Op-Eds Archive
Enclosed for your information is an op-ed entitled, “Did Trump campaign and John Bolton PAC get help from overseas?” 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 March 26, 2018. Read the full piece here or […]
Will new Facebook scandal finally force tech CEOs to testify on ‘information warfare’? Roger McNamee, Norman Eisen and Fred Wertheimer | March 19, 2018 | First published in USA Today These CEOS and their companies are contributing to a national crisis. We need to find out what they know and how they’re going to make […]
Six ways Trump can help stop Russian meddling CNN OPINION | Fred Wertheimer and Norman Eisen | March 14, 2018 The controversial draft report from the Republican majority on the House Intelligence Committee, revealed this week, purports to conclude that Russia did not undertake active measures to help President Donald Trump in the 2016 election. […]
The below piece is titled “Ethics Experts: The Problem With Jared Kushner In The White House,” by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer, Norman Eisen, former chief White House ethics counsel to President Obama, and Virginia Canter, executive branch ethics counsel for CREW. The piece was published here in CNN Opinion on March 7, 2018. ————- […]
Enclosed for your information is an opinion piece entitled, “What Facebook, Google and Twitter Owe America,” by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer and Norman Eisen, former chief ethics counsel to President Obama. The piece was published in Politico on February 28, 2018. Find the full piece here or below. What Facebook, Google and Twitter Owe […]
This piece was first published here in The Hill on February 14, 2018. ————————- Chairman Nunes, answer the question Fred Wertheimer | 02/14/18 In recent weeks House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes has been asked a simple question by a member of the Intelligence Committee and by the media: Did members of his staff work […]
Enclosed for your information is an opinion piece entitled “Trump, Ryan and McConnell, stop ignoring your oaths,” by Fred Wertheimer, Democracy 21 President, and Norman Eisen, President Obama’s “Ethics Czar” from 2009-2011. This piece was published on CNN Opinion on February 22, 2018. According to the piece: It’s long past time for Trump, Ryan and […]
The op-ed piece below, “For Donald Trump, A Historic First Year For All the Wrong Reasons” by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer and Common Cause President Karen Hobert Flynn was originally published in The Daily Beast here on January 29, 2018. Read the full report, “The Art of the Lie,” here. ————————— For Donald Trump, […]
Democracy 21 applauds DC Circuit Court of Appeals decision to uphold constitutionality of campaign contribution limits Democracy 21 is pleased by today’s unanimous decision by the en banc D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in Holmes v. FEC to uphold the constitutionality of the per-election limits on contribution to candidates in federal elections. Currently, federal law […]
The op-ed below was published in RealClearPolicy here on Wednesday, November 15, 2017. A 10-Point Plan to Drain the Swamp by Fred Wertheimer and Norman Eisen Those who oppose Donald Trump — of whatever party or ideology — celebrated the recent elections in Virginia, New Jersey, and across the country. But this will not […]
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