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Former Federal & GA Prosecutors File Brief Opposing Trump Motion To Quash GA Special Purpose Grand Jury Report, Suppress Evidence, & Recuse DA & Judge

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y “Former President Donald J. Trump seeks what in Amici’s experience is extraordinary and unwarranted relief from this Court.” A bipartisan group of eight former federal and Georgia state prosecutors filed an amicus brief in the Superior Court of Fulton County Georgia on May 19 opposing former President Donald Trump’s motion to quash the Special Purpose Grand […]

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The Debt Ceiling Limit & Other Obsolete Congressional Rules That Need To Change

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Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | May 18, 2023 Many congressional rules are relics of the past that need to be changed to bring Congress into the 21st century. The obvious rule that’s front and center right now is the debt ceiling limit. The Debt Ceiling Limit Why do we even have a debt ceiling limit? […]

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Joscelyn, Eisen, & Wertheimer On Just Security: How Trump’s CNN Town Hall Remarks Put Him In Greater Legal Peril For The Jan. 6 Investigations

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During CNN’s town hall on Wednesday, former President Donald Trump made multiple incriminating remarks about his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, Tom Joscelyn, Amb. Norman Eisen (ret.), and Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer write today on Just Security. “Trump’s responses will further hurt his case should Special Counsel Jack Smith charge the former President in […]

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Eisen, Stanton, & Wertheimer Op-Ed On CNN: The Incompetence Of George Santos’s Alleged Crimes

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Representative George Santos (R-NY) was indicted on Wednesday on 13 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, theft of public funds, and making false statements to Congress. Santos “has lied repeatedly about matters large and small. While fabrications about his religion, education, and college sports career may not be legally actionable, making false statements on government filings are, as is obtaining money […]

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George Santos Is The Poster Child For The Trump Era

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Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | May 11, 2023 On Wednesday, Rep. George Santos (R-NY) was arrested and charged with 13 federal crimes – seven counts of wire fraud, three counts of money laundering, one count of theft of public funds, and two counts of making false statements to Congress. With so much in the news this week […]

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Elections And Democracy Under Siege

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Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | May 4, 2023 Former President Donald Trump and his coup plotters failed when they tried to steal the 2020 election. Election deniers failed when they tried to win key statewide elections in 2022. That hasn’t stopped MAGA Republicans, triggered by Trump’s lies, from continuing to try to rig elections and […]

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Rising Suppression: Voices. Voters. Books.

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Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | April 27, 2023 Attacks on our democracy are rising, led by efforts to suppress voices, voters, and even books. Voices This week, state Democratic Representative Zooey Zephyr, Montana’s first transgender lawmaker, was censured and barred from the House floor for the remainder of the session on the grounds that her words violated […]

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Eisen, Stanton, Watt Op-Ed: A New Clue In The Fani Willis Investigation In Georgia

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“This is just the latest example of lawyers tied to the Trump probes being accused of potential wrongdoing.” Ambassador Norman Eisen (ret.), Joshua Stanton, and Siven Watt discuss new developments in the investigation by Georgia’s Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis into former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the state’s 2020 presidential results, in an analysis […]

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The Damage Fox News Has Done To Our Democracy

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Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | April 20, 2023 After former President Donald Trump, Fox News apparently did more than anyone else to promote and spread the false claim and accompanying lies that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from Trump. In doing so, Fox made a dangerous contribution to undermining the confidence of millions of Americans in the […]

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Former GOP Members Of Congress And Former Prosecutors, Government Attorneys, And Legal Experts File Amicus Brief Supporting Manhattan DA Bragg’s Motion For Injunctive Relief To Quash Subpoena In Case Brought Against Rep. Jim Jordan

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Jordan’s incursion into the functioning of the Manhattan DA’s office is “egregious and unconstitutional overreach.” Twenty-one individuals, including four Republican former Members of Congress; Cyrus Vance Jr., the former Manhattan District Attorney; and former prosecutors, government attorneys, and other legal experts today filed an amicus brief supporting Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg Jr.’s motion for injunctive relief to […]

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