--- description: Groups trying to boot President Donald Trump from office have launched an online campaign to get the newest commander-in-chief impeached. title: There’s Already a Campaign to Impeach President Donald Trump image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt60322db9cfefbd12/6988b665428a9e51b4cd58d4/donald-trump-impeach.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Donald Trump](/tag/donald-trump/) ## Donald Trump Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # There’s Already a Campaign to Impeach President Donald Trump  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 20, 2017 6:19 PM CUT  U.S. President Donald Trump acknowledges the audience after taking the oath of office as his wife Melania (L) and daughter Tiffany watch during inauguration ceremonies swearing in Trump as the 45th president of the United States on the West front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. January 20, 2017. U.S. President Donald Trump acknowledges the audience after taking the oath of office as his wife Melania (L) and daughter Tiffany watch during inauguration ceremonies swearing in Trump as the 45th president of the United States on the West front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. January 20, 2017.(Photo by Jim Bourg - Pool/Getty Images)  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 20, 2017 6:19 PM CUT Two civil rights groups trying to boot [President Donald Trump](http://time.com/4640703/donald-trump-inauguration-day-2017/?xid=homepage "undefined") from the nation’s highest office have launched an online campaign to get the brand new commander-in-chief impeached. Their website, [www.impeachdonaldtrumpnow.org](http://www.impeachdonaldtrumpnow.org/ "undefined"), went live on Friday just as Trump was officially sworn in. It is run by two groups, Free Speech for People and RootsAction, which believe Trump’s possible conflicts of interest are grounds for his ouster, the [Washington _Post_](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/01/20/the-campaign-to-impeach-president-trump-has-begun/?postshare=2711484932964031&tid=ss%5Ftw&utm%5Fterm=.f195c56b00d2 "undefined") reports. “The nation is now witnessing a massive corruption of the presidency, far worse than Watergate,” the campaign’s website says. “From the moment he assumed the office, President Donald Trump has been in direct violation of the U.S. Constitution. The President is not above the law. We will not allow President Trump to profit from the presidency at the expense of our democracy.” The organizers are asking for supporters to sign their petition as they ask Congress to pass a resolution calling on officials to investigate whether there is enough evidence to impeach Trump. The U.S. Constitution states that the President and all “civil officers” should be impeached for “treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.” However, [government historians say](http://history.house.gov/Institution/Origins-Development/Impeachment/ "undefined") while the House has initiated impeachment proceedings more than 60 times, less than a third resulted in impeachments. Earlier Friday, the American Civil Liberties Union said it has [taken legal action](http://time.com/4640947/aclu-donald-trump-inauguration-plan/ "undefined") to obtain government documents that may show Trump’s potential conflicts of interest. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4641233/donald-trump-inauguration-impeach/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4641233/donald-trump-inauguration-impeach/"},"headline":"There’s Already a Campaign to Impeach President Donald Trump","datePublished":"2017-01-20T18:19:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T10:38:23.899Z","description":"The online petition went live as Trump was inaugurated","url":"https://time.com/4641233/donald-trump-inauguration-impeach/","keywords":["Donald Trump","White House","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt60322db9cfefbd12/6988b665428a9e51b4cd58d4/donald-trump-impeach.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt60322db9cfefbd12/6988b665428a9e51b4cd58d4/donald-trump-impeach.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"donald-trump-impeach","caption":"U.S. President Donald Trump acknowledges the audience after taking the oath of office as his wife Melania (L) and daughter Tiffany watch during inauguration ceremonies swearing in Trump as the 45th president of the United States on the West front of the","creditText":"(Photo by Jim Bourg - Pool/Getty Images)","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4641233/donald-trump-inauguration-impeach/","name":"There’s Already a Campaign to Impeach President Donald Trump"}}]}] ```