US elections 2020
Special counsel attorney warns of ‘sea change’ if supreme court expands presidential immunity – as it happened
Just before oral arguments at the supreme court finished, liberal justice Ketanji Brown Jackson asked lawyer for special counsel about implications of court dramatically expanding presidential immunity
Chris Stein
25, Apr, 2024 @8:04 PM
Voting equipment company Smartmatic settles defamation lawsuit with far-right network
Smartmatic sued OAN in 2021, saying it was a victim of OAN’s ‘disinformation’ that its equipment flipped the election for Biden
Sam Levine in New York
17, Apr, 2024 @4:33 PM
Lara Trump’s RNC robocall falsely claims ‘massive fraud’ in 2020 election
Call shows the Republican party to be ‘more committed to the big lie than ever’, says Democratic lawyer
Martin Pengelly in Washington
11, Apr, 2024 @7:18 PM
Two far-right conspiracy theorists to pay up to $1.25m for robocall campaign
Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman found liable last March for trying to discourage Black New Yorkers from voting in 2020 election
Gloria Oladipo
10, Apr, 2024 @2:07 PM
US election officials quit at higher rates in 2020 than other cycles, study shows
Survey finds turnover increased from 28% in 2004 to 39% in 2022, following increased harassment and threats after 2020 election
Alice Herman
09, Apr, 2024 @7:38 PM
US historians file brief with supreme court rejecting Trump’s immunity claim
Fifteen scholars on US history outline that Trump is not immune to prosecution for crimes committed while he was president
Martin Pengelly in Washington
09, Apr, 2024 @4:40 PM
Georgia prosecutors urge court to reject Trump attempt to disqualify Fani Willis
Fulton county lawyers ask state appeals court to deny request by ex-president, who is charged with efforts to overturn 2020 election
Hugo Lowell
09, Apr, 2024 @12:08 AM
RNC plan for 2020 denialist to head ‘election integrity’ unit raises alarms
Christina Bobb, who was part of Trump-backed fake elector scheme, tapped to run unit by Republican National Committee
Peter Stone in Washington
01, Apr, 2024 @10:00 AM
Revealed: the election deniers relentlessly hounding Georgia officials
A small but aggressive group has been pressuring state officials on a weekly – sometimes daily – basis to investigate unfounded claims
Justin Glawe
29, Mar, 2024 @10:00 AM
Montana supreme court strikes down Republican-passed voting restrictions
Court rules four laws passed by state legislature in wake of Trump’s 2020 loss violate Montana constitution in win for voting rights
Kira Lerner
28, Mar, 2024 @4:00 PM
Want to make it in the Republican party? Pledge allegiance to the Big Lie | Robert Reich
After a Trump-backed purge of the RNC this month, promoting the 2020 stolen election lie has become a litmus test for loyalty
Robert Reich
28, Mar, 2024 @10:12 AM
‘Pretty bad’: NBC condemned by top US historian over role for Ronna McDaniel
Timothy Snyder says former RNC chair ‘tried to disassemble our democracy’ and should not have been invited to take up position
Martin Pengelly in Washington
26, Mar, 2024 @3:09 PM
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