GOP Operative Sentenced to 18 Months for Funneling Russian Money to Trump Campaign
Jesse Benton arrives for sentencing in 2016.David Pitt/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Friday, a federal judge in Washington, DC sentenced a veteran GOP operative to 18 months in prison for funneling $25,000 from a Russian businessman to Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign. Jesse…
How a Mysterious Russian Businessman Got His Picture Taken With Donald Trump
Donald Trump campaigns in Aston, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia, on September 22, 2016.Evan Vucci/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On Monday, the Justice Department announced the indictment of two Republican operatives for allegedly funneling $25,000 from a Russian citizen to Donald Trump’s campaign…
The Real Reason People Are Treating Themselves With Horse Dewormer
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.In the last few weeks, the pandemic has taken yet another strange new twist: Americans are attempting to treat themselves with a livestock dewormer called ivermectin. So many have sought this DIY cure, that the FDA issued…
Rand Paul Won’t Stop Resisting Anthony Fauci’s COVID Guidance
Susan Walsh/Pool/CNP/Zuma Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.At a Thursday Senate hearing on the nation’s coronavirus response, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) once again suggested that he knew better than Dr. Anthony Fauci when it came to…
45 Republican Senators Just Voted to Ditch Trump’s Impeachment Trial
Rod Lamkey/CNP/Zuma Let our journalists help you make sense of the noise: Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter and get a recap of news that matters.As senators were sworn in for President Trump’s second impeachment trial on Tuesday, for incitement of insurrection, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) wasted no time trying to scrap the process.…
Dr. Fauci Pushes Back on Rand Paul’s Pseudoscience
Jennings Graeme/Abaca/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) suggested at Wednesday’s Senate hearing on the federal pandemic response that shutdowns did not curb the spread of the coronavirus. Dr. Anthony Fauci wasn’t having it. “You’ve lauded New York for their…
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