Expose the cover-up Posted on October 25, 2019 (June 18, 2020) Impeachment Buried in the whistleblower complaint which exposed the Ukraine scandal is this alarming claim: the Trump White House has been abusing a computer system for highly classified intelligence information to cover up transcripts of presidential calls with foreign leaders which are “politically sensitive.” The White House placed in that system the transcript of the JulyRead More
Ron Fein & Laurence Tribe In The Boston Globe: House Should Expand the Scope of Its Impeachment Inquiry To Include Trump’s Abuse Of the Pardon Power Posted on October 23, 2019 (June 12, 2020) Impeachment In a recent Boston Globe piece FSFP Legal Director Ron Fein and Harvard Law School professor Laurence Tribe make a strong case for broadening the scope of the ongoing impeachment inquiry to include Donald Trump’s abuse of the pardon power. Citing Trump’s unlawful pardon of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio in 2017, they argue thatRead More
EPA gifts a domestic emolument to Trump’s golf courses Posted on October 22, 2019 (June 12, 2020) Challenging Corruption Today, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers finalized a rollback of a 2015 clean water protection known as the “waters of the United States rule.” While this has been expected since Trump ordered it early in his presidency, it doesn’t change the fact that it’s a violation of the Constitution’s DomesticRead More
Bill to close presidential pardon loophole sent to New York governor for signature Posted on October 11, 2019 (July 27, 2020) Challenging Corruption UPDATE: On October 16, 2019, New York’s Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the bill into law. The New York state legislature has sent a bill to Governor Cuomo that would close New York’s presidential pardon loophole. Background New York state’s double jeopardy statute may currently allow certain defendants pardoned by the president for their federal crimesRead More
Trump’s War in Yemen Against Congressional Opposition is an Impeachable Offense Posted on October 7, 2019 (June 18, 2020) Impeachment Six months after Congress expressly disapproved US military action in Yemen, the war continues unabated. Congress has additional tools available to restrict or end US involvement. But as Congress’s impeachment inquiry moves forward, there’s another question: Is President Trump’s ongoing prosecution of military action in Yemen in defiance of congressional opposition a ground for impeachment?Read More
Watch: John Bonifaz and Chris Hedges Debate Impeachment on Democracy Now! Posted on October 2, 2019 (May 10, 2023) Impeachment Free Speech For People President John Bonifaz joined Democracy Now! this week for a debate with journalist Chris Hedges on whether or not Congress should impeach President Trump. House leadership reached a breaking point last month when a whistleblower disclosed that Trump had solicited foreign assistance from the Ukrainian Government to help him in hisRead More
#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