Kash Patel: In His Own Words
In a Truth Social post on November 30, President-elect Donald Trump announced that he would nominate Kash Patel to be the director of the FBI. Last week, […]
Press Releases Archive
Trump’s Call To Jail House Jan. 6 Committee Members Is “Dangerous And Outrageous.”
|Press Releases |Jan. 6 TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellStatement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer This past weekend, President-elect Donald Trump said in an NBC “Meet the Press” interview that “everybody” on the […]
70 Civil Rights and Pro-Democracy Groups – Including D21 – Join In Opposition To Preemptive Recess Appointments
|Press Releases |Nominations Senate TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellSeventy national civil rights and pro-democracy organizations, including Democracy 21, sent a joint letter to Senators on December 4, urging them to uphold the Senate’s […]
New On Just Security: Refuting the Latest Baseless Attacks Against Special Counsel Jack Smith
|Press Releases |Election Interference Jan. 6 Trump Trials TrumpWatchby Jackie Howell“Another major factual revelation by Special Counsel Jack Smith, another attempt to discredit him without ever addressing the new facts,” Andrew Weissmann and Ryan Goodman […]
Crosspartisan Coalition, Including D21, Urges Presidential Candidates To Embrace Transparency, Disclose Their Campaign “Bundlers”
|Press Releases |2024 Elections Special Interest Moneyby Jackie HowellThirteen organizations from across the ideological spectrum, including Democracy 21, have urged Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, and independent presidential candidate Robert F. […]
What A Democratic Trifecta In November Would Mean For Democracy Reforms
|Press Releases |2024 Elections Democracy Reforms Freedom To Vote Act John R. Lewis Voting Rights Actby Jackie HowellIn January 2021, two Democrats won Senate runoff elections in Georgia. This flipped the Senate and resulted in an unexpected “trifecta” – Democratic control of […]
Honoring The Legacy Of Civil Rights Champion John Lewis
|Press Releases |John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act Voting Rightsby Jackie HowellStatement Of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer July 17, 2024 marks the fourth anniversary of the passing of civil rights champion and national icon Representative […]
Wertheimer Op-Ed: “The Return Of The King”
|Press Releases |Immunity Supreme Court TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellBy: Fred Wertheimer, President, Democracy 21 This week, Chief Justice John Roberts and his band of five other Republican-appointed Supreme Court Justices restored the king […]
SCOTUS Immunity Decision Is Shameful And Destructive Of The Rule Of Law
|Press Releases |Immunity Supreme Court TrumpWatchby Jackie HowellStatement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer “Our democracy has been dangerously harmed by its misguided decision.” When the Supreme Court, last December, following a […]
From The Watergate Era’s “Suitcases Filled With Cash” To Today’s Billions In Secret Campaign Money
|Press Releases |Campaign Finance Reform Money In Politics Watergateby Jackie Howell“If money is buying influence and results over government policies, then most Americans are shut out, because the campaign finance system is dominated by people […]
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