John Durham Just Made False Statements to Congress
Special counsel John Durham is sworn in during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on the FBI’s Trump-Russia investigation.Graeme Sloan/Sipa/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.John Durham—the special counsel who was appointed by then-Attorney General Bill Barr to investigate the FBI’s investigation of the Trump-Russia…
GUILTY: 4 Proud Boys, Including Enrique Tarrio, Convicted of Seditious Conspiracy
Mother Jones; Allison Dinner/AP, Paul Sancya/AP, Jose Luis Magana/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.A Washington DC jury has convicted four members of the far-right Proud Boys group of seditious conspiracy and other crimes for actions connected to the January 6, 2021, attack on…
Jeff Sessions, Leo DiCaprio, and a Fugee—What’s Next in the Nutty Pras Michel Trial?
Mother Jones illustration; Andrew Harnik/AP; Michael DeMocker/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The wildest trial in America got wackier Tuesday when the defendant, former Fugees’ rapper Pras Michel, unexpectedly took the stand to defend himself against campaign finance and illegal foreign lobbying charges—hard on…
Leonardo DiCaprio Testifies at Foreign Lobbying Trial of Former Fugee Pras Michel
Leonardo DiCaprio at the London premiere of “The Wolf Of Wall Street” on Jan. 9, 2014.Joel Ryan/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Jurors in federal court won’t get to hear if Leonardo DiCaprio remembers Britany Spears jumping out of a cake at a birthday party…
MAGA Mogul Guo Wengui Charged in $1 Billion Fraud Scheme
Guo Wengui at his Upper East side apartment on November 28, 2017.Timothy Clary/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Guo Wengui, a far-right mogul on the run from criminal charges in China, has worked for years with Steve Bannon to promote charitable organizations and for-profit…
Report: DOJ Officially Decides Not to Prosecute Matt Gaetz
Samuel Corum/Sipa USA via AP Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Department of Justice has elected not to press charges against Rep. Matt Gaetz after a years-long sex-trafficking probe, according to a CNN source familiar with the subject. In late 2020, during the Trump administration,…