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…
Bill Barr Unloads a Wild Theory About Progressive Politics
Shane T. Mccoy/Zuma To Attorney General Bill Barr, a large percentage of the American electorate amounts to nothing more than “25-year-olds living in the government’s basement, focusing [their] energies on obtaining a larger allowance rather than getting a job and moving out.” The chief law enforcement officer of the United States railed against progressives in…
Sen. Bob Casey Tells Prosecutors to Ignore Rudy Giuliani’s “Russian Propaganda”
SMG via ZUMA Wir Two weeks after Attorney General William Barr confirmed that he had established an “intake process” for information gathered by Rudy Giuliani from Ukraine, which involves federal prosecutors based in Pennsylvania, the state’s senior senator is calling on the Justice Department to “reject” any “Russian propaganda” funneled via that channel. “These claims should…
Trump Unleashed: The Trump Presidency Enters Its Most Dangerous Phase
Evan Vucci/AP Through the Trump Era, it’s been fashionable for some of his critics—especially on Twitter—to assail his actions as the coming of kleptocracy, autocracy, authoritarianism, and, yes, fascism to the United States. Recently, in an airport, an elderly women stopped me to say that she survived the Holocaust in a camp and now fears…
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…
Donald Trump Compared Impeachment to a Lynching. Eric Holder Explains Why It’s “Reprehensible.”
Nate Palmer The day after President Donald Trump ignited backlash by comparing his impeachment inquiry to a lynching, former Attorney General Eric Holder called the comment “reprehensible.” “You think about thousands of people who were lynched in this nation. To compare that to a constitutionally mandated, or constitutionally authorized, process that’s underway in our Congress…