Trump Sycophants Advanced a Coup Plot They Knew Was Illegal
John Eastman and Rudy Giuliani at the Jan. 6, 2021 rally at the Ellipse.Jacquelyn Martin/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Beware the yes men. Donald Trump couldn’t have caused January 6 alone. The defeated president’s attempted putsch would not have gone…
Insurrectionist Anti-Vaxx Doctor Simone Gold Was Just Sentenced to 60 Days in Prison
Dr. Simone Gold, founder of the anti-vaccine group America’s Frontline Doctors, speaks at an event in Jenks, Okla., on June 30, 2021. John Clanton/Tulsa World via AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.For most of the past year, Simone Gold, a…
A Fugitive Chinese Mogul Spent Big to Overturn the 2020 Election
Mother Jones illustration; Don Emmert/AFP/Getty; Drew Angerer/Getty Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.A fugitive Chinese mogul who has worked closely with Steve Bannon—and who is under federal investigation for fraud—spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to support efforts to overturn the 2020…
Insurrectionist Tells Judge Her Elite Credentials Should Keep Her Out of Prison
Simone Gold, with John Strand (left), uses a bullhorn to address protesters in the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.When Simone Gold was making her meteoric rise in the right-wing ecosphere, she…
The 1/6 Committee’s Biggest Challenge: Assessing Whether Trump Is Bonkers
J. Scott Applewhite/AO Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.One key mission for the House committee investigating the January 6 riot is affirming reality and highlighting the obvious: the 2020 election was not rigged to steal victory from Donald Trump. The committee’s…
Don’t Be Distracted by “Intoxicated” Rudy Giuliani
Mother Jones illustration; Mary Altaffer/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Donald Trump presumably wasn’t drunk when he prematurely declared victory at 2:30 a.m. on November 4, 2020. The 45th president, who famously doesn’t drink, was following a previously formed plan to…