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Leverett Town Meeting Saturday supported a resolution calling for impeachment proceedings of Donald J. Trump.

LEVERETT -- Town Meeting here Saturday supported a petition calling for the impeachment of President Donald J. Trump as the Franklin County town became the sixth community in the country to do so, said Amherst lawyer John Bonifaz, who introduced the petition.

Pelham Town Meeting will consider the petition Saturday, and Amherst Town Meeting will consider it at a yet undetermined date. Amherst Town Meeting began last week and continues this month.

The petition cites Trump for allegedly violating the Constitution's emoluments clause, which bars members of government from receiving gifts or money from foreign states. According to the citizen petition, these violations undermine "the integrity of the presidency, corruptly advance the personal wealth of the president and violate the public trust."

Bonifaz is a co-founder of the advocacy group Free Speech For People. Apart from the Town Meeting initiatives, his organization is collecting signatures nationwide to advance impeachment efforts. As of Monday afternoon, 937,243 people have signed an online petition.

The Cambridge City Council voted recently to ask Congress to begin impeachment proceeding as well.

Brookline will also take up a citizen petition at its Town Meeting later this month.

"I think it's fantastic that Leverett is the sixth community in the country to call for his impeachment," Bonifaz said.

He hopes that town officials here will call on U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Worcester, to introduce a bill for impeachment. He believes McGovern might be one congressman willing to do so. Bonifaz said that's what it will take for the campaign to move forward.

He said he's looking for "grassroots (movement) to build public pressure."

Bonifaz said he believes the president continues to "willfully violate the constitution ... we have to move and move with urgency."