User:Cosmikdebris/ACLJ

Reference material for the expansion of American Center for Law and Justice



 * Elizabeth Williamson, Trump’s Other Personal Lawyer: Close to the Right, but Far From Giuliani. The New York Times, 1 December 2019.


 * Luppe B. Luppen and Hunter Walker, 'The Wild West': Questions surround Trump legal team payments. Yahoo News, 29 October 2019.

"In addition to his work for Trump, Sekulow has a private law firm, and he and his family also operate — and receive substantial income from — a network of nonprofit charitable organizations that describe themselves as dedicated to religious advocacy. In the past two years, as Sekulow served as Trump’s attorney, he has shifted parts of his empire of nonprofits to focus on pro-Trump legal work."


 * Dan Friedman, How Another Trump Lawyer Became Involved in US Foreign Policy. Mother Jones, 24 October 2019.

"Rudy Giuliani has drawn substantial scrutiny in recent months over his alleged efforts to run a shadow foreign policy for Donald Trump in Ukraine. But the former New York City mayor isn’t the only lawyer for Trump who has become involved in a US foreign policy matter. Last year, Jay Sekulow, while serving as a personal attorney for Trump, was in repeated contact with a prominent lobbyist who was pushing to help Turkey’s national bank avoid prosecution by the Justice Department for its alleged role in a scheme to evade US sanctions on Iran."


 * MSNBC’s Ari Melber schools Trump attorney Jay Sekulow on presidential ‘high crimes and misdemeanors’, AlterNet, 9 October 2019.


 * Inside the Trump legal team trying to stop impeachment before it starts, Politico, 23 September 2019.

"Sekulow routinely uses his own daily radio program to critique Trump’s investigators. Sekulow recently dedicated an entire show to mocking and trashing House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler’s efforts to collect information for potential impeachment proceedings. He took particular issue with a resolution the Democrat had circulated laying out the rules for the committee’s impeachment probe, latching on to a clause that allows Trump’s lawyers to respond in writing to evidence collected in both public and private settings."


 * American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) at Media Bias/Fact Check.

"In review, The American Center for Law & Justice has a borderline extreme right wing bias in reporting news on their website. Most stories published are favorable to the christian right and negative toward the left. There is frequent use of loaded words in articles such as this: “Chief Architect of ObamaCare’s Deceit and Pro-Abortion Deception Fired for Fraud.” The ACLJ also has produced a half-true claim via a fact checker. Further, the Southern Poverty Law Center has an article describing how the ACLJ has been opposed to civil rights for homosexuals as evidenced by their drafting of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act. Overall, we rate the ACLJ as a borderline extreme right wing source that is mixed in factual reporting. (D. Van Zandt 8/29/2017)"


 * Peter Montgomery, Who Is Jay Sekulow? Trump Attorney Funnels Millions to His Family Through Nonprofits. Right Wing Watch, 7 March 2019.

"It’s no surprise that Sekulow has found a place in Trump’s inner circle. Sekulow’s questionable relationship to the truth and his record of using nonprofits to enrich his family are quite Trumpian in nature."


 * Note: Jay Sekulow went absent from his radio show when the Cohen allegations surfaced in May 2019. He finally appeared on his show, on May 29, commenting by phone on Robert Mueller's press briefing earlier in the day. He made it back to his namesake show in late June 2019 after giving it up for a long time to his son, boring wannabe pundit Jordan Sekulow.


 * Devil Cole, Cohen allegations again raise questions about Sekulow's role defending Trump. CNN, 21 May 2019.

"Jay Sekulow, President Donald Trump's personal attorney, became the subject of renewed attention Monday evening after newly released congressional transcripts revealed Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen claimed Sekulow knew that Cohen lied to Congress in 2016 about when the Trump Tower Moscow project ended."


 * Nicholas Fandos and Maggie Haberman House Panel Investigates Obstruction Claims Against Trump Lawyers. The New York Times, 14 May 2019.

"The House Intelligence Committee is investigating whether lawyers tied to President Trump and his family helped obstruct the panel’s inquiry into Russian election interference by shaping false testimony, a series of previously undisclosed letters from its chairman show."


 * Jerry Lambe, House Democrats Are Investigating Trump Family Lawyers. lawandcrime.com, 14 May 2019.


 * Ellis Kim, Abbe Lowell, Facing House Intel Probe, Turns to Carol Elder Bruce. The National Law Journal, 15 May 2019.

"Jay Sekulow, Alan Futerfas and Alan Garten also have picked up counsel amid a House committee investigation into claims of obstruction tied to MIchael Cohen's testimony to Congress in 2017."


 * Matt Gertz, Jay Sekulow parroted Seth Rich conspiracy theories on Hannity’s Fox show -- then became the president’s lawyer. mediamatters.org, 16 May 2019.


 * Max Greenwood, Trump lawyer Sekulow directed millions to family with nonprofits: report. thehill.com, 27 June 2017.


 * Charlie Savage, For Jay Sekulow, New Trump Lawyer, Public Stumble Is Out of Character. New York Times, 19 June 2017.


 * Tessa Berenson, How Jay Sekulow Became Trump's Top Lawyer on the Mueller Investigation. Time, 28 March 2018.


 * John Swaine, Trump lawyer uses government action on abortion to raise cash for own group. The Guardian, 24 July 2018.


 * Brent Brookhouse, Cup of coffee in the big time: Dojo Pro? WWE? ROH? Problematic situations test our personal boundaries., cagesideseats.com, 23 July 2018. Logan Sekulow's involvement in a wrestling television show inevitably brings up questions concerning his involvement in the ACLJ.


 * Kelly Weill, Jay Sekulow’s Son Made Close to $1 Million From Family Charity. The Daily Beast, 3 July 2017.


 * Conflicts of Interest Are a Red Flag for Donors: Some Charity Insiders May Take Unfair Advantage of Their Position. charitywatch.org, 20 February 2018.


 * Donor Alert: 'ACLJ' Is Two Charities Dominated by One Family. charitywatch.org, 19 July 2017.


 * Betsy Woodruff and Asawin Suebsaeng, How Jay Sekulow Keeps Surviving Trump’s Legal Team Purges. The Daily Beast, 11 May 2018.


 * Aaron Bandler, Trump Lawyer on New Book: ‘The People Will Be Able to Defend Jerusalem As Their Capital’, jewishjournal.com, 4 May 2018.


 * Marcia Coyle, Trump Lawyer Jay Sekulow Loses SCOTUS Petition in Abortion Videos Case. The National Law Journal, 2 April 2018.


 * Rosie Gray, Sean Hannity’s Ties to Two More Trump-Connected Lawyers. The Atlantic, 17 April 2018.


 * Betsy Woodruff, Trump’s Legal Team Is Bigger Than It Looks. The Daily Beast, 25 March 2018.


 * Betsy Woodruff and Lachlan Markay, Trump’s Lawyers Sharing Space With Anti-‘Deep-State’ Group. The Daily Beast, 22 March 2018.


 * Ian Millhiser, Trump’s legal strategy is a great way to wind up in prison. thinkprogress.org, 22 March 2018.


 * Shannon Pettypiece, Trump’s Lawyer Uses Radio Show to Chip Away at Mueller Probe. bloomberg.com, 23 February 2018.


 * Ian Millhiser, The very shady way that Donald Trump’s new lawyer got very, very rich Donald Trump’s new lawyer is the Donald Trump of lawyers. Think Progress, 21 June 2017.


 * Trump attorney Jay Sekulow’s family has been paid millions from charities they control, The Washington Post, 27 June 2017.


 * Hey Y’All, Jay Sekulow May Have No F**king Clue What He’s Doing. abovethelaw.com, November 2017.


 * What to Know About Jay Sekulow and the ACLJ. care2.com, August 14, 2017.


 * Ruth Marcus: Behind the Trump team's bluster, a dark legal strategy. heraldextra.com, July 24. 2007.


 * Jack Jenkins, Trump’s lawyer helped birth the GOP effort to politicize churches. Now his dream may come true. thinkprogress.org, 27 July 2017.


 * William Saletan, How Jay Sekulow tries to bury the truth, salon.com, 18 July 2017.


 * Jon Swaine, Trump lawyer's firm steered millions in donations to family members, files show. The Guardian, 27 June 2017.


 * Radio logs, July 3, 2017


 * Charlie May, Trump’s new lawyer is facing his own investigation: Authorities in two states examining Jay Sekulow’s Christian nonprofit. Salon.com, 29 June 2017.


 * Kelly Weill, Jay Sekulow’s Son Made Close to $1 Million From Family Charity. The Daily Beast, 3 July 2017.


 * James H. Andrews, How Other Rights Groups View the ACLJ. Christian Science Monitor, 7 February 1994.


 * Jay Sekulow and ACLJ - Christian or Profiteer?


 * Bob Smietana, Tenn. lawyer's family, firm collect millions from charities. USA Today, 5 September 2011.


 * Olivia Nuzzi, All in the family: How to Get Rich Suing For Jesus. The Daily Beast, 9 September 2015.


 * 10 Things You Should Know About the American Center For Law And Justice. Human Rights Campaign.


 * Pat Robertson Attorney Has High-flying Lifestyle, Says Legal Newspaper. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, December 2005.


 * Miranda Blue, Religious Right ‘Freedom And Liberty’ Group ACLJ Backed Russian ‘Gay Propaganda’ And Blasphemy Bans. Right Wing Watch, 19 May 2014.


 * The National Christian Foundation Anti-LGBT Funding Encyclopedia. Two Care Center Against Religious Extremism, 14 June 2014.


 * Zimbabwe's Upcoming Elections: Corruption, Homophobia, and U.S. Conservatives. politicalresearch.org, 26 July 2013.


 * Sharon Kann, Who Are The Anti-Choice Activists On Evening Cable? Meet the Anti-Choice Figures Who Appear Most Often To Spread Misinformation About Abortion. mediamatters.org, 1 June 2016.


 * Fred Clark, Jay Sekulow fleeces donors for big money. Slacktivist blog at patheos.com, 7 September 2011. (Note: Extensively quotes an article in The Tennessean that appears to be unavailable now.)


 * The Secrets of Jay Sekulow. The Rutherford Institute, 1 November 2005.


 * Kyle Mantyla, The Secrets Of Jay Sekulow – The Sequel. Right Wing Watch, 6 September 2011.


 * Making Millions From Mammon? Jay Sekulow Accused Of Funneling Millions To Family. jonathanturley.org, 7 September 2011.


 * Pam Martens, Jay Sekulow: The Man Pumping the IRS Scandal on Network TV Sits At the Center of a Web of Nonprofits That Have Paid Him, His Family and Related Businesses $40 Million Since 1998. Wall Street On Parade, 28 May 2013.