Jan 30 Watch 4:51 FBI raid of election offices ignites debate over voting security and federal authority By Geoff Bennett, Doug Adams The FBI’s move to execute a warrant at voting offices in Fulton County, Georgia, and the presence of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard have ignited a fierce debate over election security and federal authority. Geoff Bennett discussed more with… Continue watching
Jan 29 Top Democrats on intelligence committees question Gabbard's presence at election office raid By Associated Press Sen. Mark Warner and Rep. Jim Himes, the top Democrats on committees overseeing national intelligence, are calling on Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard to brief them on why she was present at an FBI search of an election office… Continue reading
Jan 28 Watch 11:40 FBI raids Georgia elections office as Trump administration seeks voter data from states By Liz Landers, Ali Schmitz, Jonah Anderson The FBI searched an elections center in Georgia seeking records related to the 2020 election. Baseless claims of voter fraud have been a focus of President Trump since he lost that race, and the raid comes as his administration has… Continue watching
Nov 10 Watch 2:43 Trump pardons dozens of allies who tried to overturn his 2020 election loss to Biden By Liz Landers, Doug Adams, Leila Jackson As President Trump continues to push the lie that the 2020 election was stolen, he’s taken a new step to protect former administration officials and allies who have been accused of working to overturn the election that Joe Biden won. Continue watching
Oct 03 Republican election denier Tina Peters sentenced to 9 years in prison for voting data scheme By Mead Gruver, Associated Press A judge ripped into a former Colorado county clerk for her crimes and lies before sentencing her Thursday to nine years behind bars for a data-breach scheme spawned from the rampant false claims about voting machine fraud in the 2020… Continue reading
Oct 02 Read Jack Smith's unsealed court filing that says Trump 'resorted to crimes' after 2020 election Donald Trump “resorted to crimes” in a failed bid to cling to power after losing the 2020 election, federal prosecutors said in a newly unsealed court filing that argues that the former president is not entitled to immunity from prosecution. Continue reading
Jun 07 Mark Meadows pleads not guilty to Arizona felony charges alleging submission of fake electors By Jacques Billeaud, Associated Press Meadows is accused of working with other Trump campaign members to submit names of fake electors from Arizona and other states to Congress to keep Trump in office despite his defeat at the ballot box in November 2020. Continue reading
Jun 04 Wisconsin attorney general charges Trump attorney and other allies in fake electors scheme By Scott Bauer, Associated Press Federal prosecutors, investigating his conduct related to the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot, have also said the scheme originated in Wisconsin. Trump also faces charges in Georgia and has denied wrongdoing. Continue reading
May 21 Former Arizona GOP chair Kelli Ward pleads not guilty to felony charges in fake elector case By Associated Press Arizona is the fourth state where allies of the former president have been charged with using false or unproven claims about voter fraud related to the election. Continue reading
Apr 24 Arizona indicts 18 Republicans, including Giuliani, Meadows, over 2020 fake elector scheme By Jacques Billeaud, Jonathan J. Cooper, Josh Kelety, Associated Press An Arizona grand jury has indicted former President Donald Trump's chief of staff Mark Meadows, lawyer Rudy Giuliani and 16 others for their efforts to use so-called fake electors to try to overturn Trump's loss to Joe Biden in the… Continue reading