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Category: Foreign Influence

Trump’s Stone Pardon Would Be Outrageous. DOJ Will Release Evidence Showing Why.

Roger Stone leaves court on Feb. 20, 2020 after being sentenced to 40 months in prison.Graham Macgillivray/Congressional Quarterly via ZUMA Press For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The Justice Department said Friday that it plans to release by June 19 previously redacted portions of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s…

Bill Barr’s Effort to Protect Michael Flynn Is “Corrupt,” An Explosive New Legal Filing Says

Attorney General William Barr listens as President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office on May 28, 2020. Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The Justice Department’s effort to dismiss charges against former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn is “corrupt” and “politically motivated,” an attorney…

Is Donald Trump Siding With an Alleged War Criminal in Libya?

Khalifa Haftar at talks in Athens on January 17, 2020Angelos Tzortzinis/AP Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.In Libya, where a civil war is raging, the official position of the United States is to support an internationally recognized government in Tripoli and to call for Khalifa Haftar,…

Newly Released Transcript Shows Jared Kushner Misled Congress About a Contact Involving Russia

Jared Kushner after testifying before the House Intelligence Committee on July 25, 2017.Ron Sachs/CNP via ZUMA Wire For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.While President Trump uses Attorney General William Barr to try to erase the story of his 2016 campaign’s contacts with Russia, information showing that Trump…

Russia Scandal Figure Who Decried “Ukraine Hoax” Will Aid Trump’s Coronavirus Messaging

Michael Caputo, left, following his testimony before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on July 14, 2017.Ron Sachs/CNP via ZUMA Wire For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.As the Department of Health and Human Services battles the coronavirus outbreak, the Trump administration has placed Michael Caputo, a…