Press Releases Archive

National Organizations and Concerned Citizens Urge Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Not to Resign and to Stay in Office to Protect Mueller Investigation

National Organizations and Concerned Citizens Urge Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Not to Resign and to Stay in Office to Protect Mueller Investigation Thirty-nine national […]

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Should Not Resign, Mueller Investigation Must be Protected

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Should Not Resign, Mueller Investigation Must be Protected from Trump Obstructing the Investigation Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein should not […]

New York Times Article Provides No Grounds for Trump to Remove Rosenstein and Take Control of the Mueller Investigation

The article in The New York Times today about Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was apparently generated by leakers trying to get Rosenstein fired. Mr. […]

Democracy 21 Challenges Sen. Graham on Abandoning his Pledge to the American People to Protect Mueller Investigation from Interference

Democracy 21 Challenges Sen. Graham on Abandoning his Pledge to the American People to Protect Mueller Investigation from Interference In a letter sent to Senator […]

Democracy 21 Files Complaint with Office of Congressional Ethics Against Rep. Duncan Hunter

In a complaint filed today with the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE), Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer called on the OCE to conduct a preliminary […]

Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer on Senator John McCain

  I join with innumerable others in our country and throughout the world in expressing my deepest sympathies to Cindy McCain and the McCain family […]

D21 files Justice Department complaint requesting investigation of Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross

In a complaint filed today with the Public Integrity Section of the Department of Justice (DOJ), Democracy 21 called on Public Integrity to investigate whether […]

Watchdogs File Supplemental Information with Office of Congressional Ethics Re Complaint Filed Against Rep. Jim Jordan

Today, Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer and former White House chief ethics lawyer Norman Eisen (2009-2011) sent a letter to the Office of Congressional Ethics […]

Federal Law Prohibits the “Solicitation” from a Foreign Source that Occurred with Regard to the June 9, 2016 Trump Tower Meeting

Federal law prohibits a person from soliciting contributions, including in-kind contributions, from foreign nationals in connection with a federal election. The prohibition on soliciting a […]

President Trump Hits the Panic Button, Publicly Interferes with Mueller Investigation and Manafort Trial

President Trump has hit the panic button. In calling on Attorney General Sessions yesterday to shut down the Mueller investigation, of which he is a […]