Former Trump Lawyer Jenna Ellis Joins Guilty Plea Parade in Georgia
Mother Jones; Fulton County Sheriff’s Office/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Jenna Ellis, a former lawyer for Donald Trump’s campaign, pleaded guilty Tuesday in the sprawling Georgia criminal prosecution surrounding Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Ellis is now the fourth defendant—and third attorney—to…
Emmer nominated for U.S. House speaker but drops out after Trump opposition
U.S. House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., right, and Rep. Guy Reschenthaler, R-Pa., arrive to a House GOP candidates forum where congressmen who are running for speaker of the House presented their platforms in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill on Oct. 24, 2023 in Washington, D.C. Win McNamee/Getty Images WASHINGTON — U.S.…
Ex-Trump attorney Jenna Ellis pleads guilty to felony in Fulton 2020 election case
Jenna Ellis reacts after reading a statement while pleading guilty to a felony count of aiding and abetting false statements and writings inside Fulton Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee’s courtroom. John Bazemore-Pool/Getty Images This post was updated at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday Oct. 24, 2023. Jenna Ellis, a former attorney for the Trump campaign in…
Georgia Supreme Court upholds state’s six-week abortion ban, returns challenge to lower court
Justice Verda M. Colvin, who penned Tuesday’s opinion for the majority, listens to oral arguments back in March. Jill Nolin/Georgia Recorder This story was updated at 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. Attention has shifted back to the Fulton County courthouse after the Georgia Supreme Court rejected an argument that state lawmakers should have…
U.S. House Republicans mull eight new candidates for speaker in advance of votes
U.S. Rep. Austin Scott, a Georgia Republican who unsuccessfully sought the nomination for speaker of the House, talks to reporters on Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. Jennifer Shutt/States Newsroom WASHINGTON — U.S. House Republicans Monday night gathered behind closed doors to hear the pitches of eight candidates for the speaker’s gavel, as the chamber approaches three…
How the 47-Percent Video Drove Mitt Romney to Depression and Nearly Out of the 2012 Race
J. Scott Applewhite/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.During the 2012 presidential campaign, when I obtained and posted a secretly recorded video of GOP nominee Mitt Romney deriding 47 percent of Americans as shiftless freeloaders who don’t “take personal responsibility and care for their…