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
Our Statement On The Recent Shootings In Gilroy, El Paso, and Dayton Posted on August 6, 2019 (May 27, 2020) Impeachment All of us at Free Speech For People are heartbroken and outraged by the violence that took place in Gilroy, El Paso, and Dayton over the past week. We send our deepest condolences to the families of the fallen and injured. While the motives of the murderers in Gilroy and Dayton are not clear asRead More
Coalition Launches New Initiative To Educate Citizens On Impeachment Posted on August 2, 2019 (June 12, 2020) 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 lawRead 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
Congressman Al Green To Force Vote on Impeachment of Donald Trump Posted on July 15, 2019 Impeachment (Houston, TX) – On Monday, July 15, 2019, Congressman Al Green released the following press release addressing his plans to bring articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump: “The President of the United States is a racist, a bigot, a misogynist, as well as an invidious prevaricator. To say that Donald John Trump is unfitRead More
WATCH NOW: “The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts” Posted on June 27, 2019 Impeachment The Mueller Report was both an impeachment referral and roadmap for Congress to begin an impeachment investigation of the president. In his report, former Special Counsel Robert Mueller presented evidence that Trump repeatedly obstructed justice and concluded that the Trump campaign took advantage of unlawful Russian assistance in the election. On Monday, June 24, LawRead More
Massachusetts Rep. Jim McGovern Calls for Impeachment Inquiry During National Day of Action Posted on June 22, 2019 Impeachment “If we don’t hold this president accountable, it might be too late by the time he’s gone. Years from now our children and grandchildren will look back on this era and judge us by what we did Now is not the time to shrink from our responsibility,” Rep. Jim McGovern told the crowd at theRead More
“A Moral Call to Action”: Massachusetts Leaders Demand Impeachment Inquiry During National Day of Action in Northampton Posted on June 21, 2019 Impeachment State Sen. Jo Comerford and State Rep. Lindsay Sabadosa addressed more than 100 activists gathered in Northampton’s Pulaski Park for the National Day of Impeachment Action on June 15th, organized by MoveOn and By the People. Both legislators reaffirmed their support for an impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump, citing the need to protect our democracyRead More
Impeachment and Attacking the Freedom of the Press: A Lesson from History Posted on March 31, 2019 (March 31, 2019) Impeachment April 1 marks the anniversary of the impeachment of a federal judge who was impeached nearly a century ago for misconduct that included abusing his power to attack the press. As we explained in The Constitution Demands It: The Case for the Impeachment of Donald Trump, one major reason for the House of Representatives notRead More
Impeachment Inquiry Resolution Formally Introduced into House of Representatives Posted on March 28, 2019 (March 28, 2019) Impeachment A resolution to authorize the House Judiciary Committee to launch an impeachment inquiry has been introduced into the House of Representatives by Representative Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, joined by Representative Al Green of Texas. The resolution is patterned on the February 1974 resolution that authorized an impeachment inquiry against President Richard Nixon. As we explainedRead More