Are Trump’s Attacks on Mueller Working?
Mueller testifying on Capitol Hill in 2010.Tim Sloan/AFP/Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As House Democrats ramp up their investigations into ties between President Donald Trump and Russia, a new Washington Post-ABC News poll has found that a clear majority of Americans supports their efforts. About six in ten adults want Democrats…
Nancy Pelosi Leans Into Collusion After Roger Stone Indictment
Tom Williams/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Fresh off her decisive victory over President Donald Trump in the fight to end the longest government shutdown in US history, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi released a scathing statement on the other damning news of the day: the arrest of the president’s longtime…
What the Roger Stone Indictment Left Out: How He Helped Russia Attack the 2016 Election
Lynne Sladky/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Roger Stone, the conniving conspiracy theorist and self-proclaimed dirty trickster whose motto is “admit nothing, deny everything,” was indicted Friday morning by special counsel Robert Mueller for allegedly lying to the House intelligence committee about his efforts to interact with WikiLeaks during the 2016…
Yes, There Was Collusion. Look at the Manafort Case
Andrew Harnik/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. For years now, Donald Trump has been screeching “No collusion!” It’s been a hollow cry, because throughout the 2016 campaign (and afterward as president), Trump aided and abetted Vladimir Putin’s attack on a US election by echoing Moscow’s disinformation that the Kremlin had…
Ukrainian Oligarch Scrutinized by Robert Mueller Was a Giuliani Client
JJbuket/Wikimedia Commons Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A Russian Ukrainian mogul who has drawn scrutiny from special counsel Robert Mueller has a business connection to one of the lead lawyers representing Donald Trump in the Russia investigation: former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Giuliani told Mother Jones that Pavel Fuks,…
A New Right-Wing Smear Campaign Targets a Former FBI Official to Distract From Russia Scandal
Rep. Mark Meadows (left) and Rep. Jim Jordan talk during a press conference calling on the president to declassify the Carter Page FISA applications.Bill Clark/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. What happens when the politics of personal destruction intersect with a Trumpian conspiracy theory? Unfortunately, I’ve seen it, thanks to…