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Congress has an opportunity to finally fix the flawed Presidential Election Day Act of 1845 and the Electoral Count Act of 1887. It can’t fail. Former President Donald Trump’s “plot to steal the 2020 presidential election was eye-opening. Congress must act now to ensure that any future attempt to steal the presidency does not succeed […]
Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | July 21, 2022 The House Jan. 6 hearings have exceeded all expectations. Blockbuster hearing after blockbuster hearing have produced overwhelming evidence to establish beyond a reasonable doubt that former President Donald Trump led a conspiracy to attempt to steal the 2020 presidential election he had clearly lost and that he incited the […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | July 14, 2022 The House Jan. 6th Committee hearings have documented that central to the attempted presidential coup by former President Donald Trump and his chief strategist John Eastman was their plan to exploit a loophole in the Presidential Election Day Act of 1845. The loophole would have allowed a […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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