Category: Impeachment

Public Interest Groups Leading On Impeachment: House Majority Must Commit To Real Action On Impeachment By November

Free Speech For People, By the People, CREDO Action, Courage Campaign, Democracy For America, Mainers for Accountable Leadership, and March for Truth released the following statement after the House Judiciary Committee’s vote to formalize its impeachment probe today: President Donald Trump is a direct and serious threat to our republic.  On an almost daily basis,
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Read Ben Clements And Ron Fein’s Latest Article On The Ongoing Impeachment Investigation

Read Ben Clements and Ron Fein’s latest article in Jurist.  They argue that, months after the Mueller testimony, it’s time for Congress to broaden the scope of its investigation and set an early deadline for a vote on impeachment in the House of Representatives. “The Mueller Report describes a damning pattern of encouraging illegal foreign
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We are closer to impeachment than ever before

We co-launched our campaign for impeachment proceedings against President Trump on the day he took office two and a half years ago.  Not because it was politically expedient or popular, but because it was the right thing to do.   Now, thanks to your support and the growing public demand around the country, we’re closer than
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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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