As the threat of criminal charges looms over Donald Trump, a look into the case against the first insurrectionist to be prosecuted.
Donald Trump
Posted inVoting
Big Lie Proponents Are Creating Harsh Criminal Penalties for Elections Activity
The proliferation of election crime legislation is the most threatening front in voter suppression efforts in generations.
Posted inVoting
Group Behind ‘2000 Mules’ Has Deep Ties to Ken Paxton
The Texas attorney general would be the one to hold True the Vote accountable on allegations that it swindled a $2.5 million donor. But the nonprofit’s founder has been a friend and ally.
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Posted inAccountability
A Family Divided Over Jan. 6: ‘Traitors Get Shot’
Guy Reffitt is the first person to stand trial for taking part in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. His son secretly recorded him and gave the tapes to the FBI.
Posted inAccountability
Behind the Tweet That Became the Rallying Cry for the Insurrection
“I underestimated how crazy certain people could get.”
Posted inReligion, Religion and Government
How the Christian right helped foment insurrection
Christian-right activists inside and outside of government promoted the election fraud lie and claimed God told them to “let the church roar.”
Posted inAccountability
A transfer of power
As the nation swears in President Joe Biden, we look at the long shadow cast by the forces that brought Donald Trump to power.
Posted inHate
The evolution of all-American terrorism
Long before the attempted coup by his supporters, Trump fanned the flames of white supremacy and domestic terrorism.
Posted inAccountability
Democracy under siege
A mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, aiming to block the certification of Joe Biden’s election victory. How did we get here?
Posted inAccountability, Criminal Justice
Pardon me, President Trump
Boxer Charles “Duke” Tanner, among the few to receive clemency from President Donald Trump, returns to his hometown after spending 16 years in prison.