Category Archives: Communications

Washington, DC – Following announcement that Attorney General William Barr has received notice that Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation has been completed, Truman’s President and CEO Jenna Ben-Yehuda issued the following statement: “Special Counsel Mueller’s investigation has been a critical effort in service of our national security. To date, it has produced 199 criminal charges…

Washington, DC – Today, Truman Center for National Policy Acting Board Chair Laura Liswood and Truman National Security Project Board Chair John Driscoll announced Jenna Ben-Yehuda as the new President and CEO of both organizations. The announcement comes at the end of a four-month executive search conducted by a committee drawn from both organizations’ governing…

Washington, DC -- Following the declaration of a national emergency by President Trump, Truman Project Interim Executive Director Bishop Garrison issued the following statement: “There is no national emergency on our southern border. This declaration is simply a result of the fact that no one but President Trump and his most devoted supporters want a…

Washington, DC -- Following the conclusion of tonight’s State of the Union Address, Truman Project Interim Executive Director Bishop Garrison issued the following statement: "Although the delivery proved more moderate and even-keeled, the message behind President Trump's address remained the same and featured many of the self-aggrandizing boasts and outright lies we have seen previously."…

Washington, DC -- Following the indictment and arrest of Trump campaign advisor and confidant Roger Stone by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, Truman Interim Executive Director Bishop Garrison issued the following statement: “Roger Stone has been a corrosive influence on American politics for years, but these crimes are beyond the pale even for him. Stone’s collaboration…

Washington, DC -- Following the conclusion of the confirmation hearings for William Barr to the post of attorney general, Truman Project Interim Executive Director Bishop Garrison issued the following statement: “William Barr is undoubtedly a more professional and competent nominee for this post than Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker. Nonetheless, he did not provide adequate…

“There is no national emergency on our southern border, despite the White House’s repeated use of lies, exaggerations, and racist rhetoric to claim otherwise. People fleeing extreme violence and seeking a life of opportunity for their children and themselves do not constitute a national security threat.” “The only immigration crisis in this country is that…

Washington,DC – Following the filing of H.R. 1, the For the People Act, yesterday by U.S.Representatives John Sarbanes (D- MD) and Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Truman Project Interim Executive Director Bishop Garrison issued the following statement: “Truman Project is heartened to see that the new Congress remains committed to prioritizing democracy reform. The For the People…

“Ten days ago, President Trump said he would be ‘proud’ to shut down the government. Now, he and a few of his enablers in the lame duck House are holding hostage the work, services, and employees of our nation due to their fringe demands for a ineffective, immoral, and wasteful vanity project.” “It is time…

Washington, DC — Today, in response to the Trump Administration’s announcement that U.S. troops in Syria are preparing for a rapid withdrawal, Truman Project Interim Executive Director Bishop Garrison issued the following statement. “For nearly two years, the Trump Administration has been escalating U.S. military activities in Syria with no proper legal authority, plan for…