A petition urging that Congress begin impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump be impeached has attracted more than 250,000 signatures, according to the nonprofit that initiated it. Newsweek has contacted the White House and Free Speech for People, the campaign group that set up the petition, for comment via email.
During his first term in office, President Trump was impeached twice, once over claims he abused his power to pressure the Ukrainian government to investigate his domestic political opponents and the other following the January 6,
York County Judge Steven Stambaugh has been accused by the feds of defrauding unemployment insurance during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Democrats say the calls to remove judges who block Trump administration initiatives amount to intimidation. Some senior Republicans are also skeptical of the effort.
Former US District Judge Paul Grimm says impeachment threats against current judges don’t stand up when compared to the historical use of the impeachment power in the judiciary.