Progressive Politics

agreed, and more:

War powers

• Ordering strikes on Iran's Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan nuclear sites (June 2025) without congressional authorization, per Article I, Section 8's grant to Congress of the sole power to declare war (H.Res.537)
• Failing to properly brief congressional leaders in advance despite reportedly notifying some foreign leaders (H.Res.537)
• Continuing the Iran war into 2026, which Larson's office said was driving up prices for American families and costing American lives (April 2026 filing)
• Threatening "a whole civilization will die" and threatening to destroy Iranian infrastructure, which several Democrats (DeGette, Markey, Tlaib) characterized as threatening war crimes

Judiciary

• Calling for a federal judge to be impeached after an adverse ruling (H.Res.939)
• Creating an environment of intimidation against judges, citing Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's public statement that attacks on judges "seem designed to intimidate those of us who serve in this critical capacity" (H.Res.939)

Congress / incitement

• Calling for the execution of members of Congress, framed as incitement to extrajudicial violence (H.Res.939)

Governance / rule of law (H.Res.353)

• Obstruction of justice
• Violation of due process
• Breach of duty to faithfully execute the laws
• Usurpation of Congress's appropriations power
• Abuse of power

Immigration/ICE enforcement (raised in advocacy filings, not yet a formal resolution)

• Inciting violence, including deaths, in Minnesota and allegedly covering up civilian deaths during ICE operations
• Removing migrants and asylum-seekers to foreign prisons

Corruption / institutional abuse (advocacy filings)

• Personal enrichment for himself or close associates
• Removing nonpartisan civil servants and punishing perceived adversaries
• Using extortion-style tactics against law firms, media, and private industry

Crypto self-dealing

• Trump family launched World Liberty Financial (WLFI) and the $TRUMP memecoin; family gets 75% of token sale proceeds plus stablecoin profits
• Reported earnings: $57M in 2024, growing to roughly $550M by March 2026; personal stake valued around $240M
• Total family enrichment estimated in the billions

Foreign money concerns

• UAE royal family holds a 49% stake in WLFI, arranged before Trump's inauguration and not disclosed at the time
• A UAE-linked firm invested $2B in Binance via WLFI's stablecoin; shortly after, a UAE-controlled company gained access to advanced AI chips
• Dozens of foreign nationals and state-linked entities invested in WLFI's token sale
• Binance (heavily used by WLFI) allegedly let billions flow to Iranian and Russian sanctioned entities while under a DOJ compliance monitor

Alleged quid pro quo / regulatory rollback

• Administration halted or dropped investigations into crypto firms that had invested in or donated to Trump (Coinbase, Kraken, Ripple, Robinhood, etc.)
• DOJ's crypto-crime enforcement unit was disbanded
• Trump pardoned figures tied to his crypto ventures, including Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, which critics allege was connected to a deal benefiting WLFI's stablecoin

Oversight activity so far

• Senate inquiry opened by Sen. Blumenthal (2025) into conflicts of interest
• House Judiciary Democrats released a report, "Trump, Crypto, and a New Age of Corruption" (Nov. 2025), documenting the pattern.