Year: 2019

Statement of Free Speech For People Regarding Impeachment Proceedings

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 and
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Testimony to Massachusetts legislature in support of a resolution calling for impeachment of President Trump

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 at
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Trump’s Ukraine scandal is an impeachable offense

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, for
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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

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 the
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Massachusetts Joint Committee On Veterans And Foreign Affairs To Consider Trump Impeachment Resolution

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.
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Watch: John Bonifaz Discusses Latest Impeachment Development on Rising Up With Sonali

Free Speech For People President John Bonifaz joined Rising Up With Sonali to discuss the latest developments in the House’s impeachment inquiry of Donald Trump. On September 12, the House Judiciary Committee passed a resolution to formalize its ongoing impeachment inquiry and outline the terms of its investigation. The Committee, however, failed to disclose when
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Tell Mitch McConnell: We need election security!

In 2016, Russia interfered with our elections to help elect Donald Trump. According to multiple current and former officials, foreign powers are already attempting to meddle in the 2020 election as well. And our election systems across the country remain vulnerable. Yet, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell recently blocked two bills meant to safeguard our
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#ImpeachNow: New Development In The Case Against Kavanaugh

In a heartwrenching story over the weekend, the New York Times revealed new details in Deborah Ramirez’s sexual misconduct allegation against Justice Brett Kavanaugh. In the article, journalists Robin Pogrebin and Kate Kelly reported that the FBI failed to interview any of the 25 witnesses named in the Deborah Ramirez case, ignoring her story during
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EPA rolls back clean water protections, and Trump’s golf courses stand to benefit

The Environmental Protection Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers finalized a rollback of clean water protections. The rollback will mean higher profits for many private golf courses. And in the case of President Trump’s golf courses, that violates the Constitution. Background The details of the regulation are somewhat complicated. The federal Clean Water Act
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