Organizations send letter to Congress urging rejection of Trump takeover, support for DC statehood Posted on August 21, 2025 Challenging Corruption Washington, DC. Today, DC Vote sent a letter signed by 77 organizations to Congress urging members to reject President Donald Trump’s attempted takeover of DC and cosponsor and pass the DC statehood bill instead. The letter may be found here. The co-signing organizations include local and national groups that focus on democracy, voting rights, good governance, andRead More
WATCH NOW: Separating Fact from Fiction Regarding Election Security at Def-Con 2025 Posted on August 21, 2025 (August 23, 2025) Election Protection At Free Speech For People, we work daily to fight back to protect democracy and the right to vote. That means protecting everyone’s right to cast a ballot, and ensuring that every ballot is counted as cast. That’s why we co-hosted a vital symposium on election security on August 8-9, 2025, with the Election IntegrityRead More
Must Watch: “Trump’s Extortion-Palooza” with Glenn Kirschner Posted on August 19, 2025 (August 19, 2025) Challenging Corruption Free Speech For People is calling for state criminal investigations into President Donald Trump’s extortion of nearly $1 billion in legal services from at least nine law firms. FSFP Legal Director Courtney Hostetler joined legal analyst and former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner on Justice Matters this week to discuss our call for criminal accountability inRead More
The Intercept: Can Congress Stop Trump From Starting a War in Mexico? Posted on August 15, 2025 (August 15, 2025) Challenging Corruption Free Speech For People joined more than 30 human rights groups to urge congressional leaders to block Trump’s plan to use military force against drug cartels in Latin America. As reported in the Intercept: More than 30 humanitarian, public interest, immigrant rights, faith-based, veterans’ advocacy, and drug policy reform groups are calling on Congress to oppose the use ofRead More
In Response to Trump’s Federal Takeover of the DC Police, Unlawful Gerrymandering, Silencing Speech, and Privacy Violations, Legal Advocates Announce New Grounds of Impeachment Posted on August 13, 2025 (August 13, 2025) Impeachment Nearly 1 million Americans have signed a petition urging Congress to impeach and remove Trump. WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 13, 2025) – Impeach Trump Again, a non-partisan campaign led by Free Speech For People, has added new grounds for impeachment to address Donald Trump’s federal takeover of the D.C. police and deployment of 800 National GuardRead More
New Op-Ed: We must protect Pennsylvania’s elections from multinational corporations Posted on August 12, 2025 Challenging Foreign Influence Rabbi Michael Pollack and FSFP Campaign Organizer Jax Foley have a new op-ed in Penn Live urging Pennsylvania lawmakers to pass HB497, closing a dangerous loophole that allows foreign-influenced corporations to spend money in state and local elections. They write: Foreign-influenced corporations can drown out the voices of Pennsylvania residents, skewing policies on everything fromRead More
New Report Finds Post-Election Audits in Most Swing States Provide Scant Evidence to Confirm Election Outcomes Posted on August 7, 2025 (August 14, 2025) Election Protection A comprehensive assessment of the post-election audits in seven swing states in 2024 found that most don’t meet baseline conditions to provide evidence-based election results, nor are they sufficient to act as safeguard against possible errors or tampering. A new report co-authored by Susan Greenhalgh, Senior Advisor on Election Security for Free Speech For People,Read More
Constitutional Lawyers Call for Criminal Investigations into Paramount and Skydance’s Multi-Million Dollar Payments to Trump Posted on July 31, 2025 Challenging Corruption Free Speech For People (FSFP) has formally requested that the Attorneys General of California and New York and the District Attorneys of Manhattan and Los Angeles initiate criminal investigations into Donald Trump’s scheme to obtain millions of dollars from Paramount Global and Skydance Media and to force changes to the news and entertainment content ofRead More
US House Leadership Receives Nearly 1 Million Signatures Calling for Impeachment Proceedings Against President Trump Posted on July 23, 2025 (July 29, 2025) Impeachment Free Speech For People, Women’s March delivered signatures gathered by the Impeach Trump Again Campaign. WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 23, 2025) – Today, Free Speech For People and Women’s March, following a press conference with Rep. Al Green (TX-09), delivered nearly one million petition signatures to the leadership of the House Judiciary Committee, urging Congress to beginRead More
Background Briefing: Latest Effort By Trump Operatives to Access Voting Machines Appears Connected to 2020-2022 Multi-state Scheme by Trump Allies to Obtain Voting Software Posted on July 21, 2025 Election Protection New bombshell reporting from the Washington Post revealed that an operative sought access to voting equipment in Colorado on behalf of the Trump administration. This effort to access voting systems by Trump allies appears to be a continuation of the multi-state scheme by operatives hired by Trump attorneys that occurred in 2020-2022, and resulted inRead More