GOVERNMENT WATCHDOG URGES JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO ADDRESS TRUMP’S OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE Posted on November 17, 2022 Challenging Corruption In a letter released Thursday, the nonpartisan legal advocacy nonprofit, Free Speech For People, urges the Department to prosecute criminal offenses identified in the Mueller report, citing “disturbing precedent” set by the Department’s refusal to prosecute these crimes since Trump left office. WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 17, 2022) – Free Speech For People today issued aRead More
“Trump is Disqualified from the Ballot,” Public Interest Groups Launch Campaign to Bar Insurrectionist and Former President from the Ballot Posted on November 15, 2022 Challenging Corruption Following the announcement that former President Trump would seek re-election, Free Speech For People and Mi Familia Vota launched TrumpIsDisqualified.org, a national campaign to ensure state election officials abide by Section 3 of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution disqualifying Donald Trump from running for future public office. WASHINGTON, D.C. (NOVEMBER, 15, 2022) –Read More
Legal Advocates File Two Challenges In Support of Proposed Ballot Measure to Ban Super PACs in Massachusetts Posted on October 24, 2022 Challenging Super PACs Free Speech For People and Equal Citizens filed court challenges to the Massachusetts Attorney General’s refusal to certify a petition initiative that would end super PAC spending in Massachusetts elections. BOSTON, MA (October 24, 2022) – On behalf of individual Massachusetts voters, Free Speech For People and Equal Citizens today filed two lawsuits in theRead More
Sen. Haywood Announces Legislation to Disqualify Insurrectionists from Pennsylvania Ballots Posted on October 13, 2022 (October 19, 2022) Challenging Corruption Harrisburg, Pa. – October 12, 2022 – State Sen. Art Haywood (D-Montgomery/Philadelphia) joined Free Speech For People President John Bonifaz to announce legislation that requires the secretary of the Commonwealth to disqualify any candidate who has taken an oath to support the Constitution, then engaged in insurrection against the United States, from ballots in Pennsylvania.Read More
Real Examples of Big Money’s Power to Sway Politics Posted on October 5, 2022 Defending Key Reforms The following four individuals – Democrats and Republicans – are real life examples of how big money in politics undermines the will of the people and corrupts the democratic process in the United States. Senator Kyrsten Sinema Senator Sinema started out as a social worker who served on Ralph Nader’s 2000 Green Party presidential campaign.Read More
Free Speech For People Coordinates Experts’ Letter to Georgia’s State Election Board, Calling on the Board to Discontinue the Use of Computerized Ballot Marking Devices for All Polling Place Voters, and to Use Emergency Paper Ballots for the 2022 Elections Posted on September 23, 2022 Election Protection In response to recent revelations that technicians – hired by the Trump campaign and assisted by one of Georgia’s “fake electors”– accessed and copied voting system software in Coffee County, Georgia in early 2021, Free Speech For People coordinated a letter from election security experts to the Georgia State Elections Board, urging the Board toRead More
Free Speech For People Co-Hosts Press Briefing with the Coalition for Good Governance on the Voting System Software Breach In Coffee County Georgia Posted on September 21, 2022 (September 29, 2022) Election Protection Over the past month there has been growing public attention regarding reports that technicians – hired by the Trump campaign and assisted by one of the “fake electors”– accessed and copied voting system software in Coffee County, Georgia in early 2021. The voting system software breach in Georgia was uncovered entirely through discovery generated byRead More
FSFP Legal Director Ron Fein Discusses New Mexico Ruling Implementing Insurrectionist Disqualification Clause and Its Implications For Future 14point3 Challenges on Rising Up With Sonali Posted on September 14, 2022 (September 15, 2022) Challenging Corruption FSFP Legal Director Ron Fein recently appeared on Rising Up With Sonali to discuss a recent New Mexico ruling that disqualified former county commissioner Couy Griffin from public office under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment. Fein also discussed the implications of that ruling for challenges to the candidacies of other insurrectionists including former presidentRead More
Voting Rights Groups Will Challenge Massachusetts Attorney General’s Rejection of Ballot Initiative Petition to End Super PACs Posted on September 9, 2022 Challenging Foreign Influence The Massachusetts Attorney General’s office has rejected a ballot initiative petition submitted by two nonpartisan, nonprofit organizations, Equal Citizens (equalcitizens.us) and Free Speech For People (freespeechforpeople.org) that would end super PACs in Massachusetts state and local elections by limiting contributions to them to $5,000 per year. In rejecting the initiative, the Attorney General’s office adoptedRead More
Indivisible, Free Speech For People, and PA-10 Constituents File Ethics Committee Complaint Against Rep. Perry for January 6 Involvement Posted on September 9, 2022 Challenging Corruption WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday, working with Indivisible and Free Speech For People, constituents from Pennsylvania’s 10th Congressional District filed a complaint against Representative Scott Perry with the House Committee on Ethics over his involvement in efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential elections. Following yesterday’s submission, the House Committee on Ethics will decide whether to establishRead More