeachment resolutions alleging high crimes and misdemeanors and presenting articles to the Senate [4] [6]. A Senate roll-call entry in the historical record references H.Res.24 from the 117th Congress—demonstrating how House impeachment resolutions are catalogued and proceed to the Senate for trial, not that the Senate initiates impeachment [3].
2. The constitutionally prescribed roles and why a "Senate petition" is unlikely
The Constitution vests the power to impeach in the House and the power to try impeachments in the Senate, a division repeated in activist materials and campaign rhetoric cited in the reporting [1]. None of the advocacy pages or congressional records provided indicate the Senate itself as the originating body for impeachment articles, and the sources do not document a discrete action by 140 sitting senators petitioning to impeach; instead the materials show public petitions aimed at influencing Representatives and Senators [1] [9].
3. What grassroots campaigns are doing and their incentives
Multiple advocacy platforms documented here are mobilizing public signatures, phone calls, and local resolutions to compel members of Congress to introduce or support impeachment articles, claiming millions of supporters across different campaigns and asserting constitutional violations by Trump [1] [5] [10]. These campaigns have clear civic-engagement aims, but they also have strategic incentives: building email lists, fundraising, and maintaining political pressure to shape House agendas — activities made explicit on Take Action pages and petition sign-up drives [9] [5].
4. Where the reporting is silent and what cannot be concluded
The assembled sources do not contain any verifiable record that "140 Senate lawmakers" have jointly petitioned to impeach Trump; therefore that specific claim is unsupported by the provided reporting. The documents do show House resolutions and activist petitions that seek impeachment, but they do not attribute a coordinated Senate petition to 140 named senators [4] [6] [1]. If a contemporary report asserts a Senate petition by that number, it is not corroborated by the sources supplied.
5. Opposing views and political context
Advocates argue immediate impeachment or disqualification is necessary for alleged abuses and threats to democracy, citing articles of impeachment and mass petition sign-ups to demonstrate public mandate [6] [5]. Opponents — not represented in the provided sources — typically emphasize Senate trial procedures, standards of evidence, political ramifications, and the constitutional limits of post‑tenure punishment; the reporting here does not include those counterarguments nor roll-call evidence of Senate support for impeachment by 140 members [3].
6. Bottom line for the factual claim
Based on the reporting provided, the factual claim that "Senate 140 lawmakers petition for Trump's impeachment" is not substantiated: the evidence instead documents advocacy petitions and House impeachment resolutions that could, if passed, be tried by the Senate, but the sources do not show a petition originating from 140 senators themselves [1] [4] [6] [3].