The January 6 Committee Has a Plan to Prevent Another Attempt to Steal an Election
Chris Kleponis/Sipa via AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Donald Trump had a plan to steal the 2020 election: he wanted GOP-controlled legislatures in key states Joe Biden won to override the will of their state’s voters and appoint their own electors…
New Evidence Suggests Trump DOJ Official Conspired With White House to Overturn 2020 Election
Depart of Justice official Jeffrey Clark speaks during a news conference on September 14, 2020.Susan Walsh/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Jeffrey Clark, an assistant attorney general in the Justice Department under Donald Trump, played a key role in Trump’s conspiracy to…
Here’s Why a Former Trump Ally May Plead the Fifth Before the 1/6 Committee
Former acting assistant U.S. attorney general Jeffrey Clark, who aligned himself with Donald Trump after he lost the 2020 election, has declined to be fully interviewed by a House committee investigating the January 6 Capitol insurrection.Yuri Gripas/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones…
Behind the Tweet That Became the Rallying Cry for the Insurrection
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.This article is a collaboration between Mother Jones and Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, which is a nonprofit investigative newsroom. Sign up to get their investigations emailed to you directly. On the evening of Monday, November 2, 2020, the 35-year-old…
Paul Gosar Is Why Censure Exists
Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via ZUMA Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On Wednesday, the House of Representatives voted to censure Arizona Republican Rep. Paul Gosar and strip him of his committee assignments. First elected in 2012 after a long and not especially…
Steve Bannon Just Surrendered to the FBI
Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Trump guru Stephen K. Bannon surrendered to federal authorities on Monday morning after defying a subpoena from the select committee investigating the January 6 riot at the Capitol. On Friday, the Department of Justice…