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AG Sessions Must Recuse Himself from Investigation into Russia’s 2016 Campaign Intervention and Flynn’s Activities

  Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer Attorney General Jeff Sessions must recuse himself from the investigation being conducted by the FBI and intelligence […]

Fred Wertheimer for Huffington Post: “Flynn Scandal is First of Many Trump Presidency Will Have”

  The unfolding scandal involving National Security Adviser Michael Flynn is just the first of many scandals we can expect from the Trump presidency. President […]

Reform Groups File Amicus Brief Defending Law Limiting Corrupt ‘Soft-Money’ Contributions to State and Local Parties

  Democracy 21 joined with Public Citizen and the Campaign Legal Center in filing an amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Supreme Court defending the […]

Reform Groups Oppose Efforts by House Admin Committee to Terminate Presidential Public Financing & EAC

In a letter sent today to members of the House Administration Committee, a group of 43 organizations and individuals with expertise in governance issues strongly opposed […]

Reform Groups and Individuals with Governance Expertise Challenge Priebus’ “Highly Inappropriate” Attempt to Intimidate OGE Director

  In a letter sent today to Reince Priebus, incoming White House chief of staff, a group of nineteen organizations and individuals with governance expertise […]

Fred Wertheimer – House Republicans Again Try to Shoot the Ethics Messenger

  Ethics and conflict of interest rules exist to protect the American people from corruption, the misuse of public office for personal financial gain and […]

Fred Wertheimer – Trump Today Sets Very Dangerous Path for Himself and for the Country

  President-elect Trump today has set a very dangerous path for himself and for the country. President-elect Trump’s press conference today establishes that he will […]

POLITICO: “5 Ways You’ll Know if Trump Is Playing by the Rules”

According to Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer: The five questions posed in this op-ed provide the basis for determining whether President-elect Trump effectively addresses his […]

Republican Opposition Research Group Makes Unwarranted, Meritless, Smokescreen Attack on OGE and its Director

  “America Rising, a Republican opposition research group, apparently has decided that the best way to deflect attention away from the ethics and conflicts of […]

The Huffington Post — What’s in a Name? A Whole Lot of Money if the Name is President Donald Trump

  The Huffington Post    What’s in a Name? A Whole Lot of Money if the Name is President Donald Trump  By Fred Wertheimer, Democracy […]