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“By pursuing an in-depth investigation and televised hearings into Trump’s wrongdoing, the House Judiciary Committee has undertaken a mission to ensure that the American people are educated by a visualized presentation about Trump’s malfeasance,” Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer writes in an op-ed on NBC News Think, published on May 4, 2019. “If the committee […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | May 2, 2019 Attorney General William Barr is a dangerous person to be serving as the nation’s chief law enforcement officer. The Attorney General is supposed to embody and stand for the Justice Department’s stated mission to “ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans.” Instead, Barr has made […]
Mueller Report Opens Door For Civil Enforcement By Federal Election Commission A failure by the FEC to enforce the law here would be an abdication of its statutory responsibility and would set a terrible precedent, according to Democracy 21 On April 30, 2019, Campaign Legal Center (CLC), Common Cause, and Democracy 21 filed a supplement to a Federal […]
Attorney General William Barr has been acting as defense attorney for President Trump ever since he sent his memo as a private citizen to the Justice Department in June 2018 attacking Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into obstruction of justice as “fatally misconceived.” Given that Barr had prejudged the Mueller investigation as improper, as soon as he […]
President Trump: There Are No Do-Overs In Real Golf Or In Your Glowing Praise Of The Mueller Report Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer Golfers know that when they are playing for real there are no do-overs. No mulligans are allowed. Similarly, there are no do-overs allowed for President Trump in his glowing praise […]
Democracy 21 Files DOJ Complaint Against Attorney General Barr D21 President Calls on DOJ’s Office of Professional Responsibility to Find AG Barr Engaged in Improper Conduct by Explosively Asserting, Without Evidence, ‘Spying’ by FBI and DOJ on Trump Campaign In a complaint sent today to the Justice Department Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR), Democracy 21 […]
Attorney General Barr Abused His Office To Provide Unsubstantiated Ammunition For President Trump Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer Yesterday, Attorney General William Barr recklessly abused his powerful position by claiming that the government had spied on the Trump campaign during the 2016 election. In making this assertion, Barr parroted Republican talking points, not […]
Enclosed for your information are remarks by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer, delivered at the April 4, 2019 rally to demand that Attorney General Barr release the complete Mueller report. Remarks at Nobody Is Above The Law Rally to Demand Attorney General Barr Send Complete Mueller Report to Congress Remarks of Democracy 21 President Fred […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | April 4, 2019 “Congress must receive the complete Mueller report and accompanying documents. Nothing less can be accepted by Congress or the American people.” A Day of Action is being held around the country today to demand that Attorney General William Barr turn over to Congress the complete report prepared […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | March 28, 2019 “The For the People Act is a marker bill – a blueprint for what must be done to address Washington influence-money corruption, voter suppression, extreme partisan gerrymandering, and misuse of public office for private gain.” Senator Tom Udall (D-NM) yesterday announced the introduction of the Senate companion […]
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