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Judge Aileen Cannon, the judge assigned last week to oversee the government’s case against former President Donald Trump regarding his possession and refusal to return classified government documents, “should do the ethical thing and recuse herself,” Amb. Norman Eisen (ret.), Richard Painter, and Fred Wertheimer write in an op-ed published today on Slate. Eisen served as […]
“On Thursday, accountability overcame fear. In bringing the first federal charges ever against a former President, the Justice Department made the less political decision.” – E.J. Dionne Jr. This op-ed by E.J. Dionne Jr. appeared in The Washington Post on June 9, 2023. Read it online or below. ____________________ The Washington Post | June 9, 2023 Trump’s Indictment […]
Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | June 8, 2023 Recent reports indicate that Justice Department Special Counsel Jack Smith is closing in on a decision about whether to indict former President Donald Trump in the investigation into Trump’s possession and handling of top-secret and classified documents he took from the White House. The Guardian reported that Trump […]
The publicly known evidence in the Mar-a-Lago documents case keeps growing, and some of the strongest evidence has come from former President Donald Trump himself, Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer writes in an op-ed published today on Medium. “Trump’s own words may well play a pivotal role in convicting him,” Wertheimer writes. Recent reports indicate […]
“There is sufficient evidence to obtain and sustain a conviction.” The Justice Department should indict former President Donald Trump for crimes relating to classified documents removed from the White House, according to a new report published in Just Security. That conclusion is based upon government filings and statements and media reports concerning the evidence. The […]
Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | June 1, 2023 Recent developments have further imperiled former President Donald Trump as Special Counsel Jack Smith appears close to deciding whether to indict Trump for taking and retaining classified and top-secret documents that did not belong to him. A recent Washington Post report indicated that boxes of documents were removed from their […]
The potential case the Justice Department could bring against former President Donald Trump in the Mar-a-Lago documents investigation “is becoming clearer and potentially more damning — and the possible consequences for Trump more dire,” Amb. Norman Eisen (ret.); Joshua Kolb, a former law clerk on the Senate Judiciary Committee; and Democracy 21 Education Fund President […]
“Pursuing an approach based upon state tax violations is wise and well grounded.” Last month, former President Donald Trump was arraigned in New York on an indictment for 34 felony false books and records charges. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s suggestion at the time that tax violations may serve as a felony ‘bump up” came […]
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 […]
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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