Elections Task Force Prosecutes 2020 ‘Vigilantes,’ Seeks More Civic Dialogue
Law Enforcement
Elections Task Force Prosecutes 2020 ‘Vigilantes,’ Seeks More Civic Dialogue
2024-03-28 17:31:37
by Dan McCue

PHOENIX, Ariz. — A 46-year-old Ohio man has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for sending death threats to an Arizona election official. The sentencing of Joshua Russell, of Bucyrus, Ohio, came after he pleaded guilty to one count... Read More

Trump Wins Right of Appeal to Try to Disqualify Georgia Prosecutor
Law
Trump Wins Right of Appeal to Try to Disqualify Georgia Prosecutor
2024-03-20 21:06:08
by Tom Ramstack

ATLANTA — Former President Donald Trump is getting another chance to exclude a prosecutor he accused of political reprisal in his upcoming criminal trial in Atlanta on charges of illegally trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election vote count in... Read More

Giuliani Loses by Default Judgment in Election Workers’ Defamation Lawsuit
Litigation
Giuliani Loses by Default Judgment in Election Workers’ Defamation Lawsuit
2023-08-30 19:16:08
by Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON — Rudy Giuliani was found liable by a federal court in Washington, D.C., Wednesday for defaming two Georgia election workers he accused of falsifying ballots to make Donald Trump lose the 2020 presidential election. The ruling from U.S. District... Read More

Trump Pleads Not Guilty to Conspiring to Overturn 2020 Election
Law
Trump Pleads Not Guilty to Conspiring to Overturn 2020 Election
2023-08-03 21:58:12
by Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON — It was, without a doubt, not the return to Washington, D.C., that former President Donald Trump has been dreaming about since he left the city in defeat in late January 2021. On Thursday afternoon, inside a federal courthouse... Read More

Georgia DA Prepping to Announce Charging Decision for Trump
Law
Georgia DA Prepping to Announce Charging Decision for Trump
2023-04-25 15:28:24
by Dan McCue

ATLANTA — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on Monday told local law enforcement officials that she will announce this summer whether former President Donald Trump or any of his allies will be charged with crimes for their alleged interference... Read More

Judge Rebukes Fox News for Deceit in Defamation Case
Litigation
Judge Rebukes Fox News for Deceit in Defamation Case
2023-04-13 21:21:43
by Tom Ramstack

WILMINGTON, Del. — Accusations of wrongdoing ahead of a trial next week in Dominion Voting Systems’ lawsuit against Fox News shifted to the attorneys for the television network on Wednesday. The Delaware judge accused the attorneys of hiding evidence and... Read More

DC Panel Says Trump Attorney Giuliani Breached Ethics With Election Lawsuits
Law
DC Panel Says Trump Attorney Giuliani Breached Ethics With Election Lawsuits
2022-12-16 21:14:24
by Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON — Former New York Mayor and presidential lawyer Rudy Giuliani should be disciplined for violating ethics responsibilities of attorneys after he challenged the 2020 election results, a hearing panel of the District of Columbia Bar concluded Thursday. The three-person... Read More

Justices Reject Graham Bid to Block Georgia Testimony
Supreme Court
Justices Reject Graham Bid to Block Georgia Testimony
2022-11-01 20:40:18
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — Just hours after Chief Justice John Roberts handed former President Donald Trump a temporary victory in one of his legal battles, a member of Trump’s inner circle on Tuesday found the high court far less accommodating. In an... Read More

Lindsey Graham Asks Supreme Court to Block Grand Jury Testimony
Supreme Court
Lindsey Graham Asks Supreme Court to Block Grand Jury Testimony
2022-10-21 22:13:37
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., has asked the Supreme Court to block a lower court order forcing him to testify before a grand jury about former President Donald Trump’s alleged interference in the 2020 election in Georgia. In a... Read More

AG to Appoint Election Monitor to Oversee Upcoming New Hampshire Primary
In The States
AG to Appoint Election Monitor to Oversee Upcoming New Hampshire Primary
2022-08-16 20:07:09
by Dan McCue

CONCORD, N.H. — State Attorney General John Formella announced Tuesday that he will appoint an election monitor to oversee the state’s Sept. 13 primary elections after an investigation revealed a pattern of apparent mistakes made in past contests. The events... Read More

Bipartisan Lawyers’ Coalition Raps Cruz on 2020 Election Efforts
Law
Bipartisan Lawyers' Coalition Raps Cruz on 2020 Election Efforts
2022-05-20 15:15:01
by Dan McCue

AUSTIN, Texas – A bipartisan coalition of attorneys asked the Texas State Bar this week to sanction Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, for regularly repeating “demonstrably false and misleading statements to the public” in an effort to keep former President Trump... Read More

President Assails Trump for Jan. 6 Riot, Says America is at ‘Inflection Point’
Jan. 6
President Assails Trump for Jan. 6 Riot, Says America is at ‘Inflection Point’
2022-01-06 16:25:45
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON — Without once mentioning his predecessor by name, President Joe Biden on Thursday morning offered his strongest condemnation yet of former President Donald Trump’s role in the Jan. 6, 2021, siege on the U.S. Capitol that left at least... Read More

Texas Secretary of State’s Office Announces Election Audits
In The News
Texas Secretary of State’s Office Announces Election Audits
2021-10-02 13:39:44
by Dan McCue

AUSTIN, Texas - What the Texas Secretary of State’s office is calling a “comprehensive” audit of the 2020 presidential election is now underway in the state’s largest Democratic and Republican counties -- Dallas, Harris, Tarrant and Collin. In a brief... Read More

Giuliani’s Law License Suspended After Election Fraud Claims
Law
Giuliani’s Law License Suspended After Election Fraud Claims
2021-06-25 20:09:29
by Tom Ramstack

A New York state appeals court on Thursday suspended Rudolph Giuliani from practicing law because of his allegedly false statements that challenged the integrity of the 2020 presidential election and defeat of former President Donald Trump. Giuliani is a former... Read More

Whose ‘Big Lie’? Trump’s Proclamation a New GOP Litmus Test
Political News
Whose 'Big Lie'? Trump's Proclamation a New GOP Litmus Test

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump and his supporters are intensifying efforts to shame — and potentially remove — members of their party who are seen as disloyal to the former president and his false claims that last year's election was... Read More

Supreme Court Rejects Final Trump Bid to Reverse 2020 Election
Supreme Court
Supreme Court Rejects Final Trump Bid to Reverse 2020 Election
2021-03-08 18:00:57
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected a bid by former President Donald Trump to nullify his election loss in Wisconsin, rejecting the last remaining appeal seeking to overturn Joe Biden’s victory. In an unsigned order, the justices... Read More

It’s All Over In New York’s 22nd Congressional District
Congress
It's All Over In New York's 22nd Congressional District
2021-02-09 21:34:08
by Dan McCue

Former Rep. Anthony Brindisi, D-N.Y., a star among moderates in his party, has conceded to Republican challenger and former Rep. Claudia Tenney, at long last ending the 2020 election cycle. Brindisi had been expected to appeal a New York State... Read More

Trump ‘Indefinitely’ Barred From Facebook, Instagram Accounts
Social Media
Trump ‘Indefinitely’ Barred From Facebook, Instagram Accounts
2021-01-07 18:04:13
by Reece Nations

PALO ALTO, Calif. — After initially stating they would freeze President Donald Trump’s access to its services for a 24-hour period, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Thursday the platform would ban the accounts “indefinitely.”  Zuckerberg made the announcement via a... Read More

Loyal Soldier Pence Torn Between Trump, Constitution
Political News
Loyal Soldier Pence Torn Between Trump, Constitution

WASHINGTON (AP) — He has been President Donald Trump's most loyal soldier, dutifully backing the unpredictable leader through one chaotic situation after another. Now Vice President Mike Pence finds himself in the most precarious position of his tenure as he... Read More

GOP Leader McConnell Congratulates Biden as President-Elect
Political News
GOP Leader McConnell Congratulates Biden as President-Elect

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell congratulated Democrat Joe Biden as president-elect on Tuesday, saying the Electoral College “has spoken.” The Republican leader's statement, delivered in a speech on the Senate floor, ends weeks of silence over President... Read More

Biden Wins Electoral College to Cement Victory and Rebuff Trump
2020 Elections
Biden Wins Electoral College to Cement Victory and Rebuff Trump

Joe Biden officially clinched the presidency after the Electoral College confirmed his victory Monday, capping a tumultuous period sparked by Donald Trump’s refusal to acknowledge he lost with the help of Republicans willing to support his unsubstantiated claims. Monday’s vote... Read More

EXPLAINER: What’s In Store When the Electoral College Meets
2020 Elections
EXPLAINER: What’s In Store When the Electoral College Meets

WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters cast their ballots for president more than a month ago, but the votes that officially matter will be cast Monday. That's when the Electoral College meets. The Constitution gives the electors the power to choose the... Read More

Supreme Court Rejects Republican Attack on Biden Victory
Supreme Court
Supreme Court Rejects Republican Attack on Biden Victory

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a lawsuit backed by President Donald Trump to overturn Joe Biden’s election victory, ending a desperate attempt to get legal issues rejected by state and federal judges before the nation’s highest... Read More

In Georgia, ‘Concerted’ GOP Pushback Blocks Trump Attempts to Overturn Election
State News
In Georgia, 'Concerted' GOP Pushback Blocks Trump Attempts to Overturn Election

ATLANTA — President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn Georgia's election results have met a wall of opposition from an unlikely source: Republican state officials and GOP-appointed judges who have loudly rejected his calls to undo Joe Biden's narrow victory in the state. As two more of the president's... Read More

Georgia Governor Mocks Former Trump Lawyer’s Election Fraud Lawsuit
State News
Georgia Governor Mocks Former Trump Lawyer's Election Fraud Lawsuit

Georgia's embattled Republican governor and elections chief asked a judge to throw out a lawsuit filed by an ex-Trump campaign lawyer whose "outlandish" claims of fraud tied to Dominion Voting Systems Inc. machines are, they say, comparable to a work of fiction. The... Read More

Trump Allies File Emergency Petition at Supreme Court Over 2020 Election
Political News
Trump Allies File Emergency Petition at Supreme Court Over 2020 Election

WASHINGTON — Weeks after President Donald Trump said the Supreme Court should decide whether to throw out millions of ballots in what he dubbed a fraudulent election, and with state and federal courts rejecting nearly all his legal team's lawsuits in multiple states,... Read More

Cornyn Says Congress Has ‘No Reason’ to Overturn Electoral College
Political News
Cornyn Says Congress Has 'No Reason' to Overturn Electoral College

WASHINGTON — Texas Sen. John Cornyn, a senior Republican and adviser to the majority leader, said flatly Thursday that President Donald Trump has no realistic path to overturning the election. After weeks of court defeats, he noted, Trump's legal team has yet to show evidence of... Read More

Outcome of Brindisi/Tenney Race in Upstate N.Y. Still Far From Certain
2020 Elections
Outcome of Brindisi/Tenney Race in Upstate N.Y. Still Far From Certain
2020-12-03 20:51:57
by Daniel Londono

To those who felt their lives were just a little bit emptier after a canvassing board in Iowa certified the results in that state's 2nd Congressional District, declaring a winner in a race in which the candidates were separated by... Read More

Barr Says Justice Department Finds No Evidence of Widespread Voter Fraud
2020 Elections
Barr Says Justice Department Finds No Evidence of Widespread Voter Fraud
2020-12-01 21:08:31
by Dan McCue

WASHINGTON - Attorney General William Barr said Tuesday that the Justice Department has not uncovered voting fraud at a scale that could have affected the results of the presidential election. Barr's comments, made during an interview with the Associated Press,... Read More

Arizona and Wisconsin Confirm Biden’s Victories Over Trump
2020 Elections
Arizona and Wisconsin Confirm Biden's Victories Over Trump

Arizona and Wisconsin confirmed Democrat Joe Biden won in their states on Monday, dealing the latest blow to President Donald Trump's campaign to overturn his defeat. Biden defeated Trump by 10,457 votes in Arizona, according to the official results certified by Secretary of State Katie Hobbs in Phoenix. The process was... Read More

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