Leonardo DiCaprio Testifies at Foreign Lobbying Trial of Former Fugee Pras Michel
Leonardo DiCaprio at the London premiere of “The Wolf Of Wall Street” on Jan. 9, 2014.Joel Ryan/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Jurors in federal court won’t get to hear if Leonardo DiCaprio remembers Britany Spears jumping out of a cake at a birthday party…
A MAGA Mogul Urged a “Flame Revolution.” After His Arrest, His Apartment Caught Fire.
The Sherry-Netherland Hotel, after a fire at the penthouse residence of Guo WenguiBebeto Matthews/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Hours after the arrest last week of fugitive Chinese mogul Guo Wengui at his Upper East Side penthouse apartment in the tony Sherry-Netherland Hotel, a…
Swords, Coats, a $24,000 Dagger: The Trumps Failed to Report 117 Foreign Gifts
Donald and Melania Trump admire a gift from India’s prime minister in 2020.Alex Brandon/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Donald Trump and his family members accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of gifts from foreign leaders as they travelled the world and welcomed dignitaries to…
Steve Bannon Is Neck-Deep in Guo Wengui’s Allegedly Fraudulent Business Empire
Mother Jones; Anna Moneymaker/Getty, Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In late November 2021, Steve Bannon appeared in a live broadcast on GTV, a media outlet that he’d helped his friend Guo Wengui launch a year earlier. Bannon used the appearance to celebrate…
MAGA Mogul Guo Wengui Charged in $1 Billion Fraud Scheme
Guo Wengui at his Upper East side apartment on November 28, 2017.Timothy Clary/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Guo Wengui, a far-right mogul on the run from criminal charges in China, has worked for years with Steve Bannon to promote charitable organizations and for-profit…
Trump Said He Might Have Let Russia “Take Over” Parts of Ukraine. Fox News Edited It Out.
Donald Trump greets Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and President Vladimir Putin on July 7, 2017. Mikhail Klimentyev/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Last week, Donald Trump told Fox News’ Sean Hannity that he could have stopped the invasion of Ukraine by allowing Russia…