Politics Nov 04 Don’t fall for these false claims as you await the 2024 election results By Amy Sherman, PolitiFact
Politics Oct 31 Watch 6:42 How election workers are fighting back against bad actors trying to undermine the process From rampant disinformation, foreign adversaries trying to sew chaos and ballot boxes set ablaze, there are many bad actors trying to undermine our elections process. There’s also an army of non-partisan election officials who are collecting ballots and pushing back,… By William Brangham
Politics Oct 28 Watch 8:39 North Carolina election workers battle misinformation and conspiracies after Helene North Carolina will be one of the closest-watched swing states on election night. On top of the challenges brought by Hurricane Helene, election officials have confronted a years-long swirl of disinformation, conspiracies and threats to workers by Donald Trump and… By Laura Barrón-López, Ian Couzens, Sam Lane
Politics Sep 03 Watch 7:28 How Trump has made election lies a key feature of his campaign With just over 60 days to go until Election Day, former President Trump is again casting doubt on the legitimacy of the process. Lies about the 2020 election have been a key feature of Trump’s third campaign for the presidency. By Laura Barrón-López, Ali Schmitz
Politics Aug 17 Trump cancels press conference on 2020 election fraud claims, citing attorneys’ advice No compelling evidence of the wide-scale fraud Trump alleges has emerged in the two-and-a-half years since the election and Republican officials in the state — where three recounts confirmed Trump's loss to President Joe Biden — have long said he… By Jill Colvin, Associated Press
Aug 09 Trump wants his election conspiracy trial moved away from Washington. That won’t be easy By Alanna Durkin, Michael Kunzelman, Associated Press Trump and his attorney say they're eyeing West Virginia, which Trump easily won in 2020. But there's a notoriously high bar for proving the jury pool is so biased or tainted by pretrial publicity that the trial must be moved. Continue reading
Aug 08 Trump lawyers say proposed protective order would restrict his First Amendment rights By Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press Prosecutors asked Friday for the protective order, which would impose rules on what Trump and his defense team can do with evidence shared by the government as they prepare for trial in the case unsealed last week. Continue reading
Aug 07 Trump lawyers say proposed protective order is overly broad, urge judge to impose more limited rules By Alanna Durkin, Associated Press Lawyers for Trump said Monday that the judge should impose a more limited protective order that would prevent the defense team from publicly disclosing only materials deemed "sensitive," such as grand jury witness testimony. Continue reading