The FBI Is Investigating Giuliani’s Attempt to Make a Movie About the Bidens and Ukraine
Rudy Giuliani in an unaired clip prepared for a film about the Bidens and Ukraine.Vimeo Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Last year, after Rudy Giuliani’s effort to dig up dirt on Joe Biden in Ukraine had already helped lead to the impeachment…
Top Trump Adviser Arrested and Charged With Secretly Lobbying for the UAE
Tom Barrack speaks at the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016.Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter. Tom Barrack, a friend and longtime adviser to former President Donald Trump, was arrested Tuesday and charged with violating foreign lobbying laws…
With New Leaders in the US, Israel, and Iran, Nuclear Politics Remain Messy
Israel’s new Prime Minister Naftali Bennett attends the first cabinet meeting of the new coalition government on June 13, 2021. Jini/Xinhua via ZUMA Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters. In 2015, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…
New Giuliani Tape Shows Key Witness Didn’t Testify Accurately in First Trump Impeachment
Kurt Volker testifies before the House Intelligence Committee on November 19, 2019.Douglas Christian/Zuma Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.The testimony of a key witness in Donald Trump’s first impeachment trial is under new scrutiny by the…
Abbe Lowell Is the Go-To Lawyer for Embattled Politicians. Now He Faces a Controversy of His Own.
Abbe Lowell attending the September 1, 2018, funeral of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.)Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.Abbe Lowell, one of Washington’s top attorneys, has spent decades helping high-profile clients engulfed in…
Businessman Convicted of Foreign Lobbying Crimes Paid for Secret Trump White House Mission to Qatar
Imaad Zuberi (left) leaves a federal courthouse with his attorney in Los Angeles on February 18, 2021.Brian Melley/AP Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.In June 2017, two former US officials, John Allen, a retired US Marine…