Apr 18 France investigating EU fraud agency report on presidential candidate Marine Le Pen By Angela Charlton, Associated Press Paris prosecutors are studying a report by the EU fraud agency accusing French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen of misusing public funds while serving in the European Parliament. Continue reading
Dec 17 Watch 6:02 Exhaustive fact check finds little evidence of voter fraud, but 2020’s ‘Big Lie’ lives on More than a year after President Joe Biden won the 2020 election, former President Donald Trump and his allies still insist without evidence that widespread voter fraud led to a stolen election. A new reporting project from the Associated Press… Continue watching
Dec 17 Watch 12:12 Brooks and Capehart on Trump’s ‘Big Lie,’ Meadows’ text messages, Biden domestic agenda New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including the latest report from the Associated Press that shows no widespread voter fraud in 2020, the latest revelations… Continue watching
Nov 04 Watch 7:41 Georgia’s top election official on defending the 2020 result, state’s new voting rules In the days and months following former President Donald Trump's re-election defeat in 2020, several American election officials faced threats and an intense pressure campaign by Trump officials desperate to stay in power. Georgia's Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger was… Continue watching
Nov 02 Watch 9:16 Expert fears partisan actors may replace election workers who quit over threats By Stephanie Sy, Geoffrey Lou Guray It may be election day in 2021, but the attacks on the democratic process during the 2020 election had ripple effects that are still being felt. The latest PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll this week found that 81% of American adults believe… Continue watching
Oct 12 Watch 7:26 Schiff book reveals how Republican loyalty to Trump threatened democracy By Stephanie Kotuby, Geoffrey Lou Guray House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff is best known for being the chief prosecutor in President Donald Trump's first impeachment trial, which ended with an acquittal. But in his new book, "Midnight in Washington," Schiff connects that episode to others… Continue watching
Sep 24 Watch 5:16 How Arizona’s election review is providing a national playbook for disgruntled politicians By PBS NewsHour Republicans in the Arizona State Senate had commissioned a review of 2020 ballots in Maricopa County even though election officials found no large-scale fraud. But a partisan group called Cyber Ninjas undertook a controversial review of the vote and affirmed… Continue watching
Sep 22 Watch 8:59 How America faced ‘Peril’ in final days of Trump presidency By PBS NewsHour The first draft of history is being written about the final, chaotic days of Donald Trump's presidency and the earliest days of Joe Biden's. A new book by Washington Post journalists Bob Woodward and Robert Costa reveals the alarm and… Continue watching
Jun 15 Emails show Trump pressured Justice Department to investigate unsubstantiated 2020 election fraud claims By Michael Balsamo, Colleen Long, Associated Press Newly released emails show President Donald Trump and his allies pressured the Justice Department to investigate unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election in the last weeks of his term. Continue reading
Jan 03 Watch 8:24 Politics wrap: Trump threatens GA secretary of state, Senate runoffs too close to call By PBS NewsHour Special Correspondent Jeff Greenfield joins Michael Hill to discuss what he calls a ‘poisonous’ political atmosphere: an explosive audio recording of President Trump threatening the Georgia Secretary of State to overturn the state’s election result, the too-close-to-call Senate runoff on… Continue watching