“Delay and Disruption”: Fired Prosecutor Has “Serious Concerns” About Bill Barr’s Motives
US Attorney General William Barr on July 13.Oliver Contreras/Sipa via AP Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Geoffrey Berman, the recently ousted US attorney for the Southern District of New York, last Thursday told the House Judiciary Committee, around 25 times, that he feared Attorney General William…
Not Just Roger Stone: A Shockingly Long List of Trump’s Controversial Pardons and Commutations
Mother Jones illustration; Jim Loscalzo/ZUMA; Storms Media Group/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.A version of this story was first published on April 13, 2020. Donald Trump has added yet another name to his burgeoning list of friends, loyalists, and conservative celebrities who have received presidential pardons…
Donald Trump Frees Roger Stone…and Pardons Himself
Roger Stone leaves court in DC after being sentenced on February 20, 2020.Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Friday night—as Americans across the country continued protesting dangerous and divisive disparities in the criminal justice system—Donald Trump commuted the prison sentence of his longtime adviser…
A Key Witness Against Roger Stone Says William Barr Twisted His Words
Randy Credico with his dog Bianca and his attorney on September 7. 2019.Drew Angerer/Getty Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Randy Credico says he hasn’t slept at home in more than two years. The comedian and activist has been laying low, somewhere in New York, since proclaiming…
Roger Stone Prosecutor Says “We Were Told That We Could Be Fired” Over Case
Attorney General William Barr at the White House on June 16.Stefani Reynolds/CNP via ZUMA Wire For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.A Justice Department lawyer who prosecuted Roger Stone says that he and other career prosecutors “were told that we could be fired,” if they resisted political pressure…
Justice Department Pressured Prosecutors to Go Easy on Roger Stone, Attorney Says
Roger Stone, arrives at court for sentencing on February 20, 2020 in Washington.Mark Wilson/Getty Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.A Justice Department lawyer who prosecuted Roger Stone is alleging that attorneys involved in the case were pressured by their superiors to “cut Stone a break” due to his…