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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 THE HOUSE TO REJECT THE NO ROGUE RULINGS ACT

Press Release | April 7, 2025

State Democracy Defenders Action calls on the Congress to reject H.R. 1526, the No Rogue Rulings Act (NORRA), a dangerous attempt to undermine judicial oversight.

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.

Ethics Experts Sound the Alarm on Patel's Qatar Connection

Statement | February 3, 2025

State Democracy Defenders Action sent a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding FBI nominee Kash Patel’s recently revealed financial relationship with the government of Qatar.

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