Republican Asa Hutchinson Announces 2024 Presidential Run
Robert F. Bukaty/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Former Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson announced Sunday that he will seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2024. “I’m convinced that people want leaders that appeal to the best of America, and not simply appeal to our…
Actually, Former Presidents Do Get Indicted—and Not Just in “Banana Republics”
France’s Nicolas Sarkozy (left) and Italy’s Silvio Berlusconi, seen here in 2009, were two former premiers charged with and convicted of crimes.Soeren Stache/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Almost immediately after Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced that he had indicted ex-president Donald Trump,…
Trump’s Indictment Is Yet Another Stress Test for America
Sue Ogrocki/AP Editor’s note: The below article is a preview of the lead item in the next edition of David Corn’s newsletter, Our Land. The newsletter comes out twice a week (most of the time) and provides behind-the-scenes stories about politics and media. Subscribing costs just $5 a month—but you can sign up for a free 30-day trial of…
New York Grand Jury Just Voted to Indict Tump
Mother Jones; Alex Brandon/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A grand jury in Manhattan voted to indict former president Donald Trump on charges related to his 2016 payoff of adult film star Stormy Daniels, as part of an effort to keep an alleged affair…
The Full Stormy Hush-Money Tale Features Plenty of Witnesses Who Could Be Trouble for Trump
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.With a possible indictment of Donald Trump, it’s a good moment to review how the porn-star-hush-money caper may make him the first president or ex-president ever charged with a crime. Such a refresher reminds us just how tawdry the…
I Am Donald Trump’s Only Hope
Donald Trump and Rep. Kevin McCarthy in 2020Alex Brandon/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.When Donald Trump announced that he expects to be arrested on Tuesday, he called on supporters to take to the streets. “PROTEST, TAKE OUR NATION BACK!” he wrote. Trump’s rhetoric…