Prosecutors Seek 6-Month Sentence For Bannon
Steve Bannon outside of Manhattan State Supreme Court in New York, US, on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022. John Nacion/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Justice Department wants Steve Bannon imprisoned for six months and fined $200,000 for contempt of Congress, a charge resulting…
Judge Rejects Trump’s Classification Tomfoolery: “You Can’t Have Your Cake And Eat It”
Could the phrase “TOP SECRET” in big red letters mean a document is classified? Hmm.Department of Justice/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Donald Trump’s lawyers would like you to believe that the boxes the FBI seized from the former president’s Mar-a-Lago estate last month…
Trump’s Lawyers Don’t Seem to Have Much of a Defense
he former president, pictured here attending a New Year’s Eve bash at his Mar-a-Lago complex in 2019, before he spirited reams of unsecured documents from the White House to the resort upon his ouster.Evan Vucci/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Donald Trump’s lawyers don’t…
DOJ Sues Idaho Over Near-Total Abortion Ban
Evelyn Hockstein/Pool/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Supreme Court may have upended the right to choose, but the Justice Department is still trying to ensure that women who need abortions in life-threatening emergencies will be able to get them. Today, Attorney General Merrick Garland—who…
Leaked Audio: Before Election Day, Bannon Said Trump Planned to Falsely Claim Victory
Mother Jones illustration; J. Scott Applewhite/AP; Chip Somodevilla/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 October 31, 2020, Steve Bannon told a group of associates that President Donald Trump had a plan to declare victory on election night—even if…
Under Pressure, the Biden Administration Is Cracking Down on “Ghost Guns”
A ”ghost gun” at 10th Avenue near 211th Street in Manhattan on Sept. 27, 2021, where police shot a gunman earlier in the day.Luiz Ribeiro/TNS via Zuma Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.The Biden administration plans to release a new rule…