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...
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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 ...
Here’s What A Language Researcher Says About The January 6th Hearings
WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 16: The House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the … [+] U.S. Capitol hold their third hearing on the January 6th investigation in the Cannon...
America Skipped Benghazi’s 10th Anniversary. This Is Why It Matters.
JOINT BASE ANDREWS, MD – SEPTEMBER 14: U.S. President Barack Obama (2nd L) and U.S. Secretary of … [+] State Hillary Clinton (3rd R) hold their hands over their hearts during the Transfer ...
Trump’s Save America PAC Under Investigation In January 6 Probe
Topline A grand jury investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol and the aftermath of the 2020 election is looking into former President Donald Trump’s Save America PAC, multiple outlets reporte...
DOJ Unseals Mar-A-Lago Affidavit As Ex-President Pleads For ‘Special Master’
Topline The legal tussle over the FBI’s investigation into whether former President Donald Trump violated federal law by keeping White House documents at Mar-A-Lago continued this week, as the ex-pres...
Lachlan Murdoch Sues Australian Outlet That Called Family ‘Unindicted Co-Conspirators’ In January 6
Topline Lachlan Murdoch, son of News Corp. head Rupert Murdoch, filed a defamation action against an Australian online outlet Tuesday, after it accused the Murdochs of being “unindicted co-conspirator...
Marjorie Taylor Greene Can Stay On Midterm Ballot Despite Jan. 6 Allegation, Court Rules
Topline Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) will remain on the ballot in the November midterms, as a state judge upheld Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s decision to keep Greene on the ballot Mo...
Democratic Groups Blast Hulu For Rejecting Campaign Ads As Disney Comes Under Fire For Avoiding Politics — Again
Topline Streaming service Hulu is increasingly coming under fire from Democratic campaigns and fundraising groups for refusing to air political ads that deal with controversial issues like abortion an...
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...
What US Journalists Need To Know About The The Foreign Hackers Targeting Them
Photo illustration of a computer hacker. getty In the days just before the January 6 attack at the US Capitol Building in 2021, a flurry of emails with seemingly anodyne subject lines started landing ...
Patrick Byrne Of Overstock Fame Says He Was Involved In Monthslong Effort To Overturn 2020 Election
Former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne speaks at a press conference across the street from the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Fla., in February 2022. The Washington Post via Getty Im...
Steve Bannon’s Contempt Of Congress Trial Will Begin Next Week, Judge Rules
Topline Former White House strategist Steve Bannon must face trial next week for contempt charges over his refusal to testify to the House select committee investigating the January 6 riot at the Capi...
Jan. 6 Committee Expects Testimony From Steve Bannon, Rep. Lofgren Says
Topline The House January 6 committee expects former White House strategist Steve Bannon to testify before the panel, Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) said Sunday, one day after Bannon’s attorney revealed ...
More Witnesses Approach Jan. 6 Panel After Cassidy Hutchinson’s Testimony, Kinzinger Says
Topline More witnesses have come forward to the House committee investigating the January 6 Capitol attack following bombshell testimony last week from former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson, comm...
Jan. 6 Panel Delays Hearings Amid New Evidence—Including Tapes Of Trump Family
Topline The House January 6 committee will delay the final hearings of its investigation into the Capitol riot and Trump Administration until next month, multiple news outlets reported Wednesday, as t...
Can Trump Be Charged As Result Of The Jan. 6 Committee Investigation? Here’s What To Know
Topline The House January 6 Committee has started making a public case against former President Donald Trump and his allies in a series of hearings, arguing the former president “oversaw and coordinat...
Jan. 6 Hearing Shows Rioters Repeating Trump’s Baseless Election Claims — Even As Former White House Lawyer Called Allegations ‘Nuts’
Topline The House Select Committee investigating the riot at the Capitol used its second hearing on Monday to show how former President Donald Trump ignored advice from top aides and officials that hi...
Trump Attorney Ordered To Turn Over More Emails To January 6 Committee—Including Possible Evidence Of A Crime
Topline Attorney John Eastman, who worked with former President Donald Trump on his attempts to overturn the 2020 election, has to turn over more than 150 documents to the House January 6 Committee by...
Ex-Proud Boys Leader Indicted For Seditious Conspiracy In Sweeping Jan. 6 Case
Topline Five alleged members of the Proud Boys—including its ex-leader Enrique Tarrio—were indicted for seditious conspiracy Monday, according to the Department of Justice, marking the second far-righ...
Jan. 6 Committee Will Release ‘Previously Unseen Material’ In Hearing Next Week
Topline The House committee investigating last year’s Capitol riot plans to offer new evidence and witness testimony in a prime-time hearing next week, the first of several public hearings that the co...
Candidates Can Be Disqualified For Being ‘Insurrectionists,’ Court Rules In Madison Cawthorn Lawsuit
Topline A federal appeals court has made it easier to try to disqualify political candidates for being “insurrectionists,” reversing a lower court ruling and ruling against Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N....
Jan. 6 Defendant Becomes First Known Rioter To Speak With Committee Investigators
Topline A New York man who pleaded guilty to 10 charges related to the January 6 attack on the Capitol has testified before the congressional committee investigating the riot, according to court filin...
Marjorie Taylor Greene To Remain On Midterm Ballot
Topline Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) will be allowed to run in the November midterms, after Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) on Friday followed an administrative judge’s ...
Who May Decide Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Fate? Republican Trump Foe Brad Raffensperger
Topline Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) testified Friday in a hearing that will determine whether she can run for reelection after allegedly supporting efforts to overturn the 2020 election and th...
Former Police Officer Found Guilty In Capitol Riot Trial
Topline A federal jury on Monday convicted an ex-police officer who was charged with storming the Capitol with a wooden stick on January 6, 2021—the second Capitol riot defendant to be found guilty at...
Jan. 6 Committee Has Enough Evidence For Trump Criminal Referral, Cheney Says—But Some Lawmakers Are Reportedly Skeptical
Topline The House committee investigating the U.S. Capitol riot has enough evidence to refer former President Donald Trump to the Justice Department for criminal charges, vice-chair Rep. Liz Cheney (R...
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...