Storming Capitol was ‘really stupid,’ Oath Keeper testifies
Five members of the Oath Keepers right-wing extremist group face several felony charges in addition to seditious conspiracy.
By Associated Press - November 25, 2022Five members of the Oath Keepers right-wing extremist group face several felony charges in addition to seditious conspiracy.
By Associated Press - November 25, 2022As the House investigation of the attack on the U.S. Capitol continues, here’s what experts on extremism want to know.
By Matt Cohen - October 07, 2021Florida state Rep. Anthony Sabatini boasted of his endorsement from the longtime political consultant, who has a history of discriminatory and questionable behavior.
By Oliver Willis - June 25, 2021‘What I saw in front of me was basically home-grown fascism, out of control,’ said Rep. Jim McGovern.
By Associated Press - January 11, 2021One last chance to repay the swamp.
By Josh Israel - January 05, 2021Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is asking the Supreme Court to throw out the results of the presidential election while he faces multiple legal troubles of his own.
By Emily Singer - December 10, 2020Trump’s allies are encouraging him to pardon himself and his family before he leaves office. But pardons can’t actually save him from his legal troubles.
By Emily Singer - December 01, 2020The Supreme Court says that ‘acceptance’ of a pardon is tantamount to a ‘confession.’
By Josh Israel - November 25, 2020Trump’s claim that absentee ballots are fraudulent has been pushed by Stone, a convicted felon, on a conspiracy website.
By Emily Singer - October 01, 2020Barr compared career attorneys who don’t want him intervening in Trump’s cases to ‘preschoolers.’
By Emily Singer - September 17, 2020Former Trump campaign chair Steve Bannon was indicted this week on fraud charges.
By Josh Israel - August 20, 2020Six of Trump’s friends and supporters have received pardons or commutations, making up a large percentage of the few he’s made.
By Emily Singer - July 28, 2020The judge is seeking information on what the clemency order covers.
By Associated Press - July 13, 2020Stone was convicted of lying to Congress, witness tampering, and obstructing the House investigation into whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia to win the 2016 election.
By Associated Press - July 10, 2020Aaron Zelinsky resigned from the Justice Department over Attorney General William Barr’s political interference on behalf of Trump.
By Emily Singer - June 23, 2020Stone was sentenced to 40 months in federal prison after being convicted of witness tampering and lying to Congress.
By Emily Singer - June 04, 2020The letter is in response to the attorney general’s decision to drop the case against Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI.
By Emily Singer - May 11, 2020The longtime confidant of Donald Trump reassured Julian Assange in a Twitter message that if prosecutors came after him, ‘I will bring down the entire house of cards.’
By Associated Press - April 29, 2020The Judiciary Committee is requesting interviews with career prosecutors after Attorney General William Barr intervened in Roger Stone’s sentencing process.
By Josh Israel - February 28, 2020Donald Trump has repeatedly attacked the foreperson in Roger Stone’s trial.
By Oliver Willis - February 26, 2020Donald Trump once again attacked the juror minutes after Judge Amy Berman Jackson called him out by name for what she described as bad behavior.
By Emily Singer - February 25, 2020Trump is reportedly considering pardoning Roger Stone.
By Oliver Willis - February 20, 2020Roger Stone was convicted and sentenced to 40 months in prison this week for witness tampering and lying to Congress.
By Oliver Willis - February 20, 2020Trump may still pardon Stone, who was convicted in November on charges of witness tampering and lying to Congress.
By Emily Singer - February 20, 2020At the same time, Trump is purging people who have fought against corruption in his administration.
By Emily Singer - February 20, 2020Trump gave full pardons to seven individuals this week, including a former NYPD commissioner who pleaded guilty to tax fraud and lying to Homeland Security, while also commuting the sentences of four others.
By Dan Desai Martin - February 18, 2020Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senator Lindsey Graham, and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy say questions about Barr’s impartiality are ‘unfounded.’
By Emily Singer - February 18, 2020Rod Blagojevich was convicted in 2011 of trying to sell the Senate seat that previously belonged to President Obama.
By Emily Singer - February 18, 2020The Federal Judges Association called the meeting after Attorney General William Barr overruled his own prosecutors’ sentencing recommendations in the Roger Stone case.
By Josh Israel - February 18, 2020Trump is trying to push the judge to grant Stone a new trial just days before Stone is set to be sentenced.
By Emily Singer - February 18, 2020