Fred’s Weekly Note Archive

Firing Deputy AG Rosenstein Constitutes The Crossing Of A Red Line

FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | APRIL 12, 2018 “For all practical purposes, the firing of Rosenstein would have the same result as firing Mueller, and constitutes the crossing of a red line.” President Trump is off on another Twitter tear this week attacking Special Counsel Robert Mueller and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, with a […]

Mueller’s Case Against Trump & The Current Direction Of The Russia Investigation

FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | APRIL 5, 2018 “Mueller is going to make whatever case may exist against Trump for obstruction of justice, and for any other wrongful conduct by Trump, in his Special Counsel reports.” A Washington Post article this week broke the news that President Trump’s attorneys were told last month that Trump […]

D21/CREW Complaint Raises Serious Questions About Violations By Bolton Super PAC & Trump Campaign Committee

FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | MARCH 30, 2018 “Very serious questions must be investigated about whether the John Bolton Super PAC and the Trump presidential campaign committee violated criminal law.” Democracy 21 and CREW sent a complaint yesterday to the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section requesting an investigation of whether Cambridge Analytica, its CEO, Alexander […]

Omnibus Bill: Dangerous Campaign Finance Riders Were Defeated

FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | MARCH 22, 2018 “We were successful in keeping out any new campaign finance riders from the final bill.” One of the many fights that took place in reaching a final $1.3 trillion Omnibus Appropriations bill this week was a concerted effort by the reform community to keep damaging campaign finance […]

Why Would Anyone Trust Trump Or Treat Anything He Says As Credible?

FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | MARCH 15, 2018 “Why in the world would any world leader trust Trump or treat anything Trump says as credible?” President Trump had made 2,436 false or misleading claims in office as of March 2, according to The Fact Checker at The Washington Post. Last night, however, Trump did something […]

The Balanced Budget Amendment Is A Sham

FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | MARCH 8, 2018 “If Members who supported the tax bill were really interested in balancing the budget, they never would have voted to unbalance the budget by $1.5 trillion.” The national news these days is dominated by Trump stories – the Russia Probe, Trump and his Administration’s ethics abuses, stories […]

It Is Time For Jared Kushner To Go

FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | MARCH 1, 2018 “With extensive business holdings that he refused to divest, and with his obvious nepotism problems, Jared Kushner never should have been given a senior White House position in the first place.” It is time for White House advisor Jared Kushner to go. On April 26, 2017, Democracy […]

Mueller Indictment Opens The Door To A Government Response On Russian Election Meddling

FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | FEBRUARY 22, 2018 “By spelling out in stunning detail how the Russians carried out their attacks on our elections, the Mueller indictment has opened the door to our government responding.” The indictment brought last week by Special Counsel Robert Mueller against Russian individuals and entities for intervening in the 2016 […]

It’s A Disgrace That Trump & GOP Congress Have Not Acted To Prevent Future Russian Election Meddling

FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | FEBRUARY 15, 2018 “It is a national disgrace that Trump and the Republican leadership in Congress have taken no action to prevent Russia from sabotaging U.S. elections.” The heads of the nation’s intelligence agencies agreed in Senate testimony this week that “Russia is continuing efforts to disrupt the U.S. political system and […]

Speaker Ryan’s Failure To Help Protect Our Elections Is Indefensible And Inexcusable

FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | FEBRUARY 8, 2018 “Speaker Ryan, your failure to move any legislation towards passage and thus your failure to help protect the integrity and security of our elections is indefensible and inexcusable.” Yesterday, NBC News reported that the U.S official responsible for protecting our elections from hacking confirmed that the Russians “successfully penetrated the […]