Tag: January 6 Insurrection
What Might Eugene Debs and Donald Trump Share?
The Biggest Threat to Donald Trump Could Be the Constitution Itself
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August 4, 2023
Whether he is convicted or not, legal scholars and historians argue that Trump’s insurrectionist actions meet the disqualification standard outlined in the 14th Amendment.
Donald Trump boards his plane at Reagan National Airport following an arraignment in a Washington, D.C., federal court on August 3, 2023.
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Donald Trump, the first former president ever charged with a criminal offense, currently faces 78 felony counts from three separate indictments. And
There’s One More Unnamed Accomplice in the Trump Indictment
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August 3, 2023
Wisconsin Republican Ron Johnson makes a notable cameo in the 45-page document.
Senator Ron Johnson speaks during a Senate hearing on the proposed PGA Tour-LIV Golf partnership, Tuesday, July 11, 2023.
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Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith’s felony indictment of Donald Trump for seeking to overturn the results of the 2020 election makes specific reference to six known co-conspirators who aided the defeated former president’s lawless scheming to retain
For Trump, the Stakes of the 2024 Election Just Became: Win—or Go to Jail
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August 2, 2023
The indictment Jack Smith brought against Donald Trump is strong. The only question is whether the former president can outrun the charges long enough to win reelection.
Either Donald Trump will be
Why Did Trump’s January 6 Indictment Take So Long?
The Latest Trump Indictment Is the One That Really Counts
QAnon Is the Latest American Conspiracy Theory
Our Democracy Is More Fragile Than We Would Like to Think
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The Most Painful Episode of the January 6 Insurrection
I am a white male historian of the Civil War raised in the American South. At a preternatural age, I managed with misguided pride to memorize the back-of-the-baseball-card version of that war. I knew how many died at Shiloh on which side, on which day. I could recite with indecent precision which regiments