William Barr’s War on Reality, Truth, and the Law
Patrick Semansky/AP Note: David’s story doesn’t mince words because thanks to support from readers, we don’t have to. Please help Mother Jones reach our year-end goal with a tax-deductible donation. Journalism needs to call a spade a spade.—Monika Bauerlein, CEO This is how it works. The big lie. The endless spin. The outright denial of…
Inspector General’s Report Shows Trump’s “Spygate” Conspiracy Theory Was the Real Hoax
Evan Vucci/AP Sorry, Donald Trump. Sorry, Rudy Giuliani. Sorry, Devin Nunes. Sorry, Jim Jordan, Sorry, Sean Hannity. Sorry, Fox News watchers. There was no Deep State conspiracy to cook up a Russia investigation to sabotage Trump’s campaign and, then, his presidency. There was no witch hunt. There was no hoax. The Obama administration did not,…
Trump’s Sordid History of Accepting, Requesting, and Encouraging Foreign Interference in US Elections
Susan Walsh/AP One of the key lines in the House Democrats’ impeachment report distills the Trump-Ukraine scandal to a simple idea: “[T]he impeachment inquiry has found that President Trump, personally and acting through agents within and outside of the U.S. government, solicited the interference of a foreign government, Ukraine, to benefit his reelection.” And in…
Who’s Really Behind a $1 Million Donation to Trump’s Inauguration?
President Donald Trump takes the oath of office at his inauguration.Olivier Douliery/AP The Justice Department on Tuesday announced it had indicted eight men for conspiring to illegally funnel $3.5 million to political committees supporting Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential bid. Prosecutors say the money came from George Nader—a businessman who was was recently charged with trafficking…
The Ukraine Scandal Is Bigger Than We Realized, Democrats’ Report Suggests
President Volodymyr Zelensky looks on during a meeting in New York on September 25 on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.Saul Loeb AFP via Getty Images A 300-page impeachment report released on Tuesday by House Democrats describes how President Donald Trump used “the powers of his office to solicit foreign interference on his…
Judges Orders Trump’s Former White House Counsel to Testify Before Congress
Melina Mara/ZUMA A federal judge has ordered Don McGahn, President Donald Trump’s former White House counsel, to comply with a subpoena issued last April by the House Judiciary Committee, dealing a blow to the White House’s ongoing efforts to prevent current and former officials from testifying before Congress. McGahn “is not immune from compelled congressional…