Report: Threats to Federal Judges Have More Than Doubled Since 2020
New federal data obtained by Reuters shows serious threats against federal judges and prosecutors have spiked since the 2020 election, as Trump has railed against judges overseeing his many court proceedings.Meir Chaimowitz/NurPhoto via ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Threats to federal judges and…
Elise Stefanik’s Latest VP Audition? Seeking to Have Letitia James Disbarred.
In her latest apparent bid to secure her place as Trump’s running mate, Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) has filed an ethics complaint against New York Attorney General Letitia James.Michael Brochstein/ZUMA Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Trump veepstakes rages on. The latest apparent audition? Rep. Elise…
Trump Must Pay E. Jean Carroll $83.3 Million for Defamation in Rape Case
Michael M. Santiago/Getty; Brynn Anderson/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Jurors in the defamation case against Donald Trump took less than three hours to decide that Trump should pay $83.3 million to writer E. Jean Carroll for defaming her after she claimed Trump raped…
Former Trump Aide Peter Navarro Sentenced to Four Months in Jail
Peter Navarro prior to his sentencing on January 25.Bryan Olin Dozier/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A federal judge on Thursday sentenced former Donald Trump adviser Peter Navarro to four months in prison for contempt of Congress, while tearing into Navarro’s claims that he…
A Federal Judge Has Gone to Great Lengths to Make Clear Trump Really Did Rape E. Jean Carroll
Elizabeth Williams/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.District Judge Lewis Kaplan has said it multiple times: Donald Trump raped E. Jean Carroll in 1996. Kaplan wrote it in May 2023, when he presided over one of the trials against Trump. And he reminded jurors…
Trump Still Won’t Behave In Court
Alex Brandon/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Donald Trump muttered and snarled his way through a second day in a federal courtroom in New York, where he was to observe the proceedings of the $10 million defamation lawsuit filed against him by writer E. Jean…