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During his attempt to overturn the 2020 election, Donald Trump pressured two Republican members of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers to not certify the election’s results, according to phone recordings obtained by The Detroit News. “We’ve got to fight for our country,” Trump told the Michigan canvassers on a …

U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan warned Donald Trump in August that she would not tolerate any actions that could be perceived as witness intimidation by the former president in his 2020 election meddling case. She’s now considering a motion for a partial gag-order on Trump’s public statements. According to …

Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to 13 criminal counts brought against him in a Georgia RICO case targeting his and his allies’ efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in the state. Via a waiver submitted to the court on Thursday, Trump declined his right to an in-person …

Mark Meadows took the stand before a federal judge on Monday, testifying that his actions in the Georgia indictment accusing him of taking part in an illegal conspiracy to change the outcome of the 2020 election in favor of Trump were part of his job as then-White House chief of …

A draft report analyzing the disastrous performance by Republicans in the 2022 midterms suggests it’s time to stop hawking claims of election fraud. The report, a portion of which was obtained by CNN, advises that voters have “no patience for endless conversations relitigating previous elections from Democrats and Republicans.” Republicans …

Ted Cruz just owned himself on tape. The Texas Senator backed Supreme Court challenges to election results, and in his own state, supported an effort from Attorney General Ken Paxton to have results overturned in four other states. On Jan. 6, Cruz voted against the certification of votes from Arizona …

MyPillow Founder and CEO Mike Lindell claims the company has had to borrow almost $10 million to keep the lights on. The MyPillow guy has been embroiled in a series of lawsuits brought by voting machine manufacturers who allege Lindell defamed them by spreading conspiracies regarding their role in the …

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has announced his picks to lead and serve on the House Ethics Committee. Three of the five, including incoming Chair Michael Guest (R-Miss.), voted against the certification of the 2020 election results. McCarthy previously announced a proposed set of rules for the Office of Congressional Ethics, …

Republicans spent much of Election Day planting seeds of suspicion about the integrity of the nation’s election systems. As the results began to trickle in, GOP candidates made it clear that they plan to harvest their crop, especially in races that remain undecided or where the margins were narrow. Arizona …

Former President Barack Obama formally endorsed presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden for president of the United States, saying his former vice president has “all the qualities we need in a president right now” in a video posted online Tuesday. “He’s someone whose own life has taught him how to persevere, …