First Republican Representative Joins Call for Impeachment Posted on May 22, 2019 On Saturday, May 18, Justin Amash became the first Republican member of Congress to call for impeachment proceedings against the president. Congressman Amash, the representative from Michigan’s 3rd district, laid out his thoughts on impeachment in a Twitter thread: Here are my principal conclusions: 1. Attorney General Barr has deliberately misrepresented Mueller’s report. 2. PresidentRead More
Massachusetts Non-Partisan Citizen Commission Works to End Big Money Dominance in U.S. Election Posted on May 15, 2019 (May 16, 2019) Massachusetts announced on May 1, 2019, the members of the first-in-the-nation, 15-member non-partisan Citizen Commission to advance the state’s policy in favor of an amendment to the United States Constitution to address concerns about corruption, undue influence, and unequal citizenship as a result of unlimited political spending and growing power of global corporations in AmericanRead More
Legislative Hearing Scheduled on Bills to Protect Massachusetts Elections Posted on May 14, 2019 (May 14, 2019) “Almost a decade after the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, the results have been disastrous as foreign corporate money and the pooled wealth of super PACs have swamped the voices of the American people and corrupted our democracy. With the passage of these bills to end the influence of super PACs and foreign money on Massachusetts elections,Read More
Congress Receives 10,000,000+ Signatures for Impeachment! Posted on May 13, 2019 (May 13, 2019) “There are those who say political expediency dictates that we not impeach. I say moral imperative always trumps political expediency.” – Congressman Al Green “When I look back at this moment in our country, this remarkable moment in our country, I want to look back and say that I did something…Right now, doing nothing isRead More
10,000,000 + For Impeachment: Join us this Thursday in DC! Posted on May 8, 2019 (May 8, 2019) Tomorrow, Thursday, May 9, Free Speech For People is coming together with allied groups from across the country to deliver what is likely the largest online petition in history. We will be delivering ten million petition signatures in support of an impeachment investigation of the president to Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib and the other Members ofRead More
Free Speech For People Joins Nationwide Day of Action in Support of Impeachment Resolution Posted on May 2, 2019 (May 2, 2019) Today, Free Speech For People, with a coalition of groups in support of impeachment investigations of President Trump, is organizing supporters across the country to urge their members of Congress to sign on to Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib’s impeachment resolution. The day of action follows Attorney General William Barr’s testimony before Congress regarding Russian interference inRead More
Expert Watergate Reporter for the New York Times: The Danger in Not Impeaching Trump Posted on April 25, 2019 In a recent opinion piece in the New York Times, Elizabeth Drew, a veteran reporter who covered Watergate, lays out a clear argument for why the House should begin impeachment investigations of President Donald Trump. She states: The founders put the impeachment clause in the Constitution to allow Congress to hold accountable, between elections, aRead More
Victory: Federal Election Commission Adopts Our Recommendations on Cryptocurrency Mining for Campaigns Posted on April 25, 2019 Today, the Federal Election Commission voted 4-0 to adopt an advisory opinion that embraces Free Speech For People’s recommendations regarding a platform to enable use of distributed computers to mine cryptocurrency for political campaigns. Free Speech For People was the only campaign finance reform organization involved in the regulatory process. BACKGROUND In September 2018, aRead More
Watch Now: Board Chair Ben Clements on WGBH to Discuss an Impeachment Investigation of the President Posted on April 24, 2019 (April 24, 2019) Free Speech For People Board Chair, Ben Clements, was on WGBH News to discuss the possibility of Congress beginning an impeachment investigation of the president, in the wake of the report by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, which is widely viewed as an impeachment referral to Congress. As Clements recently noted in an op-ed for theRead More
Ben Clements and Ron Fein for the Boston Globe: The Mueller report is a roadmap for impeachment Posted on April 23, 2019 In an oped for the Boston Globe, Free Speech For People Board Chair, Ben Clements, and Legal Director, Ron Fein, explore how the recently released report by Special Counsel Robert Mueller is both an impeachment referral and roadmap for Congress to begin an impeachment investigation of the president. While we have identified eleven legal groundsRead More