Matt DePerno Sought to Foreclose on His Clients’ Property. Now He Wants to Be Michigan’s Top Lawyer.
Mother Jones illustration; Jake May/The Flint Journal/AP; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.If Matthew DePerno wins his race to unseat Michigan’s Democratic attorney general in November, he’ll become the state’s top lawyer. He will have a staff of more than 500 people, and…
For Trump’s Attorneys, MAGA Has Nothing to Do With American Greatness
Michael Cohen, former attorney to President Donald Trump, leaves his apartment building before beginning his three-year prison term. Kevin Hagen/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.For many lawyers of former President Donald Trump and others who observe them, MAGA has a special meaning unrelated…
Poll: A Majority of Voters Want the Trump Investigations to Go On
Drew Angerer /Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In recent months, Donald Trump has found himself buried in a growing pile of lawsuits and investigations. Officials are probing his company’s finances, his attempt to overturn the 2020 election, his role in inciting a mob on…
Liz Cheney Is Set on Keeping “Election Deniers” Out of Office—Including Donald Trump
Tom Williams/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.After losing reelection in Wyoming this week, Rep. Liz Cheney has set her sights on a new target: keeping “election deniers” out of office, starting with former president Donald Trump. In a wide-ranging interview with ABC’s This…
Georgia Federal Judge Blocks Lindsey Graham’s Legal Maneuvering to Avoid Subpoena
Sen. Lindsey Graham is seen during a Senate vote in the US Capitol. Tom Williams/CQ Roll Cal/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Federal Judge Leigh Martin May from Georgia rejected a request from Sen. Lindsey Graham to delay his testimony before a grand jury…
Here’s the Whole Transcript of That Leaked Steve Bannon Tape, Annotated
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Halloween 2020 meeting in which Steve Bannon explained that Donald Trump planned to declare victory on election night, regardless of the actual results, was not supposed to be a big deal. The gathering was intended for Bannon to…