Publicado en gobierno

Watch this GOP Senator tell Trump «He Has No Right to Influence an Investigation»

The White House arranged a meeting tomorrow where ‘highly classified and other information’ on the Russia probe will be shared with members of Congress. Yesterday, the White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced that the participants will include House Intel Chair Devin Nunes, House Oversight Chair Trey Gowdy, FBI Director Christopher Wray, DNI Director Dan Coats, and DOJ’s Ed O’Callaghan. Guess what? NO DEMOCRATS are explicitly invited to this highly irregular and inappropriate meeting. Senator Minority Leader Chuck Schumer released a statement: «This meeting must be bipartisan in order to serve as a check on the disturbing tendency of the president’s allies to distort facts and undermine the investigation and the people conducting it.” We agree. We can’t let Trump and his team get away with this blatant abuse of power. Here’s what you can do to help hold Trump and his Administration Accountable: 🤝📈Help grow thisa resistance online. Make sure you’ve added your name to this growing petition to the Senate to step in and allow a vote on bipartisan legislation that would protect Mueller and his investigation. And then be sure to invite your friends to join the chorus. 👩‍💻✊Start a team to hold Trump accountable. We just introduced a new feature on Brigade that helps you organize with your friends on issues like ending police violence. If you’d like to talk more about taking your online advocacy to the next level, fill out this form and our dedicated organizing team will reach out ASAP to talk about ways to mobilize your communities in this fight.

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Publicado en gobierno

Pass legislation to protect Robert Mueller’s investigation

To Members of the U.S. Senate: The American people deserve to know the truth about any interference by the Russian government in the 2016 election, any links with President Trump or his campaign, and any efforts to obstruct justice. Please co-sponsor (S.1735 & S.1741), the bipartisan legislation that would help prevent President Trump from firing Special Counsel Robert Mueller or interfering with his investigation. The need to speak up to protect this investigation just got even more urgent: President Donald Trump gave the order to fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller back in June. His own top lawyer threatened to quit if he did, so Trump backed down. Trump will no doubt be furious that this news was leaked — especially as the investigation catches up to him. Mueller’s job is to make sure that no one involved in whatever wrongdoing may have occurred – including the President or his family – is above the law. If we let Trump derail his investigation, it would be a detriment to our democracy and the rule of law. Where we’re at now: Fortunately, some Republicans and Democrats have come together to introduce legislation that would make it much more difficult for President Trump to fire Special Counsel Mueller, and preserve the independence of future Special Counsels. This is a hopeful sign of bipartisan agreement on a matter of fundamental importance to the rule of law. That’s why it’s time for every Senator to put country before party and pass legislation to protect Robert Mueller’s investigation.

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Publicado en Educación

Protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller Now!

There has been speculation that President Trump might try to fire special counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating the President’s ties to the Kremlin. By firing Mueller, Trump would trigger a full-fledged Constitutional crisis by asserting that he is above the law. Congress has the constitutional authority and obligation to hold Trump accountable for this abuse of power. To protect Mueller from being fired without cause, two bipartisan bills have been introduced in the Senate—one by Senate Judiciary Committee members Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Chris Coons (D-DE) and another by Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Cory Booker (D-NJ). Both proposals seek to check the executive branch’s ability to fire a special counsel by putting the question to a three-judge panel from the federal courts. It is critical we ask our Senators to support one of these bills to prevent Trump from abusing his executive power. Join the campaign to hold Trump accountable and protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller now!

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