Press Releases Archive

NEW! Highlights Of Evidence Revealed In Jan. 6 Hearings Released Today On Just Security

Criminal Evidence Tracker Details Key Witness Testimony Received To Date By Jan. 6 Committee A new Criminal Evidence Tracker: Highlights, published on Just Security, offers highlights of key evidence and testimony presented in the first seven hearings of the House Jan. 6th Committee. The Tracker: Highlights is drawn from the Criminal Evidence Tracker published by Just Security after each of the Committee’s first seven hearings.The Tracker was […]

NEW! Jan. 6th Hearing Scheduled For Thursday, July 21. When/Where To Watch, Plus Background And Resources

  “This is deadly serious. This is American democracy. This story deserves more attention. It’s a primetime story, but it’s not a one-and-done special movie. This is real life. This is democracy under the microscope.” – Robert Costa, Investigative Reporter, CBS News NEXT HEARING: Thursday, July 21, at 8 p.m. Eastern The hearing is expected to focus […]

Statement Of D21 President Fred Wertheimer On Collins/Manchin ECA Reform Proposal Released Today

A bipartisan group of Senators, led by Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Joe Manchin (D-WV), released their proposal today to reform seriously flawed 19th-century laws that govern presidential elections. The laws include the Presidential Election Day Act of 1845 and the Electoral Count Act of 1887 (ECA), into which the 1845 Act was incorporated. Democracy 21 is […]

UPDATED! “Criminal Evidence Tracker, 7th Edition” – Includes New Evidence From Jan. 6th Hearings

UPDATED “Criminal Tracker, 7th Edition” Compiles Evidence Of Possible Criminal Activities By Trump In His Coup Attempt To Overturn 2020 Election; Includes New Evidence Learned In Jan. 6th Hearings The Tracker, prepared by former Amb. Norman Eisen, CREW, And Democracy 21, Has Been Updated With New Evidence Revealed In The Jan. 6 Committee Hearings A […]

Wertheimer/Eisen Op-Ed On CNN: The Next Jan. 6 Committee Hearing Will Be Another Blockbuster

The House Jan. 6th Committee hearings have told a “gripping story” of Trump’s attempted coup and exceeded expectations, Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer and former Amb. Norman Eisen write in an op-ed published today on CNN.  The Committee’s task for its next hearing, currently scheduled for Thursday, July 21, Wertheimer and Eisen write, “is to […]

NEW! Jan. 6th Hearing Scheduled For Tuesday, July 12. When/Where To Watch.

  “This is deadly serious. This is American democracy. This story deserves more attention. It’s a primetime story, but it’s not a one-and-done special movie. This is real life. This is democracy under the microscope.” – Robert Costa, Investigative Reporter, CBS News NEXT HEARING: Tuesday, July 12, at 1 p.m. Eastern CBS News reports that witnesses […]

LISTEN: Fred Wertheimer on Planet Money — From Watergate’s “Suitcases Filled With Cash” To Today’s Billions In Secret Campaign Money

NPR’s Planet Money: Suitcases, Secret Lists, and Citizens United Listen Now   “If money is buying influence and results over government policies, then most Americans are shut out, because the campaign finance system is dominated by people who are putting up very large sums of money.”  – D21 President Fred Wertheimer There’s a corner of […]

UPDATED! “Criminal Evidence Tracker, 6th Edition” — Includes Evidence Learned In Cassidy Hutchinson’s Bombshell Testimony

UPDATED “Criminal Tracker, 6th Edition” Compiles Evidence Of Possible Criminal Activities By Trump In His Coup Attempt To Overturn 2020 Election; Includes New Evidence Learned In Cassidy Hutchinson’s Testimony On June 28 The Tracker, prepared by former Amb. Norman Eisen, CREW, And Democracy 21, Has Been Updated With New Evidence Revealed In The Jan. 6 […]

D21 Statement On CNN Report That Accounts Of Trump Angrily Demanding To Go To Capitol On Jan. 6 Have Circulated In Secret Service Over Past Year

CNN: Accounts Of Trump Angrily Demanding To Go To Capitol On Jan. 6 Circulated In Secret Service Over Past Year Statement Of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer Cassidy Hutchinson was a poised and credible witness in providing powerful and compelling testimony this week before the House Jan. 6th Committee about the misconduct of former President […]

NEW! Jan 6th Hearing Scheduled For Tuesday, 6/28 – When/Where To Watch

  “This is deadly serious. This is American democracy. This story deserves more attention. It’s a primetime story, but it’s not a one-and-done special movie. This is real life. This is democracy under the microscope.” – Robert Costa, Investigative Reporter, CBS News NEXT HEARING: Tuesday, June 28 at 1 p.m. Eastern ABC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, NBC, […]