{"id":135260,"date":"2025-04-27T08:32:50","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T08:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/sen-jon-ossoff-signals-support-for-trump-impeachment-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2025-04-27T08:32:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T08:32:50","slug":"sen-jon-ossoff-signals-support-for-trump-impeachment-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/sen-jon-ossoff-signals-support-for-trump-impeachment-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Jon Ossoff signals support for Trump impeachment – NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., on Friday signaled support for impeaching President Donald Trump, telling attendees at a town hall near Atlanta that the president\u2019s conduct \u201chas already exceeded any prior standard for impeachment.\u201d
\u201cI mean, I saw just 48 hours ago, he is granting audiences<\/a> to people who buy his meme coin,\u201d Ossoff said. \u201cWhen the sitting president of the United States is selling access for what are effectively payments directly to him. There is no question that that rises to the level of an impeachable offense.\u201d
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Friday night.
Video of the town hall was made available online by NBC affiliate WXIA<\/a>. Ossoff, who is currently running for re-election to the U.S. Senate, made the remark in response to an attendee who asked why Democrats have not moved to impeach Trump, stating her belief that \u201ceverything that Trump is doing is leading us down an authoritative rule.\u201d
\u201cDo more. I like you and I will vote for you if you are brave, and you do what we need,\u201d the attendee said. \u201cWe need him impeached, we need him removed.\u201d
Ossoff in response said he \u201cstrongly\u201d agreed with the attendee, but told the audience that the move is not currently feasible given the current makeup of the House of Representatives, which is responsible for introducing articles of impeachment.
\u201cThe only way to achieve what you want to achieve is to have a majority United States House of Representatives,\u201d Ossoff said. \u201cAnd believe me, I\u2019m working on it every single day, every single day.\u201d
The Georgia senator also pointed to what he characterized as Trump\u2019s defiance of a federal court order as another potentially impeachable offense. Ossoff did not specify exactly which case he was referring to, but the remark comes as Democrats accuse Trump of disregarding a Supreme Court<\/a> order requiring his administration to \u201cfacilitate\u201d the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia<\/a>, a Salvadoran native and Maryland resident deported to El Salvador.
The National Republican Senatorial Committee, the Senate GOP\u2019s campaign arm, called Ossoff\u2019s remarks \u201cdisgusting,\u201d accusing him of attempting to \u201coverturn the will of Georgia voters who just elected President Trump.\u201d
Ossoff now joins a handful of congressional Democrats who have backed calls to impeach Trump in his second term.
Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, who called for Trump\u2019s impeachment several times during his first term <\/a>and was removed from Trump<\/a>\u2019<\/a>s<\/a> joint address to Congress in March, was the first Democrat this cycle to back the idea.<\/a>
Additionally, Rep. Shri Thanedar, D-Mich., said earlier this month he \u201c<\/a>fully supports impeaching<\/a>\u201d<\/a> <\/a>Trump, accusing the president of \u201cnot abiding by a lawful Supreme Court ruling.\u201d
Trump was impeached twice as a result of actions during his first term, but was acquitted by the Senate following each trial. Ossoff joined all Democrats in voting guilty in Trump\u2019s second impeachment. He was not in Congress during Trump\u2019s first trial.
Impeaching Trump again and convicting would require the support of a majority of the House and two-thirds of the Senate. Because Republicans currently control both chambers of Congress, the effort is a nonstarter, at least until the midterm election cycle.
But still, the support among Democratic voters for impeachment reflects broader calls for the party to more actively and aggressively counter Trump\u2019s agenda, a notion that polling suggests <\/a>is widespread among the party\u2019s base.
A recent NBC News poll found less than a third of Democrats want their party leaders to make legislative compromises with Trump, while nearly two-thirds would rather congressional Democrats stick to their positions even if that risks sacrificing bipartisan progress.
Nnamdi Egwuonwu is a politics reporter at NBC News.
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