Trump’s Ukraine scandal is an impeachable offense Posted on September 23, 2019 Impeachment The House impeachment inquiry must investigate the growing evidence that President Trump improperly pressured a foreign power to take action against Trump’s own domestic political opposition. According to reports, and confirmed by President Trump’s personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, Trump pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate Vice President (and current presidential candidate) Joe Biden, forRead More
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
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
Our Statement on President Trump’s Policy of Breaking Up Families and Imprisoning Children Posted on June 18, 2018 Impeachment We at Free Speech For People are disgusted by Donald Trump’s policy of breaking up families and imprisoning migrant children. Under Trump’s policy, children are seized from their families—who are often told that their children are just “bathing”—and warehoused in mass orphanages indefinitely while their parents are left unaware of their whereabouts. While there areRead 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
Zephyr Teachout Joins Over 1.1 Million Citizens Calling for an Impeachment Investigation of President Trump Posted on August 7, 2017 (August 7, 2017) In a video posted to her Facebook page, Zephyr Teachout explains President Trump’s abuse of power and why she is joining over 1.1 million people at ImpeachDonaldTrumpNow.org to call on Congress to begin an impeachment investigation of President Trump. Read More
Ron Fein on Between the Lines: Evidence and Momentum Grows for Trump Impeachment Posted on June 12, 2017 On May 30, Scott Harris of Between the Lines interviewed our Legal Director Ron Fein on mounting evidence around the calls for launching an impeachment investigation of President Trump. Read More
The Nation: It’s Time to Make the Case for Impeaching Trump Posted on June 2, 2017 Journalist John Nichols explains how the president blatantly tried to block a federal investigation. That’s obstruction of justice, as he points out.Read More
New Poll from POLITICO/Morning Consult: 43% of Voters Want Impeachment Posted on May 31, 2017 (June 1, 2017) According to the poll, forty-three percent of voters want Congress to begin impeachment proceedings, up from 38 percent last week.Read More