John Larson, D-Conn., 77 charged Trump with ‘murder, war crimes and piracy’ over Venezuela military intervention and naval blockade.
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As he faces a threat during the primaries by younger challengers trying to thwart his 15th House term bid, a Connecticut Congressman is launching an unlikely attempt to impeach President Donald Trump.
On Monday, Rep. John Larson, D-Conn., 77, introduced 13 articles of impeachment against Trump, citing the president’s military intervention in Venezuela, the deployment of National Guard troops to cities across the country and his executive order to curtail birthright citizenship, among other charges, according to a story by Fox News.
In addition, Larson charged Trump with “murder, war crimes and piracy” for ordering a naval blockade around Venezuela targeting U.S.-sanctioned oil tankers ahead of the U.S. capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in January and for launching dozens of strikes against alleged drug trafficking vessels in the Eastern Pacific and the Caribbean.
“Through his serial usurpation of the congressional war power and commission of murder, war crimes, and piracy, Donald J. Trump has acted contrary to his trust as President and subversive of constitutional government, to the great prejudice of law, liberty, and justice and to the manifest injury of the people of the United States,” the resolution reads in part.
The resolution has little chance of proceeding in the Republican-controlled House or resulting in a Senate trial, even if Larson chooses to force a vote when lawmakers return the week of April 13.
Still, on several occasions Trump has warned that Democrats will try to impeach him for a third time if the party retakes control of the House chamber in 2027.
It is unclear whether Larson’s impeachment push is supported by House Democratic leadership. A spokesperson for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Larson is the latest among several House Democrats to introduce articles of impeachment against Trump since he started his second term in 2025.
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