--- title: Impeach Donald Trump Petition Grows to 650,000 Signatures description: The online campaign demanding Congress to investigate grounds for President Donald Trump's impeachment grew to more than 650,000 signatures canonical: https://time.com/4662800/campaign-impeach-president-donald-trump/ author: Aric Jenkins article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-07T17:54:31.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:54:39.567Z article:section: Politics og:title: More Than 650,000 People Have Joined a Campaign to Impeach President Trump og:description: The organizers continue to advocate for the President's removal from office og:url: https://time.com/4662800/campaign-impeach-president-donald-trump/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt394360f9098d7f84/6988b923656a3f5adfbceaf3/634137202.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1956 og:image:height: 1100 og:image:alt: President Trump Holds Listening Session With County Sheriffs og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: More Than 650,000 People Have Joined a Campaign to Impeach President Trump twitter:description: The organizers continue to advocate for the President's removal from office twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt394360f9098d7f84/6988b923656a3f5adfbceaf3/634137202.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # More Than 650,000 People Have Joined a Campaign to Impeach President Trump > Sponsored content. 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Travelers from the seven predominantly Muslim countries targeted by President Donald Trump enjoyed tearful reunions with loved ones in the U.S. on Sunday after a federal judge swept the ban aside._ by [Aric Jenkins](https://time.com/author/aric-jenkins/) ## Aric Jenkins Feb 7, 2017 5:54 PM UTC  President Donald Trump listens during a listening session in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, on Feb. 7, 2017. President Donald Trump listens during a listening session in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, on Feb. 7, 2017. Andrew Harrer—Getty Images by [Aric Jenkins](https://time.com/author/aric-jenkins/) ## Aric Jenkins Feb 7, 2017 5:54 PM UTC A [campaign to impeach President Donald Trump](http://time.com/4641233/donald-trump-inauguration-impeach/) now has more than 650,000 signatures. The [online petition](https://impeachdonaldtrumpnow.org/), which is spearheaded by two nonprofit advocacy groups, Free Speech for People and RootsAction, was created the day of President Trump’s inauguration, Jan. 20\. The campaign said that as of noon on Feb. 7, its petition had 655,363 signatures. President Trump has issued a number of [controversial executive orders](http://time.com/4648516/donald-trump-immigration-executive-orders/), including an immigration ban against people from seven Muslim-majority countries that was [temporarily blocked](http://time.com/4660929/trump-immigration-order-ban-court/) by a federal judge on Feb. 3. President Trump’s approval rating is at a [historic low](http://time.com/4660227/donald-trump-low-approval-ratings/), but the commander-in-chief can’t be impeached merely because he is disliked. Congress would have to find him guilty of treason, bribery, or “other high crimes and misdemeanors.” Recognizing those prerequisites, the impeachment campaign’s main argument centers on Trump’s “unprecedented conflicts of interest.” The organizers are asking supporters to sign the petition in order to convince Congress to investigate grounds for the President’s impeachment. 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