Trump’s Hush Money; Jim Jordan Leads Weaponization Of Congress; And More
Fred’s Weekly Note returns next week. In the meantime, catch up on these recent op-eds:
✔️ Trump’s Hush Money Is News Again. Here’s Why We Should Care.
A criminal investigation of former President Donald Trump being restarted by Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg raises vital issues of both election integrity and accountability, Ambassador Norman Eisen (ret.), E. Danya Perry, and D21 President Fred Wertheimer write in a new deep dive on Just Security.
The investigation addresses Trump’s hush money payments in the last days of the 2016 campaign and related matters.
“While many would have liked to see Bragg push this case forward long ago, we are hopeful that justice delayed will not be justice denied.”
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✔️ Jim Jordan Showed On His First Day How Unfit He Is To Lead The House Judiciary Committee
Jim Jordan’s hearing last week was supposedly about the “border crisis.” But, the hearing had little to do with the truth, Eisen, Siven Watt, and Wertheimer write in Slate, “instead going off on wild tangents, highlighting MAGA disinformation, and exploiting human suffering. That was to be expected given the record of the man who led it—one of obstructing investigations, spreading disinformation, and sowing false doubt in the minds of the American people.
“It confirmed what we knew going into the hearing: Jordan is unfit to serve on the Judiciary Committee, much less lead it.”
Presidents and Vice Presidents should take no papers with them when they leave the White House, Eisen, Joshua Stanton, and Wertheimer write in Newsweek.
What distinguishes the Pence and Biden documents cases from Trump’s multi-year battle with the National Archives and Justice Department is Biden and Pence’s apparent cooperation and inadvertence.”
“Still, this series of events makes clear, intentional or not, it’s time for new protocols to govern presidential and vice presidential document handling.”
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