Newly Revealed Mueller Findings Show Prosecutors Suspected Donald Trump Lied About Roger Stone
Donald Trump faulted the prosecution of Roger Stone during a Feb. 12, 2020 meeting with Ecuador’s President.Jim Loscalzo/CNP via ZUMA Wire For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.In late 2018, President Trump told special counsel Robert Mueller he had no recollection of talking to his longtime adviser Roger…
Trump’s DOJ to Drop Charges Against Michael Flynn, Who Pled Guilty Twice
Michael Flynn leaves the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse on June 24, 2019.Alex Wroblewski/Getty Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The Justice Department has moved to drop its criminal case against former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who pled guilty in late 2017 to lying to the…
A Federal Judge Just Called Out William Barr for Distorting the Mueller Report’s Findings
Attorney General William Barr arrives at the State of the Union address in on February 4. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Attorney General William Barr showed a “lack of candor” in his public descriptions of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russian interference in the 2020 election, a federal judge said Thursday in a strikingly pointed shot at…
Prosecutors Want to Put Roger Stone in Prison for Up to 9 Years
Roger Stone, leaves the E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse on November 15, 2019.Win McNamee/Getty Image The Justice Department released its sentencing memo for Roger Stone on Monday and it’s not looking great for the longtime Trump consigliere: Department prosecutors asked a federal judge for a sentence of up to nine years in prison. Stone was convicted in…
Lev Parnas Says Trump “Knew Exactly What Was Going on”
Lev Parnas arrives at court in New York on December 2, 2019.AP Photo/Seth Wenig Lev Parnas, an indicted associate of Rudy Giuliani, leveled a series of sensational allegations in an appearance Wednesday night on MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Show, implicating President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, and Attorney General William Barr, among others, in the…
Trump and Company Keep Confessing
Donald Trump talks to media as he leaves the White House by the South lawn on October 9, 2018.Tasos Katopodis /Getty Images After returning from a recent trip to Ukraine, Rudy Giuliani deployed an interesting tactic for the president’s personal lawyer: Confessing to the conduct for which Trump is being impeached. In public statements over the past…