Press Releases Archive

Treasury Department Opens Massive Loophole That Makes It Easier To Launder Foreign Money Into Our Elections

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Treasury Department Just Opened Massive Loophole that Will Make it Easier for Russia and other Foreign Interests to Launder Unlimited, Undisclosed Illegal Contributions into Federal Elections Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer Yesterday, the Treasury Department opened a massive loophole that will, as a practical matter, allow Russia, Russian oligarchs and other foreign interests […]

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D21 Calls on House to Oppose Baseless Effort by Reps. Meadows & Jordan to Impeach Deputy AG Rosenstein

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Democracy 21 Calls on House Members to Oppose Baseless Effort by Reps. Meadows and Jordan to Impeach Deputy AG Rosenstein In a letter sent to the House of Representatives today, Democracy 21 urged Representatives to vote against any articles of impeachment against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein which may be brought to the floor of […]

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Watchdogs File Supplemental Information with OCE Regarding Rep. Jim Jordan Complaint

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Watchdogs File Supplemental Information with Office of Congressional Ethics Regarding Rep. Jim Jordan Complaint Yesterday, Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer and former White House chief ethics counsel Norman Eisen (2009-2011) sent a letter to the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) that provided supplemental information to a July 9, 2018 complaint they filed requesting that OCE […]

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Speaker Ryan is Wrong in Saying House Ethics Cmte Should Not Investigate Rep. Jordan’s Present Alleged Misconduct

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Speaker Ryan is Wrong in Saying House Ethics Committee Should Not Investigate Rep. Jordan’s Present Alleged Misconduct Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer and Norman Eisen, former chief White House ethics lawyer, 2009-2011 On July 9, 2018 we asked the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) to undertake a preliminary ethics inquiry regarding statements Rep. […]

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Watchdogs File Office of Congressional Ethics Complaint Against Rep. Jim Jordan

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Watchdogs File Office of Congressional Ethics Complaint Against Rep. Jim Jordan, Requesting Investigation of Whether Jordan’s Present Conduct Does Not “Reflect Creditably on the House” In a complaint filed today with the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE), Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer and former White House chief ethics lawyer Norman Eisen (2009-2011) called on the […]

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D21 & CREW Request OGE Investigation Into Kushner’s Apparent Financial Conflicts Of Interest

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Democracy 21 And CREW Request OGE Investigation Into Jared Kushner’s Apparent Financial Conflicts Of Interest Regarding Israel And China In a letter sent today to David J. Apol, Acting Director of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE), Democracy 21 and Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) urged the OGE to investigate “whether Jared […]

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Democracy 21 Urges House Members To Vote NO Today On Resolution Demanding DOJ Documents

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Democracy 21 Urges House Members To Vote NO Today On Resolution Demanding DOJ Documents In a letter sent to Representatives today, Democracy 21 urged them to vote “No” on H.Res.970, a nonbinding “resolution of inquiry” sponsored by Reps. Mark Meadows (R-NC) and Jim Jordan (R-OH), which demands that the Justice Department turn over “reams of […]

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Wertheimer Statement: Justice Department’s IG Report Provides No Basis for Trump to Challenge Legitimacy of Mueller Investigation

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Justice Department’s IG Report Provides No Basis for Trump to Challenge Legitimacy of Mueller Investigation Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer The Department of Justice’s Inspector General report is highly critical of former FBI Director James Comey for violating DOJ rules in the investigation of Hillary Clinton’s emails. The report shows that Comey’s improper […]

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Democracy 21 Files FEC Comments Calling For Broad Ad Disclaimer Regulations

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Democracy 21 Files FEC Comments Calling For Broad Ad Disclaimer Regulations Democracy 21 today filed comments in a rulemaking proceeding at the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to urge the agency to adopt new regulations that broaden the requirements for the use of “disclaimers” to identify the sponsors of campaign-related ads on the Internet. The rulemaking […]

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Democracy 21 Strongly Supports Effort Announced by Congressional Leaders Today to Enact Democracy Reforms

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Democracy 21 Strongly Supports Effort Announced by Congressional Leaders Today to Enact Democracy Reforms Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer Democracy 21 strongly supports the democracy reforms announced today to repair our broken political system. The “A Better Deal for Our Democracy” proposals developed by reform leaders in Congress address fundamental problems that are […]

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