Allen Weisselberg Escapes Questioning in Inauguration Scandal Case—for Now
Allen Weisselberg departs Manhattan criminal court on July 1.John Minchillo/A Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Allen Weisselberg is lucky. Certainly not because he and the Trump Organization, where he has served as chief financial officer for three decades, were indicted by the Manhattan…
Under Trump, Presidents Got More Power to Fire Agency Heads. Biden Just Used It.
Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On Friday, Joe Biden fired Social Security Commissioner Andrew Saul, a Trump administration appointee who had clashed with congressional Democrats and disability rights activists. Originally appointed by Donald Trump in 2018, Saul’s term was set…
Trump Sues Facebook, Google, and Twitter: Is It All About the Grift?
Seth Wenig/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.On Wednesday morning, the former leader of the Free World proclaimed to the globe his latest priority: suing Facebook, Google (which owns YouTube), and Twitter for banning him from…
An Indictment of the Trump Organization Is an Indictment of Donald Trump
zz/KGC-375/STAR MAX/IPx Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.After Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance indicted the Trump Organization and its chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg for tax fraud on Thursday, supporters of Donald Trump took pains to…
Read the Indictment Against the Trump Organization and Allen Weisselberg
The Trump Organization’s chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg appears in court in New York.Seth Wenig/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Former president Donald Trump’s company and top corporate lieutenant Allen Weisselberg were indicted Thursday afternoon in…
Ron DeSantis’ Deplatforming Bill Is Deplatformed and Everyone Wins…But Also Loses
Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images via ZUMA Wire Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Last month, Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law a measure to radically overhaul how social media companies operate in his state. Under its…