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House Judiciary Committee Adopts Resolution that Makes Clear the Committee is Conducting an Impeachment Inquiry

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House Judiciary Committee Adopts Resolution that Makes Clear the Committee is Conducting an Impeachment Inquiry Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer There has been some confusion raised about the investigation being conducted by the House Judiciary Committee. Earlier this year, on March 4, the House Judiciary Committee opened an investigation “into the alleged obstruction of […]

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“Moscow Mitch” McConnell’s Dereliction of Duty

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FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 “If Russia or any other foreign country interferes in the 2020 elections, responsibility for this cyberattack on our democracy will fall squarely on ‘Moscow Mitch’ and on President Trump.” As Congress returns from its August recess, “Moscow Mitch” McConnell continues to refuse to allow the Senate to […]

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House Judiciary Honing In On Trump and Corruption

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FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | SEPTEMBER 5, 2019 “The House Judiciary Committee is shifting gears as it moves forward with its impeachment inquiry.” The House Judiciary Committee is shifting gears as it moves forward with its impeachment inquiry. The Committee announced it will hold hearings this fall on the hush money payments President Trump made […]

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Trump, the G-7, and the Emoluments Clause

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FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | AUGUST 28, 2019 “This effort by Trump to financially profit from the 2020 G-7 has just provided the clearest and strongest example of why the lawsuits challenging his violations of the Emoluments Clause should succeed quickly in the courts.” President Trump’s apparent coming violation of the Emoluments Clause of our […]

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FEC Regresses From Dysfunctional To Nonfunctional

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With One Resignation, Federal Election Commission Regresses From Dysfunctional To Nonfunctional Statement of Democracy 21 Counsel Donald Simon With Commissioner Matthew Petersen’s resignation from the Federal Election Commission announced today, the FEC will regress from a dysfunctional agency to one that, as a practical matter, ceases to function at all. Of the six seats on […]

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Trump’s Delusions Reach Fever Pitch

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FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | AUGUST 22, 2019 “In a week of unusual craziness by President Trump, including his anti-Semitic attacks on Jews and his messianic visions of being godlike, Trump has once again shown his disdain for the Constitution and the rule of law.” In a week of unusual craziness by President Trump, including […]

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The Impeachment Process Began On March 4

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FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | AUGUST 14, 2019 “Once the full case against Trump has been developed and placed before Congress and the country, House Democrats can then decide how to hold Trump accountable and whether to move from the current impeachment inquiry to articles of impeachment.” The impeachment process has been underway in the […]

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The Trump Impeachment Process Began on March 4 – Wertheimer op-ed in Just Security

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Enclosed for your information is an op-ed entitled “The Trump Impeachment Process Began on March 4,” by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer, published here on August 12, 2019 in Just Security. Read the full piece here or below. The Trump Impeachment Process Began on March 4 Fred Wertheimer | August 12, 2019 | Just Security […]

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It’s Called Influence-Buying

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FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | AUGUST 8, 2019 “How do you explain a billionaire businessman soliciting $250,000 checks to support the reelection of a President that he does not like and that he strongly disagrees with on such fundamental issues?” There are two huge loopholes in the federal limits on contributions to national party committees […]

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#MoscowMitch

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FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | AUGUST 1, 2019 “McConnell has refused to protect our democracy from being undermined by Russia or other foreign adversaries.” Someone finally got to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Joe Scarborough, host of Morning Joe on MSNBC, last week repeatedly called McConnell “Moscow Mitch” for blocking all bills to strengthen election […]

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