Ethics & Accountability


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Protect Democracy Article Examines Potential Interference To Watch Out For In Russia Investigation

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An Article From Protect Democracy Examines Potential Interference To Watch Out For In Special Counsel’s Russia Investigation An article by Legal Director Justin Florence and Counsel Larry Schwartzol of Protect Democracy and posted on Lawfare, examines potential acts of interference into Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation that “would warrant an aggressive congressional response.” “Congress […]

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Watchdogs Call On President Trump To Let Special Counsel Mueller Do His Job

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Watchdogs Call On President Trump To Let Special Counsel Mueller Do His Job Without Any Presidential Interference In a letter sent to President Donald Trump today, watchdog groups and experts expressed their deep concern about Trump’s attacks on the Justice Department’s reported investigation into whether the President has committed obstruction of justice with regard to […]

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Democracy 21 Calls on Speaker Ryan to Stop Rep. Nunes from Violating his Commitment to Stay Out of the Russia Investigation

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  In a letter sent today to House Speaker Paul Ryan, Democracy 21 called on the Speaker to stop House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA) from continuing to violate his commitment to step aside from the Committee’s investigation into Russian interference into the 2016 presidential election. According to the letter to the Speaker: Your […]

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Democracy 21 Watchdog Activities and Challenges to President Trump and his Administration

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Democracy 21 is focusing a major part our efforts this year on challenging President Trump’s reckless and destructive approach to governing our country. The organization has been in the forefront of the efforts to watchdog and challenge the ethics, conflicts of interest and other abuses by President Trump and his administration. NPR has described Democracy […]

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Democracy 21 Says OMB has No Basis for Interfering with OGE Oversight of Ethics Rules

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  Democracy 21 sent a letter today to Mick Mulvaney, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), calling on him to back off from interfering with the efforts of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE) to oversee and enforce the Executive Branch ethics rules. On May 17, 2017, Mulvaney sent a letter […]

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Democracy 21 Letter Commends Mueller Appointment

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  Urges Deputy AG Rosenstein to Provide Appropriate Resources, Ongoing Independence In a letter sent to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, Democracy 21 commended him on his decision to appoint Robert Mueller as an independent Special Counsel to lead the Department’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and possible collusion between the […]

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Democracy 21 Letters to McGahn & Rosenstein Point Out Nixon Said He Should’ve Destroyed Watergate Tapes

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   Remind them of Legal Obligation to Preserve Any Trump White House Tapes that Exist In a letter sent to White House Counsel Donald McGahn, Democracy 21 reminded him that he is “obligated under the law to ensure that any White House tape recordings of President Trump’s conversations are preserved as evidence for potential criminal […]

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Democracy 21 Urges DOJ Inspector General to Investigate and Take Action Against AG Sessions for Violating DOJ Recusal Regulation

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  Democracy 21 today sent to the Justice Department’s Inspector General three complaints that Democracy 21 previously filed against Attorney General Jeff Sessions with the Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) on February 27, 2017, March 2, 2017 and May 12, 2017. Democracy 21 requested in its letter to Inspector General Michael Horowitz that […]

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Fred Wertheimer Statement on AG Jeff Sessions

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The position of Attorney General of the United States is a symbol of the nation’s commitment to the rule of law. Instead, however, we have an Attorney General who is violating the rules of his own Department of Justice. The Justice Department’s recusal regulation requires Attorney General Jeff Sessions to recuse himself from participating in […]

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Democracy 21 Files DOJ Complaint Against AG Sessions for Violating DOJ Recusal Regulation and AG’s Own Recusal

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  Democracy 21 filed a complaint today against Attorney General Jeff Sessions with the Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR): for violating both his public commitment to recuse himself “from any matters arising from the campaigns for President of the United States,” and for violating a Department of Justice (DOJ) regulation that requires his […]

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