Leaked Audio: Before Election Day, Bannon Said Trump Planned to Falsely Claim Victory
Mother Jones illustration; J. Scott Applewhite/AP; Chip Somodevilla/Getty Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.On the evening of October 31, 2020, Steve Bannon told a group of associates that President Donald Trump had a plan to declare victory on election night—even if…
Former Oath Keepers Spokesman Set to Testify at January 6 Hearing
Oath Keepers Founder Stewart Rhodes in Washington on June 25, 2017. His former associate, Jason Van Tatenhove, is scheduled to testify before the January 6 committee.Susan Walsh/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.A former spokesman for the Oath Keepers militia group…
Cassidy Hutchinson Gave the Testimony We Needed 15 Months Ago
Rod Lamkey/CNP via ZUMA Press Wire Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony to the January 6th committee on Tuesday was extraordinary. Hutchinson, formerly a senior aide to White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, had a ringside seat to…
Trump Allegedly Attacked His Own Secret Service Agent. That Wasn’t Even Tuesday’s Biggest News.
Mother Jones illustration; House Select Committee/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.In a sense, Secret Service agent Bobby Engel spoke for most Americans when he reportedly told President Donald Trump, on January 6, 2021: “Take your hand off the steering wheel.”…
“We’re Going to Get Charges of Every Crime Imaginable,” Trump’s Top White House Lawyer Warned
Cassidy Hutchinson, former aide to Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, testifies before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on Tuesday, June 28, 2022.Andrew Harnik – Pool Via Cnp/CNP via ZUMA Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print…
Explosive January 6 Testimony: Trump Wanted Armed Supporters to March to the Capitol
Cassidy Hutchinson, former aide to Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, is sworn in to testify.Andrew Harnik/CNP/ZUMA Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.A Trump White House aide testified to the January 6 committee today that the former president was…