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D21 President Fred Wertheimer Statement on Facebook: CEO Zuckerberg & Facebook will bear responsibility if foreign election intervention using Facebook happens again

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CEO Zuckerberg And Facebook Will Bear Responsibility For Foreign Election Intervention Using Facebook If That Happens Again In The 2018 Elections Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer It is clear beyond any reasonable doubt that Russia intervened in the 2016 presidential election. There is also no question that the Russian intervention could not have […]

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Mueller’s Case Against Trump & The Current Direction Of The Russia Investigation

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FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | APRIL 5, 2018 “Mueller is going to make whatever case may exist against Trump for obstruction of justice, and for any other wrongful conduct by Trump, in his Special Counsel reports.” A Washington Post article this week broke the news that President Trump’s attorneys were told last month that Trump […]

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D21/CREW Complaint Raises Serious Questions About Violations By Bolton Super PAC & Trump Campaign Committee

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FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | MARCH 30, 2018 “Very serious questions must be investigated about whether the John Bolton Super PAC and the Trump presidential campaign committee violated criminal law.” Democracy 21 and CREW sent a complaint yesterday to the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section requesting an investigation of whether Cambridge Analytica, its CEO, Alexander […]

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Democracy 21 and CREW file Justice Department complaint requesting investigation into whether Bolton Super PAC and Trump campaign violated criminal law

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Democracy 21 and CREW file Justice Department complaint requesting investigation of whether the John Bolton Super PAC and Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. violated criminal law In a complaint filed today with the Public Integrity Section of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Democracy 21 and Citizens for […]

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Did Trump campaign and John Bolton PAC get help from overseas? – CNN Opinion by Fred Wertheimer and Norm Eisen

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Enclosed for your information is an op-ed entitled, “Did Trump campaign and John Bolton PAC get help from overseas?” by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer and Norm Eisen, former chief White House ethics counsel to President Obama. The piece was published here in CNN Opinion on March 26, 2018. Read the full piece here or […]

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Omnibus Bill: Dangerous Campaign Finance Riders Were Defeated

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FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | MARCH 22, 2018 “We were successful in keeping out any new campaign finance riders from the final bill.” One of the many fights that took place in reaching a final $1.3 trillion Omnibus Appropriations bill this week was a concerted effort by the reform community to keep damaging campaign finance […]

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Will new Facebook scandal finally force tech CEOs to testify on ‘information warfare’? – USA Today op-ed by Fred Wertheimer, Roger McNamee, and Norm Eisen

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Will new Facebook scandal finally force tech CEOs to testify on ‘information warfare’? Roger McNamee, Norman Eisen and Fred Wertheimer | March 19, 2018 | First published in USA Today These CEOS and their companies are contributing to a national crisis. We need to find out what they know and how they’re going to make […]

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Why Would Anyone Trust Trump Or Treat Anything He Says As Credible?

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FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | MARCH 15, 2018 “Why in the world would any world leader trust Trump or treat anything Trump says as credible?” President Trump had made 2,436 false or misleading claims in office as of March 2, according to The Fact Checker at The Washington Post. Last night, however, Trump did something […]

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Six ways Trump can help stop Russian meddling — CNN Opinion by Fred Wertheimer and Norman Eisen

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Six ways Trump can help stop Russian meddling CNN OPINION | Fred Wertheimer and Norman Eisen | March 14, 2018 The controversial draft report from the Republican majority on the House Intelligence Committee, revealed this week, purports to conclude that Russia did not undertake active measures to help President Donald Trump in the 2016 election. […]

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D21 President Fred Wertheimer Statement on PA18 Special Election: Wave Elections Override Political Money

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PA18: Wave Elections Override Political Money Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer In a wave election year, the wave overrides political money. That is what just happened in the Pennsylvania special election for the 18th Congressional District. According to the latest information provided by Open Secrets, outside groups spent $10.6 million to support the […]

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