• What you need to know about John Eastman’s 2020 election charges

    What you need to know about John Eastman’s 2020 election charges

    Sep 21, 2023 08:47 PM EST

    ... of the presidential election,” while also acknowledging that his proposal would violate the Electoral Count Act.Eastman was also a primary focus of the House Jan. 6 committee’s investigation in June 2022. Under a subpoena to testify, he responded to nearly 150 questions by pleading the Fifth Amendment, according ...

  • Trump lawyers seek recusal of judge presiding over federal 2020 election subversion case

    Trump lawyers seek recusal of judge presiding over federal 2020 election subversion case

    Sep 11, 2023 10:56 PM EST

    ... down prison sentences in Jan. 6 cases that are harsher than Justice Department prosecutors recommended. The judge also previously ruled against Trump in a separate Jan. 6 case, refusing his request to block the release of documents to the U.S. House’s Jan. 6 committee by asserting executive privilege ...

  • Trump White House official Peter Navarro convicted of contempt after defying House Jan. 6 subpoena

    Trump White House official Peter Navarro convicted of contempt after defying House Jan. 6 subpoena

    Sep 07, 2023 08:38 PM EST

    ... HCYqueidUEA Prosecutors said Navarro acted as if he were “above the law” when he defied a subpoena for documents and a deposition from the House Jan. 6 committee. A defense attorney argued Navarro didn’t purposely ignore the House Jan. 6 Committee. Navarro instead told staffers to contact Trump about ...

  • What you need to know about Kenneth Chesebro’s 2020 election charges

    What you need to know about Kenneth Chesebro’s 2020 election charges

    Sep 07, 2023 08:18 PM EST

    ... believed to be one of the six unnamed co-conspirators in the federal indictment brought by special counsel Jack Smith. Documents uncovered by the House Jan. 6 committee and details shared in the indictment suggest that Chesebro is co-conspirator 5, “an attorney who assisted in devising and attempting to ...

  • Giuliani liable in defamation lawsuit from Georgia election workers

    Giuliani liable in defamation lawsuit from Georgia election workers

    Aug 30, 2023 04:09 PM EST

    ... As those allegations circulated online, the two women said, they suffered intense harassment, both in person and online. Moss detailed her experiences in emotional testimony before the members of Congress investigating the Capitol insurrection. The Jan. 6 committee also played video testimony from Freeman during the hearing in June 2022.

  • Who is indicted alongside Trump in Georgia election case?

    Who is indicted alongside Trump in Georgia election case?

    Aug 25, 2023 09:22 PM EST

    The report from the House Jan. 6 committee investigation also details how Chesebro, Trump lawyer John Eastman and the former president continued to pursue the “fake electors scheme” after all the 2020 election lawsuits had concluded despite warnings from the campaign election lawyers that the idea was not lawful or ...

  • What you need to know about Mark Meadows' 2020 election charges

    What you need to know about Mark Meadows' 2020 election charges

    Aug 19, 2023 10:00 AM EST

    ... service as Chief of Staff," the filing reads. Long before the Georgia indictment, Trump’s former top aide was a key figure in the House Jan. 6 committee’s investigation into the attack on the U.S. Capitol. Testimony from witnesses including his assistant, Cassidy Hutchinson, and former Vice President ...

  • Pence, Trump lawyer clash over what Trump told his vice president ahead of Jan. 6

    Pence, Trump lawyer clash over what Trump told his vice president ahead of Jan. 6

    Aug 06, 2023 10:04 PM EST

    ... officials to illegally swing the election, Trump and his allies recruited fake electors in swing states to sign certificates falsely stating Trump had prevailed. WATCH: Jan. 6 committee explores the Trump campaign ‘plot’ to seat fake electors “He knew well that he had lost the election,” Trump’s former Attorney ...

  • Trump to appear in DC court over alleged attempt to overturn the 2020 election

    Trump to appear in DC court over alleged attempt to overturn the 2020 election

    Aug 03, 2023 01:34 PM EST

    ... Capitol rioters. Chutkan has also ruled against Trump before, refusing in November 2021 to block the release of documents to the U.S. House's Jan. 6 committee by asserting executive privilege. AP writers Lindsay Whitehurst, Ellen Knickmeyer, Stephen Groves, Serkan Gurbuz, Rick Gentilo, Alex Brandon, Yihan Deng, Kara Brown ...

  • The judge assigned to Trump's Jan. 6 case is known to hand down tough sentences to Capitol rioters

    The judge assigned to Trump's Jan. 6 case is known to hand down tough sentences to Capitol rioters

    Aug 02, 2023 07:43 PM EST

    ... sentences in Jan. 6, 2021, riot cases that are harsher than Justice Department prosecutors recommended. Chutkan has also ruled against Trump before in a separate Jan. 6 case. In November 2021, she refused his request to block the release of documents to the U.S. House’s Jan. 6 committee ...