Trump Said He Might Have Let Russia “Take Over” Parts of Ukraine. Fox News Edited It Out.
Donald Trump greets Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and President Vladimir Putin on July 7, 2017. Mikhail Klimentyev/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Last week, Donald Trump told Fox News’ Sean Hannity that he could have stopped the invasion of Ukraine by allowing Russia…
Columbia Journalism Review’s Big Fail: It Published 24,000 Words on Russiagate and Missed the Point
Mother Jones illustration; AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Misdirection, an essential tool for magicians, is not usually a component of media criticism. But in a lengthy critique of the coverage of the Trump-Russia scandal published this week by the Columbia Journalism Review, veteran investigative reporter…
Russians Used a US Firm to Funnel Funds to GOP in 2018. Dems Say the FEC Let Them Get Away With It.
The FEC found that a US gas company used funds from Russian oligarchs including Roman Abramovich, seen here in 2021, to donate to GOP candidates in 2018.Martin MeissnerAP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Federal Election Commission recently let a US company that was…
Steve Bannon Was Just Sentenced to Four Months in Prison
Former President Donald Steve Bannon in Manhattan Supreme Court on Tuesday, Oct. 4.Curtis Means/DailyMail/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Friday, Steve Bannon, the former Trump advisor, was sentenced to four months in federal prison for two counts of contempt of Congress. The sentence,…
How John Durham’s Probe Has Exposed Trump’s Russia Con
Special counsel John Durham leaves federal court in Washington last month.Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.Donald Trump has bad timing. On Friday, he sent a letter to the Pulitzer Prize Board reiterating his demand that it rescind the…
Trump’s “Russia Hoax” Narrative Just Took a Big Blow
Mother Jones illustration; Evan Vucci/AP, Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Facts matter: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter. Support our nonprofit reporting. Subscribe to our print magazine.The Trump-Russia scandal feels like ancient history. But the truth still matters. And the narrative of what occurred remains fiercely contested, as advocates of the former president press…