#ImpeachNow: A Historic Moment In Our Fight To Hold Trump Accountable Posted on September 30, 2019 (June 18, 2020) Impeachment We have reached a historic moment in the movement to hold Donald Trump accountable for his high crimes via the impeachment process. 224 Members of Congress, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, are now on record supporting an impeachment inquiry of the president. More than 80 Members of Congress, including the Speaker, joined that call lastRead More
FSFP to Court: FEC Must Investigate Trump’s Involvement in Hush Money Payments Posted on September 27, 2019 (June 18, 2020) Challenging Corruption Free Speech For People has filed a brief in its lawsuit against the Federal Election Commission for failing to investigate a $150,000 “hush money” payment made in 2016 to Karen McDougal, one of President Trump’s former mistresses, as a potential violation of federal campaign finance law. The investigation is necessary because, even after federal prosecutors have investigatedRead More
FSFP Welcomes New Counsel Courtney Hostetler Posted on September 26, 2019 (June 18, 2020) FSFP Updates We are thrilled to welcome Courtney Hostetler to the Free Speech For People team as our new Counsel. Before joining Free Speech For People, Ms. Hostetler served as staff attorney for South Coastal Counties Legal Services, where she helped low-income clients recover damages for wage theft and employment discrimination, and obtained special education services forRead More
New Report on When Bigotry Rises to the Level of an Impeachable Offense, from Coalition of National Advocacy Groups Posted on September 25, 2019 (June 17, 2020) Impeachment WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 25, 2019) – Along with President Trump’s many other impeachable offenses—including, most recently, illegally soliciting the government of Ukraine to assist his own re-election campaign—a coalition of national advocacy groups has released a new report outlining the argument for President Trump’s impeachment on the basis of his racist abuses of power. AuthoredRead More
Statement of Free Speech For People Regarding Impeachment Proceedings Posted on September 24, 2019 (June 18, 2020) Impeachment Free Speech For People, a national non-partisan non-profit organization that launched an impeachment campaign on the day of President Trump’s inauguration, welcomes House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s announcement reinvigorating the House Judiciary Committee’s impeachment inquiry. However, her plan leaves several key points unstated: Timing. As we and our partners wrote to Chairman Nadler in July andRead More
Testimony to Massachusetts legislature in support of a resolution calling for impeachment of President Trump Posted on September 24, 2019 (June 18, 2020) Impeachment The Massachusetts Legislature’s Joint Committee on Veterans and Foreign Affairs today heard testimony on a resolution supporting impeachment proceedings against President Donald J. Trump. The resolution, introduced in the state Senate by Sen. Jo Comerford in January, cites ten legal grounds for impeachment proceedings against Trump, including unconstitutional imprisonment of children and their families atRead More
Trump’s Ukraine scandal is an impeachable offense Posted on September 23, 2019 Impeachment The House impeachment inquiry must investigate the growing evidence that President Trump improperly pressured a foreign power to take action against Trump’s own domestic political opposition. According to reports, and confirmed by President Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, Trump pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate Vice President (and current presidential candidate) Joe Biden, forRead More
It’s Time for Speaker Pelosi to Give Her Full and Public Support to Impeachment Proceedings, A Statement from Ben Clements, Free Speech For People’s Board Chair Posted on September 21, 2019 (June 18, 2020) Impeachment In the face of allegations that Donald Trump is yet again seeking to secure a presidential election with unlawful schemes – this time apparently with extortion and bribery of foreign leaders — all Nancy Pelosi can muster is a rehash of her tired efforts to blame the Republicans. Perhaps she forgets that she leads theRead More
Massachusetts Joint Committee On Veterans And Foreign Affairs To Consider Trump Impeachment Resolution Posted on September 19, 2019 (May 27, 2020) Impeachment Committee members will hold a public hearing on Sen. Jo Comerford’s resolution to support an impeachment inquiry of President Trump, making it the first state to officially call for impeachment proceedings. BOSTON, MA — The Massachusetts Joint Committee on Veterans and Foreign Affairs will consider a resolution supporting impeachment proceedings against President Donald J. Trump.Read More
September 23rd: The People vs. Trump – A People’s Impeachment Hearing Posted on September 18, 2019 (June 12, 2020) Impeachment In August, Free Speech For People joined By the People to mobilize people across the country to demand Members of Congress support a full impeachment inquiry. Now, it’s time to show them how it’s done. On September 23rd, we are joining By the People in Washington, D.C. to demand impeachment with a “people’s hearing” onRead More