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FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | August 10, 2018 “Since he became President, Trump has presided over the most corrupt and unethical administration in modern memory.” Yesterday, Representative Chris Collins (R-NY) was indicted for violating insider trading rules. A very powerful case was spelled out against him in the indictment. This week also saw a detailed […]
Today, Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer and former White House chief ethics lawyer Norman Eisen (2009-2011) sent a letter to the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) that provided supplemental information to a July 9, 2018 complaint they filed requesting that OCE conduct a preliminary inquiry into the conduct of Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH). The July […]
Federal law prohibits a person from soliciting contributions, including in-kind contributions, from foreign nationals in connection with a federal election. The prohibition on soliciting a contribution is violated regardless of whether the person receives the contribution being solicited. President Trump has admitted, in writing, that the June 9, 2016 meeting in Trump Tower between senior […]
President Trump has hit the panic button. In calling on Attorney General Sessions yesterday to shut down the Mueller investigation, of which he is a subject, the President publicly acted to obstruct the criminal investigation. In tweeting a message yesterday supportive of Paul Manafort and labeling his criminal prosecution “a hoax,” the President improperly interfered […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | August 2, 2018 “It is essential that both Mueller and Rosenstein be forcefully defended at every step of the way.” President Trump has hit the panic button. In calling on Attorney General Jeff Sessions yesterday to shut down the Mueller investigation, of which he is a subject, the President publicly […]
Enclosed for your information is an op-ed entitled “GOP Reps.’ Attack On Rosenstein Is An Attempt To Undermine Mueller Investigation,” by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer and former White House chief ethics counsel Norman Eisen which was published on CNN on July 28, 2018. Read the full piece below or on CNN’s Opinion page here. GOP […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | July 26, 2018 “President Trump is currently paying a big price with the American people for his irrational and often irresponsible approach to governing our country.” Recent polls confirm that President Trump’s Helsinki summit was a disaster for the President, with a Quinnipiac poll, for example, showing Trump’s approval rating […]
Representatives Mark Meadows (R-NC) and Jim Jordan (R-OH) in filing articles of impeachment yesterday against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein are recklessly perverting the Constitution’s solemn impeachment process to play irresponsible partisan political games. The effort to impeach Mr. Rosenstein is unprecedented, unwarranted, meritless, and a gross abuse of the impeachment process and of the […]
In a letter sent to Members of Congress today, reform organizations and experts called on Members to support and cosponsor the “Curtailing Lobbyists and Empowering Americans for a New Politics Act (CLEAN Politics Act).” This legislation was introduced today in the House by Representatives John Sarbanes (D-MD and in the Senate by Senator Michael Bennet […]
Enclosed for your information is an op-ed entitled “In bid to impeach Rod Rosenstein, House Republicans are abusing power to protect Trump” by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer and former White House chief ethics counsel Norman Eisen which was published here in USA Today on July 19, 2018. According to the piece: Key House Republicans […]
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