Category: Impeachment

Another high-ranking House rep announces support for impeachment

Rep. Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), the Assistant Speaker of the House and fourth-highest-ranking House Democrat, has officially come out in support of an impeachment inquiry against President Trump. Rep. Luján’s support brings significant power to the ever-growing impeachment movement, with 130 Members of Congress and more than half of the Democratic caucus now favoring an
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#WeCantWait: Next Steps on Impeachment

Free Speech For People was proud to support CREDO Action which led a demonstration of activists Wednesday evening demanding Nancy Pelosi begin impeachment proceedings against President Trump now.  Protestors confronted the Speaker during a fundraiser hosted by the San Francisco Democratic Party honoring her with a “lifetime achievement award” for her “commitment to fighting for
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Your August Impeachment Brief

The House Judiciary Committee made a major announcement in a federal court filing at the end of July. The Committee is officially investigating whether to recommend articles of impeachment against President Trump. The House rules authorize the Judiciary Committee to begin the impeachment process this way–in fact, it’s exactly how the Nixon impeachment inquiry began.
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House Judiciary Seeks Complete Review of Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s Records

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) who chairs the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet, recently sent a letter to the National Archives and Records Administration requesting that it complete its review and release records of Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s service at the White House from 2001 to
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Coalition Launches New Initiative To Educate Citizens On Impeachment

Free Speech for People and coalition partners MoveOn, Need to Impeach, Indivisible, By the People and March for Truth are supporting the launch of a new initiative modeled after the #MuellerBookClub called Impeachment University.  The project involves a weekly webinar where legal experts, political analysts, commentators, lawmakers and activists educate everyday citizens on the law
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Impeachment Coalition Issues Letter to House Judiciary Committee

WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 30, 2019) – A broad coalition of advocacy groups submitted a letter to the House Judiciary Committee this afternoon expressing concerns with the timeline, scope, and public strategy regarding its impeachment inquiry.  Last week, the Judiciary Committee explained in a federal court filing that the committee “is conducting an investigation to determine
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What Did the Mueller Hearings Accomplish? Ron Fein Explains.

Following Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s televised testimony to Congress, Free Speech For People Legal Director Ron Fein appeared on Rising Up With Sonali to discuss what these hearings accomplished, as well as the ongoing Constitutional argument for the impeachment of President Trump. “The evidence of high crimes and misdemeanors has been staring us in the
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We’ve heard from Mueller. Impeach Trump Now.

Forty-five years ago today, as President Nixon was on the brink of resignation, a freshman congresswoman from Texas delivered one of the most resounding speeches in the history of U.S. politics. Barbara Jordan, an African American member of the House Judiciary Committee, was tasked with determining the fate of a president under heavy scrutiny for
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National Advocacy Groups Deliver Letter to Reps Cohen and Raskin Urging Them to Initiate an Impeachment Inquiry

The letter details a procedural path for Rep. Steve Cohen and Rep. Jamie Raskin to begin an impeachment inquiry without further action by the full House or full Committee on the Judiciary. Representing millions of Americans, the letter is cosigned by: Free Speech For People, By the People, Common Defense, Courage Campaign, CREDO Action, Democracy
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