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Democracy 21 is focusing a major part our efforts this year on challenging President Trump’s reckless and destructive approach to governing our country. The organization has been in the forefront of the efforts to watchdog and challenge the ethics, conflicts of interest and other abuses by President Trump and his administration. NPR has described Democracy […]
Democracy 21 sent a letter today to Mick Mulvaney, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), calling on him to back off from interfering with the efforts of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) to oversee and enforce the Executive Branch ethics rules. On May 17, 2017, Mulvaney sent a letter […]
Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer The Supreme Court this morning summarily affirmed the lower court decision in Republican Party of Louisiana v. FEC. Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch noted they would have set the case for argument. In the case, the Louisiana Republican Party challenged the rules in the Bipartisan Campaign […]
Urges Deputy AG Rosenstein to Provide Appropriate Resources, Ongoing Independence In a letter sent to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, Democracy 21 commended him on his decision to appoint Robert Mueller as an independent Special Counsel to lead the Department’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and possible collusion between the […]
Remind them of Legal Obligation to Preserve Any Trump White House Tapes that Exist In a letter sent to White House Counsel Donald McGahn, Democracy 21 reminded him that he is “obligated under the law to ensure that any White House tape recordings of President Trump’s conversations are preserved as evidence for potential criminal […]
Democracy 21 today sent to the Justice Department’s Inspector General three complaints that Democracy 21 previously filed against Attorney General Jeff Sessions with the Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) on February 27, 2017, March 2, 2017 and May 12, 2017. Democracy 21 requested in its letter to Inspector General Michael Horowitz that […]
The position of Attorney General of the United States is a symbol of the nation’s commitment to the rule of law. Instead, however, we have an Attorney General who is violating the rules of his own Department of Justice. The Justice Department’s recusal regulation requires Attorney General Jeff Sessions to recuse himself from participating in […]
Democracy 21 filed a complaint today against Attorney General Jeff Sessions with the Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR): for violating both his public commitment to recuse himself “from any matters arising from the campaigns for President of the United States,” and for violating a Department of Justice (DOJ) regulation that requires his […]
In a letter sent today to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, twenty-four groups and individuals with expertise in government integrity and accountability expressed deep concern about President Trump’s inappropriate firing of FBI Director James Comey yesterday. The letter called on Rosenstein “to promptly appoint an independent Special Counsel, as authorized by Justice Department regulations, […]
President Trump’s wrongful firing yesterday of FBI Director James Comey has now eliminated the person who was leading an investigation of the possible involvement of President Trump’s presidential campaign in Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential campaign – an investigation that could possibly reach President Trump himself. Attorney General Sessions’ recommendation to President Trump […]
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