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Watchdogs File Supplemental Information with Office of Congressional Ethics Regarding Rep. Jim Jordan Complaint Yesterday, Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer and former White House chief ethics counsel 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 […]
Watchdogs File Office of Congressional Ethics Complaint Against Rep. Jim Jordan, Requesting Investigation of Whether Jordan’s Present Conduct Does Not “Reflect Creditably on the House” In a complaint filed today with the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE), Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer and former White House chief ethics lawyer Norman Eisen (2009-2011) called on the […]
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 […]
Democracy 21 and CREW file Justice Department complaint requesting investigation of whether the John Bolton Super PAC and Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. violated criminal law In a complaint filed today with the Public Integrity Section of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Democracy 21 and Citizens for […]
Democracy 21 applauds DC Circuit Court of Appeals decision to uphold constitutionality of campaign contribution limits Democracy 21 is pleased by today’s unanimous decision by the en banc D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in Holmes v. FEC to uphold the constitutionality of the per-election limits on contribution to candidates in federal elections. Currently, federal law […]
Democracy 21 Joins Supreme Court Amicus Brief Supporting Lower Court Decision Holding Partisan Gerrymandering Unconstitutional Democracy 21 joined with other non-profit organizations today on an amicus brief filed with the Supreme Court, urging the Court to uphold a lower court decision that partisan gerrymandering in Wisconsin violated the Constitution. (See here for other groups joining […]
DOJ & FEC Complaints Against Donald Trump Jr. Supplemented To Include Kushner, Manafort, and Goldstone For Illegally Soliciting & Assisting Solicitation Of Contribution From Foreign National Today Common Cause, the Campaign Legal Center, and Democracy 21 filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Election Commission (FEC) supplementing a complaint […]
Democracy 21 Says Recent Court Ruling Against Kobach Illustrates His Lack Of Integrity & Shows Why No State Should Trust Him With Any Voter Information Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer Last week, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, in his capacity as Vice Chair of President Trump’s controversial Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, […]
Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer The Supreme Court this morning summarily affirmed the lower court decision in Republican Party of Louisiana v. FEC. Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch noted they would have set the case for argument. In the case, the Louisiana Republican Party challenged the rules in the Bipartisan Campaign […]
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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