by Margaret Tarkington Over the last few weeks, Jenna Ellis, Kenneth Chesebro and Sidney Powell, three lawyers central to Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election, […]
Tag: Jan. 6
Who’s House Speaker Mike Johnson?
by Jackie Calmes “MAGA Mike” won. Which means, alas, so did Rep. Matt Gaetz. For Gaetz, the smarmy Trump Mini-Me from Florida, and his fellow Republican nihilists, […]
Threats of violence now drive politics
by Gene Lyons Maybe I’m losing my mojo. For all the chatter about political violence out there, this column hasn’t drawn a death threat in months. Maybe […]
Trump’s 1st Amendment defense for Jan. 6 indictment is nonsense
by David Cole and Ben Wizner Does the First Amendment shield Donald Trump from prosecution for conspiracy to obstruct the 2020 election results? Trump’s lawyer has proclaimed […]
Latest Trump indictment defends America’s battered democracy
by Noah Feldman This is the big one: the first time the Department of Justice has ever indicted a former president for subverting democracy by trying to […]
A different narrative on Jan. 6?
Fox News host Tucker Carlson recently aired on his show portions of the Jan. 6th video footage he received from House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Carlson claims the […]
Donald Trump’s fighting words
by Susan Estrich EDITOR’S NOTE: Froma Harrop is on vacation this week. Her next column will appear on March 16. Former President Donald Trump lost an important […]
Real journalists must have access to Capitol footage
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is supposed to work for the American people first and his party second. Fox News conspiracy-monger Tucker Carlson isn’t supposed to be anywhere […]
How Pence’s flawed argument against a subpoena might get him what he wants
by Harry Litman Vice President Mike Pence has reportedly hit on a clever and novel strategy for resisting a subpoena from special counsel Jack Smith in the […]
George Tanios sentenced to community service, no more jail time
A federal judge sentenced Morgantown resident George Tanios to the time he has already served in jail for his role in carrying the chemical irritant that was […]
