Press Releases Archive

Eisen/Wertheimer/Stanton On MSNBC: The House GOP’s Manhattan DA Meddling Is Ugly, Partisan, And Potentially Unlawful

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y District Attorney Alvin Bragg “should hold firm and proceed with his charges, come what may.” “With the unprecedented indictment of a former President likely imminent, we must prepare for another first in our nation’s history — attempted congressional interference with a state prosecution of a former President,” Amb. Norm Eisen (ret.), Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer, […]

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Goodman/Weissmann In The New York Times: Make No Mistake, The Investigation Of Donald Trump And The Stormy Daniels Scheme Is Serious

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“Though it may be tempting to do so, it is a mistake to assess the Manhattan district attorney’s investigation of Donald Trump by comparing its relative severity with those of myriad other crimes possibly committed by him,” Ryan Goodman and Andrew Weissmann write in The New York Times today.  “That is not how state and federal prosecutors […]

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New From Just Security: Profiles Of The January 6th Inmates In The DC Jail

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Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and James Comer (R-KY), Chair of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, recently announced their intention to arrange a congressional delegation to visit January 6 inmates being held in the Washington, DC jail. Both Greene and former President Donald Trump have portrayed these inmates as “political prisoners.” However, Tom Joscelyn, […]

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Just Security: The Manhattan DA’s Charges And Trump’s Defenses — A Detailed Preview And Analysis

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“While bringing a felony case presents complexities, DA Bragg is to be applauded for taking the matter seriously.” Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is apparently on the verge of charging former President Donald Trump regarding hush money payments that may have affected the outcome of the 2016 presidential election. In a new report, part of […]

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Michel, Joscelyn, & Eisen In Salon: Jim Jordan Has Found No “Weaponization” Of Government — And No Actual Whistleblowers

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As Capitol Hill investigators who have worked for both parties, Paul Michel, Tom Joscelyn, and Norm Eisen see Rep. Jim Jordan’s far-right snipe hunt as a mockery. The efforts of Rep. Jim Jordan’s (R-OH) subcommittee hunting for “whistleblowers” on the supposed “weaponization” of government have so far have been a bust, Paul Michel, Tom Joscelyn, […]

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Tom Joscelyn In POLITICO: “I Helped Write the Jan. 6 Committee Report. Here’s What Tucker Carlson Left Out.”

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“Tucker Carlson tried to rewrite the history of Jan. 6, 2021, and utterly failed,” Tom Joscelyn writes in a powerful op-ed published on POLITICO. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy gave the Fox News host exclusive media access to more than 40,000 hours of U.S. Capitol Police security footage. Last week Carlson began airing cherry-picked portions of the video on […]

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Eisen/Wertheimer In Slate: Can Georgia Republicans Really Fire A Prosecutor For Indicting Trump?

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“Having tried and failed to interfere in Georgia’s 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump’s allies are now attempting to interfere with the ongoing grand jury investigation into that earlier misconduct,” Ambassador Norman Eisen (ret.) and Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer write in an op-ed published today on Slate. The Republican-led Georgia House approved a bill this week that […]

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Statement On The Passing Of Common Cause President Karen Hobert Flynn

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Statement Of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer   We are deeply saddened by the passing today of Common Cause President Karen Hobert Flynn. Karen also served as a member of the Democracy 21 board of directors. Karen was an extraordinary individual, a deeply committed person, and a uniquely skilled, tough-minded, and powerful leader in the […]

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Eisen & Wertheimer Op-Ed On CNN: Georgia Grand Juror’s Tacky Media Tour Won’t Trash The Case

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Emily Kohrs, the Georgia special grand jury foreperson in the Trump investigation who made the media rounds this week “won’t win any prizes for grand jury foreperson etiquette. Her display has been unseemly, to say the least. It has violated good taste – but not the law,” Ambassador Norm Eisen (ret.) and Democracy 21 President […]

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Eisen, Watt, & Wertheimer On Just Security: “Speech Or Debate” Immunity Will Not Protect Rep. Scott Perry’s Phone

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On Thursday, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals held a hearing on whether Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA), whose activities are being investigated as part of the Justice Department’s Jan. 6 criminal investigation, is protected by the Constitution’s Speech or Debate Clause. Perry played an outsized role in the attempted interference in the 2020 presidential election and the court […]

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