Watergate and Trump: The role of citizens

Wise words from Fred Wertheimer

Friends,

Last Wednesday, Fred Wertheimer received the Paul H. Douglas Award for Ethics in Government for 2025.

Ever since I met him in the 1970s, when he worked as legal counsel for Common Cause, the nonpartisan citizens’ lobby, Fred has been trying to make American democracy work better. Fred led the successful campaign to pass the Federal Election Camp…