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Trump Faces A Slew Of Civil & Potential Criminal Court Cases

  Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | March 16 , 2023 Former President Donald Trump tried to steal the 2020 presidential election and in the process […]

Michel, Joscelyn, & Eisen In Salon: Jim Jordan Has Found No “Weaponization” Of Government — And No Actual Whistleblowers

As Capitol Hill investigators who have worked for both parties, Paul Michel, Tom Joscelyn, and Norm Eisen see Rep. Jim Jordan’s far-right snipe hunt as […]

Tom Joscelyn In POLITICO: “I Helped Write the Jan. 6 Committee Report. Here’s What Tucker Carlson Left Out.”

“Tucker Carlson tried to rewrite the history of Jan. 6, 2021, and utterly failed,” Tom Joscelyn writes in a powerful op-ed published on POLITICO. House Speaker […]

Eisen/Wertheimer In Slate: Can Georgia Republicans Really Fire A Prosecutor For Indicting Trump?

“Having tried and failed to interfere in Georgia’s 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump’s allies are now attempting to interfere with the ongoing grand jury investigation […]

Fox News & House Republicans Want To Rewrite Jan. 6 History. They Will Fail.

Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | March 9 , 2023 Dominion Voting Systems has provided a public service for the American people. As a result of […]

Statement On The Passing Of Common Cause President Karen Hobert Flynn

Statement Of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer   We are deeply saddened by the passing today of Common Cause President Karen Hobert Flynn. Karen also […]

The Problem With Tucker Carlson

Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | March 2, 2023 Kevin McCarthy got the votes he needed to become House Speaker in January by giving the extremist […]

Eisen & Wertheimer Op-Ed On CNN: Georgia Grand Juror’s Tacky Media Tour Won’t Trash The Case

Emily Kohrs, the Georgia special grand jury foreperson in the Trump investigation who made the media rounds this week “won’t win any prizes for grand […]

Eisen, Watt, & Wertheimer On Just Security: “Speech Or Debate” Immunity Will Not Protect Rep. Scott Perry’s Phone

On Thursday, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals held a hearing on whether Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA), whose activities are being investigated as part of the Justice […]

Welcome to The Insurrection: Part II

Fred Wertheimer’s Weekly Note | February 23, 2023 The Trump-led insurrection that culminated in the January 6 attack on the Capitol did not end with […]