Politics Jul 23 Gabbard pushes report on Obama and Russia probe as Trump faces pressure over Epstein By Nick Schifrin, Geoff Bennett, Sonia Kopelev
Politics Dec 19 Read the full decision by state appeals court removing Fani Willis from Georgia election case A state appeals court has removed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump and others. By Kate Brumback, Associated Press
Politics Dec 19 Georgia appeals court removes prosecutor Fani Willis from Trump election case The ruling on Thursday means it will be up to the Prosecuting Attorneys' Council of Georgia to find another prosecutor to take over the case and to decide whether to continue to pursue it. By Kate Brumback, Associated Press
World Dec 06 Watch 5:36 Romania election results thrown out after Russian interference claims Romania’s constitutional court threw out the results of the election’s first round and delayed the second round. The sitting government says there was a vast influence effort by a foreign actor to boost the candidacy of a candidate dubbed as… By Nick Schifrin, Lachlan Hyatt, Sonia Kopelev, Dan Sagalyn
World Dec 06 Top court annuls Romania’s first round of presidential voting The Constitutional Court’s unprecedented decision — which is final — came after President Klaus Iohannis declassified intelligence on Wednesday that alleged Russia ran a sprawling campaign comprising thousands of social media accounts to promote Calin Georgescu across platforms like TikTok… By Stephen McGrath, Associated Press
Nov 25 Special counsel moves to dismiss Trump’s election interference and classified documents cases By Alanna Durkin Richer, Eric Tucker, Associated Press Federal prosecutors moved to dismiss the criminal charges against President-elect Donald Trump that accused him of plotting to overturn the 2020 election and to abandon the classified documents case against him. Continue reading
Nov 05 Western officials suspect Russia was behind a plot to put incendiary packages on cargo planes By Vanessa Gera, Associated Press The events come as Western officials say they are seeing an intensification of a hybrid war of sabotage by Russia targeting Ukraine’s allies, including election disinformation and arson attacks in Europe this year. Continue reading
Nov 05 FBI says bomb threats to several states are non-credible, sent from Russian domains By Associated Press The FBI did not identify the states in question, but Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said earlier Tuesday that the state’s election process had snuffed out some bomb threats that he said came from Russia. Continue reading
Nov 05 Russia and Iran ramping up influence campaigns targeting U.S. voters, federal agencies say By Christina A. Cassidy, Ali Swenson, Associated Press The nation's federal law enforcement and election security agencies are debunking two new examples of Russian election disinformation. Continue reading
Oct 31 Watch 6:42 How election workers are fighting back against bad actors trying to undermine the process By William Brangham 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,… Continue watching