What are fake electors? How the scheme to give Trump the 2020 election was supposed to work.
1 year, 5 months ago

What are fake electors? How the scheme to give Trump the 2020 election was supposed to work.

Slate  

You may be hearing the phrase “fake electors scheme” a lot lately—in fact, just this week, 16 people in Michigan were charged with a slew of felonies because of it. Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel testified before the Jan. 6 Commission that Trump called her asking for the RNC’s help in gathering pro-Trump electors across the country. Although many Republican officials across all seven states refused to bend to Trump’s demands, Trump supporters in all seven battleground states, who had no authority to act as state electors, still signed fake certificates declaring Trump as their state’s winner and sent them to the National Archives. Testimony from the House Jan. 6 committee revealed that Eastman, one of Trump’s lead lawyers, told Pence directly in an Oval Office meeting, “I’m here to request that you reject the electors.” Pence did not oblige Eastman’s request, and days later, on Jan. 6, an angry mob of Trump supporters chanted “Hang Mike Pence.” Trump allegedly said the vice president “deserves it.” In the end, the fake electors were not considered in Congress—despite an aide for Republican Sen. Ron Johnson attempting to hand them to Pence minutes before the electoral vote count started—and soon enough the world learned of Trump’s plan. Atlanta-area District Attorney Fani Willis has been conducting a criminal investigation into Trump’s actions in Georgia surrounding the fake electors scheme, and Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is also exploring a possible criminal investigation.

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Thirteen 2020 fake electors will cast real Electoral College votes for Trump on Tuesday
Trending News
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Thirteen 2020 fake electors will cast real Electoral College votes for Trump on Tuesday

CNN  

Washington CNN — Thirteen Republicans who participated in the 2020 fake electors plot, including some who are facing criminal charges, will cast real Electoral College votes Tuesday for President-elect Donald Trump, as electors in the states finalize his victory. Their role in the 2024 process, Sherman said, “is yet another chilling reminder that, despite the prosecutions of many individuals who …

'Fake electors' from 2020 are casting 2024 votes for Trump while facing felony charges
3 weeks, 4 days ago

'Fake electors' from 2020 are casting 2024 votes for Trump while facing felony charges

NPR  

'Fake electors' from 2020 are casting 2024 votes for Trump while facing felony charges toggle caption Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images Some supporters of President-elect Donald Trump are set to cast their states' Electoral College votes Tuesday while still dealing with felony charges stemming from the last presidential race. Eight of this year's designated Republican presidential electors in Michigan and …

Nevada attorney general revives 2020 fake electors case
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Nevada attorney general revives 2020 fake electors case

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — A slate of six Nevada Republicans have again been charged with submitting a bogus certificate to Congress that declared Donald Trump the winner of the presidential battleground’s 2020 election. Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford announced Thursday that the state’s fake electors case had been revived in Carson City, the capital, where he filed a new complaint this …

Trump outran the law. His allies haven’t.
1 month ago

Trump outran the law. His allies haven’t.

Politico  

The two most broad and perilous cases, in Arizona and Georgia, allege Trump helped direct a sweeping plot to overturn his loss to Joe Biden. In April, a grand jury indicted 18 people, including former chief of staff Mark Meadows, attorney Rudy Giuliani and longtime adviser Boris Epshteyn, who is playing a central role in shaping Trump’s incoming administration. Already, …

Michigan plows ahead with cases against 2020 'fake electors' as Trump's own cases collapse
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Michigan plows ahead with cases against 2020 'fake electors' as Trump's own cases collapse

Raw Story  

Prosecutors in Michigan are plowing ahead with trying to charge Republican electors who signed onto a document in 2020 falsely declaring Donald Trump the winner over Joe Biden, even as cases against the president-elect collapse. The Michigan Attorney General's Office on Monday filed several briefs asking a judge to advance charges to trial against MAGA allies in the state, The …

US judge dismisses 2020 election fraud, stolen classified documents cases against Donald Trump
1 month, 2 weeks ago

US judge dismisses 2020 election fraud, stolen classified documents cases against Donald Trump

New Indian Express  

WASHINGTON: A US federal judge overseeing the case that alleged former president Donald illegally sought to overturn the 2020 election, has agreed to dismiss the charges following a request from special counsel Jack Smith, local media reported. Smith also told a US court of appeals that the special prosecutors are withdrawing their challenge against an earlier dismissial of the case …

Trump reverted to familiar playbook, sowing doubts about the voting until results showed him winning
2 months ago

Trump reverted to familiar playbook, sowing doubts about the voting until results showed him winning

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump and his Republican allies had spent months seeding doubt in the integrity of American voting systems and priming supporters to expect a 2024 election riddled with massive and inevitable fraud. In the weeks and months leading up to Tuesday’s election, many Trump supporters propped up supposed evidence of fraud that they stopped highlighting when it …

They're back: Prospective Trump 2024 electors involved in 'plot to subvert 2020 election'
2 months ago

They're back: Prospective Trump 2024 electors involved in 'plot to subvert 2020 election'

Raw Story  

Four years after losing the 2020 election to now-President Joe Biden, Donald Trump continues to say that the election was stolen from him — a false claim that has been repeatedly debunked. According to Politico reporters Liz Crampton and Kyle Cheney, "Many of the people preparing to cast votes for Donald Trump in the Electoral College in 2024 were involved …

Republicans bring back fake electors in battlegrounds
2 months, 1 week ago

Republicans bring back fake electors in battlegrounds

Politico  

All told, at least 1 in 5 prospective Trump electors from battleground states this year had some connection to the scheme to overturn the 2020 election. There’s little reason to believe that Trump or his allies would attempt to reenact the false elector scheme, given the prolonged criminal proceedings against the fake electors and the maturation of the “Stop the …

Trump's Election Lies and Conspiracy Theories: A Deep Dive into the 2024 Presidential Election
2 months, 1 week ago

Trump's Election Lies and Conspiracy Theories: A Deep Dive into the 2024 Presidential Election

Associated Press  

Trump is actively laying the groundwork for challenging the results of the 2024 election if he loses. He has repeatedly made false claims about voter fraud and has launched a sophisticated 'election integrity' operation to ensure his own victory. Trump has also targeted specific candidates and officials who he believes could pose a threat to his re-election, including Joe Biden …

Trump is using election lies to lay the groundwork for challenging 2024 results if he loses
2 months, 1 week ago

Trump is using election lies to lay the groundwork for challenging 2024 results if he loses

LA Times  

Former President Trump, at a rally last month in North Carolina, has made election lies central to his campaign, issuing false warnings about fraud and threatening retribution against people he sees as standing in his way. Since the vice president took a day off from the campaign trail to sit for interviews with Telemundo and NBC, he has repeatedly said, …

The election hasn’t happened yet - Trump is already spreading false voter fraud claims in Pennsylvania
2 months, 1 week ago

The election hasn’t happened yet - Trump is already spreading false voter fraud claims in Pennsylvania

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. York County, Pennsylvania, received THOUSANDS of potentially FRAUDULENT …

GOP Probes Trump's Election Irregularities, With Two Former Trump Officials on the Panel
2 months, 2 weeks ago

GOP Probes Trump's Election Irregularities, With Two Former Trump Officials on the Panel

CNN  

House Republicans have hired two former Donald Trump campaign officials involved in the 2020 fake elector scheme to serve on their Election Integrity Committee. The committee, which has broad jurisdiction over national elections, is tasked with ensuring the integrity of the 2024 presidential election. The hiring of these individuals indicates that the GOP is prepared to take center stage in …

GOP Probes 2020 Election Irregularities, With Two Former Trump Officials on the Panel
2 months, 2 weeks ago

GOP Probes 2020 Election Irregularities, With Two Former Trump Officials on the Panel

CNN  

House Republicans have hired two former Donald Trump campaign officials involved in the 2020 fake elector scheme to serve on their election law committee. The committee, which has broad jurisdiction over national elections, is expected to play a significant role in the post-election landscape when Congress returns in November. The hiring of these individuals indicates that the GOP is prepared …

Election deniers and ‘fake electors’ will return as Trump’s official electors in key states
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Election deniers and ‘fake electors’ will return as Trump’s official electors in key states

The Independent  

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Chaos could result as election deniers get 'another bite at the apple': report
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Chaos could result as election deniers get 'another bite at the apple': report

Raw Story  

More than a dozen Republicans who served as "fake electors" in 2020, including some who are facing criminal charges, are reportedly serving as official Donald Trump electors in battleground states this year, while another 16 electors from those states say president Joe Biden's election win was fraudulent. Altogether, election deniers and fake electors make up more than a third of …

Rudy Giuliani texted 2020 "fake electors" plot to the wrong number
3 months, 1 week ago

Rudy Giuliani texted 2020 "fake electors" plot to the wrong number

Salon  

The 2020 fake electors plot failed in part because Rudy Giuliani texted the wrong number, according to the recent court filing by special counsel Jack Smith, The Guardian reported. At the time, Giuliani tried to persuade Republican officials in swing states where Trump lost to submit fake, alternate slates of electors so that the current Republican nominee could claim victory. …

Experts warn vote tally certification refusals could undermine 2024 election
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Experts warn vote tally certification refusals could undermine 2024 election

Raw Story  

Two months ahead of the November presidential election, Colorado officials are warning that refusal by local election canvass board members to certify results fuels misinformation and threatens voter trust in the entire election process. CREW identified 35 election officials who voted against certifying results between 2020 and 2023, including three in Colorado: Nancy Pallozzi in Jefferson County, Candice Stutzriem in …

Trump repeats false claims over 2020 election loss, deflects responsibility for Jan. 6
4 months ago

Trump repeats false claims over 2020 election loss, deflects responsibility for Jan. 6

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump persisted in saying during the presidential debate that he won the 2020 election and took no responsibility for any of the mayhem that unfolded at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, when his supporters stormed the building to block the peaceful transfer of power. In 2020, Democrat Joe Biden won 306 electoral votes to …

Fake electors donating to Trump campaign despite some facing criminal charges
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Fake electors donating to Trump campaign despite some facing criminal charges

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A number of fake electors who attempted to overturn the …

Five of Pennsylvania’s ‘fake electors’ from 2020 are back on Trump’s 2024 slate
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Five of Pennsylvania’s ‘fake electors’ from 2020 are back on Trump’s 2024 slate

Raw Story  

Five Pennsylvania Republicans who joined an alternate slate of electors for Donald Trump in 2020 will again serve as presidential electors in this year’s contest. But unlike similar groups of alternate or “fake” electors in other swing states in 2020, the Pennsylvania slate avoided legal repercussions because of a caveat they included in the certificate documenting their vote. Because Joe …

Arizona 'fake elector' flips on GOP scheme to steal 2020 election
5 months ago

Arizona 'fake elector' flips on GOP scheme to steal 2020 election

Raw Story  

Last week, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes teased that one of the 11 "fake electors" charged in the scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election would flip in a deal with prosecutors. Loraine Pellegrino, the former president of the Arizona Federation of Republican Women, agreed to cooperate with prosecutors in exchange for reduced charges in the case, …

Top Trump adviser says 2024 election ‘not over’ until Inauguration Day
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Top Trump adviser says 2024 election ‘not over’ until Inauguration Day

Raw Story  

MILWAUKEE — A top Trump campaign official said Thursday that the 2024 presidential race will not be over until Inauguration Day, rather than after Election Day on Nov. 5 — when voters across the nation go to the polls to cast their ballots and a result normally is projected. It’s not over on Election Day, it’s over on Inauguration Day, …

Judge dismisses criminal charges against Trump’s ‘fake electors’ in Nevada
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Judge dismisses criminal charges against Trump’s ‘fake electors’ in Nevada

The Independent  

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Trump, allies set stage for contested 2024 election
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Trump, allies set stage for contested 2024 election

Raw Story  

He still refuses to acknowledge his defeat four years ago, so it is no great surprise that Donald Trump is laying the groundwork to contest another election if he loses again. Many have designs on the vice president's job, including Florida Senator Marco Rubio, who told NBC on Sunday he would not accept an "unfair" election and accused Democrats of …

5 more Trump attorneys, aides publicly named in AZ fake elector indictment
8 months, 2 weeks ago

5 more Trump attorneys, aides publicly named in AZ fake elector indictment

Raw Story  

Attorney General Kris Mayes has released the names of five more people who were indicted by a grand jury for the part they played in Arizona’s 2020 fake elector scheme to keep former President Donald Trump in the White House. The five additional indictees are: Christina Bobb, the Republican National Committee’s senior counsel for election integrity and a former attorney …

Charges against Trump’s 2020 ‘fake electors’ are expected to deter a repeat this year
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Charges against Trump’s 2020 ‘fake electors’ are expected to deter a repeat this year

Associated Press  

An Arizona grand jury’s indictment of 18 people who either posed as or helped organize a slate of electors falsely claiming that former President Donald Trump won the state in 2020 could help shape the landscape of challenges to the 2024 election. Justin Levitt, a former Department of Justice official who also worked in the Biden White House, noted the …

11 'fake electors' from 2020, including Meadows and Giuliani, indicted in Arizona
8 months, 2 weeks ago

11 'fake electors' from 2020, including Meadows and Giuliani, indicted in Arizona

NPR  

11 'fake electors' from 2020, including Meadows and Giuliani, indicted in Arizona An Arizona grand jury has indicted a group of allies of former President Donald Trump for their efforts to try to keep him in power after the 2020 election. CHANG: OK. SCHUTSKY: The 11 that were named are the so-called fake electors, the folks who, like some in …

Meadows, Giuliani, 11 'fake electors' from 2020 are among those indicted in Arizona
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Meadows, Giuliani, 11 'fake electors' from 2020 are among those indicted in Arizona

NPR  

Meadows, Giuliani, 11 'fake electors' from 2020 are among those indicted in Arizona Enlarge this image toggle caption Drew Angerer/Getty Images Drew Angerer/Getty Images PHOENIX — An Arizona grand jury has indicted a slew of allies of former President Donald Trump for their efforts to try to keep him in power after the 2020 election. The indictment also cites five …

Wisconsin fake elector settlement offers new details on the strategy by Trump lawyers
10 months ago

Wisconsin fake elector settlement offers new details on the strategy by Trump lawyers

Associated Press  

Two attorneys for then-President Donald Trump orchestrated a plan for fake electors to file paperwork falsely saying the Republican won Wisconsin in a strategy to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 victory there and in other swing states, according to a lawsuit settlement reached Monday that makes public months of texts and emails. The documents show how Chesebro and Troupis, Trump’s attorney …

Settlement in Wisconsin fake elector case offers new details on the strategy by Trump lawyers
10 months, 1 week ago

Settlement in Wisconsin fake elector case offers new details on the strategy by Trump lawyers

LA Times  

Two attorneys for then-President Trump orchestrated a plan for fake electors to file paperwork falsely saying the Republican won Wisconsin in a strategy to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 victory there and in other swing states, according to a lawsuit settlement reached Monday that makes public months of texts and emails. The documents show how Chesebro and Troupis, Trump’s attorney in …

Republican presidential race: Trump leans into voter fraud playbook, preparing to cry foul if he loses expected Biden rematch
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Republican presidential race: Trump leans into voter fraud playbook, preparing to cry foul if he loses expected Biden rematch

New Indian Express  

NEW YORK: After he won the New Hampshire Republican primary Tuesday night, former President Donald Trump complained about his main GOP rival, former South Carolina Gov. Trump made similar allegations before the 2020 election, predicting for months there would be widespread fraud that November and contending he could only lose if the election was stolen from him. “He's doing it …

Trump team flew fake elector ballots to DC ahead of Jan 6, report says
1 year ago

Trump team flew fake elector ballots to DC ahead of Jan 6, report says

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Donald Trump's campaign team physically flew "fake elector" ballots across …

Trump campaign lawyer testified in Nevada fake electors case to avoid prosecution, transcripts show
1 year ago

Trump campaign lawyer testified in Nevada fake electors case to avoid prosecution, transcripts show

Associated Press  

LAS VEGAS — The lawyer who helped orchestrate the Trump campaign’s fake elector scheme in 2020 was a target in a criminal investigation in Nevada, but his name was removed from the indictment in exchange for his cooperation with authorities, according to newly released transcripts of secret grand jury proceedings in Las Vegas. The documents made public Sunday show that …

Some Trump fake electors from 2020 haven’t faded away. They have roles in how the 2024 race is run
1 year ago

Some Trump fake electors from 2020 haven’t faded away. They have roles in how the 2024 race is run

Associated Press  

VIRGINIA CITY, Nev. — Nearly two years after he signed documents attempting to overturn Donald Trump’s 2020 loss in Nevada, Jim Hindle thanked everyone gathered in a historic Nevada boomtown’s commission chambers and asked them to bear with him while he learned how to oversee elections in rural Storey County. But Hindle’s tenure in the heavily Republican county is part …

Trump Says Nevada Fake Electors Treated 'Unfairly' During Rally In Reno
1 year ago

Trump Says Nevada Fake Electors Treated 'Unfairly' During Rally In Reno

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING RENO, Nev. — Former President Donald Trump called out three of Nevada’s fake electors Sunday, saying they’re being treated unfairly less than 24 hours before they are scheduled to be arraigned for signing certificates falsely stating Trump won the state in 2020. “A tremendous man, tremendous guy, gets treated so unfairly and he loves this country and …

Trump says Nevada fake electors treated ‘unfairly’ during rally in Reno
1 year ago

Trump says Nevada fake electors treated ‘unfairly’ during rally in Reno

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — Former President Donald Trump called out three of Nevada’s fake electors Sunday, saying they’re being treated unfairly less than 24 hours before they are scheduled to be arraigned for signing certificates falsely stating Trump won the state in 2020. “A tremendous man, tremendous guy, gets treated so unfairly and he loves this country and he loves this …

New evidence shows Trump's "fake electors" expressed legal reservations to Rudy Giuliani
1 year ago

New evidence shows Trump's "fake electors" expressed legal reservations to Rudy Giuliani

Salon  

Top Donald Trump campaign advisors knew in early December 2020 of concerns that criminal charges could arise after submitting certificates falsely claiming the Republican won battleground states like Michigan that he'd actually lost, documents first obtained by The Detroit News show. We need your help to stay independent Subscribe today to support Salon's progressive journalism To assuage those concerns, Chesebro …

Fake Donald Trump electors settle civil lawsuit in Wisconsin, agree that President Biden won
1 year, 1 month ago

Fake Donald Trump electors settle civil lawsuit in Wisconsin, agree that President Biden won

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Ten Republicans who posed as fake electors for former President Donald Trump in Wisconsin and filed paperwork falsely saying he had won the battleground state have settled a civil lawsuit and admitted their actions were part of an effort to overturn President Joe Biden’s victory, attorneys who filed the case announced Wednesday. The 10 fake electors agreed …

6 'fake electors' for Trump are indicted in Nevada
1 year, 1 month ago

6 'fake electors' for Trump are indicted in Nevada

NPR  

6 'fake electors' for Trump are indicted in Nevada Enlarge this image toggle caption L.E. Baskow/AP A Nevada grand jury on Wednesday indicted six individuals who submitted documents falsely attesting that they were the state's official presidential electors and that Donald Trump won Nevada in the 2020 election. So-called "fake electors" have now faced criminal charges in three swing states: …

Jack Smith argues that Trump can still be convicted in Jan 6 case
1 year, 2 months ago

Jack Smith argues that Trump can still be convicted in Jan 6 case

Daily Mail  

Special Counsel Jack Smith's team have filed another blistering filing in Donald Trump 's January 6 case, accusing him of 'deceit, trickery, or dishonest means,' while arguing his own belief that he won the 2020 election isn't relevant to charges he defrauded the government. The indictment that has Trump heading toward a March trial in federal court in Washington, DC …

Special Counsel Jack Smith argues that Trump can still be convicted in Jan 6 case even if former president genuinely believed he won the election, challenging key plank of former president's expected
1 year, 2 months ago

Special Counsel Jack Smith argues that Trump can still be convicted in Jan 6 case even if former president genuinely believed he won the election, challenging key plank of former president's expected

Daily Mail  

Special Counsel Jack Smith's team have filed another blistering filing in Donald Trump's January 6 case, accusing him of 'deceit, trickery, or dishonest means,' while arguing his own belief that he won the 2020 election isn't relevant to charges he defrauded the government. The indictment that has Trump heading toward a March trial in federal court in Washington, DC charges …

Michigan fake elector has charges dropped after making cooperation deal: report
1 year, 2 months ago

Michigan fake elector has charges dropped after making cooperation deal: report

Raw Story  

Michigan fake elector James Renner has agreed to cooperate with prosecutors, according to the Associated Press. Renner was among the 16 Republicans hit with charges including forgery following an ongoing investigation by Attorney General Dana Nessel. Michigan was one of seven states where fake electors signed a document claiming Donald Trump won their state in the 2020 election. Nessell spoke …

How Nevada is normalizing its fake Trump electors
1 year, 2 months ago

How Nevada is normalizing its fake Trump electors

Raw Story  

Nevada’s fake electors were indispensable to Donald Trump’s plot to steal the 2020 presidential election and the accompanying assault on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. At one of those events, Aguilar said of his 2022 opponent, Jim Marchant, “He was out there peddling lies and misinformation to voters across the state and also across America, which was scary…What …

Michigan judge rules defendants accused in false elector scheme will not have charges dropped
1 year, 3 months ago

Michigan judge rules defendants accused in false elector scheme will not have charges dropped

Associated Press  

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan defendants accused of participating in a fake elector scheme will not have their charges dropped after the state attorney general said the group was “brainwashed” into believing former President Donald Trump won the 2020 election, a judge ruled Friday morning. The two defendants are part of a group of 16 Michigan Republicans who investigators say met …

Trump's fake electors 'have been brainwashed': Michigan AG
1 year, 3 months ago

Trump's fake electors 'have been brainwashed': Michigan AG

Raw Story  

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel recently poured cold water on the idea that any of the fake electors she criminally charged would flip on former President Donald Trump because they had been "brainwashed" into supporting him. In a leaked recording obtained by CNN, Nessel discussed the fake Trump electors during a virtual event with liberal activists earlier this week. "'We …

Lawyers say 3 Republicans who falsely said Trump won Georgia were ‘contingent’ electors, not fake
1 year, 3 months ago

Lawyers say 3 Republicans who falsely said Trump won Georgia were ‘contingent’ electors, not fake

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Three of the Georgia Republicans who signed a certificate falsely claiming that then-President Donald Trump won the state in 2020 were not fake electors, their lawyers argued Wednesday, but instead were a “contingent” slate in case the original election results were tossed out by a court. Lawyers for Shafer, Still and Latham argued in court that a challenge …

Trump’s drumbeat of lies about the 2020 election keeps getting louder. Here are the facts
1 year, 4 months ago

Trump’s drumbeat of lies about the 2020 election keeps getting louder. Here are the facts

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — With Donald Trump facing felony charges over his attempts to overturn the 2020 election, the former president is flooding the airwaves and his social media platform with distortions, misinformation and unfounded conspiracy theories about his defeat. State Republicans continue to attempt their own review of the 2020 results, but that effort has been tied up in the courts …

Trump's drumbeat of lies about the 2020 election keeps getting louder. Here are the facts
1 year, 4 months ago

Trump's drumbeat of lies about the 2020 election keeps getting louder. Here are the facts

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. State Republicans continue to attempt their own review of the 2020 results, but that …

Ex-prosecutor: Fani Willis’ strategy pays off as indicted fake electors “point the finger” at Trump
1 year, 4 months ago

Ex-prosecutor: Fani Willis’ strategy pays off as indicted fake electors “point the finger” at Trump

Salon  

A Georgia Republican indicted alongside former President Donald Trump in the sprawling Fulton County racketeering case blamed Trump and his campaign for his role in the fake elector scheme. State Sen. Shawn Still, the only Republican lawmaker indicted by a grand jury earlier this month, "as a presidential elector, was also acting at the direction of the incumbent president of …

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