On March 21, 2017, we gathered at the Grace Episcopal Church in Newton, Massachusetts for a conversation on legal strategies and ways to organize around impeaching Trump. Ben Clements, Chair of the Board of Free Speech For People, and Ron Fein, Free Speech For People Legal Director, spoke before a packed crowd on our campaign calling on Congress to launch an impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump.

The event was sponsored by Free Speech For People, Indivisible Massachusetts Action and RootsAction.

On March 2, 2017, John Bonifaz, Co-Founder and President of Free Speech For People, and Ben Clements, Chair of the Board of Free Speech For People, spoke before a standing room crowd in Boston on the campaign calling for an impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump.  The event was sponsored by Free Speech For People, Jamaica Plain Progressives, Jamaica Plain Forum, the National Lawyers Guild-Massachusetts Chapter, and RootsAction.
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Charlotte, a small Vermont town, is the latest community to pass our model resolution calling on Congress to investigate whether sufficient grounds exist to pursue an impeachment of President Trump.

On March 7th, Susan Ohanian, a retired teacher, introduced our resolution at the Town Meeting Day in Charlotte.

The New England Cable News channel reported that this was Ohanian’s first time she ever made a motion, and that she believes President Trump is improperly profiting from office.

We will keep you updated on Charlotte and similar resolutions. For information on how to introduce this resolution in your community, click here.

On Tuesday, March 7th, Alameda, a bay-area city nearby Richmond, California, approved our model resolution calling on Congress to launch an impeachment investigation of President Trump.

Alameda City leaders showed support for this campaign, and they are rallying behind U.S. Rep Barbara Lee and others to investigate President Trump over his business connections and potential violations of the U.S. Constitution.

Our model resolution, calling for the impeachment investigation, was introduced by Councilman Jim Oddie and Vice Mayor Malia Vella.

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John Bonifaz, Free Speech For People Co-Founder and President, recently submitted a citizen petition, asking the Amherst Town Meeting to “call upon U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Worcester, “to sponsor, support and vote for a resolution of that House authorizing and directing the House Committee on the Judiciary to investigate whether sufficient grounds exist for the impeachment of Donald J. Trump, president of the United States, including, but not limited to, the violations listed herein.”

According to petition submitted by Bonifaz, a longtime Amherst resident, President Trump’s constitutional violations undermine “the integrity of the presidency, corruptly advance the personal wealth of the president and violate the public trust.”

The Amherst Town Meeting, which begins April 26,  may consider the  issue of whether Congress should launch an impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump.

Original reporting via MassLive.