Ethics & Accountability


We are challenging ethics abuses and transparency issues and demanding accountability from Congress and the Executive Branch, because that’s what the American people deserve.

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Two Days Later

FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | November 5, 2020 “Right now, the overriding issue for our democracy is to end the presidency of the most dangerous and destructive President in our history. The indications are that Vice President Biden is going to accomplish that task on January 20, 2021.”  As I write this, former Vice President […]

Trump’s Authoritarian Fantasy

FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | October 22, 2020 “Trump would like to succeed King George III as the first dictator of the United States. The American people are not about to let that happen.” There may be no better example of President Trump’s governing tendencies as a two-bit, anti-democratic authoritarian than his obsession with jailing […]

Packing the Supreme Court, GOP-Style

FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | October 15, 2020 “McConnell’s day as the czar of the Senate may be ending soon. It cannot come soon enough.” Led by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, congressional Republicans are raising concerns that Democrats may try to “pack” the Supreme Court by adding seats to the Court if they win […]

The Trump-Barr Horror Show

FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | October 8, 2020 “Attorney General Barr is a dangerous man without a moral compass and without any perceivable commitment to the rule of law.” This week the Trump/Barr parade of horrors continued. Donald Trump ranted and raved; Attorney General William Barr continued to grossly abuse his office. Barr and Trump […]

The American People Will Decide This Election

FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | October 1, 2020 “The explanation for the President’s crazed efforts is simple. Trump knows he is losing and so he continues to try to steal the election instead.” This week’s presidential debate was a national embarrassment with President Trump wildly out of control and spouting lies about practically everything that […]

Democracy 21 Applauds Ethics Code Issued Today by the Biden-Harris Transition – Wertheimer Statement

Democracy 21 Applauds Ethics Code Issued Today by the Biden-Harris Transition Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer The ethics code issued today by the Biden-Harris Transition is an excellent and comprehensive approach to preventing the conflicts of interest that can arise in a presidential transition. In addition to its important prohibitions on conflicts of […]

Trump & McConnell Attack Our Democracy

FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | September 24, 2020 “No matter what Trump puts the nation through in the coming months, he will not be able to steal the presidency from the American people.” President Trump continued his assault on voting by mail yesterday. But he also raised the issue to new heights, threatening to have […]

D21 Letter Calls on US Attorney Durham to Resist Any AG Barr Effort to Improperly Use Durham Investigation

In its second open letter, Democracy 21 calls on U.S. Attorney John Durham to resist any effort by AG Barr to misuse Durham’s investigation to improperly assist Trump’s re-election.

Trump Snaps His Fingers And Barr Comes Running

FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | September 10, 2020 “Barr is a disgrace. He continues to show that he is dangerous and unfit to serve as Attorney General of the United States.” Attorney General William Barr demonstrated again this week that he is owned and operated by President Trump. When Trump snaps his fingers, Barr comes […]