Chaos: After Manhattan Prosecutor Refuses to Step Down, Barr Says Trump Fired Him. Trump Says Otherwise.
AP Photo/Kevin Hagen For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.4:25 p.m. ET: Shortly after Barr released his letter, Trump undercut his attorney general’s claims in remarks to reporters. “I’m not involved,” Trump told reporters outside the White House. This contradicts Barr’s claim that Trump fired Berman at Barr’s…
Republicans Are Trying to Rewrite Obama’s Record on Criminal Justice Reform
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) at the rollout of a GOP police reform bill.Caroline Brehman//CQ via ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Wednesday, in the midst of nationwide protests triggered by the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) accused Democrats of having…
Trump’s Stone Pardon Would Be Outrageous. DOJ Will Release Evidence Showing Why.
Roger Stone leaves court on Feb. 20, 2020 after being sentenced to 40 months in prison.Graham Macgillivray/Congressional Quarterly via ZUMA Press For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The Justice Department said Friday that it plans to release by June 19 previously redacted portions of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s…
Bill Barr’s Effort to Protect Michael Flynn Is “Corrupt,” An Explosive New Legal Filing Says
Attorney General William Barr listens as President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office on May 28, 2020. Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The Justice Department’s effort to dismiss charges against former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn is “corrupt” and “politically motivated,” an attorney…
Democrats Think Officers Policing Protests Need to Identify Themselves. Bill Barr Disagrees.
Unidentified federal security forces block 16th Street at I Street on June 3.Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via AP Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Over the past few days, Mother Jones and other media outlets have noted the presence of armed personnel with no visible identification confronting…
Trump Has Flooded DC With Law Enforcement Officers Who Won’t Identify Themselves
A protester in front of federal security forces on 16th St NW in front of the White House on June 3, 2020.Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call via AP Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Tuesday, while walking alongside hundreds of protesters giving the finger to the Trump…