What the January 6 Subpoenas Say About Kevin McCarthy
Kevin McCarthy addressing reporters on May 11. Rod Lamkey/CNP via Zuma Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Consider Kevin McCarthy. The California Republican on Thursday received a subpoena—along with four of his GOP colleagues—from the committee investigating the January 6 insurrection on…
Oath Keepers Founder Stewart Rhodes Sought Trump’s Approval for Violence on January 6
Aaron C. Davis/Getty Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.On the evening of January 6, 2021, Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the far-right militia group Oath Keepers, called an unnamed person. With rioters still inside the Capitol, he was hoping to reach…
Elizabeth Warren Is Fresh Out of Patience for Kevin McCarthy
Tom Williams/Getty Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.When asked about the Kevin McCarthy tapes on Sunday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren did not mince words. “Kevin McCarthy is a liar and a traitor,” Warren told CNN’s State of the Union. “This is outrageous.”…
Exclusive Audio: Far-Right Paramilitary Member Warned 1/6 Committee Witness Against Speaking Out
Michael Kenny, foreground, guarding Michael Flynn on December 12, 2020 in Washington.Tasos Katopodis/Getty Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.In a phone call last month, a member of a far-right paramilitary group warned an Arizona woman who gave congressional investigators information about…
The 1/6 Committee Has Concluded Trump Broke the Law. But It May Not Urge DOJ to Charge Him.
Donald Trump speaking on January 6.Shawn Thew/CNP via ZUMA Wire Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.The House panel investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol may not send the Justice Department criminal referrals against former President Donald Trump and some…
Why You Should Care That Ginni Thomas Is Bonkers
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his wife Virginia Thomas at funeral services for the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia in 2016. Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Editor’s note: This essay by David Corn first appeared in his newsletter, Our…