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Trump & Nepotism

Trump hiring his son-in-law Jared Kushner to be White House advisor will not violate federal anti-nepotism laws, the Justice Department concluded Friday, the day Trump took office. Nepotism laws are there to keep those with power from abusing it. But somehow it doesn’t apply to the most powerful office in the world? Apparently, “when the president does it, that means that it is NOT illegal.” -Nixon 1977 […]

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Formal Trump Impeachment Petition Announcement

IfP announces the release of the Trump Formal Impeachment Petition. This method for impeaching a President uses a rarely used part of the Rules of the House of Representatives (“Jefferson’s Manual”). This document empowers individual citizens to initiate the impeachment process themselves. Our previous versions of this document were merely PDFs that people could download and send in themselves. This left us without the ability to track our progress toward impeaching any particular individual. Upon the inauguration of President Donald Trump, we have released a new version of the document that can be filled out online, and will allow us to track the progress nationwide, and state-by-state, as individuals fill out the petition. […]