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Democracy 21 Files Seventh DOJ Complaint Against AG Barr for Failing to Comply with DOJ Norms, Standards and Rules Complaint Calls for Investigation by IG and OPR of Circumstances Surrounding Removal of SDNY US Attorney Berman Democracy 21 filed a complaint today with the Inspector General and the Office of Professional Responsibility at the Department […]
Democracy 21 Files Sixth DOJ Complaint Against AG Barr, This Time for Appointing Former Trump White House Aide to Lead Criminal Investigation into Obama Administration ‘Unmasking’ Complaint Says Barr Should Not Have Opened Investigation Just Months Before Presidential Election and Bash Should Not Be Leading the Investigation Democracy 21 filed a complaint today with the […]
Democracy 21 Files Fifth Justice Department Complaint Against AG Barr for Repeated Biased Actions on Behalf of President Trump Complaint Charges Barr Has Seriously Compromised the Integrity and Credibility Of The Justice Department As An Independent, Nonpartisan Guardian Of The Rights And Protections Of All Americans Democracy 21 filed a complaint today with the Office […]
Democracy 21 Files Complaint Against Attorney General Barr for Repeated Failures to Comply with DOJ Norms, Rules and Standards of Conduct Complaint Cites Pattern of Bias by Barr to Protect President Trump at Expense of Carrying Out DOJ Mission to “Ensure Fair and Impartial Administration of Justice” Democracy 21 filed a complaint today with the […]
Democracy 21 Files Complaint with DOJ Inspector General Calling For An Investigation of AG Barr and His Role in the Ukraine Affair Democracy 21 filed a complaint today with Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz calling on the IG to investigate Attorney General William Barr’s activities relating to the recent whistleblower complaint concerning President […]
Democracy 21 Files DOJ Complaint Against Attorney General Barr D21 President Calls on DOJ’s Office of Professional Responsibility to Find AG Barr Engaged in Improper Conduct by Explosively Asserting, Without Evidence, ‘Spying’ by FBI and DOJ on Trump Campaign In a complaint sent today to the Justice Department Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR), Democracy 21 […]
In a complaint sent today to the Justice Department Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR), Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer said that Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker has violated his professional and ethical obligations by rejecting the advice he received from the Department’s designated ethics officials. The officials said that Whitaker should recuse himself from overseeing […]
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 […]
Today, Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer and former White House chief ethics lawyer 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 conduct a preliminary inquiry into the conduct of Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH). The July […]
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