National Guard Whistleblower Says Feds Used Excessive Force on Peaceful Protesters
President Donald Trump outside St. John’s Church across Lafayette Park from the White House on June 1, 2020. Patrick Semansky/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.A senior National Guard officer will tell Congress that the US Park Police engaged in “an unprovoked escalation and excessive use of…
Trump Plans to Expand Federal Invasion of American Cities
Donald Trump displays an executive order on “Protecting American Monuments, Memorials, and Statues and Combating Recent Criminal Violence,” on Friday, June 26.Tia Dufour/White House/ZUMA Wire For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.President Donald Trump plans to assert new authority this week to dispatch federal law enforcement agents to…
“Delay and Disruption”: Fired Prosecutor Has “Serious Concerns” About Bill Barr’s Motives
US Attorney General William Barr on July 13.Oliver Contreras/Sipa via AP Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Geoffrey Berman, the recently ousted US attorney for the Southern District of New York, last Thursday told the House Judiciary Committee, around 25 times, that he feared Attorney General William…
The Deaths Trump Wants You to See and the Deaths He Wants You to Ignore
Anthony Behar/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Two stories went viral this week. One was how the New York Times was forced to sue the Centers for Disease Control in order to get data on how the number of coronavirus cases broke down by race. The story provided…
A Key Witness Against Roger Stone Says William Barr Twisted His Words
Randy Credico with his dog Bianca and his attorney on September 7. 2019.Drew Angerer/Getty Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Randy Credico says he hasn’t slept at home in more than two years. The comedian and activist has been laying low, somewhere in New York, since proclaiming…
Roger Stone Prosecutor Says “We Were Told That We Could Be Fired” Over Case
Attorney General William Barr at the White House on June 16.Stefani Reynolds/CNP via ZUMA Wire For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.A Justice Department lawyer who prosecuted Roger Stone says that he and other career prosecutors “were told that we could be fired,” if they resisted political pressure…