Democracy 21 is a leading watchdog organization that is tracking and challenging the improprieties of Attorney General William Barr. We have filed seven complaints with the Inspector General and the Office of Professional Responsibility at the Justice Department calling for investigations into Barr’s misuse and abuse of his office to protect, defend and promote the personal political interests of President Trump. We have published articles and issued statements challenging Barr’s failure to carry out the core mission of the Justice Department “to administer fair and impartial justice for all Americans.” We have documented a record that shows Barr is serving as a political adviser and campaign aide for President Trump rather than serving the American people as the nation’s chief law enforcement officer. We have demonstrated that William Barr is unfit to serve as the Attorney General of the United States.

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Barr Has Failed The American People

FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | May 7, 2020 “It is essential to win this fight now, as time is running out for the states to be able to use the funding effectively in advance of the November election.” The fight over providing money for the states to run their November elections is now underway in […]

Barr Ignores Settled DOJ Policies in Obsessive Pursuit of DOJ Investigators – Wertheimer article in Just Security

  Attorney General Barr Ignores Long-Established DOJ Rules in Obsessive Pursuit of DOJ Investigators of Russian Interference in 2016 Election Enclosed for your information is an article by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer entitled “Barr Ignores Settled DOJ Policies in Run Up to 2020 Elections,” which was published here in Just Security on May 7, […]

D21 Files Fifth DOJ Complaint Against AG Barr for Repeated Biased Actions on Behalf of President Trump

Democracy 21 Files Fifth Justice Department Complaint Against AG Barr for Repeated Biased Actions on Behalf of President Trump Complaint Charges Barr Has Seriously Compromised the Integrity and Credibility Of The Justice Department As An Independent, Nonpartisan Guardian Of The Rights And Protections Of All Americans Democracy 21 filed a complaint today with the Office […]

Trump’s Vision of the Presidency: Absolute Power, No Accountability

Trump’s Vision of the Presidency: Absolute Power, No Accountability Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer House and Senate Republicans, joined by Attorney General William Barr, have paved the way for President Trump to exercise his vision of absolute Presidential power without accountability for his actions. This is the approach we fought a revolution to […]

D21 Documents AG Barr’s Repeated Abuses of Office, Calls for House and DOJ Investigations of Barr

Democracy 21 Documents Attorney General Barr’s Repeated Abuses of Office, Calls for House and DOJ Investigations of Barr In an apparently unprecedented act, the sentencing recommendation submitted by the office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia to Judge Amy Berman Jackson in the case of Roger Stone was withdrawn and changed by […]

William Barr: A Failed Attorney General Unfit to Serve – Just Security op-ed by Wertheimer

Enclosed for your information is an article by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer entitled “William Barr: A Failed Attorney General Unfit to Serve,” which was published here in Just Security on February 4, 2020. According to the piece: In sum, Barr, as attorney general, engaged in a pattern of biased actions to support and validate […]

D21 Files Complaint Against AG Barr for Repeated Failures to Comply with DOJ Norms, Rules and Standards of Conduct

Democracy 21 Files Complaint Against Attorney General Barr for Repeated Failures to Comply with DOJ Norms, Rules and Standards of Conduct Complaint Cites Pattern of Bias by Barr to Protect President Trump at Expense of Carrying Out DOJ Mission to “Ensure Fair and Impartial Administration of Justice” Democracy 21 filed a complaint today with the […]

The Extraordinary Damage Bill Barr Has Done

FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | DECEMBER 12, 2019 “William Barr will likely go down as the worst Attorney General in U.S. history.” As President Trump heads for impeachment next week, it is clear beyond any reasonable doubt that he is unfit to serve. So is his rogue Attorney General, Bill Barr. Barr made clear from […]

D21 Files Complaint with DOJ IG Calling For An Investigation of AG Barr and His Role in the Ukraine Affair

Democracy 21 Files Complaint with DOJ Inspector General Calling For An Investigation of AG Barr and His Role in the Ukraine Affair Democracy 21 filed a complaint today with Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz calling on the IG to investigate Attorney General William Barr’s activities relating to the recent whistleblower complaint concerning President […]

Trump Attacks Constitution and Congress

FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | September 19, 2019 “If Trump’s brazen, irresponsible effort to broadly thwart congressional oversight prevails, it will create a dangerous precedent for neutering a fundamental constitutional responsibility of Congress.” President Trump, aided and abetted by his politicized, rogue Attorney General William Barr, is in the process of creating a major constitutional […]