Op-Eds Archive
Enclosed for your information is an opinion piece by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer entitled “Paul Ryan will soon face a ‘sense of decency’ moment,” which was published by CNN on August 24, 2018. Read the full piece below or here. Paul Ryan will soon face a “sense of decency” moment Fred Wertheimer | August […]
Enclosed for your information is an op-ed entitled “GOP Reps.’ Attack On Rosenstein Is An Attempt To Undermine Mueller Investigation,” by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer and former White House chief ethics counsel Norman Eisen which was published on CNN on July 28, 2018. Read the full piece below or on CNN’s Opinion page here. GOP […]
Enclosed for your information is an op-ed entitled “In bid to impeach Rod Rosenstein, House Republicans are abusing power to protect Trump” by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer and former White House chief ethics counsel Norman Eisen which was published here in USA Today on July 19, 2018. According to the piece: Key House Republicans […]
Enclosed for your information is an op-ed entitled “House needs to probe what Jim Jordan knew about alleged sexual abuse,” by Norman Eisen, former chief White House ethics counsel to President Obama, and Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer. The piece was published here in CNN Opinion on July 12, 2018. House needs to probe what […]
Enclosed for your information is an op-ed entitled, “Our campaign finance laws can’t be solved by a constitutional convention,” by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer. This piece was published in The Hill on July 4, 2018. According to the piece: As someone who has advocated to strengthen campaign finance laws for more than 45 years, […]
Will Congress Stand Up to Trump on ZTE? Norman L. Eisen, Eliot A. Cohen and Fred Wertheimer | June 13, 2018 | The New York Times Instead of hosannas greeting President Trump upon his return from Asia, a clash with Congress awaits him: Senators of both parties have just agreed to add language to the annual defense spending bill that […]
Trump has given us the ultimate Chinese import: American princelings Fred Wertheimer and Norman Eisen | May 25, 2018 | Yahoo News In China, princelings are privileged relatives of high-level government officials. Princelings benefit from nepotism and cronyism, using their family ties to conduct business and accumulate wealth. They also serve as conduits for currying […]
Enclosed for your information is an op-ed entitled “Robert Mueller’s Trump-Russia investigation is a year old. Too soon to ‘wrap it up.’” by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer and Public Citizen Vice President of Legislative Affairs Lisa Gilbert. The piece was published here in USA Today on May 17, 2018. ——- Robert Mueller’s Trump-Russia investigation […]
Enclosed for your information is an op-ed entitled “Rosenstein impeachment articles are gross abuse meant to sabotage Mueller Russia probe” by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer and Norman Eisen, former chief White House ethics counsel to President Obama. The piece was published here in USA Today on May 2, 2018. ——- Rosenstein impeachment articles are […]
Enclosed for your information is an op-ed entitled, “Firing Rosenstein would cross a red line for the rule of law” by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer and Norm Eisen, former chief White House ethics counsel to President Obama. The piece was published here in CNN Opinion on April 11, 2018, adapted from an earlier piece […]
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