“He Was Throwing Off Cash”: How an International Fugitive Tried to Influence Trump’s Swamp
Jho Low on April 23, 2015, at the launch of the Global Daily website in WashingtonStuart Ramson/Invision for the United Nations Foundation/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.In 2017, Jho Low was hiring. Low—a businessman suspected of acting as a key architect in…
Rudy Giuliani Interrupted His Effort to Smear Joe Biden With An Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theory About George Soros
Rudy Giuliani, maskless, while addressing Trump supports indoors on Oct. 12, 2020 in Philadelphia. Jacqueline Larma/AP Photo For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Rudy Giuliani said Wednesday that George Soros, the billionaire financier and philanthropist, who is Jewish, is the cause of a federal…
Elliott Broidy, Former Top Trump Fundraiser, Will Plead Guilty to Violating Foreign Lobbying Law
Elliott Broidy at a Feb. 27, 2008 event.David Karp/AP Photo For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Elliott Broidy, a former top Republican National Committee fundraiser, has agreed to plead guilty to violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act, a person familiar with the plea agreement…
Donald Trump’s New Clinton Conspiracy Theory Is Complete Bullshit
Trump gestures to the press after getting off of Marine One following several days at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for treatment for COVID-19Ken Cedeno/CNP via ZUMA Wire For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Less than a month before the election, President Donald…
The Trump Administration Orders an Al Jazeera Affiliate to Register as a Foreign Agent
Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images via ZUMA Wire For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.The US Justice Department on Monday declared that the Al Jazeera Media Network—the international news organization based in Doha—”is an agent of the Government of Qatar.” The DOJ has ordered the network’s…
Appeals Court Says Bill Barr Can’t Drop Michael Flynn Charges Yet
Attorney General William Barr testifies before the House Judiciary Committee on July 28, 2020.Chip Somodevilla/CNP via ZUMA Wire For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.The Justice Department will have to defend Attorney General William Barr’s controversial attempt to drop charges against Michael Flynn, the…