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 inquiry into the conduct of Representative Duncan Hunter (R-CA). “Rep. Hunter and his wife were apparently ripping off their campaign donors by living off of their campaign contributions in gross […]
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 Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross “has committed criminal violations of 18 U.S.C. § 208 and/or 18 U.S.C. § 1001.” “According to published reports, Wilbur Ross had a long history of highly […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | MARCH 30, 2018 “Very serious questions must be investigated about whether the John Bolton Super PAC and the Trump presidential campaign committee violated criminal law.” Democracy 21 and CREW sent a complaint yesterday to the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section requesting an investigation of whether Cambridge Analytica, its CEO, Alexander […]
Democracy 21 and CREW file Justice Department complaint requesting investigation of whether the John Bolton Super PAC and Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. violated criminal law In a complaint filed today with the Public Integrity Section of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Democracy 21 and Citizens for […]
DOJ & FEC Complaints Against Donald Trump Jr. Supplemented To Include Kushner, Manafort, and Goldstone For Illegally Soliciting & Assisting Solicitation Of Contribution From Foreign National Today Common Cause, the Campaign Legal Center, and Democracy 21 filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Election Commission (FEC) supplementing a complaint […]
CLC, D21 Complaint: Tom Price Violated Law By Using Campaign Funds To Secure HHS Confirmation Campaign Legal Center (CLC) and Democracy 21 filed a complaint today with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging Tom Price violated federal law by illegally using congressional campaign funds to support his confirmation as President Trump’s Health and Human Services […]
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