Congressman Al Green and Ron Fein in The Hill: Trump’s racist abuses demand impeachment Posted on July 17, 2019 (June 18, 2020) Impeachment Rep. Al Green of Texas and Ron Fein have an op-ed in The Hill today entitled “Trump’s racist abuses demand impeachment.” The op-ed argues: The House of Representatives has passed a resolution condemning President Trump’s racist comments directed at four members of Congress, telling them to “go back” to other countries. But the House must do more thanRead More
Over 100 Cities Hold Day of Impeachment Action Against Donald Trump Posted on June 18, 2019 Impeachment On Saturday, June 15th, more than 13,000 Americans gathered at 142 events across the country, calling on Congress to begin an impeachment inquiry against President Trump. Free Speech For People was proud to partner with MoveOn and By the People for this historic event, the largest national mobilization for impeachment to date. Free Speech forRead More
Trump’s hush money payments to influence the election are grounds for impeachment Posted on April 1, 2019 (April 1, 2019) Impeachment President Trump has been directly implicated—by his own personal lawyer—in a criminal conspiracy to illegally influence the election. This justifies an impeachment investigation. Facts On August 21, 2018, President Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, pleaded guilty to eight criminal charges. Two of those charges stem directly from criminal actions that he took at the directionRead More
The Hill: Trump’s ‘treason’ talk is unprecedented, un-American Posted on February 14, 2018 Democracy Amendments As a piece in The Hill today noted, President Trump recently suggested congressional Democrats were guilty of “treason” for failing to applaud his State of the Union speech. As he put it, “Can we call that treason? Why not?” Here’s why not: The Constitution specifically defines treason, and failing to applaud the president isn’t treason—not by a longRead More
Trump Officials Are Exploring Mass Arrests of US Mayors Posted on January 30, 2018 Impeachment Trump administration officials are openly floating the idea of mass arrests of mayors of sanctuary cities. Two different high-ranking officials discussed this on national television in January alone. On January 16, Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen told the Senate Judiciary Committee that, at her department’s request, federal prosecutors are “reviewing what avenues might be available” to arrestRead More
58 Members of Congress Vote To Impeach Donald J. Trump Posted on December 6, 2017 (October 3, 2018) As momentum for impeachment builds, Free Speech For People releases a detailed White Paper on the legal case for a Congressional investigation on whether to impeach President Donald Trump.Read More
John Bonifaz on Democracy Now! “Constitutional Expert Says Move to Impeach Trump Can Proceed Without Derailing FBI’s Criminal Probe” Posted on December 1, 2017 (November 29, 2018) Impeachment Our Co-Founder and President John Bonifaz speaks with Amy Goodman on Democracy Now! to discuss the latest impeachment campaign developments and why we must proceed alongside the FBI’s investigation.Read More
Democracy Now: John Bonifaz & Rep. Al Green Talk Impeachment With Amy Goodman Posted on May 24, 2017 (May 25, 2017) This morning, John Bonifaz, co-founder and president of Free Speech for People joined Texas Congress member Al Green on Democracy Now! to discuss the campaign and the mounting evidence for impeachment.Read More
Rising Up With Sonali:Trump Presidency In Deep Trouble As Talk Of Impeachment Grows Posted on May 22, 2017 (May 22, 2017) Sonali Kohlhatkar, host of Los Angeles-based “Rising Up With Sonali”, speaks with Free Speech For People Legal Director, Ron Fein on what’s next for Trump’s impeachment following explosive new details by the Washington Post.Read More
We Need an Impeachment Investigation in Parallel with the Special Prosecutor’s Investigation Posted on May 18, 2017 (November 29, 2018) We still need to press forward with the demand that the U.S. House of Representatives launch an impeachment investigation, here we outline three main reasons.Read More