{"id":10836,"date":"2017-05-13T19:17:26","date_gmt":"2017-05-14T01:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=10836"},"modified":"2017-05-28T17:48:56","modified_gmt":"2017-05-28T23:48:56","slug":"calls-for-trumps-impeachment-surge-after-comeys-firing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2017\/05\/calls-for-trumps-impeachment-surge-after-comeys-firing\/","title":{"rendered":"Calls for Trump\u2019s Impeachment Surge After Comey\u2019s Firing"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"impeachTelesurtv<\/b> – U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s unconventional firing of FBI Director James Comey<\/a> on Tuesday has sparked growing calls from civil groups for an impeachment investigation.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn Tuesday night, Trump gave another powerful reason for his impeachment,\u201d Democracy for America<\/a> said in a petition. It calls on the Congress to investigate and impeach Trump immediately.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have no love lost for Comey, but Trump firing him in order to shut down the Russia investigation is another in a long line of impeachable offenses. This has to stop. Congress must act \u2014 NOW,\u201d the petition stated.<\/p>\n

Comey recently testified before the Congress, revealing that the FBI was in the midst of investigating potential ties between the Trump campaign and the Russian government in last year\u2019s presidential election.<\/p>\n

Comey also was reported to have asked the Justice Department for more prosecutors and other resources to handle the investigation, just days before he was fired.<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

Another petition from the campaign \u201cImpeach Trump Now<\/a>\u201d had received over 950,000 signatures since it was launched on Trump\u2019s Inauguration Day.<\/p>\n

It originally called for a congressional impeachment investigation into Trump\u2019s violations of the Foreign and Domestic Emoluments Clauses of the U.S. Constitution, referring to Trump\u2019s conflict of interest. \u201cNow we are expanding the impeachment campaign in response to the president\u2019s apparent interference with a criminal investigation by firing FBI Director James Comey,\u201d the petition said.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s decision Tuesday instantly drew comparisons to President Richard M. Nixon\u2019s \u201cSaturday Night Massacre\u201d in October 1973. At the time, Nixon ordered the firing of Archibald Cox, the Watergate special prosecutor who had been demanding access to the president\u2019s secret recordings.<\/p>\n

Nixon\u2019s actions prompted his attorney general and his top deputy to resign in protest. Later it sparked a national outcry that ultimately led to his resignation.<\/p>\n

Critics say the Trump administration was trying to undermine the FBI\u2019s investigation just as Nixon tried to stop lawmakers from learning the truth about the Watergate scandal. If that\u2019s true, the obstruction of justice can be an impeachable offense.<\/p>\n

In his letter firing Comey, Trump said the FBI director had told him three times that he was not under investigation, denying his action was done out of self-interest. Therefore, there needs to be a separate investigation into why Comey was fired before the obstruction charge can be proven.<\/p>\n

Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n

\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Telesurtv – U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s unconventional firing of FBI Director James Comey on Tuesday has sparked growing calls from civil groups for an impeachment investigation. \u201cOn Tuesday night, Trump gave another powerful reason for his impeachment,\u201d Democracy for America said in a petition. It calls on the Congress to investigate and impeach Trump immediately….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2312,"featured_media":11573,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[125,124,76,123,107,127,126,106,105,77],"class_list":["post-10836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-impeachment-news","tag-calltoaction","tag-dumptrump","tag-impeach","tag-impeachtrump","tag-muslimban","tag-nofascistusa","tag-potus","tag-resist","tag-theresistance","tag-trump"],"yoast_head":"\nCalls for Trump\u2019s Impeachment Surge After Comey\u2019s Firing • Impeach for Peace<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Calls for Trump\u2019s Impeachment Surge After Comey\u2019s Firing\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2017\/05\/calls-for-trumps-impeachment-surge-after-comeys-firing\/\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/calls-for-trumps-impeachment-surge-after-comeys-firing\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/calls-for-trumps-impeachment-surge-after-comeys-firing\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Boxes Rocks\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/149ba95c6f2defa16d41ab16c8b52734\"},\"headline\":\"Calls for Trump\u2019s Impeachment Surge After Comey\u2019s Firing\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-05-14T01:17:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-05-28T23:48:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/calls-for-trumps-impeachment-surge-after-comeys-firing\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":406,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/calls-for-trumps-impeachment-surge-after-comeys-firing\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/impeach7.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"CalltoAction\",\"dumpTrump\",\"Impeach\",\"ImpeachTrump\",\"MuslimBan\",\"NoFascistUSA\",\"POTUS\",\"resist\",\"theResistance\",\"Trump\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Impeachment News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/calls-for-trumps-impeachment-surge-after-comeys-firing\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/calls-for-trumps-impeachment-surge-after-comeys-firing\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/calls-for-trumps-impeachment-surge-after-comeys-firing\\\/\",\"name\":\"Calls for Trump\u2019s Impeachment Surge After Comey\u2019s Firing • Impeach for Peace\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/calls-for-trumps-impeachment-surge-after-comeys-firing\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/calls-for-trumps-impeachment-surge-after-comeys-firing\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/impeach7.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-05-14T01:17:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-05-28T23:48:56+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/149ba95c6f2defa16d41ab16c8b52734\"},\"description\":\"Calls for Trump\u2019s Impeachment Surge After Comey\u2019s Firing\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/calls-for-trumps-impeachment-surge-after-comeys-firing\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/calls-for-trumps-impeachment-surge-after-comeys-firing\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/impeach7.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/impeach7.jpg\",\"width\":620,\"height\":350,\"caption\":\"impeach trump protest sign\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Impeach for Peace\",\"description\":\"Citizen Impeachment Tool\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/149ba95c6f2defa16d41ab16c8b52734\",\"name\":\"Boxes Rocks\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/impeachforpeace.org\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/ifp2\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Calls for Trump\u2019s Impeachment Surge After Comey\u2019s Firing • Impeach for Peace","description":"Calls for Trump\u2019s Impeachment Surge After Comey\u2019s Firing","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2017\/05\/calls-for-trumps-impeachment-surge-after-comeys-firing\/","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2017\/05\/calls-for-trumps-impeachment-surge-after-comeys-firing\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2017\/05\/calls-for-trumps-impeachment-surge-after-comeys-firing\/"},"author":{"name":"Boxes Rocks","@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/149ba95c6f2defa16d41ab16c8b52734"},"headline":"Calls for Trump\u2019s Impeachment Surge After Comey\u2019s Firing","datePublished":"2017-05-14T01:17:26+00:00","dateModified":"2017-05-28T23:48:56+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2017\/05\/calls-for-trumps-impeachment-surge-after-comeys-firing\/"},"wordCount":406,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2017\/05\/calls-for-trumps-impeachment-surge-after-comeys-firing\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/impeach7.jpg","keywords":["CalltoAction","dumpTrump","Impeach","ImpeachTrump","MuslimBan","NoFascistUSA","POTUS","resist","theResistance","Trump"],"articleSection":["Impeachment News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2017\/05\/calls-for-trumps-impeachment-surge-after-comeys-firing\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2017\/05\/calls-for-trumps-impeachment-surge-after-comeys-firing\/","url":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2017\/05\/calls-for-trumps-impeachment-surge-after-comeys-firing\/","name":"Calls for Trump\u2019s Impeachment Surge After Comey\u2019s Firing • Impeach for Peace","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2017\/05\/calls-for-trumps-impeachment-surge-after-comeys-firing\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2017\/05\/calls-for-trumps-impeachment-surge-after-comeys-firing\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/impeach7.jpg","datePublished":"2017-05-14T01:17:26+00:00","dateModified":"2017-05-28T23:48:56+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/149ba95c6f2defa16d41ab16c8b52734"},"description":"Calls for Trump\u2019s Impeachment Surge After Comey\u2019s Firing","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2017\/05\/calls-for-trumps-impeachment-surge-after-comeys-firing\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2017\/05\/calls-for-trumps-impeachment-surge-after-comeys-firing\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/impeach7.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/impeach7.jpg","width":620,"height":350,"caption":"impeach trump protest sign"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/","name":"Impeach for Peace","description":"Citizen Impeachment Tool","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/149ba95c6f2defa16d41ab16c8b52734","name":"Boxes Rocks","url":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/author\/ifp2\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2312"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}