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Fred Wertheimerâs Weekly Note | June 8, 2023 Recent reports indicate that Justice Department Special Counsel Jack Smith is closing in on a decision about whether to indict former President Donald Trump in the investigation into Trumpâs possession and handling of top-secret and classified documents he took from the White House. The Guardian reported that Trump […]
The publicly known evidence in the Mar-a-Lago documents case keeps growing, and some of the strongest evidence has come from former President Donald Trump himself, Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer writes in an op-ed published today on Medium. âTrumpâs own words may well play a pivotal role in convicting him,â Wertheimer writes. Recent reports indicate […]
“There is sufficient evidence to obtain and sustain a conviction.â The Justice Department should indict former President Donald Trump for crimes relating to classified documents removed from the White House, according to a new report published in Just Security. That conclusion is based upon government filings and statements and media reports concerning the evidence. The […]
Fred Wertheimerâs Weekly Note | June 1, 2023 Recent developments have further imperiled former President Donald Trump as Special Counsel Jack Smith appears close to deciding whether to indict Trump for taking and retaining classified and top-secret documents that did not belong to him. A recent Washington Post report indicated that boxes of documents were removed from their […]
The potential case the Justice Department could bring against former President Donald Trump in the Mar-a-Lago documents investigation âis becoming clearer and potentially more damning â and the possible consequences for Trump more dire,â Amb. Norman Eisen (ret.); Joshua Kolb, a former law clerk on the Senate Judiciary Committee; and Democracy 21 Education Fund President […]
âPursuing an approach based upon state tax violations is wise and well grounded.â Last month, former President Donald Trump was arraigned in New York on an indictment for 34 felony false books and records charges. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Braggâs suggestion at the time that tax violations may serve as a felony âbump upâ came […]
y âFormer President Donald J. Trump seeks what in Amiciâs experience is extraordinary and unwarranted relief from this Court.â A bipartisan group of eight former federal and Georgia state prosecutors filed an amicus brief in the Superior Court of Fulton County Georgia on May 19 opposing former President Donald Trumpâs motion to quash the Special Purpose Grand […]
Fred Wertheimerâs Weekly Note | May 18, 2023 Many congressional rules are relics of the past that need to be changed to bring Congress into the 21st century. The obvious rule thatâs front and center right now is the debt ceiling limit. The Debt Ceiling Limit Why do we even have a debt ceiling limit? […]
During CNNâs town hall on Wednesday, former President Donald Trump made multiple incriminating remarks about his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, Tom Joscelyn, Amb. Norman Eisen (ret.), and Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer write today on Just Security. âTrumpâs responses will further hurt his case should Special Counsel Jack Smith charge the former President in […]
Representative George Santos (R-NY) was indicted on Wednesday on 13 counts of wire fraud, money laundering, theft of public funds, and making false statements to Congress. Santos âhas lied repeatedly about matters large and small. While fabrications about his religion, education, and college sports career may not be legally actionable, making false statements on government filings are, as is obtaining money […]
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