Over 500,000 People, With Thousands More Joining By the Hour, Call on Congress to Begin Impeachment Investigation

OVER 500,000 PEOPLE, WITH THOUSANDS MORE JOINING BY THE HOUR, CALL ON CONGRESS TO BEGIN IMPEACHMENT INVESTIGATION

“Given President Donald Trump’s refusal to divest fully from his business interests, he is now in direct violation of the U.S. Constitution.” John Bonifaz, Free Speech For People 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Eleven days after the inauguration of President Trump, more than half a million people have joined the campaign and petition at ImpeachDonaldTrumpNow.org, calling on the U.S. Congress to initiate an impeachment investigation into President Trump’s violations of the U.S. Constitution — citing the Foreign Emoluments Clause and Domestic Emoluments Clause, as well as violations of the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012 (STOCK Act).

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YES! Magazine: Trump Impeachment Campaign Begins

As Yes! Magazine reports, “Never has a modern president so flagrantly violated the Constitution.”

John Bonifaz, a constitutional law attorney explains this unprecedented situation in American history—and what we can do about it.

Want to take action? Here is John’s answer to how citizens can get engaged:

We have on our “Take Action” page on the website a number of ways for people to get involved. The first way is to sign the petition. Then share it with friends and networks to spread the word about this campaign, to post it on Facebook and Twitter, to send it around to your friends and neighbors. We also are urging people to call their members of Congress and urge that they introduce this resolution or—once it’s already been introduced—to support the impeachment investigation.

“Right now our strategy is to get this moving right away.”

We have on our website in that section a draft model resolution that we urge people to get passed in their local communities. Go before your city council, or county commission, or state government, and get your community on record calling for this impeachment investigation to begin in the House of Representatives. We need the support financially of people from around the country to help lift up this campaign, to do this organizing, legal, and communications work.”

To read the full article, click here.

Democracy Now! Hundreds of Thousands Sign Petition to Impeach Trump for Violating Constitution over Biz Interests

This morning, John Bonifaz, Free Speech For People Co-Founder and attorney specializing in constitutional law and voting rights, joined Amy Goodman of Democracy Now!  for a conversation on the growing momentum to impeach President Trump for violating the Constitution. As of this morning, a petition calling for the impeachment had received nearly 250,000 signatures.

To view the full transcript of this interview, visit Democracy Now!

Ron Fein joins The Young Turks to discuss the impeachment charges against Donald Trump (Pt. 2)

Newsweek: Will Trump be Allowed to Defy the Constitution?

Free Speech For People’s Chair of the Board, Ben Clements, and Legal Director, Ron Fein, pen an op-ed for Newsweek highlighting President Trump’s willful violation of the Constitution:

“Patriotic Americans disagree on many things. But one thing almost all of us can agree on is that we are nation of laws and that no man or woman is above the law.

And in our system of government, the supreme law that stands above all else is our founding charter, the Constitution of the United States.

No president in our history has openly taken the position that he stands above and need not comply with the requirements of our law, especially the supreme law enshrined in our Constitution.

Until now.”

To read the original article on Newsweek, click here.