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…
Former Trump Campaign Manager Poised to Testify to January 6 Committee
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, Eric Trump, and campaign manager for Donald Trump’s 2020 presidential campaign Bill Stepien, listen as President Donald Trump speaks to a crowd of supporters during a campaign stop. Evan Vucci/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print…
The January 6 Committee’s Battle for Reality
An image of a tweet by former President Donald Trump is displayed at the House select committee hearing investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.Andrew Harnik/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.A democracy is only as strong as its…
January 6 Committee Opens With a Narrative MasterClass
Mother Jones illustration; Tom Williams/Congressional Quarterly/Zuma Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Look, who knows what the upshot of the January 6 Committee hearings will be. That Trump and his cronies tried to overthrow election results has been clear for more than…