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Banker convicted of bribery and conspiring with Paul Manafort to land Trump admin. job Donald Trump

Banker convicted of bribery and conspiring with Paul Manafort to land Trump admin. job

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Rachel Maddow reports on the outcome of the trial of banker Stephen Calk, who was convicted of bribery with millions of dollars in loans to Donald Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort with the expectation of…
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July 14, 2021
Trump rioter, QAnon supporter Douglas Austin Jensen thought he invaded White House, not Capitol, video shows Donald Trump

Trump rioter, QAnon supporter Douglas Austin Jensen thought he invaded White House, not Capitol, video shows

One of the most notorious defendants charged in the Jan. 6 riot by Trump supporters thought that he and other rioters had invaded the White House that day and not the U.S. Capitol, newly released video reveals. "This is me, touching the f------ White House," bragged Douglas Austin Jensen as…
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July 13, 2021
Trump wrong about officer who shot Capitol rioter, law enforcement official says Donald Trump

Trump wrong about officer who shot Capitol rioter, law enforcement official says

Former President Donald Trump suggested Sunday that the U.S. Capitol Police officer who shot Ashli Babbitt during the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol was the "head of security" for a "high-ranking" Democratic member of Congress. That is false, according to a senior law enforcement official briefed on the matter.…
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July 12, 2021
Redefining Populism Donald Trump

Redefining Populism

In 2016, the German historian and political philosopher Jan-Werner Müller published “What Is Populism?,” a well-timed examination of rising political movements, from the United States to India. He also offered a new definition of the term, proposing that populist leaders are defined less by anti-élitist rhetoric than they are by…
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July 9, 2021