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John Bonifaz

@JohnBonifaz

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Co-Founder and President of Free Speech For People, http://t.co/TtnBcslU00, constitutional attorney

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@JohnBonifaz
John Bonifaz
5 years
This cruel + unconstitutional imprisonment of children + their families is a ground for impeachment. @SpeakerPelosi says there must be an "ironclad case" before starting an impeachment inquiry. She need look no further than the southern border. @FSFP
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“A cell meant for a maximum of 35 held 155 adult males with only one toilet and sink. The cell was so crowded the men could not lie down to sleep.”
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BREAKING: Rep. Greene loses her fight before the federal appeals court. She sought to reverse a district court ruling that forced her to testify under oath about her role in the January 6th insurrection. The 11th Circuit rules her appeal is moot. @FSFP 1/
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BREAKING: Republican judge in IL finds that Trump engaged in insurrection + is disqualified under 14.3. He ultimately finds a higher court, not the electoral board, must decide this. First Republican judge in the nation to issue such findings! @FSFP 1/
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4 years
BREAKING: We are calling on Donald Trump to resign immediately from the presidency. He is a threat to our republic, to our Constitution, and to our health and safety as a people. Join us and please share this. @FSFP
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2 years
We have filed a motion to supplement the record to include the newly-revealed January 17, 2021 text Greene sent Meadows where Greene advocated that Trump impose martial law to try to stay in power. Under oath, she claimed she could not remember. @FSFP
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BREAKING: We just won a federal court ruling in Atlanta allowing Georgia voters to challenge Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene as disqualified under Sect. 3 of the 14th Amendment, the Insurrectionist Disqualification Clause. @FSFP via @FSFP
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2 years
REMINDER: Rep. Greene, who we now know sought a pardon from the Trump WH, is still trying to defend herself in our 14.3 challenge to her eligibility to appear on the ballot. A Fulton County Superior Court judge will hear our appeal on July 18. @FSFP
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2 years
BREAKING: We just filed a legal challenge to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's eligibility to appear on the 2022 ballot in Georgia based on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, the Insurrectionist Disqualification Clause. Read more here: . @FSFP
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Free Speech For People
2 years
🚨 BREAKING: We are representing a group of Georgia voters in a challenge to Marjorie Taylor Greene’s candidacy for re-election under Sec 3 of the 14th Amendment, which disqualifies insurrectionists from re-election. #MTGIsDisqualified Learn more here:
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BREAKING: we just filed, on behalf of a group of Arizona voters, new 14.3 challenges to the eligibility of Paul Gosar, Andy Biggs, and Mark Finchem to appear on the 2022 ballot. The mandate of Section 3 of the 14th Amendment must be followed. @FSFP
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3 years
BREAKING: We have submitted a motion before Judge Sullivan for leave file an amicus brief on why Trump's pardon of Flynn is corrupt and unconstitutional. @FSFP
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Free Speech For People
3 years
BREAKING: Free Speech For People has requested permission to file an amicus brief outlining the constitutional violations of Trump’s presidential pardon of Former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn. More on this below. #ForDemocracy
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BREAKING: we just filed in Illinois a challenge, under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment, to Donald Trump's eligibility to appear on the state's presidential primary and general election ballot. @FSFP #TrumpIsDisqualified
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2 years
Justice Thomas's continued refusal to recuse himself in cases (such as the Graham case) involving the 2020 presidential election is grounds for an immediate impeachment inquiry by @HouseJudiciary . @FSFP
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2 years
BREAKING: new documents from the FEC reveal that the FEC General Counsel found "reason to believe" that the 2016 Trump campaign violated federal campaign finance law by coordinating with the Russian government and soliciting + receiving illegal in-kind donations. @FSFP
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Free Speech For People
2 years
JUST IN: The Federal Election Commission (FEC) has released records revealing how partisan deadlock blocked its investigation into potential coordination between Donald Trump’s 2016 election campaign and the Russian Federation. More on this below.
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4 years
BREAKING: We just filed this motion before Judge Jackson. There are limits to the pardon power, incl when the power is abused for self-dealing purposes. The Stone commutation violates the Take Care Clause of the Constitution + should be declared invalid. @FSFP @jedshug @ronfein
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Free Speech For People
4 years
“This case isn’t over. #SCOTUS has acknowledged that the pardon power is not unlimited, and the Constitution requires the President to exercise that power loyally and carefully in the public interest rather than in his own self-interest." @ronfein
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3 years
BREAKING: We are calling on major law firms across the country not to hire Trump Administration attorneys given their complicity, if not essential roles, in the lawless actions and abuses of power of this now-outgoing administration. @FSFP
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Free Speech For People
3 years
BREAKING: FSFP has issued a letter encouraging prestigious U.S. law firms to abstain from hiring legal alumni from the Trump Administration seeking employment in private practice following the presidential transition of powers in January. More below.
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2 years
BREAKING: we just filed, on behalf of Georgia voters challenging Rep. Greene's eligibility, our petition for appeal before the Fulton County Superior Court. The mandate of Sect. 3 of the 14th Amendment must be followed. @FSFP via @FSFP
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John Bonifaz
1 year
BREAKING: We just issued this letter to AG Garland + the DOJ urging them to prosecute Trump for the obstruction of justice crimes identified in the Mueller report. Mueller was clear that Trump could be prosecuted for this after he left office. DOJ must act. @FSFP
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Free Speech For People
1 year
🚨BREAKING: We've issued a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Department of Justice, calling for action on multiple counts of obstruction of justice committed by former President Trump. Read the letter below. #HoldTrumpAccountable
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BREAKING: We have just issued a detailed declaration for Secretaries of State to sign making clear that Donald Trump is barred under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment from appearing on any state ballots for a future public office. Read more here: @FSFP
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Free Speech For People
2 years
🚨BREAKING: FSFP and @OurRevolution are calling on Secretaries of State across the country to follow 14point3 and sign a declaration that former president Donald Trump is barred from future public office based on his incitement of the Jan 6 insurrection.
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John Bonifaz
1 year
Did Brett Kavanaugh commit perjury during his 2018 confirmation hearing? Did he engage in a coverup to obstruct a congressional hearing? The DOJ and Senate Judiciary Committee must investigate immediately these questions. @FSFP @DougLiman @AmyHerdy
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BREAKING: Madison Cawthorn rushes to federal court to try to stop the voters' challenge before the North Carolina State Board of Elections to his eligibility to run for re-election based on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. What is he afraid of? @FSFP
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2 years
“If he does choose to run for office, we stand ready to challenge his eligibility under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment in multiple states,” Ron Fein, a lawyer for Free Speech For People, which is planning a legal offensive, said of Mr. Trump. @FSFP 1/
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John Bonifaz
4 years
We are facing a national emergency with a lawless president and lawless attorney general trampling on the Constitution + attacking our democracy on a daily basis. Waiting until March 31 to conduct further oversight by the House Judiciary Committee of this crisis is absurd. @FSFP
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John Bonifaz
5 years
BREAKING: Congressman @justinamash becomes the first House Republican to join the call for impeachment.
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John Bonifaz
5 years
Thank you @justinamash for standing up + joining the call for impeachment proceedings against this president. Will you now join @RepRashida Tlaib's resolution, HR 257, to start a formal impeachment inquiry? And @SpeakerPelosi , will you now join this call + schedule a vote? @FSFP
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"Bonifaz said that if Trump formally announces his intent to run for president in 2024, Free Speech for People would file disqualification challenges in multiple states." 3/
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5 years
BREAKING: We just filed a letter with @NewYorkStateAG urging that she open an investigation into whether to dissolve the Trump Organization based on its repeated illegal conduct and abuse of its powers. @FSFP
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Free Speech For People
5 years
“The Trump Organization’s corruption and impunity need to end now. @NewYorkStateAG should use her legal authority to file a lawsuit to dissolve the company and revoke its corporate charter.” @ronfein , Legal Director for Free Speech For People.
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2 years
WATCH LIVE: Tomorrow, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene will face questions under oath about her role in the January 6th insurrection. We will be live-streaming this hearing starting at 9:30 am, Friday, April 22, via the YouTube and FB links in this piece: @FSFP
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BREAKING: Former Republican US Senator William Cohen joins the call for impeachment proceedings: "Congress should not turn away from the central issue of whether Trump has, in word and deed, engaged in conduct that is fundamentally inconsistent with... 1/
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2 years
The findings of the district court's ruling in this case, along with the findings in our victory before the 4th Circuit in the Cawthorn case, will provide important precedent for our future 14.3 challenges against Trump, should he declare his candidacy again. 2/
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Reminder: Trump is disqualified under Sect. 3 of the 14th Amendment (Insurrectionist Disqualification Clause) from appearing on any future ballot + and no conviction is necessary to enforce it. Election officials must follow the 14.3 mandate + bar him from the ballot. @FSFP 1/
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Trump vows to stay in the race even if convicted
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2 years
BREAKING: We are proud to be representing North Carolina voters in this challenge to Madison Cawthorn's eligibility to appear on the 2022 ballot based on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. @FSFP @OurRevolution First such challenge since Reconstruction.
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Free Speech For People
2 years
🚨 BREAKING: We are representing North Carolina voters in a challenge to Madison Cawthorn’s candidacy for re-election under Sec 3 of the 14th Amendment, which disqualifies insurrectionists from re-election. #CawthornIsDisqualified -
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1 year
BREAKING: @FSFP + @MiFamiliaVota just launched , a new national campaign to uphold Sect. 3 of the 14th Amend. + bar Trump, the insurrectionist-in-chief, from the ballot. Sign our petition to secretaries of state across the country.
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2 years
BREAKING: CNN publishes new texts showing that Rep. Greene did, in fact, discuss the idea with Meadows of Trump imposing martial law to try to stay in power. Last Friday under oath, Greene claimed she could not remember whether she had done so. Not credible. @FSFP @MarshallCohen
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Marshall Cohen
2 years
Whoa. New texts obtained by CNN show that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene told Meadows that he should talk to Trump about the possibility of invoking martial law. She testified Friday under oath that she couldn't remember if she ever advocated for martial law.
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RETWEET if you think the House Select Committee should release the transcript of the Ginni Thomas deposition before the committee is disbanded on January 3. @FSFP #ReleaseThomasTranscript
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John Bonifaz
3 years
Yes @joshtpm you are correct. @JonesDay is lying. They are doing Trump's bidding. They tried to suppress the vote leading up to the election and now they are trying to block votes from being counted. Shame on this firm. All clients with a conscience should abandon them. @FSFP
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Josh Marshall
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. @JonesDay is lying to the American public. They’re relying on a technicality. This is the firm pushing to toss out all the votes in three of America’s majority/near-majority African-American cities
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John Bonifaz
5 years
BREAKING: 50 Members of Congress now calling for an impeachment inquiry against the president. Keep the pressure on. The House must do its duty and start impeachment proceedings now! @FSFP @by_the_ppl @ronfein @EdwardErikson
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Thank you @justinamash for standing up + joining the call for impeachment proceedings against this president. Will you now join @RepRashida Tlaib's resolution, HR 257, to start a formal impeachment inquiry? And @SpeakerPelosi , will you now join this call + schedule a vote? @FSFP
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Justin Amash
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Contrary to Barr’s portrayal, Mueller’s report reveals that President Trump engaged in specific actions and a pattern of behavior that meet the threshold for impeachment.
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John Bonifaz
4 years
Here's a question for the House Judiciary Committee: in the face of the revelations from the Bolton book, what is your constitutional duty? Reconvene the impeachment inquiry + issue the subpoena to Bolton that neither the Senate nor House ever issued. And, while you're at it...1/
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BREAKING: Voters in PA-10, working with @FSFP and @IndivisibleTeam , have filed a complaint before the House Ethics Committee against Rep. Perry for his repeated actions to try to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Perry must be held accountable. 1/
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Free Speech For People
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🚨BREAKING: FSFP, @IndivisibleTeam , and a group of PA-10 constituents have filed an Ethics Committee complaint against Rep. Perry for his involvement in repeated efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Learn more about this development below.
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"'I don't think that the Amnesty Act likely was prospective,' [Federal Judge] Totenberg said, siding with the challengers, who said the 1872 law was retrospective and didn't protect future insurrectionists." @FSFP 1/
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"I don't think it's believable that she would have had a communication with the president's chief of staff on something so extraordinary regarding imposing martial law to keep the president in power and she wouldn't remember it." @FSFP
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The House must impeach Trump again. In commuting Roger Stone's prison sentence tonight, Donald Trump has committed a High Crime: Bribery. Stone lied to protect him and now Trump pays him off with this action, keeping him out of prison. This is a massive cover-up...1/ @FSFP
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John Bonifaz
4 years
Good question. And, how about the cruel and unconstitutional imprisonment of children and their families at the southern border? Or racist abuses of power? Or corruption and self-enrichment - treating the Oval Office as a profit-making enterprise? The list goes on. @FSFP 1/
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Catherine Rampell
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"Why isn't a rape allegation worth an impeachment inquiry?"
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BREAKING: Major victory for democracy tonight in Arizona! Federal judge issues order extending the voter registration deadline in the midst of the pandemic. This ruling will allow thousands more in the state to vote in November. @MiFamiliaVota @AzC4C @FSFP
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John Bonifaz
1 year
No matter what Congress does, “Section 3 of the 14th Amendment is already binding on the states to keep insurrectionists, including Donald Trump, off of their state ballots,” Bonifaz said. @FSFP @ZoeTillman
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John Bonifaz
4 years
Trump's reckless response to this pandemic is an impeachable offense. Given that Trump is a direct and serious threat to our public health and safety, the House should impeach him again. And, this time the Senate must remove him. @FSFP #ImpeachTrumpAgain
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John Bonifaz
2 years
BREAKING: Congressman @RepRaskin has introduced a bill to end foreign corporate money in our elections! We are proud @FSFP to endorse this critical legislation in defense of our democracy. The people, not multinational corporations, shall govern.
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Free Speech For People
2 years
🚨 BREAKING: Congressman @RepRaskin has just introduced a bill to ban foreign-influenced corporations from spending money to influence our elections, closing a major #CitizensUnited loophole. Learn more and support this bill below. #GetForeignMoneyOut >>
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John Bonifaz
3 years
Incredible this needs to be said, but there it is: "On Friday, Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy and Gen. James C. McConville, the Army’s top officer, released a joint statement that said: 'There is no role for the U.S. military in determining the outcome of an American election.'"
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Felicia Sonmez
3 years
Trump has intensified efforts to overturn the election, raising a series of radical measures including military intervention, seizing voting machines and a 13th-hour appeal to the Supreme Court. W/ ⁦ @jdawsey1 ⁩ ⁦ @DanLamothe ⁩ & ⁦ @mattzap ⁩:
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John Bonifaz
4 years
Trump's admission tonight that he deliberately slowed the testing to hide the numbers of people infected by COVID-19 is further proof why we should be calling on him to resign immediately from the presidency. @FSFP
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John Bonifaz
4 years
BREAKING: We are calling on Donald Trump to resign immediately from the presidency. He is a threat to our republic, to our Constitution, and to our health and safety as a people. Join us and please share this. @FSFP
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John Bonifaz
2 years
WATCH: This coming Monday, July 18, at 9:30 am ET, our appeal on behalf of Georgia voters in our 14.3 challenge to Rep. Greene will be heard before the Fulton County Superior Court. You can watch it live. See details via the link below. @FSFP
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Free Speech For People
2 years
WATCH LIVE on Monday 7/18: Counsel for Georgia voters will be arguing that GA Sec of State Brad Raffensperger’s decision should be reversed and that Marjorie Taylor Greene is disqualified from future office under 14point3. Tune in here: #MTGIsDisqualified
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John Bonifaz
3 years
BREAKING: We just issued, with a coalition of national public interest organizations, this letter to AG-Designate Judge Garland urging him to establish a task force to investigate all potential federal crimes committed by Trump and his associates. No one is above the law. @FSFP
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Free Speech For People
3 years
🚨BREAKING: FSFP is calling on President-Elect Biden’s AG-designate Judge Merrick Garland to establish a Task Force to investigate any potential federal crimes committed by the president or his associates.
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BREAKING: This new law review article is a must-read for every Secr. of State + chief election official in the country. As this article makes clear, they must follow the mandate of 14.3 + bar Trump from the ballot. If they do not, we will sue. @FSFP
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John Bonifaz
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Yes, he must. Justice Thomas's continued refusal to recuse himself from these cases is corrupt and merits an immediate impeachment inquiry by @HouseJudiciary . @FSFP
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Free Speech For People
1 year
"This is the second time Thomas has indicated that he would intervene to hamper the committee’s efforts to investigate the plot to overturn the 2020 election in which his wife, Ginni Thomas, played a role." Justice Thomas must face an impeachment inquiry.
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John Bonifaz
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BREAKING: Roger Stone has filed an opposition be4 Judge Jackson 2 our 7/15 motion. Our motion seeks the court's permission to file a brief arguing why Trump's commutation of Stone's prison sentence is unconstitutional. Why is Stone so afraid for the court to hear this? @FSFP 1/
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John Bonifaz
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BREAKING: We just filed this motion before Judge Jackson. There are limits to the pardon power, incl when the power is abused for self-dealing purposes. The Stone commutation violates the Take Care Clause of the Constitution + should be declared invalid. @FSFP @jedshug @ronfein
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5 years
Dear @RepJerryNadler : you do not need a full House vote or the approval of @SpeakerPelosi in order to start an impeachment inquiry. You can start that inquiry before the House Judiciary Committee today. And, it is long past time that you do so. @FSFP
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BREAKING: @RepBarbaraLee will co-sponsor @RepRashida Tlaib's resolution for an impeachment inquiry of @realDonaldTrump . Thank you, Congresswoman, for standing up for our Constitution + our democracy at this critical moment in history! #TimetoImpeach @plsimpeach @FSFP @by_the_ppl
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Alameda4Impeachment 🍑
5 years
All our 🍑❤️ to @RepBarbaraLee for agreeing to cosponsor #HRes257 with @RepRashida We need an #ImpeachmentInquiryNow
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John Bonifaz
3 years
William Barr should be impeached and disbarred. He is a disgrace to the legal profession and, like his co-conspirator, the soon-to-be ousted occupant of the White House, is a threat to our democracy. #ImpeachBarr @FSFP
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Matt Zapotosky
3 years
Sixteen federal prosecutors specially assigned to monitor 2020 election malfeasance told AG Barr in a letter today they saw no evidence of substantial voting irregularities, & asked him to rescind his recent policy change. w/ @thamburger
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John Bonifaz
3 years
House impeachment managers must not rest solely on video presentations for the presentation of evidence at this impeachment trial. They must call witnesses, and if that extends this trial for weeks, so be it. Democracy is on the line. @FSFP via @politico
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John Bonifaz
2 years
What did Justice Thomas know and when did he know it? @HouseJudiciary must immediately open an impeachment investigation to address these critical questions. @FSFP
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Mueller, She Wrote
2 years
NEW: there is now email evidence that Ginni Thomas participated in the 7-state coup by calling for a fraudulent slate of electors in Arizona - the DoJ is investigating that plot.
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Great, thanks @POTUS . Tell that to your Attorney General. @FSFP
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Spiro’s Ghost
2 years
NEW: Joe Biden tells ABC "accountability is necessary" for Jan 6th “no matter where it goes. I think accountability is necessary”. “And that means if it goes right into the previous administration?" "No matter where it goes. Those responsible should be held accountable."
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"The federal prosecutors...were just as astonished by her account..." Where has the DOJ been?! Eighteen months since the insurrection and just now they are learning that Hutchinson was a key witness to Trump WH crimes? Inexcusable. @FSFP
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John Bonifaz
3 years
BREAKING: We just released new model articles of impeachment. Donald Trump must be impeached and removed from office immediately -- and barred from ever holding federal office again. @FSFP
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John Bonifaz
3 years
Yes, correct @lauferlaw . And, contrary to conventional thinking, the pardon power is not absolute. This represents an abuse of the pardon power, and Judge Sullivan should declare it as such. @FSFP
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Andrew C Laufer, Esq
3 years
Flynn’s pardon now needs to be entered in the Court docket. Let’s see what Judge Sullivan does next. Remember, the Court isn’t a rubber stamp. It had to approve Flynn’s plea withdrawal and Barr’s attempt at dismissing the prosecution.
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John Bonifaz
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Attorney General Garland has had more than 1.5 years to name a special counsel to investigate Trump. It is not credible that he was unaware during that time that Trump and Biden might run again. So, if he thought it was necessary, why wait until now? @FSFP
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John Bonifaz
3 years
The Department of Justice must hold Donald Trump and his associates accountable under the law for conspiring with a foreign government to interfere in the 2016 election. @FSFP via @just_security
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John Bonifaz
3 years
No. 1: Congress should immediately vote on new articles of impeachment against this lawless president. #ImpeachTrump @FSFP 1/
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John Bonifaz
3 years
This is a thoroughly corrupt, self-dealing pardon and Judge Sullivan should declare it an abuse of the pardon power and unconstitutional. No, the pardon power is not absolute. See: @FSFP
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John Bonifaz
3 years
BREAKTHROUGH -- Which other Senators stand with @ChrisVanHollen ? #CallWitnesses @FSFP
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Kyle Griffin
3 years
Sen. Van Hollen on the new McCarthy reporting: "If they make the decision to call witnesses, obviously we would welcome that." @allinwithchris
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John Bonifaz
3 months
BREAKING: We just filed an amicus brief representing former state supreme court justices before the US Supreme Court urging the Court to uphold the 14.3 mandate and affirm the CO SCT ruling finding Trump is disqualified. @FSFP
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Free Speech For People
3 months
BREAKING: Former state supreme court justices urge U.S. Supreme Court to affirm Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling finding Trump disqualified under Fourteenth Amendment
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John Bonifaz
4 years
BREAKING: We just sued Trump, Barr, and Wolf on behalf of @MiFamiliaVota + individual voters to block their illegal voter intimidation. We must fight to protect the right to vote and court intervention is critical to ensure the promise of free and fair elections. @FSFP
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Free Speech For People
4 years
BREAKING: Voting Rights Group Sues President Trump and Top Administration Officials for Voter Intimidation. @MiFamiliaVota @FSFP More on this story below. #ProtectTheVote #DefendDemocracy
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John Bonifaz
1 year
NEW: As we renew today the call for Trump to be held accountable his insurrection crimes, we must also ask why AG Garland has abandoned prosecution of Trump for his pre-2020 crimes. How do we know he has? Read our new piece. @FSFP @ronfein @bentclements
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@JohnBonifaz
John Bonifaz
5 months
BREAKING: We won! Election denier, architect of voter suppression + Trump lawyer who conspired to try to overturn the 2020 election is off the EAC's Board of Advisors -- and she never should have been there in the first place. People power +public pressure works. @FSFP @GenVoteUS
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Free Speech For People
5 months
BREAKING: Election Denier Cleta Mitchell Will Not Return to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission’s Board of Advisors Following Advocacy from Public Interest Groups. W/ @GenVoteUS
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@JohnBonifaz
John Bonifaz
4 years
BREAKING NEWS: This is a huge victory for our democracy! Thank you, Seattle City Council, for leading the way. We are proud to be celebrating this victory with you + @fixdemocracy1st ! Thank you @CMLGonzalez for your leadership!
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Free Speech For People
4 years
BREAKING: Seattle just blocked foreign-influenced corporations from spending money in its elections. This landmark campaign finance legislation bans corporations like Amazon and Bank of America from infiltrating the city’s electoral process. Learn more >>
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@JohnBonifaz
John Bonifaz
2 years
These revelations from Berman's new book renew once again this question: why has the DOJ, under AG Garland, not reopened this investigation -- corruptly closed by Barr -- and proceeded to hold Trump accountable for these crimes? @FSFP
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Sarah Reese Jones
2 years
#Maddow Trump DOJ demanded all mentions of Individual One be removed from Cohen indictment, "SDNY also was contacted by Trump's Justice Department, senior officials, and they were told that they needed to get rid of all mentions of individual one in the Michael Cohen indictment."
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John Bonifaz
2 years
"The accumulated evidence, capped by Ms. Hutchison’s testimony, will again raise another possible legal obstacle for Mr. Trump: disqualification from any future federal office under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment." Yes, right @NormEisen ! It will. @FSFP
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John Bonifaz
2 years
"This decision [in GA] betrays the fundamental purpose of the Fourteenth Amendment’s Insurrectionist Disqualification Clause and gives a pass to political violence as a tool for disrupting and overturning free and fair elections." We will appeal. @FSFP
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John Bonifaz
5 years
The time for impeachment hearings is now! Members of Congress must join in co-sponsoring @RepRashida Tlaib's resolution to start an impeachment inquiry. The Mueller report is an impeachment referral and history will record how we respond at this critical moment. #TimeToImpeach
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John Bonifaz
4 months
BREAKING: we filed our appeal last night before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court challenging, under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment, Donald Trump's eligibility to appear on the presidential primary ballot. The insurrectionist-in-chief is disqualified. @FSFP
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Free Speech For People
4 months
BREAKING: Voters Challenging Trump’s Eligibility in Massachusetts Ask Supreme Judicial Court to Declare Trump Ineligible.
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@JohnBonifaz
John Bonifaz
2 years
Trump was the inciter-in-chief. The evidence was there b4 today but Cassidy Hutchinson made it all the more clear. Every chief election official must declare that #TrumpIsDisqualified under 14.3 from future public office + the DOJ must hold Trump accountable under the law. @FSFP
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Eric Feigl-Ding
2 years
“I’m the fucking president, take me up to the Capitol now” Secret Service agent: ‘Sir you need to take your hand off the steering wheel…’ The former President of the United States then grabs the throat of his secret service agent.
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@JohnBonifaz
John Bonifaz
4 years
The @HouseJudiciary must reconvene its impeachment inquiry against Trump, add Barr as a target of that inquiry, issue a subpoena to Bolton, + carry out its sworn duty to defend the Constitution. Presidents do not get a free pass during an election year 2 commit high crimes. @FSFP
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Free Speech For People
4 years
VIDEO: FSFP President @JohnBonifaz recently appeared on @RUWithSonali to discuss the new allegations of impeachable conduct detailed in John Bolton's book and the broader case for impeachment. Watch the full discussion below. #ImpeachTrumpAgain
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John Bonifaz
4 years
BREAKING: Coalition files letter with @RepJerryNadler + @RepMGS urging House Judiciary Committee to reopen impeachment inquiry on @realDonaldTrump + AGBarr. @FSFP #ImpeachTrumpAgain The House must respond to the new lawlessness with new articles.
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John Bonifaz
1 year
Faced with overwhelming evidence that Donald Trump has committed multiple crimes, the Attorney General hides behind this appointment of a special counsel, rather than moving swiftly to hold Trump accountable. This is outrageous. @FSFP via @politico
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John Bonifaz
2 years
BREAKING: We just filed our reply brief in our appeal on behalf of Georgia voters in our 14.3 challenge to Rep. Greene. You can access it here: . And you can watch the hearing on this appeal live on Monday, July 18, at 9:30 am ET. Details/link below. @FSFP
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John Bonifaz
2 years
WATCH: This coming Monday, July 18, at 9:30 am ET, our appeal on behalf of Georgia voters in our 14.3 challenge to Rep. Greene will be heard before the Fulton County Superior Court. You can watch it live. See details via the link below. @FSFP
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John Bonifaz
2 years
BREAKING: @FSFP and @Accountable_Org just filed a lawsuit against the Federal Election Commission for the agency’s failure to investigate coordination between the Russian govt and Trump’s 2016 campaign. More >>
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@JohnBonifaz
John Bonifaz
2 months
BREAKING: Tonight, Illinois became the third state, alongside Colorado + Maine, to find that Donald Trump is disqualified under Sect. 3 of the 14th Amendment. Every court and state official that has ruled on the merits on this question has found that Trump is ineligible. @FSFP
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Free Speech For People
2 months
BREAKING: Illinois Court Rules Trump Disqualified for Engaging in Insurrection, Cannot Appear on Illinois Ballots. Full statement and court order -->
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@JohnBonifaz
John Bonifaz
3 years
MUST READ: @ThePlumLineGS "This is all about creating a full reckoning into the most comprehensive effort to overturn U.S. democracy in modern times...not for Republicans, who are beyond reach, but for the American people, and for history." #CallWitnesses
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@JohnBonifaz
John Bonifaz
1 year
BREAKING: We are calling on the US Commission on Civil Rights to revoke its appointment of Cleta Mitchell, Trump attorney and election denier, to the US Election Assistance Commission's Board of Advisors. @FSFP Read our letter + sign our petition here: 1/
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