Free Speech For People Calls For Urgent Release of Government Information on Whether Trump is a Moron Posted on October 12, 2017 (October 3, 2018) We submitted a Freedom of Information Act request with the United States Department of State to obtain any records related to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s comments about Trump’s mental capacity, including any references to the President as a moron or imbecile, to determine whether Cabinet members are attempting to cover up the diminished mental capacity of a President who is unfit to serve.Read More
Our Letter Urging Chief Justice Roberts to Reprimand Justice Gorsuch For His Speech at Trump International Hotel Posted on October 12, 2017 (October 3, 2018) Read our open letter to Chief Justice Roberts, detailing ethical conflicts associated with Justice Gorsuch’s speech at a hotel owned by the President of the United States.Read More
Recap: Our Victory in St. Pete to End Super PACs Posted on October 10, 2017 (October 11, 2017) It’s almost been an entire week since St. Pete made history! Check out all of the highlights from victory to end super PACs and abolish foreign influenced corporate money. Read More
Tampa Bay Times: Is the Sunshine City headed to the U.S. Supreme Court? Posted on October 5, 2017 (February 7, 2018) After four hours of debate, the St. Petersburg City Council voted to become a pioneer in local campaign finance reform Thursday and likely invited a legal challenge that could end up in the U.S. Supreme Court.Read More
St. Petersburg City Council Votes to Abolish Super PACs and Limit Foreign Corporate Money in Local Elections Posted on October 5, 2017 (October 6, 2017) The St. Petersburg City Council voted to abolish super PACs and prohibit spending by foreign-influenced corporations in city elections. St. Petersburg is the first community in the country to pass a law of this kind.Read More
Statement By Free Speech For People On The Criminal Investigation By The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office Into Donald Trump Jr. And Ivanka Trump Posted on October 4, 2017 (October 3, 2018) In response to today’s news story about a criminal investigation by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office into Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump for criminal fraud arising from the Trump SoHo project, Free Speech For People issues the following statement. Read More
TIME: Ron Fein and Nixon Lawyer – Donald Trump Abused Pardon Power When He Freed Joe Arpaio Posted on October 3, 2017 (October 3, 2018) In an op-ed posted online to TIME, co-authored by our Legal Director Ron Fine and John W. Dean, White House counsel to President Richard M. Nixon from 1970 to 1973, outline Trump’s abuse of power by pardoning former Sheriff Joe Arpaio.Read More
Mass Live: Advocates try to prevent foreign meddling in Massachusetts elections Posted on September 27, 2017 (October 3, 2018) Three Massachusetts bills, S 394, H 2081 and H 2904, would prohibit foreign-influenced companies from making political expenditures — here is what you need to know. Read More
A New Environmental Protection Agency Rule to Benefit Trump Inc., Public Interest Groups Urge the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers to Reconsider Posted on September 27, 2017 (September 27, 2017) Over 7,000 citizens submitted comments to the EPA warning that a new proposed rule to rescind the definition of the “waters of the United States” would confer financial benefit to President Trump and would be unconstitutional.Read More
Ron Fein & Laurence Tribe in Boston Globe: How Massachusetts can fight foreign influence in our elections Posted on September 26, 2017 (October 3, 2018) The Boston Globe has just posted an op-ed by our Legal Director Ron Fein & Prof. Laurence Tribe of Harvard Law School, entitled “How Massachusetts can fight foreign influence in our elections.” Read More