Today at noon, Supervisor Sandra Lee Fewer will hold a press conference and rally on the steps of City Hall before she introduces a resolution that calls on Congress to impeach the 45th president of the United States.
Fewer, who represents the 1st District, will be joined by District 9 Supervisor Hillary Ronen, billionaire Tom Steyer of NextGen America, who recently launched a $10 million media campaign calling for Donald J. Trump’s impeachment, and members of Indivisible, a national action group that promotes local efforts to resist the White House’s agenda.
The event will also include speakers from civil rights groups and immigrant advocacy organizations.
According to a statement released by her office, Fewer’s resolution will allege that the president obstructed justice by firing former FBI Director James Comey, colluded with Russian interests to influence the 2016 election, and is in violation of the Constitution’s emoluments clause, which prevents officials from accepting money from foreign states.
Trump threatens our Constitution, our freedoms, and our lives. It’s time to begin impeachment proceedings. Join us. https://t.co/L5Azj0p6oA pic.twitter.com/rqQkt2aMn8
— Tom Steyer (@TomSteyer) October 20, 2017
Although Fewer, Steyer and other attendees believe the president has met the standard for impeachment, Rep. Nancy Pelosi, who represents San Francisco in Congress, takes a different view.
"I think an intervention is really needed here," she told talk show host Chelsea Handler in an appearance a few days ago.
Instead of seeking impeachment proceedings, Pelosi has advised Democrats to wait for special counsel Robert Mueller to complete a wide-ranging investigation into the Trump campaign and any connections it may have had to Russian interests.
"I think he's going to self-impeach,” she reportedly predicted in a closed-door meeting in June.
Resolutions adopted by the Board of Supervisors are policy statements and are not legally binding.
Unlike an ordinance, which carries the weight of law and has a more complicated approval process, a resolution “may only be adopted by unanimous vote of all Supervisors present on the day of their introduction,” according to Board rules.
