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Election Fraud Conspiracy Theories Are Already Thriving Online
54 years, 11 months ago

Election Fraud Conspiracy Theories Are Already Thriving Online

Wired  

Election workers in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, are not destroying mail-in ballots cast for former president Donald Trump. The Department of Defense did not issue a directive last month giving US soldiers unprecedented authority to use lethal force against Trump supporters who riot if the former president loses next week. These are just a small sample of the flood of voting-related …

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Trump admits he lost 2020 election ‘by a whisker’ during Lex Fridman podcast
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump admits he lost 2020 election ‘by a whisker’ during Lex Fridman podcast

The Independent  

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Biden campaign calls on GOP to drop lawsuits over mail ballots, citing Trump’s new fondness for it
6 months, 1 week ago

Biden campaign calls on GOP to drop lawsuits over mail ballots, citing Trump’s new fondness for it

Associated Press  

DENVER — President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign on Thursday called on top Republicans to drop litigation seeking to curtail aspects of mail balloting now that Donald Trump has begun to embrace the method. “If Donald Trump is serious about finally recognizing that mail voting is a great option for voters to utilize this November, he should demand the RNC and …

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Charges revealed against a former Trump aide and 4 lawyers in Arizona fake electors case
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Charges revealed against a former Trump aide and 4 lawyers in Arizona fake electors case

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Authorities revealed Friday the conspiracy, fraud and forgery charges filed against an ex-aide of former President Donald Trump and four attorneys in Arizona’s fake elector case, but the names of former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows and lawyer Rudy Giuliani remained blacked out. The Arizona attorney general’s office released a copy of the indictment that revealed nine …

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Key takeaways from opening statements in hush money trial: Conspiracy allegations and trying to humanise Trump
8 months ago

Key takeaways from opening statements in hush money trial: Conspiracy allegations and trying to humanise Trump

The Independent  

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'Absolute scumbag': Ex-FBI agent doesn't hold back on billionaire behind Trump's bond
8 months, 1 week ago

'Absolute scumbag': Ex-FBI agent doesn't hold back on billionaire behind Trump's bond

Raw Story  

Former FBI agent and Donald Trump foe, Peter Strzok, spoke to legal analyst Allison Gill on her "Clean-up on Aisle 45" podcast Wednesday, discussing Don Hankey — the man whose insurance company helped Trump secure a fraud case bond. The other hot topic was Allen Weisselberg, the former Trump chief financial officer who was just sent back to New York's …

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'Thoughts and prayers' extended to creditor behind Trump's $175M civil fraud bond
8 months, 3 weeks ago

'Thoughts and prayers' extended to creditor behind Trump's $175M civil fraud bond

Raw Story  

Former President Donald Trump paid his $175 million bond in the New York civil fraud case on Monday — preventing him from having sell off assets at least until his appeal works its way through the system. "The company that underwrote Trump's bond tonight in the NY Attorney General's civil fraud case, Knight Specialty Insurance Co., is owned by Don …

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Court says Trump can put up $175 million to pause collection of massive fraud judgment
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Court says Trump can put up $175 million to pause collection of massive fraud judgment

LA Times  

Former President Trump holds up a copy of a story featuring New York Atty. A New York appeals court on Monday agreed to hold off collection of former President Trump’s more than $454-million civil fraud judgment if he puts up $175 million within 10 days. The appeals court also halted other aspects of a trial judge’s ruling that had barred …

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Eric Trump brutally mocked as he says banks laughed at him over attempts to secure dad's $454mn bond
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Eric Trump brutally mocked as he says banks laughed at him over attempts to secure dad's $454mn bond

Hindustan Times  

Ahead of former president Donald Trump's Monday deadline to secure a $454 million bond in his New York fraud case, his son Eric Trump said that their appeal was ignored by every lender, claiming that they have basically laughed at his face. Eric Trump said top insurance executives laughed when he approached for $454 million in bond money for his …

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Key questions as Trump hurtles toward Monday deadline to pay $454 million fraud penalty
9 months ago

Key questions as Trump hurtles toward Monday deadline to pay $454 million fraud penalty

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Donald Trump is hurtling toward a critical deadline in his most costly legal battle to date. If the former president doesn’t come up with a financial guarantee by Monday, New York’s attorney general can start the process of collecting on the more than $454 million Trump owes the state in a civil fraud lawsuit. If Trump isn’t …

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How Trump can appeal his fraud verdict – and if he can afford it
10 months ago

How Trump can appeal his fraud verdict – and if he can afford it

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 After losing a sprawling civil fraud case in New York, …

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Judge orders Donald Trump to pay more than $350m in massive fraud trial ruling
10 months, 1 week ago

Judge orders Donald Trump to pay more than $350m in massive fraud trial ruling

The Independent  

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The $355 Million Trump Fraud Fine Is Even Worse Than It Sounds
10 months, 1 week ago

The $355 Million Trump Fraud Fine Is Even Worse Than It Sounds

Slate  

The New York state judge presiding over the civil fraud trial against Donald Trump brought down the hammer with an appropriately harsh $354,868,768 judgment against him for a decade’s worth of lies at the Trump Organization. Ivanka was later dismissed as a defendant, but in September 2023, the court granted partial summary judgment finding that each of the five remaining …

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Trump ordered to pay $354.9m by New York court in civil fraud case
10 months, 1 week ago

Trump ordered to pay $354.9m by New York court in civil fraud case

Al Jazeera  

Former US president loses case; banned from serving as officer or director of any New York corporation for three years. Donald Trump must pay $354.9m in penalties for fraudulently overstating his net worth to dupe lenders, a New York judge has ruled, handing the former US president another legal setback in a civil case that imperils his real estate empire. …

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Dissolving Trump’s business empire would stand apart in history of NY fraud law
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Dissolving Trump’s business empire would stand apart in history of NY fraud law

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Within days, Donald Trump could potentially have his sprawling real estate business empire ordered “dissolved” for repeated misrepresentations on financial statements to lenders, adding him to a short list of scam marketers, con artists and others who have been hit with the ultimate punishment for violating New York’s powerful anti-fraud law. “Is he getting his just desserts …

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With the Supreme Court on sideline for now, Trump’s lawyers press immunity claims before lower court
11 months, 4 weeks ago

With the Supreme Court on sideline for now, Trump’s lawyers press immunity claims before lower court

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump was acting within his role as president when he pressed claims about “alleged fraud and irregularity” in the 2020 election, his lawyers told a federal appeals court in arguing that he is immune from prosecution. “The indictment of President Trump threatens to launch cycles of recrimination and politically motivated prosecution that will plague our Nation for …

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Trump fraud trial judge jokes he’ll ‘miss’ the case as testimony ends
1 year ago

Trump fraud trial judge jokes he’ll ‘miss’ the case as testimony ends

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. “It’s been an experience.” The lawsuit from New York Attorney General Letitia James accuses …

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Trump backs out of fraud trial testimony after failing to block gag order
1 year ago

Trump backs out of fraud trial testimony after failing to block gag order

The Independent  

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Trump fraud trial defence witness was paid nearly $900,000 for testimony
1 year ago

Trump fraud trial defence witness was paid nearly $900,000 for testimony

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. “My main finding is that there is no evidence whatsoever of any accounting fraud.” …

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Trump says he needs to lose weight after seeing courtroom sketch
1 year ago

Trump says he needs to lose weight after seeing courtroom sketch

The Independent  

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Trump immediately attacks judge’s wife after gag order reinstated in fraud trial
1 year ago

Trump immediately attacks judge’s wife after gag order reinstated in fraud trial

The Independent  

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Gag order reinstated in Trump’s fraud trial
1 year ago

Gag order reinstated in Trump’s fraud trial

The Independent  

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Trump can’t control fraud trial death threats, lawyers argue
1 year ago

Trump can’t control fraud trial death threats, lawyers argue

The Independent  

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How Trump’s mouth is killing American exceptionalism
1 year ago

How Trump’s mouth is killing American exceptionalism

Raw Story  

It’s exasperating to watch the American legal system bend over backward to protect a lawless man committed to its destruction, but here we are. In the election fraud case, Trump has made nonstop references to Special Counsel Jack Smith — “Deranged Jack Smith” and “Smith’s team of Thugs.” Trump’s public promise that “IF YOU GO AFTER ME, I’M COMING AFTER …

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