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Mandel Ngan / Getty The Inescapable Conclusion From the January 6 Hearings
Former President Donald Trump could not be compelled to call off the mob that nearly destroyed democracy.
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Paul Spella / The Atlantic; Getty The DOJ Must Prosecute Trump
The January 6 committee has provided overwhelming evidence that the former president was not some bit player along for the ride, but the central driver of a nefarious plot.
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The Atlantic Democrats Need a Real Primary Contest
To beat the Trump GOP, the party must give voters a proper say in who will be the Democratic presidential nominee in 2024.
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Rachel Mummey / Reuters The Bannon Strategy
Fringe candidates promising to stop the steal, like Mark Finchem in Arizona, might just have their year.
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Tasos Katopodis / Getty Trump Terrified Even His Truest Believers
The January 6 committee has shown that the people closest and most loyal to Donald Trump were as aghast as anyone else at his coup attempt.
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Getty; The Atlantic ‘Watching for Discomfort’: Mark Leibovich on Reporting His New Trump Book
A Q&A with the author on the various ways the Republican subjects of his new book, Thank You for Your Servitude, revealed themselves
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Brandon Bell / Getty Why They Still Support Trump
What began as a reluctant willingness to defend the former president soon became an ingrained habit.
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Al Drago / Bloomberg / Getty The Incitement Paper Trail
Today’s January 6 committee hearing contained significant evidence suggesting that the former president knew how the storming of the Capitol would unfold.
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Getty; The Atlantic The Trump Enablers Truly in Contempt of Congress
Unlike those involved in the January 6 coup attempt who refuse to testify, my communist grandfather respected democracy and had the courage to turn up, say his piece, and take the consequences.
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Mark Peterson / Redux What Happened to Michael Flynn?
In military intelligence, he was renowned for his skill connecting the dots and finding terrorists. But somewhere along the way, his dot detector began spinning out of control.
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Carl Court / Getty; The Atlantic How to Hold a Charismatic Charlatan to Account
Boris Johnson’s party ditched its dysfunctional leader, yet the GOP remains in thrall to the much more dangerous Donald Trump.
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Gabriel Carr The Most Pathetic Men in America
Why Lindsey Graham, Kevin McCarthy, and so many other cowards in Congress are still doing Trump’s bidding
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Getty; The Atlantic Take Away the President’s Immunity
No legal doctrine should shield anyone—including Donald Trump, if reelected—from prosecution for criminal wrongdoing.
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The Atlantic; Getty The Accidental Trumpification of NATO
In a narrow but important sense, the world has become more amenable to the former president. And yet.
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Brandon Bell / Getty We Now Know
After yesterday’s damning testimony, what more will it take for Trump’s supporters to choose their country over their leader?
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Mark Peterson / Redux Don’t Forget That 43 Senate Republicans Let Trump Get Away With It
The former president attempted to violently overthrow the government of the United States, and his party ensured that he would face no consequences for doing so.
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Brendan Smialowski / AFP / Getty The People v. Donald Trump
The evidence for a possible criminal case against the former president is piling up.
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Jim Watson / AFP / Getty The Dumbest Coup Attempt
America was saved by pure indolence.
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Eric Lee / Bloomberg / Getty A Withering Indictment of the Entire GOP
Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony was damning. If anyone was surprised, they shouldn’t have been.
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Brandon Bell / Getty The Most Damning January 6 Testimony Yet
Cassidy Hutchinson’s account of Donald Trump’s behavior destroys any defense the president once had.
