Press Releases Archive
“With Justice Juan Merchan’s proclamation last week that jury selection in the Manhattan prosecution of Donald Trump will begin on March 25, it is time for a reappraisal of the case,” Amb. Norman Eisen (ret.), Joshua Kolb, and Barbara McQuade write in an essay published today by The New York Times. The charges brought by Manhattan […]
In an op-ed published this morning on MSNBC, Matthew Seligman, Amb. Norman Eisen (ret.), and Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer discuss why it is so important that the Supreme Court move quickly to deny former President Donald Trump’s petition to review the lower court’s decision rejecting his meritless claim of presidential immunity in the January 6/election interference […]
Experts from across the political spectrum urged the courts to hold Trump accountable. A panel of legal experts updated reporters on the status of the four criminal cases against former President Donald Trump in a press briefing today. The experts on the panel were Fred Wertheimer, Barbara McQuade, John Dean, and Amb. Norm Eisen (ret.). […]
A new report published today on Just Security takes a deep dive into former President Donald’s Trump intentional, deceptive, and ongoing use of the words “peacefully and patriotically” to describe the actions of the mob who took part in the January 6 attack on the Capitol. According to the report:“During a speech on the third anniversary of […]
A D.C. Circuit Court three-judge panel today sharply and unanimously rejected former President Donald Trump’s claim that he has absolute immunity against criminal prosecution for actions he took while President. Democracy 21 applauds today’s unanimous court decision. Trump’s claim of absolute criminal immunity is meritless and a stark rejection of our nation’s foundational principle that no person […]
“What really concerns us is the way these impeachments will both weaponize a key constitutional remedy and undermine its sober original intent.” As Republicans continue to use impeachment as a political weapon, seen in their baseless impeachment efforts against President Joe Biden and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, they are undermining the constitutional importance of […]
The following analysis by Laurence Tribe, Norman Eisen, and Taylor Redd appeared on CNN. Read on CNN or below. __________________________ CNN | 1/10/2024 Why Trump’s immunity claim fell flat in court Opinion by Laurence Tribe, Norman Eisen and Taylor Redd On Tuesday, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in Donald Trump’s […]
On Tuesday, January 9, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit will hear oral argument in the case United States v. Donald J. Trump. The three-judge panel will hear former President Trump’s appeal of Judge Tanya Chutkan’s recent ruling that he does not have immunity from federal prosecution for actions he took while […]
Last week, 16 Republicans made their argument against immunity for former President Donald Trump from a distinctly conservative perspective, The Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin writes in a column published on Tuesday. She is referring to the amicus brief submitted late on Friday, December 29, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in the case United States […]
Sixteen former prosecutors, elected officials, other government officials, and constitutional lawyers, including individuals appointed in the Nixon, Reagan, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, and Trump Administrations, submitted an amicus brief Friday to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in the case United States v. Donald J. Trump. The brief, led by lead counsel […]
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