Topline Attorney Jenna Ellis was publicly censured Wednesday for violating lawyers’ code of conduct by making false “misrepresentations” about the 2020 election when she helped former President Donald...
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Tucker Carlson Doubles Down On 2020 Election Fraud Claims With Jan. 6 Footage Despite Fox Defamation Lawsuit
Topline Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson continued to sow doubt in the 2020 election results Monday night despite a high-stakes defamation case over the network’s fraud claims—which court documents sugg...
Rupert Murdoch Must Tell Fox News Hosts To Stop Spreading Election Lies, Congressional Democrats Demand
Topline Democratic leaders in Congress sent a letter to Fox News executives including Rupert Murdoch Wednesday demanding they force Fox News hosts to stop spreading falsehoods about the 2020 election ...
Here’s Why That’s Not True—And He Could Still Be Indicted Soon
Topline Former President Donald Trump claimed on Truth Social Thursday that portions of a grand jury report released Thursday in an investigation into his attempts to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election ...
Fox News Hosts And Execs Repeatedly Denounced 2020 Election Fraud Off-Air—Here Are Their Most Scathing Comments
Topline Fox News personalities and executives privately made clear they didn’t believe falsehoods being peddled by former President Donald Trump and his allies about fraud in the 2020 election despite...
Will Trump Be Indicted In Georgia? Fulton County DA Suggests ‘Multiple’ People Could ‘Imminently’ Face Charges In 2020 Election Probe
Topline The district attorney in Fulton County, Georgia, will soon determine whether to bring charges against former President Donald Trump or allies who backed his effort to overturn the 2020 electio...
Georgia’s Trump 2020 Investigation Heats Up Following Midterms
Topline At least three major witnesses will likely testify before a special grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia, this week as part of an ongoing investigation into former President Donald Trump’s eff...
Trump’s Lawyers Reportedly Wanted Clarence Thomas To Help Overturn 2020 Election, Emails Show
Topline Trump’s legal team wanted Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to rule on their lawsuits challenging the 2020 election because they believed he would be their “only chance” at a ruling that c...
Trump Attorney Under Scrutiny Caught Urging Poll Workers To Challenge Ballots
Topline Attorney John Eastman, who’s come under legal scrutiny for helping former President Donald Trump try to overturn the 2020 election, is once again encouraging efforts to challenge votes, accord...
House Jan. 6 Committee Subpoenas Trump
Topline The House January 6 Committee formally issued a subpoena to former President Donald Trump Friday, requesting the ex-president to testify to the committee and turn over documents—and likely set...
Trump Committed Fraud By Pushing False Voting Claims Despite Knowing The Truth
Topline A federal judge suggested Wednesday that former President Donald Trump committed criminal fraud by knowingly making false voting claims under oath, with the judge ordering a Trump attorney to ...
Trump Blasts House January 6 Committee Over Subpoena Request—But Still Won’t Say If He’ll Testify
Topline Former President Donald Trump remained noncommittal on whether or not he’ll comply with the House January 6 Committee’s subpoena for his testimony Friday morning, issuing a multi-page response...
Judge Tosses Out Sidney Powell’s Countersuit Against Dominion Voting Systems
Topline Far-right attorney Sidney Powell’s attempt to thwart Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit against her failed in court Wednesday, as a federal judge rejected her counterclaim against the...
Wisconsin House Speaker Sues Jan. 6 Committee After Receiving Subpoena About Trump Call
Topline Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R) sued the House January 6 Committee Sunday in an effort to block a subpoena for his testimony, according to court documents, showing the committee is lo...
Trump Reportedly Trying To Block Information From DOJ Jan. 6 Grand Jury In Court
Topline Former President Donald Trump is asking a court to let him shield information from the Justice Department as it investigates the January 6 attack on the Capitol building and Trump’s efforts to...
MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell Sues FBI For Seizing His Phone At A Hardee’s Drive-Through
Topline MyPillow chief Mike Lindell, a staunch supporter of former president Donald Trump, has sued the FBI for seizing his cellphone at a Hardee’s drive-through last week, alleging the agency violate...
New Surveillance Video Shows Georgia ‘Fake Elector’ Helping Trump Operatives Breach Voting Data
Topline Several Trump-linked operatives were allowed to access a Georgia elections office with help from a local Republican official who was trying to get Trump reelected, according to new surveillanc...
Ginni Thomas—Wife Of Supreme Court Justice—Reportedly Pressured Wisconsin Lawmakers To Overturn 2020 Election
Topline Conservative activist Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, emailed lawmakers in Wisconsin urging them to challenge the state’s 2020 presidential election results, the W...
Georgia Gov. Kemp Must Testify In Fulton County DA’s Trump Election Probe, Judge Rules
Topline Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) must testify before a grand jury in an investigation into former President Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the state’s election results, a state judge ruled Monda...
GOP Rep. Perry Sues DOJ After It Seized Cell Phone For Jan. 6 Investigation
Topline Rep. Scott Perry (R-Penn.) sued the Department of Justice last week after it seized his cell phone as part of the agency’s investigation into the January 6 attack on the Capitol building and t...
Newsmax’s Coverage Has Made Dozens Of False Claims, Report Finds—Including Election Fraud
Topline Following the beginning in June of the public hearings by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, far-right network Newsmax made approximately 40 false or misl...
Lindsey Graham Won’t Cooperate With Georgia DA’s Subpoena In 2020 Election Investigation, Attorneys Say
Topline Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) will not cooperate with an ongoing investigation in Fulton County, Georgia, into the 2020 election and former President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the res...
Dominion’s Defamation Lawsuit Against Fox — Including Murdochs — Over 2020 Election Can Move Forward, Judge Rules
Topline Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit against Fox Corporation will move forward—though its claims against a Fox subsidiary will not—a state judge in Delaware ruled Tuesday, after the vot...
How Trump’s ‘Fake Electors’—Reportedly Ordered To Operate In ‘Complete Secrecy’—Could Be Punished
Topline The Trump campaign directed Republicans in Georgia to operate in “complete secrecy” when they cast alternate electoral votes for former President Donald Trump in the 2020 election, according t...
Wisconsin Voters Sue State’s ‘Fake Electors’ Who Fought 2020 Election Result
Topline A group of Wisconsin voters filed a lawsuit in state court Tuesday against the “fake” electors who submitted alternate election results to Congress claiming former President Donald Trump won i...
New Fox News Dominion Documents Show Tucker Carlson, Murdoch And More Disputing 2020 Election Fraud—Here Are Their Wildest Comments
Topline A new tranche of court filings was unsealed late Tuesday in Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation case against Fox News over fraud claims involving its machines after the 2020 election, expandin...