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The article in The New York Times today about Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was apparently generated by leakers trying to get Rosenstein fired. Mr. Rosenstein has described the allegations in the Times story as “inaccurate and factually incorrect.” The Times article does not provide grounds for President Trump to remove Rosenstein from his current […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | September 20, 2018 “McConnell’s devious Supreme Court manipulations are a grave miscarriage of justice that will not be soon forgotten.” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell rules Senate Republicans with an iron fist and no velvet glove. He is a disaster for the American people. He first made his bones in […]
Enclosed for your information is an op-ed entitled “Sessions’ Recusal and Rosenstein’s Appointment of a Special Counsel—Both Were Legally Required,” by D21 President Fred Wertheimer and D21 Counsel Donald Simon, which was published here in JustSecurity on September 17, 2018. According to the op-ed: First, Trump has repeatedly attacked Attorney General Jeff Sessions for recusing […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | August 30, 2018 “We find ourselves again with one more eerie reminder of the parallels between the Trump presidency and the Nixon Watergate scandals that ended with President Nixon’s resignation.” This week may go down as the turning point in the Trump presidency. It started on Saturday with the funeral […]
Enclosed for your information is an opinion piece by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer entitled “Devin Nunes has become Trump’s self-assigned chief defender — serving the president, not the public,” which was published on September 4, 2018, in NBC Think. According to the piece: In the name of protecting [President] Trump at all costs, [Rep.] […]
FRED WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE | August 30, 2018 “There is an old saying in politics: ‘My word is my bond.’ Apparently Senator Graham was out of town the day that lesson was taught.” Want a classic example of why the American people have such low regard for Members of Congress? Meet Senator Lindsey Graham of […]
Democracy 21 Challenges Sen. Graham on Abandoning his Pledge to the American People to Protect Mueller Investigation from Interference In a letter sent to Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) today, Democracy 21 expressed deep concern about the Senator’s apparent abandonment of his earlier pledge to the American people “to make sure that Mr. Mueller can continue […]
Enclosed is an opinion piece entitled “Don’t forget Donald Trump Jr. and his Trump Tower meeting. He broke the law, too,” which was published here in USA Today on August 29, 2018. Read the full piece below or here. Don’t forget Donald Trump Jr. and his Trump Tower meeting. He broke the law, too. Fred […]
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 […]
Enclosed for your information is an opinion piece by Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer entitled “Paul Ryan will soon face a ‘sense of decency’ moment,” which was published by CNN on August 24, 2018. Read the full piece below or here. Paul Ryan will soon face a “sense of decency” moment Fred Wertheimer | August […]
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