Trump Allegedly Attacked His Own Secret Service Agent. That Wasn’t Even Tuesday’s Biggest News.
Mother Jones illustration; House Select Committee/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.In a sense, Secret Service agent Bobby Engel spoke for most Americans when he reportedly told President Donald Trump, on January 6, 2021: “Take your hand off the steering wheel.”…
“We’re Going to Get Charges of Every Crime Imaginable,” Trump’s Top White House Lawyer Warned
Cassidy Hutchinson, former aide to Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, testifies before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on Tuesday, June 28, 2022.Andrew Harnik – Pool Via Cnp/CNP via ZUMA Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print…
Explosive January 6 Testimony: Trump Wanted Armed Supporters to March to the Capitol
Cassidy Hutchinson, former aide to Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, is sworn in to testify.Andrew Harnik/CNP/ZUMA Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.A Trump White House aide testified to the January 6 committee today that the former president was…
January 6 Case Against Oath Keepers Expands With Indictment of “Operations Leader”
Micheal Greene guarding Roger Stone on January 5 near the US Supreme Court.Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Last Thursday, federal prosecutors charged Michael Greene, a man whom they allege directed members of the far-right Oath Keepers militia…
The Bonkers Story of How Trump Tried to Corrupt the DOJ to Steal the Election
Jeffery ClarkMother Jones Illustration; Susan Walsh/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.It was an odd coincidence of history: On Thursday, the 50th anniversary of the “Smoking Gun” conversation that forced Richard Nixon to resign his presidency, the House select committee investigating…
Justice Department Questions Sidney Powell’s Funding for January 6 Defendants
Sidney Powell launched outlandish election fraud conspiracy theories at a November 19, 2020 presser.Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via ZUMA Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.The US Justice Department on Wednesday questioned payments to high-profile January 6 defendants from a nonprofit run by…