Donald Trump Was Just Arrested, Fingerprinted, and Photographed in Georgia RICO Case
Mother Jones illustration; Fulton County Sheriff’s Office; Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Donald Trump surrendered Thursday to Fulton County authorities after being charged with conspiring to overturn Georgia’s 2020 presidential election results. Trump, who is facing 13 felony counts in the case, including violation…
Trump’s Arrest Is a Reminder Mugshots Are Bad
Mother Jones; Ron Elkman/Sports Imagery/ Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.One of the glaring ironies of former president Donald Trump (and his cronies) facing accountability for their attempts to subvert the democratic process is that Republicans have been forced to acknowledge the indignities…
Deported and No Way Back Home
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Carlos Sauceda called the United States home for 27 years, more than half of his life. In 1992, he left Honduras as an 11-year-old boy to reunite with his mother, who had moved north when he was just 18…
Rudy Giuliani Has Surrendered and Reported to Jail
Seth Wenig/ AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Rudy Giuliani, the ex-prosecutor and Trump attorney who made his name prosecuting mobsters under racketeering statutes, was booked today in Atlanta on racketeering charges. The charges, filed by Georgia prosecutors earlier this month, allege that Giuliani and 19…
Radicals Took Over the Michigan GOP. Now They Can’t Stop Losing.
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In early June, roughly 250 Michiganders filed into a windowless banquet hall for the Macomb County GOP’s annual Lincoln Dinner. The dining tables were decorated with white tablecloths, tiny American flags, and famous Lincoln quotes, while the silent auction…
A Growing Chorus of Conservative Legal Scholars Say Trump Should Be Barred from Presidency
Evan Vucci/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Donald Trump now faces two indictments and 17 charges related to his role in attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 election, and in both cases, prosecutors are aiming to try the former president before the 2024…