Billionaire philanthropist Tom Steyer is expanding his campaign to impeach President Trump Donald John TrumpUS reimposes UN sanctions on Iran amid increasing tensions Jeff Flake: Republicans 'should hold the same position' on SCOTUS vacancy as 2016 Trump supporters chant 'Fill that seat' at North Carolina rally MORE.

The liberal former hedge fund manager will deploy paid staffers to two districts represented by House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal Richard Edmund NealRep. Cedric Richmond set to join House Ways and Means Committee Coons beats back progressive Senate primary challenger in Delaware Pelosi: House will stay in session until agreement is reached on coronavirus relief MORE (D-Mass.) and Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) as early as next week, according to a person familiar with the plans.

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In all, Steyer’s Need to Impeach campaign is targeting five districts represented by key House committee chairpeople, including Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff Adam Bennett SchiffTop Democrats call for DOJ watchdog to probe Barr over possible 2020 election influence Overnight Defense: Top admiral says 'no condition' where US should conduct nuclear test 'at this time' | Intelligence chief says Congress will get some in-person election security briefings Overnight Defense: House to vote on military justice bill spurred by Vanessa Guillén death | Biden courts veterans after Trump's military controversies MORE (D-Calif.), Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings Elijah Eugene CummingsBlack GOP candidate accuses Behar of wearing black face in heated interview Overnight Health Care: US won't join global coronavirus vaccine initiative | Federal panel lays out initial priorities for COVID-19 vaccine distribution | NIH panel: 'Insufficient data' to show treatment touted by Trump works House Oversight Democrats to subpoena AbbVie in drug pricing probe MORE (D-Md.) and Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters Maxine Moore WatersPelosi: House will stay in session until agreement is reached on coronavirus relief Omar invokes father's death from coronavirus in reaction to Woodward book Business groups increasingly worried about death of filibuster MORE (D-Calif.).

The plan, deemed “Operation Accountability,” is part of a $40 million investment in the impeachment effort Steyer announced earlier this month. Steyer is expected to roll out the effort on Tuesday during a news conference in Washington.

In addition to the staffing moves, Need to Impeach is also slated to release a slew of digital ads in each district urging people to sign onto the group’s petition calling for Trump’s removal from office and putting pressure on lawmakers to take up impeachment proceedings.

Steyer, a wealthy former hedge fund manager turned activist, launched Need to Impeach last year, alleging that Trump’s conduct warranted his removal from office. The group’s petition has so far garnered more than 7 million signatures.

Steyer was once considered a possible contender for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020. He announced earlier this month that he would not launch a campaign for the White House and would instead redouble his efforts to impeach Trump.

"I said all last year that I was going to try and do whatever I consider the most differentially positive thing I could do. I think Mr. Trump is the biggest threat to our country in a generation," Steyer said in an interview with The Hill last week.

"I really just want to do the right thing," he added. "I want to finish the job."

But those efforts have so far floundered in Washington, where congressional leaders have been loath to raise the prospect of impeachment out of concerns that doing so could isolate more moderate voters and energize Trump’s conservative base.

Kevin Mack, the lead strategist for Need to Impeach, said that with Democrats now in control of the House, Need to Impeach and its backers have more room to lobby Democratic lawmakers directly.

“We’ve been asking them to step up and do the right thing for a year,” Mack said. “Now, they have the Speaker’s gavel, they have the majority to do it.”

Steyer’s planned announcement on Tuesday comes days after Roger Stone Roger Jason StoneOur Constitution is under attack by Attorney General William Barr Justice IG investigating Stone sentencing: report Romney says Trump's protest tweets 'clearly intended to further inflame racial tensions' MORE, an informal adviser to Trump, was arrested at his home in Florida and charged with obstruction of justice, making false statements and witness tampering in special counsel Robert Mueller Robert (Bob) MuellerCNN's Toobin warns McCabe is in 'perilous condition' with emboldened Trump CNN anchor rips Trump over Stone while evoking Clinton-Lynch tarmac meeting The Hill's 12:30 Report: New Hampshire fallout MORE’s probe into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.

Stone is set to appear in court on Tuesday in Washington for his arraignment. He is expected to plead not guilty.