{"id":2434370,"date":"2025-05-14T05:00:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T09:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-claim-trump-corruption-ahead-of-impeachment-vote\/"},"modified":"2025-05-14T05:00:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T09:00:55","slug":"democrats-claim-trump-corruption-ahead-of-impeachment-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-claim-trump-corruption-ahead-of-impeachment-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats claim Trump corruption ahead of impeachment vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrats-claim-trump-corruption-ahead-of-impeachment-vote%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2434370&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a recent political development, Senate Democrats are facing challenges regarding President Donald Trump&#8217;s alleged corruption, particularly in light of his acceptance of a luxury jet from Qatar. representative Sri Thanedar (D-MI) has introduced articles of impeachment against Trump, sparking discussions in the Senate about whether this constitutes an impeachable offense. While some Democrats accuse Trump of corruption and propose legislation to address the situation, others hesitate to endorse impeachment, fearing it could further divide the party and provide Republican ammunition against them. <\/p>\n<p>Senators like Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) have publicly criticized Trump&#8217;s actions, labeling them as self-serving and corrupt, but they emphasize that impeachment shoudl be handled by the House. The Democratic Party is currently split; some members, like Sen.Jon Ossoff (D-GA), assert that Trump&#8217;s conduct may warrant impeachment, while others maintain a focus on legislative actions instead. <\/p>\n<p>Despite the accusations of bribery and corruption,the GOP remains largely protective of trump,even as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has promised to slow down Trump&#8217;s Justice Department nominations in response to the jet incident. This new impeachment resolution and the surrounding discussions signal a complicated political landscape as Democrats weigh their options regarding Trump&#8217;s conduct and the potential implications for the party&#8217;s unity and effectiveness.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Democrats claim Trump corruption but grapple with third impeachment vote<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2120739\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Senate Democrats are being forced into an uncomfortable conversation about President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> as the House prepares to vote on one House lawmaker&rsquo;s articles of impeachment.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Sri Thanedar (D-MI) announced Tuesday that he would file his impeachment resolution as privileged, starting a two-day clock for House Republicans to bring it to the floor.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3410258\/rose-jackson-reinstated-by-major-league-baseball\/\">Pete Rose, &lsquo;Shoeless&rsquo; Joe Jackson posthumously reinstated by Major League Baseball<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3410219\/trump-drug-prices-system-hannity-interview-qatar-air-force-one\/\">Trump says he &#8216;figured out the system&#8217; in lowering drug prices<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3410129\/pete-buttigieg-assess-2028-presidential-bid-veterans-town-hall\/\">Buttigieg to &#8216;assess&#8217; 2028 presidential bid, he says ahead of veterans town hall<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The attention had been on Trump&rsquo;s decision to accept a luxury jet from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/qatar\/\">Qatar<\/a>, with Senate Democrats accusing the White House of &ldquo;unabashed&rdquo; corruption and offering their own legislation to protest the gift.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3409767\/foreign-emoluments-clause-trump-ethics-rule-qatar-plane\/\"><strong>WHAT IS THE EMOLUMENTS CLAUSE? THE ETHICS RULE QATAR&rsquo;S PLANE TO TRUMP COULD FLOUT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now, they are being asked whether that alleged corruption is an impeachable offense, a question that threatens to divide the party and invite Republican attacks.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Democrats accused the president of accepting a bribe and flouting the Constitution with the plane, which Trump wants to replace Air Force One. But the senators sidestepped whether that meant the president should face an unprecedented third Senate trial.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Look, I already voted to convict this president,&rdquo; said Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA), referring to his 2021 impeachment vote. Instead, he shifted attention to congressional Republicans, who are expected to table the impeachment resolution.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think the question is, what are they doing? What are they saying?&rdquo; Warnock said. &ldquo;They have a trifecta, and with that comes responsibility to think about the people, to think about the future of the country.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) compared the luxury jet to the $148 million investors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/buyers-trump-meme-coin-pay-millions-win-dinner-with-president-trump-2025-05-12\/\">spent<\/a> on Trump&rsquo;s meme coin to win a dinner with the president.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s self-dealing of the highest sort, maybe only outmatched by his corrupt use of cryptocurrency, and which we need to put an end to,&rdquo; Merkley said.<\/p>\n<p>Yet he, like Warnock, called the question a matter for the lower chamber: &ldquo;Impeachment is a House issue, I&rsquo;ll leave it to lawyers in the House.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said others can &ldquo;weigh&rdquo; if impeachment is warranted.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m focused on enforcement of the emoluments clause,&rdquo; he said, referring to a constitutional ban on <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >presidents accepting foreign gifts<\/a> without the approval of Congress.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday evening, Blumenthal tried to bring a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-county-prepares-to-sue-new-york-over-law-hitching-local-elections-to-state-dems-coattails\/\" title=\"Republican County Plans to File Lawsuit Against New York Over Legislation Tying Local Elections to State ...&#039; Influence\">resolution authorizing legal action<\/a> against Trump to the floor, but it was blocked by Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL).<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ claims the gift does not amount to bribery because no official act was offered in exchange for the plane, <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/trump-administration-poised-accept-palace-sky-gift-trump\/story?id=121680511\">according to<\/a> ABC News. But Republicans, including Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), have acknowledged &ldquo;issues&rdquo; with the transfer, should it go through.<\/p>\n<p>Under the proposed arrangement, the jet, which could require <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/05\/12\/trump-qatar-air-force-one-taxpayer-costs-00342299\">millions<\/a> in taxpayer upgrades, would be transferred to Trump&rsquo;s presidential library once he leaves office.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has also invited scrutiny with his family&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3408052\/trump-mixes-business-diplomacy-ethics-concerns-middle-east-trip\/\">expanding business footprint<\/a> in the Middle East, where the president is making the first major trip of his second term this week.<\/p>\n<p>So far, Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) is the only Senate Democrat to say Trump&rsquo;s conduct has &ldquo;exceeded any prior standard for impeachment,&rdquo; a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3394344\/democrats-try-dodge-trump-impeach-talk-stupid-politics\/\">surprise comment<\/a> he made at a town hall in April. Ossoff is one of the most vulnerable Democrats up for reelection next year.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT), one of the Senate&rsquo;s most progressive Democrats, came close to joining Ossoff, telling the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that &ldquo;the level of corruption seems to be super-sized compared to what he did in his first term.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And no doubt that what he did during his first term was impeachable,&rdquo; Murphy said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>But Murphy and other Democrats have chosen to focus on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3409055\/democrats-promise-action-trump-qatar-luxury-jet-gift\/\">limited tools available to them<\/a> in the minority instead of revisiting the headlines drawn by Ossoff.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate GOP campaign arm immediately attacked Ossoff for the comment, while Thanedar&rsquo;s articles, introduced without the blessing of leadership, also threaten to put vulnerable House Democrats in a tough position politically.<\/p>\n<p>Murphy plans to force votes on any arms sales announced on Trump&rsquo;s foreign trip, while Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI) is drafting a resolution disapproving of the luxury plane&rsquo;s transfer.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) <a href=\"http:\/\/chumer-trump-doj-nominees-qatar-plane-gift\/\">announced<\/a> he would slow down all of Trump&rsquo;s Justice Department nominees over the proposed gift.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I mean, listen, I just exist in the realm of the possible right now,&rdquo; said Murphy. &ldquo;Our only chance to stop this corruption is to convince our Republican colleagues to join us in these resolutions or these pieces of legislation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the White House defended Trump&rsquo;s second-term conduct. On top of corruption allegations, Democrats have accused the president of ignoring due process with his deportations and flouting the will of Congress with his agency-cutting Department of Government Efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>Thanedar&rsquo;s articles of impeachment focus on a wide range of actions, including the planned shuttering of federal agencies and Trump&rsquo;s emergency tariffs.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Every action taken by President Trump and his administration is fully lawful and firmly rooted in the will of the American people,&rdquo; said White House spokeswoman Liz Huston.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;President Trump is doing exactly what he promised: securing our border, bringing in trillions of dollars in investment to America, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-try-to-dodge-trump-impeachment-talk-stupid-politics\/\" title=\"Dems try to dodge ... ... talk: \u2018Stupid politics\u2019\">restoring common sense leadership<\/a>,&rdquo; she added. &ldquo;Meanwhile, Democrats are once again showing where their true priorities lie &ndash; siding with illegal immigrants over the safety, security, and well-being of hardworking American citizens.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Not all Democrats say Trump&rsquo;s dealings with Qatar are corrupt. Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), a centrist voice who has ridden on Air Force One, questioned the wisdom of using a foreign plane but suggested Democrats had &ldquo;abused&rdquo; impeachment and should &ldquo;stop throwing around the &lsquo;I-word.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump was impeached twice in his first term but acquitted in both cases due to the two-thirds threshold needed to convict in the Senate. Those impeachments did not center on Trump&rsquo;s family businesses. Still, Democrats, including Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), the lead manager in his second impeachment, have in the past scrutinized the millions <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/11\/14\/us\/politics\/trump-hotel-foreign-spending.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">spent by foreign countries<\/a> at Trump&rsquo;s properties.<\/p>\n<p>Raskin is a House co-sponsor of the emoluments bill advocated by Blumenthal.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), another Democratic centrist, raised ethics and national security concerns over the gift from Qatar, a country with ties to Iran and the terrorist group Hamas. But she, too, avoided any impeachment talk.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think it&rsquo;s an asinine decision,&rdquo; she said, adding, &ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t go straight to impeachment at all&rdquo; when asked if Trump had committed a high crime or misdemeanor.<\/p>\n<p>On the GOP side, Trump has Senate defenders, including Tuberville, who, in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenTuberville\/status\/1922409856826237150\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">floor speech<\/a>, accused Democrats of trying to distract from the economic deals Trump is announcing on his trip to the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), one of the Republicans to vote for conviction in Trump&rsquo;s second impeachment trial, said it&rsquo;s appropriate to ask whether the Qatari jet, estimated at a value of $400 million, would violate the emoluments clause if transferred to the U.S.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3409055\/democrats-promise-action-trump-qatar-luxury-jet-gift\/\"><strong>SENATE DEMOCRATS PROMISE TO &lsquo;TAKE ACTION&rsquo; OVER TRUMP ACCEPTING QATARI LUXURY JET<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think that&rsquo;s exactly the question that needs to be asked, to determine if it is in violation,&rdquo; she told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When you get something of that value from a country, one typically thinks that there&rsquo;s something in it for the country that is offering it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2120739\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2120739\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats allege Trump corruption while facing a third impeachment vote<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2434371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Elissa-Slotkin-xx144.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[8773,3685,3636,5894,3634],"class_list":["post-2434370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-corruption","tag-democrats","tag-impeachment","tag-politics","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Elissa-Slotkin-xx144.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2434370"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2434374,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2434370\/revisions\/2434374"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2434371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2434370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2434370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2434370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}