Articles for Election Threats

"No truth to the allegation": Trump claims "cheating" in Pennsylvania as voters brave bomb threats
1 month, 2 weeks ago

"No truth to the allegation": Trump claims "cheating" in Pennsylvania as voters brave bomb threats

Salon  

PHILADELPHIA — Standing beside a table on the edge of campus adorned with "Hotties for Harris" signs, University of Pennsylvania student Olivia West explained that she was worried about her freedom. Posting from his residence in Florida, Trump claimed on his website Tuesday afternoon, just hours before polls closed, that there was a "lot of talk about massive CHEATING in …

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Pennsylvania sets up election security task force ahead of 2024 presidential contest
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Pennsylvania sets up election security task force ahead of 2024 presidential contest

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. Shapiro created the Pennsylvania Election Threats Task Force, after the state became a magnet for baseless allegations about election fraud and failed lawsuits in an effort to undo Democrat Joe Biden’s 2020 victory there and keep then-President Donald Trump in power. Partners include U.S. attorney’s offices, the state attorney general’s …

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Jurors in a Giuliani damages case hear the threats election workers got after his false claims
1 year ago

Jurors in a Giuliani damages case hear the threats election workers got after his false claims

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Lawyers for two Georgia election workers played audio recordings in a Washington courtroom Monday of graphic and racist threats the two women received after Rudy Giuliani falsely accused them of fraud while pushing Donald Trump’s baseless claims after the 2020 election. The women’s lawyers estimated that reputational damages could reach $47 million, and suggested emotional and punitive damages …

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Republicans are facing death threats as the election for speaker gets mired in personal feuds
1 year, 2 months ago

Republicans are facing death threats as the election for speaker gets mired in personal feuds

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — It was the thing that was supposed to make Rep. Jim Jordan the 56th speaker of the House. “Bullying don’t work,” said Rep. Don Bacon, a Republican centrist who has led the opposition to Jordan’s nomination. After Rep. Drew Ferguson’s family started receiving death threats for his vote against Jordan, the Georgia Republican said in a statement that …

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Indiana man indicted in threats made to Michigan municipal clerk following 2020 election
1 year, 4 months ago

Indiana man indicted in threats made to Michigan municipal clerk following 2020 election

Associated Press  

DETROIT — A 37-year-old central Indiana man has been indicted in connection with a telephone threat made to a municipal clerk in Michigan following the 2020 presidential election. Andrew Nickels, of Carmel, a suburb of Indianapolis, appeared Friday in federal court in Detroit on one count of making a threatening interstate communication, the U.S. Justice Department said in a release. …

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‘Nowhere I feel safe': Election officials recount threats
2 years, 6 months ago

‘Nowhere I feel safe': Election officials recount threats

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Wandrea “Shaye” Moss testified Tuesday to lawmakers about how her life was upended when former President Donald Trump and his allies falsely accused her and her mother of pulling fraudulent ballots from a suitcase in Georgia. Giuliani said the footage showed the women “surreptitiously passing around USB ports as if they are vials of heroine or cocaine.” What …

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Testimony from election workers underscores ‘alarming’ trend of abuse against public servants
2 years, 6 months ago

Testimony from election workers underscores ‘alarming’ trend of abuse against public servants

The Independent  

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US officials say they received death threats after refusing to help Donald Trump overturn 2020 election
2 years, 6 months ago

US officials say they received death threats after refusing to help Donald Trump overturn 2020 election

The Telegraph  

US election officials told how they were subjected to threats of violence and mobs gathered at their homes after they refused to help overturn Donald Trump's 2020 election defeat. Two black election workers also told how their lives had been ruined, they had been racially abused, suffered death threats, and had to leave home because they were "targeted by the …

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Georgia elections official urges Trump to rein in supporters
4 years ago

Georgia elections official urges Trump to rein in supporters

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — A top Georgia elections official on Tuesday lashed out angrily at the rhetoric surrounding the election and the threats of violence that have resulted, specifically calling on President Donald Trump to rein in his supporters. During a routine news conference at the state Capitol to provide an update on the recount of the presidential race requested by Trump, …

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