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…
Chaos: After Manhattan Prosecutor Refuses to Step Down, Barr Says Trump Fired Him. Trump Says Otherwise.
AP Photo/Kevin Hagen For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.4:25 p.m. ET: Shortly after Barr released his letter, Trump undercut his attorney general’s claims in remarks to reporters. “I’m not involved,” Trump told reporters outside the White House. This contradicts Barr’s claim that Trump fired Berman at Barr’s…
Trump Has a Half Billion in Loans Coming Due. They May Be His Biggest Conflict of Interest Yet.
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Win or lose in November, one thing won’t change for Donald Trump: Over the next few years, his company must settle a series of whopping debts. Before the end of a theoretical second term, his company will have to refinance—or, in a…
Say It Under Oath, Asshole
John Bolton on August 29, 2019, Minsk, Belarus.Yuri Oreshkin/TASS via ZUMA Press For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Last October, President Donald Trump said, on television, that “China should start an investigation into the Bidens” and reiterated his previously private push for Ukraine to investigate the former vice…
Bill Barr’s Effort to Protect Michael Flynn Is “Corrupt,” An Explosive New Legal Filing Says
Attorney General William Barr listens as President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office on May 28, 2020. Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The Justice Department’s effort to dismiss charges against former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn is “corrupt” and “politically motivated,” an attorney…