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FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | October 4, 2018 “If Democrats win control of the House in November, the fight to enact sweeping campaign finance and other democracy reforms will begin immediately.” A powerful new force emerged on the scene today to challenge the role money and special interests are playing in undermining citizen faith in the […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | September 28, 2018 “McConnell violates all rules of fair play. “ The enormous damage that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has done to the integrity and credibility of the Supreme Court can be seen in his handling of two of the recent nominations to the Court. When Justice Antonin Scalia […]
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 organizations and concerned citizens sent a letter to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein today urging him not to resign and to continue his service at the Department of Justice. The […]
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 resign because of the controversial and challenged article in The New York Times. Deputy AG Rosenstein has been responsible for ensuring that there is no political interference with the Mueller […]
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. Rosenstein has described the allegations in the Times story as “inaccurate and factually incorrect.” The Times article does not provide grounds for President Trump to remove Rosenstein from his current […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | September 20, 2018 “McConnell’s devious Supreme Court manipulations are a grave miscarriage of justice that will not be soon forgotten.” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell rules Senate Republicans with an iron fist and no velvet glove. He is a disaster for the American people. He first made his bones in […]
Enclosed for your information is an op-ed entitled “Sessions’ Recusal and Rosenstein’s Appointment of a Special Counsel—Both Were Legally Required,” by D21 President Fred Wertheimer and D21 Counsel Donald Simon, which was published here in JustSecurity on September 17, 2018. According to the op-ed: First, Trump has repeatedly attacked Attorney General Jeff Sessions for recusing […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | August 30, 2018 “We find ourselves again with one more eerie reminder of the parallels between the Trump presidency and the Nixon Watergate scandals that ended with President Nixon’s resignation.” This week may go down as the turning point in the Trump presidency. It started on Saturday with the funeral […]
Enclosed for your information is an opinion piece by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer entitled “Devin Nunes has become Trump’s self-assigned chief defender — serving the president, not the public,” which was published on September 4, 2018, in NBC Think. According to the piece: In the name of protecting [President] Trump at all costs, [Rep.] […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | August 30, 2018 “There is an old saying in politics: ‘My word is my bond.’ Apparently Senator Graham was out of town the day that lesson was taught.” Want a classic example of why the American people have such low regard for Members of Congress? Meet Senator Lindsey Graham of […]
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