The Bonkers Story of How Trump Tried to Corrupt the DOJ to Steal the Election
Jeffery ClarkMother Jones Illustration; Susan Walsh/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.It was an odd coincidence of history: On Thursday, the 50th anniversary of the “Smoking Gun” conversation that forced Richard Nixon to resign his presidency, the House select committee investigating…
State Republicans Resisted Trump’s Subversion in 2020. We Got Lucky.
Georgia’s Republican secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger.Mother Jones illustration; Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Donald Trump badgered and bullied Republican state officials, threatened them, lied to them, and lied to others about them. He had his chief…
New Poll Finds 6 in 10 US Adults Support for Prosecuting Trump For January 6 Capitol Attack
Mark Humphrey/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Since the formation of the House select committee to investigate the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, a question has loomed large over its proceedings: Will the panel issue a criminal referral…
Trump Sycophants Advanced a Coup Plot They Knew Was Illegal
John Eastman and Rudy Giuliani at the Jan. 6, 2021 rally at the Ellipse.Jacquelyn Martin/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Beware the yes men. Donald Trump couldn’t have caused January 6 alone. The defeated president’s attempted putsch would not have gone…
Don’t Be Distracted by “Intoxicated” Rudy Giuliani
Mother Jones illustration; Mary Altaffer/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Donald Trump presumably wasn’t drunk when he prematurely declared victory at 2:30 a.m. on November 4, 2020. The 45th president, who famously doesn’t drink, was following a previously formed plan to…
What to Really Look for With the Senate Deal on Guns
A demonstrator near the Capitol, June 8Allison Bailey/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.On Sunday, a bipartisan group of 20 US senators announced a “commonsense” proposal for making progress on gun safety, including enhanced background checks for gun buyers under 21,…