Nearly three months after calling for him to resign, almost 2,000 alumni of the Department of Justice again are condemning Attorney General William Barr over substantial evidence that his department interfered politically in the prosecution of an ally of President Trump, this time former national security adviser Michael…

On May 20, Protect Democracy filed an amicus brief on behalf of 1,187 former federal prosecutors, who argue why Judge Emmet Sullivan has “robust authority” to scrutinize the Justice Department’s motion to dismiss the prosecution of Michael Flynn—“and to take appropriate action if [he] determines that dismissal would…

Protect Democracy and a cross-partisan group of good-government organizations sent a letter in strong support of Rep. Katie Porter's (CA-45) Accountability for Acting Officials Act. The bill would close loopholes which have allowed an excessive number of acting officials to serve in leadership roles — skipping the required Senate confirmation process.