FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | MAY 17, 2018 “The national coalition of organizations committed to protecting the Mueller investigation will challenge and respond to Trump and his agents every step of the way.“ Today is the one-year anniversary of the appointment of Robert Mueller as Special Counsel to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 presidential […]
Enclosed for your information is an op-ed entitled “Robert Mueller’s Trump-Russia investigation is a year old. Too soon to ‘wrap it up.’” by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer and Public Citizen Vice President of Legislative Affairs Lisa Gilbert. The piece was published here in USA Today on May 17, 2018. ——- Robert Mueller’s Trump-Russia investigation […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | MAY 10, 2018 “This is a time for all concerned citizens to be on alert and prepared to join in nationwide sustained protests if Mueller or Rosenstein is fired or if the investigation is otherwise compromised.” Special Counsel Robert Mueller will be facing some critical decisions in the weeks and […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | MAY 3, 2018 “The President’s effort to interfere with a criminal investigation of his own activities is like the behavior of despots all over the world who believe they are above the law.” President Donald Trump, Representative Mark Meadows (R-NC) and Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH) are colluding to obstruct and […]
Trump, Meadows and Jordan Collude to Obstruct Special Counsel Investigation Involving Trump President Donald Trump, Representative Mark Meadows (R-NC) and Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH) are colluding to obstruct and potentially give Trump control over Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s criminal investigation in which Trump is a subject. In recent days, Meadows and Jordan have threatened to […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | APRIL 26, 2018 “With his remarks, Mulvaney arrogantly demonstrated the seedy underbelly of the corrupt campaign finance system that pervades Washington today.” Mick Mulvaney, Trump’s Director of the Office of Management and Budget and a former South Carolina Representative, revealed this week that he had been a classic pay-to-play Congressman. […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | APRIL 12, 2018 “For all practical purposes, the firing of Rosenstein would have the same result as firing Mueller, and constitutes the crossing of a red line.” President Trump is off on another Twitter tear this week attacking Special Counsel Robert Mueller and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, with a […]
Enclosed for your information is an op-ed entitled, “Firing Rosenstein would cross a red line for the rule of law” by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer and Norm Eisen, former chief White House ethics counsel to President Obama. The piece was published here in CNN Opinion on April 11, 2018, adapted from an earlier piece […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | APRIL 5, 2018 “Mueller is going to make whatever case may exist against Trump for obstruction of justice, and for any other wrongful conduct by Trump, in his Special Counsel reports.” A Washington Post article this week broke the news that President Trump’s attorneys were told last month that Trump […]
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 […]
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