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STATEMENT FROM NORM EISEN AND VIRGINIA CANTER ON THE PARAMOUNT GLOBAL SETTLEMENT
Press Release | July 2, 2025
Following Paramount Global's agreement to pay $16 million to settle a lawsuit brought by President Trump over a 60 Minutes interview, Democracy Defenders Action released the following statements.
DEMOCRACY DEFENDERS ACTION IMPLORES INCLUSION OF KEY ETHICS PROVISIONS IN DIGITAL ASSETS LEGISLATION
Press Release | June 26, 2025
Following the House’s failure to include ethics provisions in legislation that would establish a regulatory structure for digital assets, Democracy Defenders Action released a letter urging Senators to include key ethics provisions to protect the nation’s financial markets.
DEMOCRACY DEFENDERS ACTION URGES SENATE TO
REJECT ANTI-DEMOCRATIC RECONCILIATION PACKAGE
Press Release | June 26, 2025
Ahead of the upcoming vote on the reconciliation package in the U.S. Senate, Democracy Defenders Action sent a letter to Senators urging them to reject the legislation unless deeply anti-democratic provisions are removed and previously stricken measures are not revived.
DEMOCRACY DEFENDERS ACTION STATEMENT ON SENATE PASSAGE OF THE GENIUS ACT
Press Release | June 17, 2025
Following passage of the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act, or the GENIUS Act, in the Senate, Virginia Canter, chief counsel for ethics and anticorruption at Democracy Defenders Action issued the following statement.
PRESS FREEDOM GROUP HIRES PROMINENT LITIGATORS AS IT ESCALATES LEGAL FIGHT AGAINST PARAMOUNT
Press Release | June 6, 2025
A new demand letter from the Freedom Press Foundation puts Paramount Global on notice, warning the company to halt private settlement talks with Donald Trump over his lawsuit against CBS News—or face legal action.
NEW: Autocracy vs. Democracy in America: The First 100 Days
Report | April 29, 2025
In his first 100 days, Donald Trump has pushed authoritarian policies but faced strong resistance from courts, voters, and pro-democracy coalitions. This report highlights the pro-democracy forces landing decisive blows—Trump lost the first round, and now it’s time for democracy to win the fight.
STATE DEMOCRACY DEFENDERS ACTION URGES LAWMAKERS TO REJECT MAGA REGIME’S ATTEMPT TO SILENCE AMERICAN VOTERS
Press Release | March 31, 2025
As the House prepares to vote on the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, State Democracy Defenders Action calls on lawmakers to reject this harmful legislation and protect the freedom to vote.
BIPARTISAN COALITION BACKS COMPLAINT AGAINST MUSK’S PAC FOR VIOLATING WI CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAWS
Press Release | March 17, 2025
State Democracy Defenders Action and Principles First Support Complaint by Wisconsin Citizen Against Elon Musk’s “Building America’s Future” for Violating Wisconsin Campaign Finance Law.
